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Il Danach, The
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| an Irish Mythology story | |
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| Sound recording, story, The Il Danach, a version of a section of epic cycle, creation myth and myth from Irish mythology, told by Ben Haggarty, in a Crick Crack Club at The South Bank Centre event, in The Voice Box at the The South Bank Centre, London, 31st July 1991. | |
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| Introduction to the story including comment on its origins in an oral culture; the recording of it by Christian monks, and the traditional telling of the story, followed by the story told by Ben Haggarty in two parts. The story is a version of the story of Lugh and Balore based on Irish mythology, Kath Maighe Tuireadh, the battle of Maighe Tuireadh and the quest of the sons of Tuirenn. | |
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| A programme note reads 'On the eve of the festival of Lughnasa, a version of the great Irish epic of the 'invasion of the soul...' Who is Lugh? | |
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| audience:- | adult |
| recording quality | |
| condition:- | fair; poor |
| completeness:- | incomplete |
| duration:- | 1 hour, 26 minutes, 18 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:- |
storyteller: Ben Haggarty male / British / born 30.11.1958 |
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| origin:- | Ireland |
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| Publicity for Ben Haggarty's performance of the Il Danach | |
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| Crick Crack Club season publicity | |
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| Click to enlarge images | |
| programming & administration:- |
Crick Crack Club Artistic Director: Ben Haggarty |
| storytelling:- |
London, England: The South Bank Centre: The Voice Box
21 Jul 1991 public performance: The Crick Crack Club at The South Bank Centre storytelling club: The Crick Crack Club |
| gift from:- |
storyteller: Ben Haggarty |
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