THE THREE SNAKE LEAVES: FAIRYTALES FOR GROWN-UPS FROM THE GRIMM FOREST

Hugh Lupton, Sally Pomme Clayton and Ben Haggarty, with music by Sheema Mukherjee
13 July 2024, 7.30PM - SOLD OUT

A father and daughter sit beside a fire in the snow; a bride is bricked up in a tower; marvels gleam in the half-light, and the mysterious snake leaves bring transformation.

The dark and unexpected pasts of three dishevelled travellers lost in a forest are untangled in this subtle and beguiling fairytale for grown-ups. Seamlessly interweaving a dozen of Grimm’s lesser-known stories, legendary contemporary storytellers, Ben Haggarty, Hugh Lupton, and Sally Pomme Clayton, and extraordinary musician Sheema Mukherjee, embark on an enchanted search for truth.

Shot through with evocative music and luminous beauty, this is a show about what it is to be a human.

'A WONDERFUL, INTRICATE PIECE ABOUT STORYTELLING AND THE POSSIBILITIES OF REDEMPTION!'  - The Independent

'MESMERIZING. THE CRICK CRACK CLUB WEAVES A WEB OF ENCHANTMENT' - Remote Goat

where

Cranborne Earthouse, Dorset
Damerham Road, Cranborne, Dorset BH21 5RP

when

13 July 2024, 7.30PM - SOLD OUT

ticket information

TICKETS: £13

SUITABLE FOR: adults (16+)

RUNNING TIME: 120 mins (+ interval)

STARTS: 7.30pm

CONTENT WARNING: This performance may contain descriptions of or references to death, incest, rape, death in childbirth, and mutilation contextualised within a paradigm of mythic narrative, archetype and metaphor.

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where

Cranborne Earthouse, Dorset
Damerham Road, Cranborne, Dorset BH21 5RP

when

13 July 2024, 7.30PM - SOLD OUT

ticket information

TICKETS: £13

SUITABLE FOR: adults (16+)

RUNNING TIME: 120 mins (+ interval)

STARTS: 7.30pm

CONTENT WARNING: This performance may contain descriptions of or references to death, incest, rape, death in childbirth, and mutilation contextualised within a paradigm of mythic narrative, archetype and metaphor.

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