# Event Details

- **Event Name**: Giants and Kings of Cerne Abbas: Poetry, Prose and Storytelling with The Bards of Dorset
- **Event Start and End Date**: Sat, 02 May, 2026 at 03:00 pm (+01:00)
- **Event Description**: The Cerne Giant, Edwold, Hercules, AngloSaxon ancestors - An afternoon of poetry and evocative retellings of ancient stories

Join Rebecca Danicic, Fourth Bard of Dorchester (Caer Dur 2025–26), and Peter Roe, Grand Bard of Dorset (2024–29), for an afternoon of poetry, stories and spoken word.

The Bards will present a layered palimpsest of Cerne Abbas and the Giant - myth and history, Hercules and Eadwold, landscape and legend - woven through original verse and evocative retellings.

Expect wit, gravitas and a living bardic tradition brought vividly to life beneath Dorset’s most iconic chalk colossus.

Performance just under an hour. (Parental Guidance)

with afternoon tea £9 adult / £5 U18s / Family (2A+2C) £25

Running time: 90 mins + interval

Event starts at 3pm 
Doors open 2.30pm.
- **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/dorchester/giants-and-kings-of-cerne-abbas-poetry-prose-and-storytelling-with-the-bards-of-dorset/200029967168544
- **Event Categories**: Art, literary-art
- **Interested Audience**: 
  - total_interested_count: 0

## Ticket Details


## Event venue details

- **city**: Dorchester
- **state**: EN
- **country**: United Kingdom
- **location**: Cerne Abbas St Mary's Church
- **lat**: 50.809321100019
- **long**: -2.4755016600121
- **full address**: Cerne Abbas St Mary's Church, 23 Long Street, Dorchester, DT2 7JG, United Kingdom

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## FAQs

- **Q**: When and where is Giants and Kings of Cerne Abbas: Poetry, Prose and Storytelling with The Bards of Dorset being held?
  - **A:** Giants and Kings of Cerne Abbas: Poetry, Prose and Storytelling with The Bards of Dorset takes place on Sat, 02 May, 2026 at 03:00 pm to Sat, 02 May, 2026 at 03:00 pm at Cerne Abbas St Mary's Church, 23 Long Street, Dorchester, DT2 7JG, United Kingdom.
- **Q**: Who is organizing Giants and Kings of Cerne Abbas: Poetry, Prose and Storytelling with The Bards of Dorset?
  - **A:** Giants and Kings of Cerne Abbas: Poetry, Prose and Storytelling with The Bards of Dorset is organized by Jawbone.

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