Performer Name: The Ragged Storytelling Collective
Show Name: Cân y Dŵr - Song of Water
Show Description
THE WATERS ARE SINGING. They sing of the Sea - Old Mam y Môr, born at the beginning; the mother of mountains. They sing of the Mountain - A 450-million year old giant; the bog weaving father of rivers. They sing of the Rivers - The three sisters; running on their 12,000 year pilgrimage o'r Mynydd i'r Môr. Then they sing of us. In our new show The Ragged Storytelling Collective weave the entire 4.5-billion-year history of the earth (abridged) with threads spun from deep waters of the first oceans, though geological mountain epochs, the mythic realm of rivers and into the polluted waters of human time. Mixing folk-ritual with documentary, story with music, puppetry with poetry Cân y Dŵr flows between mad science, mythology, folklore and history, with grief, anger, love and reverence for the waters that bring us life. A bewitching whirlpool of haunting harmonies and poetic eloquence, evoking both tears and laughter. A call to action that imparts hope, however fragile and urgent it may be. THE WATERS ARE SINGING, CAN YOU HEAR THEM? ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- "Incredibly beautiful and so poignant!" - Jo Bond, Create-Ahh! "It was fantastic – I was utterly mesmerised – thank you so much!” - Jen Keen – Wye Valley River Festival "This is storytelling at its best!" - Stella Marie Sheppard
