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Storyteller Hugh Lupton presents Psalms from the Horse's Mouth
A Celebration of Horse Magic.
Since the earliest times there has been a strong, almost a magical connection between people and horses. We can see it in palaeolithic cave-paintings and in the reverence paid to the horse in Celtic culture, just as we can see it in old black and white footage of farm labourers working their ploughs with teams of shires. It is a relationship that has continued through history, and it has only been severed for most of us by the introduction of the internal combustion engine. But we feel it instinctively still; when we are in the presence of horses, an old memory is wakened in us.
This programme of words and music explores and celebrates the ancient relationship between man and horse. At the heart of the programme is the narrative poem ‘The Horses’, a story that begins in Eastern England a hundred years ago. It follows the life of Jenny Wing, a horseman’s daughter. The slow disappearance of the horses from the landscape mirrors the aspirations and disappointments of her lifetime, a lifetime that almost spans the twentieth century. The programme also includes humorous, moving stories from the Celtic and Navajo traditions.
Hugh Lupton is an award-winning storyteller, performer and author. He has toured both nationally and internationally and has performed at the RSC, the National Theatre and the Barbican as well as at schools, community venues and arts centres the length and breadth of Britain. His work often explores our place in the landscape and the deep cultural memories we carry. www.hughlupton.co.uk
Since the earliest times there has been a strong, almost a magical connection between people and horses. We can see it in palaeolithic cave-paintings and in the reverence paid to the horse in Celtic culture, just as we can see it in old black and white footage of farm labourers working their ploughs with teams of shires. It is a relationship that has continued through history, and it has only been severed for most of us by the introduction of the internal combustion engine. But we feel it instinctively still; when we are in the presence of horses, an old memory is wakened in us.
This programme of words and music explores and celebrates the ancient relationship between man and horse. At the heart of the programme is the narrative poem ‘The Horses’, a story that begins in Eastern England a hundred years ago. It follows the life of Jenny Wing, a horseman’s daughter. The slow disappearance of the horses from the landscape mirrors the aspirations and disappointments of her lifetime, a lifetime that almost spans the twentieth century. The programme also includes humorous, moving stories from the Celtic and Navajo traditions.
Hugh Lupton is an award-winning storyteller, performer and author. He has toured both nationally and internationally and has performed at the RSC, the National Theatre and the Barbican as well as at schools, community venues and arts centres the length and breadth of Britain. His work often explores our place in the landscape and the deep cultural memories we carry. www.hughlupton.co.uk
7.30pm (doors open 7pm)
Tickets £15
Tickets £15
Westcote Village Hall Gloucestershire OX7 6SH
Fri 25 October