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
21 Nov 2024, 7.30PM

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

The Story Museum, Oxford
42 Pembroke Street, Oxford OX1

when

21 Nov 2024, 7.30PM

ticket information

TICKETS: £15

SUITABLE FOR: adults (16+)

RUNNING TIME: 120 mins, plus interval

STARTS: 7.30pm

Online, live stream tickets are also available for this performance

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

The Story Museum, Oxford
42 Pembroke Street, Oxford OX1

when

21 Nov 2024, 7.30PM

ticket information

TICKETS: £15

SUITABLE FOR: adults (16+)

RUNNING TIME: 120 mins, plus interval

STARTS: 7.30pm

Online, live stream tickets are also available for this performance

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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