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Ben Haggarty

BEN HAGGARTY

  
Nationality:    British
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Having trained in mime and theatre direction, and apprenticed as an image-maker with Welfare State, Ben Haggarty began telling stories in 1981 - becoming a central figure in the re-visioning of storytelling as a contemporary performing art in the UK. Today Ben is a world-class performance storyteller and much sought after teacher, whose work delights and subverts audiences across the English-speaking world. Ben has performs in venues ranging from caves to the Carnegie Hall, and has been commissioned by the likes of the Barbican, the British Museum, the ENO, the National Gallery, the Unicorn Theatre & the Guardian Hay Festival. He is the official storyteller for Yo Yo Ma's Silk Road Ensemble, devising shows for audiences of up to 10,000 people. A regular voice on BBC Radio (Today, Midweek, A Good Read), he has undertaken research trips to Northern and Central India and in Central Asia; he was researcher and consultant for Jim Henson's 'Storyteller' series, and is author of the graphic novels 'MeZolith. Ben founded the Crick Crack Club; co-founded The Company of Storytellers, Beyond the Border Festival, and most recently Pandvani 108. He is Honorary Professor of Storytelling at Berlin's University of the Arts.

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         Crick Crack Club, The - Old Nick         Mr Sandmann - Bringer of Dreams and Nightmares

Crick Crack Club, The - Old Nick

Synopsis:
Lucifer, Old Scratch, Old Hob, Beelzebub, The prince of Darkness, He, Himself, Old Nick... you can call him what you like, but the devil is still the devil. A spotters guide would no doubt suggest you keep an eye out for give-always such as cloven hooves, hairy britches, a tail-coat worn in vain attempt to hide a tail, a tall dark top hat, a pale face prone to hot flushes, and a slight whiff of sulphur... but that all sounds rather too obvious. Three performances take to the stage at the Soho Theatre to indulge in the decadent company of the devil, through fairytale, myth, urban legend and everything in between.

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Written by Tim Ralphs, Ben Haggarty and Clare Muireann Murphy

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Genre:
story tale

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Mr Sandmann - Bringer of Dreams and Nightmares

Synopsis:
Internationally renowned for his dynamic and challenging performances, Ben Haggarty slips behind the lights into the dark side of the fairground, where you risk getting more than you bargained for. Via freak-show and moonshine bar, ready yourself for an intense and alarming journey through the ambivalent mythology of the Sandman. Flirting with Americana; drawing on urban legend, fairytale, myth and folklore, and paying oblique homage to Heinrich Von Kleist, ETA Hoffman, Hans Andersen and Nick Cave, Haggarty surrenders his sanity to the magnetic pull of a ravenous moon.

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TYA performance storytelling

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