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Monkey Trouble
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Monkey Misery
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Sound recording, story and saying; Monkey
Trouble, a Caribbean folk tale based on a saying told by Grace
Hallworth at The Crick Crack Club, at The Chair Theatre, London
20th July 1989
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Introduction by Grace Hallworth, followed by
story based on a saying 'don't trouble trouble, until trouble
troubles you' told by Grace Hallworth. A story about Monkey who
tastes something delicious, which he believes is something called
'Double Trouble', but is in fact mollasses. Monkey asks a shop
keeper for more 'double trouble', and is given a sack filled with
dogs, which chase Monkey up a tree.
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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, 4 minutes, 45 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