The Viking Building at Cranborne

Skin and Bones from Moss and Stones: Old Stories told New by Nick Hennessey

Saturday 7th June, 7.30 pm

Adults: £8.50 Under-16s: £4.50 - Suitable for 10 years and older.

The evening will be a mixed programme of wonder tales, songs and harpplaying:

What happens when an old King marries a young woman?

Or when the young Prince marries the old witch?

Or when the blacksmith is bested by the boy?
 

Nick is a dynamic and passionate performer with skills that draw an audience in. With a love for the traditional culture of the British Isles, his craft draws together the note, the song and the spoken word into a unique and engaging style.

"A fine voice, pure and unforced. His fluid style and engaging presence is a winning combination...a compelling demonstration of storytelling's many faces." (The Times)

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For ticket availability and to make a booking, please contact East Dorset Heritage Trust on: 01202 888992. Please make cheques payable to 'ATC Friends Account' and send with a stamped addressed envelope to EDHT, Allendale House, Hanham Road, Wimborne Minster, Dorset, BH21 1AS

 

The Earthouse, Cranborne presents

Once Apop a Snickety Wow!
Old stories told in a new way by Jamie Crawford

Sunday 24th August 2008 The Ancient Technology Centre will be open from 12.30
for a picnic with stories commencing at 2pm.
Adults: £5 and under-16s: £3.

From riddles to wonder tales, Jamie Crawford winkles out traditional stories from here, there, everywhere and brings them to life for today's audience.

With mystery and magic, silly noises and joining in, funny bits and spooky bits and things that go bump in the night....

Bring your loudest voice and an imagination switched to 'Go!'

A family show suitable for ages 5 and upwards
 

How to buy tickets
For ticket availability and to make a booking, please contact East Dorset
Heritage Trust on: 01202 888992. Please make cheques payable to 'ATC
Friends Account' and send with a stamped addressed envelope to EDHT,
Allendale House, Hanham Road, Wimborne Minster, Dorset,
BH21 1AS.

 

The Earthouse, Cranborne presents

Saturday 20th September 2008

On Common Ground

An evening of stories, songs and music exploring the life and times of

JOHN CLARE.

 The landscape holds the memory of everyone who has ever trodden it… all we have to do is listen. In this programme of story, music, poetry and song Chris Wood and Hugh Lupton put their ears to the ground and tell the story of John Clare. It is a performance that explores the porous boundaries between language and place, madness and exile, love and loss.

Hugh is a master wordsmith, Chris is the leading folk musician of his generation, together they weave a beguiling magic.

“Sheer wizardry in the guise of utter simplicity…a packed house sat in a thrall of enchantment, no movement, no intrusive sounds… Hugh Lupton is joined by singer/fiddler Chris Wood, whose style is timeless and beguiling, his songs wonderfully evocative.” Eastern Daily Press

“It's rare to hear work as powerful as Chris Wood and Hugh Lupton's. With beautifully sculpted prose and carefully honed music they seduce the minds of those who listen, skilfully drawing on the past to make sense of the present... This is welcome nourishment for those who like to think for themselves" Verity Sharpe (Late Junction & The Culture Show)

“…. The images that billowed and faded in that darkened auditorium were quite different from those that unspool across a screen. I could put my hands in front of my face and the pictures would not vanish. They were inside me. They belonged to me. They were part of the history of the whole of human life.” The Times

This is a programme that sings of the unsung and remembers the forgotten histories of the soil. Hugh & Chris are the winners of BBC Folk Award for Best Original Song 2006 for ‘One in a Million’.

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