Performance Storytelling by Hugh Lupton
Beowulf is the oldest story in the English language – and it still has the power to raise the hairs on the back of the neck!
It tells of a hero’s life, a life that is mapped by three tremendous blood-curdling encounters.
As a young man Beowulf defeats the monster Grendel and his even more terrifying Mother, the original creatures from the Black Lagoon. Then, as an old man, he tries his strength against a gold guarding Fire-Drake (a dragon).
Alongside these adrenalin-charged encounters the story explores the journey we all make from the seeming invincibility of youth to the heroic vulnerability of old age. The story has had a tremendous effect on the imagination of many writers and poets, most notably J.R.R. Tolkien. Without Beowulf there would have been no Lord of the Rings.
"impossibly engaging storytelling" The Guardian
Aimed at adults.
Brigsteer Village Hall, LA8 8AL
Tickets £10 cash/card on the door
Bar & Bookshop from 7pm
www.stealingthunder.co.uk
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