T588012387Christmas Champions was originally written for BBC Radio 3’s Late Junction. Now a live multimedia show, commissioned by The Sage Gateshead and featuring BBC Folk Award winning duo Chris Wood and Hugh Lupton joined by The English Acoustic Collective and Olivia Ross. This is a performance that mixes the recorded voices of past generations with ritual theatre, seasonal song, storytelling and music in a celebration of England’s most enduring midwinter custom: The Mummers Play. | |
| 7 Dec 08 | Arts Centre, Norwich :: V73 listing details L251131946 |
T706706006A festive blend of music and narrative, Christmas Champions offers an enjoyable evening of seasonal entertainment. Building upon the music of midwinter, both choral and instrumental, the show features new songs and re-workings of established carols. What sets the show apart is the way in which their voices are worked into recordings of Herbie Smith's reminiscences of Mumming in the Medway Valley at the turn of the last century. It is the true, native, vernacular mystery play and this performance brings it vividly to life.Producer Alan Bearman Music. | |
| 6 Dec 08 | Square Chapel Arts Centre, Halifax :: V1098014226 listing details L0793304600 |
