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an Ananse story
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Sound recording, story and saying; a folk
tale, trickster tale and Ananse story, told by Grace Hallworth at
The Crick Crack Club, at The Chair Theatre, London 20th July
1989
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Introduction to story by Grace Hallworth
followed by story. A story about Ananse pretending to be dead,
and his wife pretending to mourn in order to catch some meat to
eat. The plan works until Ananse himself is tricked into showing
that he is still alive.
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audience:-
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adult
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recording quality
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condition:-
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poor
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completeness:-
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complete
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duration:-
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0 hours, 6 minutes, 46 seconds
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The Crick Crack Club was founded by Ben Haggarty in 1987 and was
the first regular performance storytelling club to be established
in the UK. From the outset, the club operated with a programme of
storytellers put in place by an artistic director, Ben Haggarty.
It had no 'floor spots' whereby anyone had the opportunity to
tell stories. The club was created in response to a recognised
need for there to be sufficient UK storytellers to perform
competent, formal evening shows for adult audiences in the
proposed 1989, 15 day long, Third International Storytelling
Festival at London's South Bank Centre. In the autumn of 1987 the
first season of 26 weekly Crick Crack Club events was launched in
a pub theatre (The Chair) in Ladbrook Grove, with the expressed
aim of trying out new artists and providing an opportunity for
established artists to develop their skills and repertoire for
adults. Jenny Pearson of the Kew Storytellers helped Ben Haggarty
with the organisation of this first season.The Crick Crack Club
promoted weekly events in various venues in London between 1987
and 1995, and then monthly events at the Spitz from 1995 to 2001.
During this time it also organised numerous monthly events and
mini-festivals in regional arts venues throughout England. In
1991/92 wth £10,000 from the Arts Council Literature department
it tried to establish a touring circuit promoting 120 events in a
year. Daniel Morden gave invaluable administrative support during
this period. In 1993, in partnership with David Ambrose of St.
Donats Arts Centre in Wales, the Crick Crack Club Club created
the Beyond the Border International Festival of Storytelling and
Epic Singing. Ben Haggarty co-directed Beyond the Border from
1993 to 2005. Since 2001 the Crick Crack Club has worked on a
peripatetic basis, programming in various venues and in
partnership with various organisations, and in 2003 began a
long-term partnership with Barbican Education in London, to
promote 9 events a year in the Barbican Pit Theatre
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storytelling:-
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storyteller: Grace Hallworth
female / Trinidadian
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origin:-
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Caribbean
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Crick Crack Club season flyer
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Click to enlarge images
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administration & programming:-
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administrator; programmer: The Crick Crack Club
administrator; programmer; Artistic Director: Ben Haggarty
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storytelling:-
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Ladbroke Grove, London, England: The Chair Theatre: Kensington
Park Pub
20 Jul 1989
storytelling club: The Crick Crack Club
public performance: Grace Hallworth at The Crick Crack Club
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gift from:-
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storyteller: Ben Haggarty
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© The London Centre for International Storytelling:
2007