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The Mighty Goddess – stories, spells, songs
“Fiery, thrilling, powerful storytelling,” Bloomsbury Festival The myths of the goddess are subversive, outrageous, familiar, unknown, forgotten – spectacular! Pioneering storyteller Sally Pomme Clayton evokes powerful goddesses in this solo spoken word performance. Meet: Vesta the fiery virgin warrior; Cybele, the mother goddess who fathered a child; Ishtar, Goddess of love and war, who journeys to the Land of the Dead. Follow the goddess from creator to crone in tales of lust and greed, death and destruction, transformation and rebirth. Ancient myths are brought to contemporary life with dynamic spoken word, musical sounds, gestures, ritual, spells and songs. The audience are given a chance to receive a message from the…
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Events
WATCH:Sally Pomme Clayton and Sophie Herxheimer talk about The Mighty Goddess at Watkins Bookshop The Bog King’s Daughter – swan maids, shield maidens and a rattling bog!Pomme’s inventive re-telling of a little known Hans Christian Andersen’s fairytale. Created for The Hans Christian Andersen Story Centre, New York.The Little Mermaid – how a mermaid is liberated from tail, legs and tongue and set free!Under the virtual Hans Christian Andersen Statue, Central Park, New York Storytelling Synchronicity – storytellers Katy Cawkwell, Pomme Clayton, Hugh Lupton, Emily Hennessy, Rebecca Smart share stories about strange synchronous events that have happened when they have told stories. Hosted by Katy Cawkwell with Literature Works. Watch the flm…
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Spoken Word
Storytelling is the oldest and most immediate form of theatre. The economy of the human voice evokes worlds in the listeners’ imagination. No two performances are the same, the listeners’ response feeds the storyteller’s creativity. This intimate and vital exchange continually renews the story. Sally Pomme Clayton is a storytelling pioneer and her performances are electrifying. ‘Your stories were truly mesmerizing! A real highlight of the day.’ Royal Opera House “Londonist has been lucky enough to see her in action: the awestruck faces, delighted giggles, eyes wide in wonder… and that’s just the adults in the audience!” The Londonist. Sally Pomme Clayton loves fairytales and myths – narratives that were passed by…