Hellenic Society & Roman Society Online Course
6.00pm - 8.00pm (UK time) + recordings will be available
Classical Myth from 21st Century Storytellers
Our speakers for this series are five performers who research and explore traditional narratives and devise spoken word storytelling performances, bringing this material to life for modern audiences. They follow in the footsteps of the storytellers who were crucial for the oral transmission of myth and legend in the ancient world. All the shows in this series have toured in performance in theatrical spaces and are gathered here for the first time in a special online sharing of the work.
Wednesday 25 November: Wild Visions told by Katy Cawkwell & Lucy Lill
We plunge in with the birth of the goddess Artemis, leading onto a little-known fragment of her mythology, involving an ecstatic encounter with the Dawn and a moonlit path that leads to transformation. Next, we meet Kassandra, blessed with the power to see the future, cursed with never being believed. Join us as we go hunting in the wild places and raking through the ashes of a fallen city to bring you epic tales that set the women firmly centre stage.
Katy Cawkwell, the current Bard of Exeter, has been storytelling for 30 years, featuring in international festivals from India to Iceland and captivating audiences from London theatres to ancient burial chambers. She read Classics at Oxford and Greek mythology has been a central part of her repertoire ever since, including schools work funded by Classics for All and The Hellenic Society. She has curated this online series of events.
www.katycawkwell.co.uk
Lucy Lill has told stories in venues up and down the country for organisations such as The National Theatre, Crick Crack Club, The Wellcome Collection and The Latin Programme. She has appeared as an actor in the West End and has just made a new show about the Sibyls. She is co-director of Story Jam and an associate lecturer at Central Saint Martins.
www.lucylill.com
Wednesday 2 December: Metamorphoses told by Hugh Lupton & Daniel Morden
Tales of transformation, featuring Arachne, Orpheus, Echo and Narcissus, Demeter and Persephone, Midas, Baucis and Philemom. Darkly humorous, chilling and charming by turns.
“the tale… stopped all our hearts, however hardened by age” The Guardian
Hugh Lupton is an award-winning wordsmith: storyteller, author, poet and lyricist. His books include Unriddling the World, The Dreaming of Place and The Assembly of the Severed Head. “Our finest British storyteller” Kevin Crossley-Holland
www.hughlupton.co.uk
Daniel Morden has been collecting and sharing stories since 1989, both in oral performance and in published anthologies of traditional tales. He was awarded the Hay Festival Medal in 2017 for services to storytelling. “One of the UK’s finest storytellers” Ian McMillan
www.danielmorden.org
Hugh and Daniel have collaborated on four widely-acclaimed shows based on Greek mythology which have toured globally, including National Theatre, RSC, Barbican stages and written retellings including The Adventures of Odysseus. They were awarded the Classical Association Prize for ‘most significant contribution to the public understanding of Classics.’
Wednesday 9 December: Dionysos told by Amelia Ace Armande
Thrice-born, vine-maker, girl-child, mountain-shaker. Amelia Ace Armande unstoppers the life-story of Dionysos, bringing all the world the ‘Good News’ of the ‘New Wine’ – heady tales of ecstasy and madness, revelry and resurrection.
Amelia Ace Armande has toured internationally as a storyteller with appearances at Oxford Storytelling Festival, the Crick Crack Club and the Goddess Lounge. They founded Ropetackle Storytellers in Shoreham and also work as an actor, poet and playwright.
www.ameliaarmande.wordpress.com
Fees and Practical Information
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Members of the Hellenic Society and Roman Society may book at a heavily discounted rate.
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Hellenic Society and Roman Society Members: £40
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Hellenic Society and Roman Society Student Members: £20
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All Non-Members: £80
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After booking, and before the course starts, you will receive an email with the Zoom link and any preparatory reading.
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The course will be held on our Zoom platform. You will be able to ask questions using the chat or Q&A functions. It is not necessary to have a microphone or camera.
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Some courses will include optional additional reading / documents. If so, these will be held on Google Drive and you will be sent the link.
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