7.30pm
Tue 24 — Wed 25 Feb
Ustinov Studio
Orpheus Dismembered
- 24 - 25 February
Event Information
7.30pm
Tue 24 — Wed 25 Feb
The Crick Crack Club presents
Performance storytelling by Ben Haggarty
Music by Jonah Brody
No remembering without forgetting...
No rebirth without death...
No ascent without descent...
These are the mysteries.
Storyteller Ben Haggarty, and musician Jonah Brody, become guides to the dark places. Enter a subterranean dreamscape to meet Dionysus - God of Wine, born once from his mother and again from Zeus; Orpheus who can only find love through separation; Eurydice and Persephone eternally bound to the land of the dead; and Aphrodite scattering the seeds of chaos through which we must wade to find sense.
Ben Haggarty reads between the lines of Greek Mythology to restores them to their terrifying and truly awesome glory. This is world-class storytelling - dark, magical, and provocative.
Whatever you do - don't look back...
"BLOODY BRILLIANT" Time Out
★★★★ "Ben Haggarty is a monumentally effective storyteller…the moment he opens his mouth he has the audience in the palm of his hand. Then, slowly, he closes that palm into a fist, squeezing us, cranking up the tension, etching vivid pictures into our imagination" London City Nights
★★★★ "A TOUR-DE-FORCE OF STORYTELLING" Remote Goat
★★★★★ "STORYTELLING GENIUS" Brighton Fringe
"I WAS SPELL-BOUND, I DON’T USE THE WORD LIGHTLY" The Times
Ben Haggarty is celebrated for his uncompromising, elemental channelling of Greek Mythology. Jonah Brody is a multi-instrumentalist through whom music pours into the world.
Suitable for adults (16+)
Tuesday 24 - Wednesday 25 February
7.30pm
Tickets £18 / £10 discounts
A booking fee of £3 per ticket applies
The Ustinov Studio entrance is on Monmouth Street. Please note, the Ustinov cannot be accessed from the Main House foyer.
Box Office phone lines are open from 10am - 6pm Monday - Saturday.
We aim to open the auditorium doors 20 minutes prior to the performance, where possible.
Tickets for Ustinov Studio productions may include a £2.50 building levy.
Ustinov Studio discounts apply to children, students in full-time education and members of the Theatre Royal Bath's access register.
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A booking fee of £3 per ticket applies to all booking channels and payment types.
There is a lift for wheelchair users from the Ustinov foyer to the Stalls level. The Circle has stair access only.
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