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
25 Jan 2025, 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

Kings Place, London
90 York Way, London, N1 9AG

when

25 Jan 2025, 7.30PM

ticket information

TICKETS: £10 - £20

SUITABLE FOR: adults (16+)

RUNNING TIME: 120 mins, plus interval

DOORS: 7pm STARTS: 7.30pm

CONTENT WARNING: This performance contains descriptions of or references to death, incest, mutilation, rape, and maternal mortality contextualised within a paradigm of mythic narrative, archetype, and metaphor.

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where

Kings Place, London
90 York Way, London, N1 9AG

when

25 Jan 2025, 7.30PM

ticket information

TICKETS: £10 - £20

SUITABLE FOR: adults (16+)

RUNNING TIME: 120 mins, plus interval

DOORS: 7pm STARTS: 7.30pm

CONTENT WARNING: This performance contains descriptions of or references to death, incest, mutilation, rape, and maternal mortality contextualised within a paradigm of mythic narrative, archetype, and metaphor.

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