Storm of Stories

The Crick Crack Club, Pandvani 108, TUUP, Ben Haggarty, Richard Chew, Robert Murray, Melanie Pappenheim

Aldeburgh based theatre company, Wonderful Beast, is delighted to announce the dates for its forthcoming storytelling festival, Storm of Stories. The festival will be held over 10 days (28 March – 6th April) commencing with a specially commissioned community opera The Six Swans and culminating with The Epic Juke Box by Pandvani 108 presented by the brilliant Ben Haggarty and his team of storytellers from the Crick Crack Club.

The Six Swans is inspired by the Grimms’ fairy-tale of the same name, in which a girl saves her brothers from a terrible curse through years of sacrifice and silence, deep in the forest. The production will bring together community members, young and old, with professional musicians, dancers and singers. Students from local primary schools and an after schools club run by Pro Corda will take part and Wonderful Beast will form a local adult ‘scratch’ choir (please get in touch if you’d like to take part). The opera stars Robert Murray (Bob Boles in Grimes on the Beach) and Melanie Pappenhiem, it will be conducted by the composer, Richard Chew, and directed by Alys Kihl. Performances take place on 28th and 29th March at the stunning Leiston Abbey.

Storm of Stories 2014 aims to impact on the WHOLE community with a host of professional performers visiting schools, libraries, and accessible venues in Leiston, Aldeburgh, Saxmundham and Framlingham. Audiences will be treated to some wonderful and inspiring performances, including Actability Theatre Company (a cast of abled and disabled actors), TUUP the splendid story spinner and a talk, Collecting Stories with Caroline Moorehead.