Special Shows

Tales of Otherness brings together a wonderful array of ballads, songs and stories from Britain and other countries, to explore a twilight zone of deception and masquerade, trickery and betrayal, transformation and enchantment, where creatures and people are seldom if ever what they seem! Witch-hares, wer-foxes, swan maidens, dragon ladies, female pirates and many more appear in a magical, sometimes scary, and frequently thought provoking experience in words and music.

Summon Up the Sun
Carols, folk songs, stories and poems (funny and serious) from Britain and beyond provide the perfect entertainment for a winter's evening. In December 2006 we toured this show in conjunction with a number of community choirs, including a sell-out concert in Winchester.

The Way Through the Woods
We've now piloted a mini version of this new show at Combs Middle school (follow link for details), where it was very well received and sparked off a lot of creative writing and research from the children who took part. We inaugurated a grown up version at Sidmouth and Whitby Folk Week. Rather than just being a CMR performance, ran a series of workshops so that lots of people could take part in a performance at the end of the week. As the name suggests it is all about trees and woods, and there'll be songs and readings so scope for singers and non singers to take part. Follow this link for pictures of the Whitby performance, plus a few clips from the Sidmouth performance.

CHARM
2006 saw us starting a new musical collaboration with Mary Humphreys and Anahata, under the name CHARM. We present a special show which takes the audience on a tour of Britain's traditional music and song, a journey which starts in Shetland and finishes in the West Country, and contains a glorious mix of songs (solo and harmony) plus stunning instrumentals.

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