StoryNight at Torriano Autumn 2019
WED 13th Nov
Doors 7.30 / Stories start 8pm
£10/8 on the door incls delicious mocky/cockytail designed by Nell
StoryNight Welcomes BADEN PRINCE
BADEN PRINCE (Junior) is a London-based writer, poet, performer and storyteller. Over the past ten years, he has established a solid reputation with performances at major venues all over the UK and abroad, the USA and the Netherlands in particular. From 2003 - 2010 he was the curator and host of "Speakeasy," one of London's most popular poetry and spoken word events, enjoyed and respected by audinces and performers alike. As a performer, Baden entrances audiences with his warm, engaging manner, his mellifluous voice and his irreverent, humorous style.
WED 11th Dec
Doors 7.30 / Stories start 8pm
£10/8 on the door incls delicious wintery mocky/cockytail mixed by Nell and
festive delicious treats
Christmas Barnstormer
GAWAIN AND THE GREEN KNIGHT told by SARAH RUNDLE
Gawain, nephew to King Arthur, rides out in golden armour on his white horse.
His mission is suicidal: to seek beheading by the axe of a murderous giant.
His journey is long and cold; he is constantly ambushed …
but the greatest danger comes from his own heart.
Gawain is a C14th alliterative poem, itself based on an ancient Celtic story. It has themes of magic, honour, heroism tinged with absurdity, and has at its heart a dysfunctional family, where a wrong done in one generation festers into revenge upon the next.
Sarah Rundle’s prose re-telling of this epic includes songs, humour, and contemporary references: the etiquette of Christmas presents, gasmen, Downton Abbey, Powerpoint, and gossip mags.