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DATES: SPRING, SUMMER, AUTUMN 2008

4^th April, Haslingfield Village Hall, Haslingfield, Cambs Contact: brian@bgott.fsnet.co.uk

5^th April, Beowulf (with Rick Wilson), Performance Space, Winchester Discovery Centre, Jewry Street, Winchester. 7.30pm

11^th – 13^th April, workshop (Dreaming of Place) at Stones Barn, nr Carlisle, Cumbria, for more information go to www.maddyprior.co.uk/stonesbarn

16^th April, ‘On Common Ground’ John Clare (with Chris Wood), Ingham & Cammeringham Village Hall, Lincs. 7.30 contact: 01522 730620

17^th April, ‘On Common Ground’ John Clare (with Chris Wood) Wymeswold Memorial Hall, Leics. 7.30 Contact: 01509 880277

18^th April, ‘On Common Ground’ John Clare (with Chris Wood) at West Bridgford, All Hallows Hall, Notts Contact 0115 9821710

19^th April, ‘On Common Ground’ John Clare (with Chris Wood) Frampton Village Hall, Nr Boston, Lincs Contact: 01205 722880

20^th April, ‘On Common Ground’ John Clare (with Chris Wood) at Martley Village Hall, Worcs Contact 01886 888398

10^th May, ‘Icarus’ (with Daniel Morden), Brighton Festival

11^th May, ‘A Chain of Voices’ (Beginner’s Workshop), Brighton Festival

13^th May, ‘On Common Ground’ John Clare (with Chris Wood), Moulton Festival, Northampton

14^th May, ‘Icarus’ (with Daniel Morden) The Glasshouse, Stourbridge.

15^th May, ‘The Iliad’(with Daniel Morden) at Ruskin Mill, Nailsworth, Glos

16^th May, ‘The Odyssey’ (with Daniel Morden) at Ruskin Mill, Nailsworth, Glos

24^th May ‘The Sleeping King’ (with Nick Hennessey & Daniel Morden) Hay Festival.

25^th May ‘Iliad in schools’ discussion with Erica Wagner, Daniel Morden, Hay Festival.

28^th May, ‘Liberty Tree’ Robin Hood & the English Radicals (with Nick Hennessey) Leek Festival, Staffs

7^th & 8^th June Tale Trail & performance with local children, Bergh Apton Sculpture Trail, Norfolk

21^st June, Midsummer performance with English Acoustic Collective & Leominster Morris, Leominster

23^rd June, ‘Psalms from the Horse’s Mouth’ Exeter Festival (lunch-time performance)

28^th June, ‘The Story Tree’ & ‘The Soldier and Death’, Ipswich Festival (daytime performances)

5^th July, Beowulf (with Rick Wilson) Sutton Hoo, Woodbridge, Suffolk

13^th July, ‘The Odyssey’ (with Daniel Morden), Ledbury Poetry Festival

14^th July, The Odyssey, (with Daniel Morden), Deal Festival, Kent

23^rd July, ‘Icarus’ (with Daniel Morden), Theatre Royal, Bury St Edmunds

July 26^th – August 3rd ‘Green Man Camp’ (resident storyteller) Tuttington, Norfolk Contact 01359 250719

August 12^th, ‘On Common Ground’, John Clare (solo), Emerson College, Sussex

August 23^rd, ‘Liberty Tree’, Tales of Robin Hood & the English Radicals (with Nick Hennessey), Towersey Folk Festival.

September 11^th ‘On Common Ground’ John Clare (with Chris Wood) Brewery Arts Centre, Kendal, Lake District

September 12^th, performance with Chris Wood for Huddersfield Libraries (venue tbc)

September 13^th, ‘On Common Ground’ John Clare, (with Chris Wood), Cambridge (venue tbc)

September 20^th ‘On Common Ground’ John Clare (with Chris Wood), Ancient Technology Centre, Cranborne, Dorset. 

September 22^nd – 27^th Storytelling Retreat at Ty Newydd, Criccieth, N. Wales. (with Eric Maddern). Contact: 01766 522811

Totemic Animals.

In this course the tutors will be re-imagining the mythology of the post ice-age hunter-gatherers of these islands. They will be making particular reference to the indigenous creatures of the forested landscapes of Britain just before and after it became an island…. And the stories that might have been told about their powers.

October 8^th ‘On Common Ground’, John Clare (with Chris Wood) Jersey Arts Centre, Channel Isles

October 15^th ‘On Common Ground’ John Clare (with Chris Wood), King of Hearts Arts Centre, Fye Bridge Street, Norwich

October 16^th ‘On Common Ground’ John Clare (with Chris Wood), Helmsley Arts Centre, Yorkshire

October 17^th ‘On Common Ground’ John Clare (with Chris Wood), Ilkley Literature Festival, Yorks

October 19^th ‘Icarus’ (with Daniel Morden), Canterbury Festival

October 20^th  ‘On Common Ground’ John Clare (with Chris Wood), Canterbury Festival

November 16^th, ‘Iliad’ (with Daniel Morden), Warwick Arts Centre

November 17^th, ‘Odyssey’ (with Daniel Morden), Warwick Arts Centre

November 22nd, ‘Iliad’ (with Daniel Morden), Postlip Hall, Nr Cheltenham, Glos

November 23rd, ‘Odyssey’ (with Daniel Morden), Postlip Hall, nr Cheltenham, Glos

December Return of the Christmas Champions

Phone Hugh on 01263 733061 for more info

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