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The Crick Club Presents The Girl in the Dog. Performance storytelling by Jan Blake, presented in association with TORCH (The Oxford Research Centre in the Humanities) and Oxford and Caribbeanity Now
A stranger walks into town,
A forbidden chamber is filled with hair,
A girl seeks refuge in the skin of a dog…
Superlative storyteller, Jan Blake, draws us into the hot, enchanted realm of Caribbean and African fairytale - where rules get bent, taboos are broken, people go astray, and family bonds are tightly tied.
Expect shapeshifting, dark encounters and surreal enchantments, as magic is done and undone to restore balance in a dynamic world of wonder.
JAN BLAKE
Powerful and bold, Jan Blake is the Queen of Afro-Caribbean Storytelling. An outstanding storyteller, she performs in theatres and festivals the length and breadth of Europe. Jan was born in Manchester to Jamaican parents. Inspired by recordings of 'Miss Lou' (Louise Bennett) she came to telling stories in 1986, and rapidly gained an international reputation for witty and exhilarating performances. Specialising in folktales from West Africa, North Africa, the Arab world and the Caribbean, her repertoire is full of tales of powerful women and her versions of Ananse’s exploits are definitive. she was awarded the Thüringe Märchen Preis for devoting her life to this art form.
‘ONE OF THE WORLD’S GREATEST STORYTELLERS’ André Naffis-Sahely
‘Jan Blake’s storytelling is among the best in the world’ EVERYTHING THEATRE
Suitable for adults 14+
Running time 50mins+50mins+interval
