The Hairy Girl by Kersti Ståbi – Cranborne Earthouse

The Hairy Girl by Kersti Ståbi – Cranborne Earthouse

Once upon a time there was a king and a queen who had everything, except for a child… This is the very ordinary beginning to one of the wildest of Scandinavian fairytales.

Tatterhood – the wild twin, the unintended progeny, the loose cannon, the protector. Tatterhood, the Hairy Girl, thunders into the world on her goat, armed with a wooden spoon, beating up troll hags, saving her sister from a grim destiny, and using all her cunning to carve out a future for them both.

Kersti Ståbi remixes this primal tale of wonder with the sheer force of Japanese Taiko drumming. The result is power and beauty in equal measure.

Tickets: £13
Running time: 60 mins (no interval)
Suitable for: adults 14+
Site open: 6.30pm Starts: 8pm

There will be two performances at the Earthouse on Saturday 14th June. At 5pm, Danish storytellers, Jesper la Cour and Troels Kirk Ejsing bring us their physical, vital, and downright comedic version of Beowulf.

BOOK FOR BOTH PERFORMANCES: https://www.ticketsource.co.uk/crickcrackclubstorytelling/beowulf-5pm-the-hairy-girl-8pm/e-bedjej

N.B: The performance involves Taiko drumming – those sensitive to load noise levels are advised not to attend.

CONTENT WARNING: This performance contains descriptions of childlessness, childbirth, beheading, and violence, contextualised within a paradigm of mythic narrative, archetype and metaphor.

Director Abbi Patrix | Taiko Consultant John Bolwell