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an Arabian Nights; 1001 Nights; Sheherazade's Tales story

Sound recording, story; a section of wonder tale from the epic cycle 1001 Nights, or The Arabian Nights, or Sheherazade's Tales, told by Chirine El Ansary, as part of the programme The Tales They Tell, in a mini-festival of stories, Feasting in the House of Story - A Celebration of Our Tenth Series of Performance Storytelling, programmed by the Crick Crack Club and Barbican Education, in the Pit Theatre, Barbican Centre, London, 2nd June 2006.

Berber music played by Hassan Erraji, followed by introduction by Ben Haggarty and story told by Chirine El Ansary. The story ends with further Berber music played by Hassan Erraji. The story is the beginning of the story of the epic of Sheherazade's Tales, Arabian Nights or 1001 Nights, in which two Kings kill their wives having discovered their betrayal and infidelity. They encounter a genie who has captured a girl, one King takes the girl to his bed, but then kills her. From then on, he takes a girl to his bed each night and kills her in the morning. This continues until one girl who becomes his wife, begins to tell him stories, and in doing so saves herself.

Programme note - Hugh Lupton, Daniel Morden, Jan Blake, Chirine El Ansary, Pamela Marre, Ben Haggarty and music from Hassan Erraji. To mark our tenth series, we bring together six of the UK's best storytellers for the first time on the Barbican stage. An evening packed with treats and glorious riches, interspersed with the joyful Berber music of British storytelling's long standing friend, Hassan Erraji.

audience:- adult
language:- English; Arabic
    recording quality
condition:- good
completeness:- complete
duration:- 0 hours, 27 minutes, 47 seconds

In 2003, Jillian Barker, Head of Education at the Barbican Centre, London, approached Ben Haggarty, Artistic Director of the Crick Crack Club, with a proposal to programme regular performance storytelling at the Barbican Centre. Since 2003 the Crick Crack Club has worked in partnership with Barbican Education to programme 9 events a year in the Barbican Pit Theatre, for adult audiences. These events are programmed during the three school half terms each year, with usually three evening events per half term. The performances of storytelling are occasionally preceded by pre-show talks. The Pit Theatre is an award winning black box theatre, which seats approximately 180 people (depending on the seating configuration).

Performing in the programme The Tales They Tell were Ben Haggarty, Daniel Morden, Jan Blake, Chirine El Ansary and Pamela Marre, with music from Hassan Erraji. Hugh Lupton was programmed to appear, but did not due to a family bereavement.

storytelling:- storyteller: Chirine El Ansary
female / Egyptian / Muslim / African / French / born 28.04.1971

storytelling:- musician; singer: Hassan Erraji
male / Moroccan

storytelling:- storyteller; Master of Ceremonies: Ben Haggarty
male / British / born 30.11.1958

origin:- Middle East
Arab world


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A book create as part of the celebratory event, which was presented to all audience members who attended. All storytellers who had appeared at the Barbican were invited to contribute a story to the book.

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associated:- storyteller: Pamela Marre


associated:- storyteller: Jan Blake


associated:- storyteller: Daniel Morden


programming & administration:- programmer; Crick Crack Club Artistic Director: Ben Haggarty
programmer: The Crick Crack Club
administrator; programmer: The Barbican Centre; Barbican Education


storytelling:- London, England: The Barbican Centre: The Pit Theatre
02 Jun 2006
mini-festival; public performance: A Celebration of Our Tenth Series of Performance
The Tales They Tell


gift from:- The Barbican Centre


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