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United Kingdom | | Ben Haggarty (Fri/Sat only) Performing Gilgamesh – epic of the mythological Sumerian hero-king, with musician Manya Maratou www.crickcrackclub.com Jan Blake with Kouame Sereba
A West African double-bill - Kirama & Kankejan, from the Sundiata epic, plus West African wonder tale The Girl & the Snake www.crickcrackclub.com Michael Harvey Hunting The Giants Daughter – the Arthurian story of Culhwch & Olwen, performed with singer Lynne Denman and composer/musician Stacey Blythe
Peiriau/Cauldrons – collaborating with archeologists from National Museum of Wales, filmmaker Sean Harries and ambient guitarist Jim Brooks to explore the world of The Tale of Branwen www.michaelharvey.org Xanthe Gresham Hecate Tango, Aphrodite & The Real Red Shoes, Inanna Banana - her distinctive update on the ancient goddesses of Greece and Mesopotamia www.xanthegresham.co.uk Daniel Morden Performances include telling Sleeping Beauty alongside the beautiful Greek myth of Alcestis with fiddle player Oli Wilson Dickson and jazz guitarist Dylan Fowler (fri only) http://www.fiddle.org.uk/sleepingbeauty Hugh Lupton Performances include The Homing Stone - the story of Swallows and Amazons author Arthur Ransome and his epic flight across Bolshevik Russia (Sun only) www.hughlupton.com Mary-Anne Roberts Performing stories from the Old and the New Worlds stitched together with Welsh and Trinidadian folk music (Sun only) Atinuke performances include stories from her childrens books featuring Anna Hibiscus www.walker.co.uk/contributors/Atinuke-5024.aspx | | United Kingdom continued... | | Cath Little, Anna Podesta, Farah Morely
Stories, songs and puppetry for Under 5’s in The Early Years Yurt. www.cathlittle.co.uk | Italy | | Sergio Diotti Performances include Pulcinella in Persia - adventures of one of the great characters of commedia dell’arte, performed with puppeteer Luca Ronga. www.arrivanodalmare.it/ Paola Balbi Stories from the Decameron www.raccontamiunastoria.com/ | Canada | | Melanie Ray Canadian storyteller brings the love story of Tristan & Isuelt back to its ancient British roots www.melanieray.ca | Egypt | | Chirine El Ansary Stories from The Arabian Nights with leading Egyptian storyteller | Turkey | | Seref Tasliova Performing stories and songs from the Turkish epic tradition, with Serap Guven and Vergine Gulbenkian. Serap Guven Songs, stories and dances from Turkish tradition | Armenia/UK | | Vergine Gulbenkian The Sound Beneath The Waves – Armenian folktales performed with percussionist Vahan Kerovpyan.
Kearam & Asli - extracts from the Armenian epic, performed with eminent Turkish ashik Seref Tasliova www.crickcrackclub.com | | Musicians...    
United Kingdom | | Chris Wood One of our leading traditional music artists – composer, singer, guitarist, violinist and award-winning songwriter. (Solo concert Sat only. Also performing with Hugh Lupton Sunday) www.chriswoodmusic.co.uk Dylan Fowler Acoustic multi-instrumentalist, composer and performer with Daniel Morden and Oli Wilson Dickson of Sleeping Beauty/Alcestis – Fri night only. www.myspace.com/dylanfowler1 Lynne Denman & Stacey Blythe Lynne sings, Stacey plays accordion and composes the music for Hunting The Giants Daughter with Michael Harvey (Fri/Sat) adversecamber.org/hunting-the-giants-daughter.html Bragod Duo of Mary-Anne Roberts (voice), Robert Evans (crwth and Lyre) exploring medieval and renaissance Welsh music and poetry, including the Story of Tristan and Iseult. www.bragod.com Oli Wilson-Dickson Fiddle player performing with storyteller Daniel Morden (Fri/Sat only) www.fiddle.org.uk | Ivory Coast | | Kouame Sereba Singer, percussionist, and master of the Dodo, a mouth harp known for its overtone-rich, almost electronic sound. Performing with storyteller Jan Blake (Sat/Sun) www.myspace.com/kouamesereba | Iraq | | Ahmed Muhktar Consummate Iraqi Oud player , performing his concert suite The Road To Baghdad (Sat only) www.amukhtar.com | | UK/Gambia | | Justin Adams & Juldeh Camara (Sun Only) Robert Plant guitarist meets traditional West African musician “Songs that echo the raw exuberance of the Clash, the rolling blues of Muddy Waters and the delicacy and grandeur of the ancient griot ballads. Magnificent.” (THE GUARDIAN) www.sasamusic.com | Greece | | Manya Maratou Plays flute and percussion for Ben Haggarty’s Gilgamesh (Fri/Sat only). Manya will also be telling Greek stories for children on Sunday. | Georgia | | Mtiebi Choir 5-strong Male Voice ensemble from the Republic of Georgia, with repertoire of feasting songs. www.mtiebi.com | Brittany/Armenia | | Bro Ar Men Pol Huellou (Brittany – flutes), Vaskan Solakian (Armenia – oud) join Welsh traditional musician Ossian George. www.myspace.com/broarmen | Armenia | | Kotchnak Ensemble Paris-based ensemble performing traditional Armenian folk songs as well as songs by ashoughs (Armenian epic singers) kotchnak.online.fr | | (Line-Up Subject To Change) | |
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