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Sound recording, story; a folk tale told by Abbi Patrix within the performance Au bout du Monde or The End of the World Show, in a mini-festival of stories, Journeys of the Heart, programmed by the Crick Crack Club and Barbican Education, in the Pit Theatre, Barbican Centre, London, 14th February 2007.

A story told by Abbi Patrix, accompanied by sign language. A story about a man who goes to a monostary where the monks speak in sign language, and those wishing to enter have to undertake a contest of questions and answers in sign language. The man and the monk leading the contest completely misunderstand each other's questions and answers.

Programme note reads - Europe's Finest storyteller, Abbi Patrix, makes a dramatic return to the Barbican with his reflections on the metaphor, 'the end of the world'. Explore the known and the unknown universe with personal tales of exotic travel and myths of ancient wanderings to the borders of the world. An evening of absurdity, mystery and compassion awaits!

audience:- adult
    recording quality
condition:- good
completeness:- incomplete
duration:- 0 hours, 2 minutes, 55 seconds

In 2003, Jillian Barker, Head of Education at the Barbican Centre, London, approached Ben Haggarty, Artistic Director of the Crick Crack Club, with a proposal to programme regular performance storytelling at the Barbican Centre. Since 2003 the Crick Crack Club has worked in partnership with Barbican Education to programme 9 events a year in the Barbican Pit Theatre, for adult audiences. These events are programmed during the three school half terms each year, with usually three evening events per half term. The performances of storytelling are occasionally preceded by pre-show talks. The Pit Theatre is an award winning black box theatre, which seats approximately 180 people (depending on the seating configuration).

storytelling; talk:- storyteller; speaker: Abbi Patrix
male / French / Norwegian


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programming & administration:- programmer; Crick Crack Club Artistic Director: Ben Haggarty
programmer: The Crick Crack Club
administrator; programmer: The Barbican Centre; Barbican Education


storytelling; talk:- London, England: The Barbican Centre: The Pit Theatre
15 Feb 2007
mini-festival; public performance: Journeys of the Heart
Au bout du Monde
The End of the World Show


gift from:- The Barbican Centre


©  The London Centre for International Storytelling: 2007
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