The Frog Princess Punked
by sally pomme claytonspoken-word-and-live-literature, live-art
A punk fairytale - girl band rock traditional storytelling!
about the production
The Frog Princess Punked. What happens when Ivan marries a frog? Big sounds. A wicked racket! Urban meets forest. Patriarchy meets feminism. Baba Yaga meets Koschey the Deathless! A crazy collage of story, music and live projections. The Swamp Girls combine the noise of punk with a surreal narrative about the dangers of annexing the wild and the wisdom of liberating the female. A hullabaloo of spoken word, distorted guitars, riotous songs, scorching drums, poetic riffs, set in a shifting collage of fragmented images, animation and film v-jayed live by digital artist Fotios Begklis. It's gonna be loud!
about the artist
The Swamp Girls are: Sally Pomme Clayton – story; Georgia Kalogeropoulou - guitars, voice; Dawn Rose - drums, voice; Fotios Begklis – films, live v-jaying. It’s gonna be loud! Sally Pomme is a pioneering storyteller and writer creating unique performances. She performs stories for everyone from: Soho Theatre to Northern Stage; The London Gypsy Orchestra to The London Philharmonic Orchestra; Royal Shakespeare Company to The Royal Opera House; Hakaya Storytelling Festival, Jordan to Beyond the Border Festival, Wales; 40 Winks Hotel to 11 Downing Street; The Crick Crack Club to A Curious Invitation; The British Museum to The British Council; Apples
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stage dimensions
width: 5 metres
height: 2 metres
depth: 3 metres
We need:
Vocal PA and speakers
3 x monitors
4 x vocal mics and 4 mic stands (3 for each of the performers, and 1 to put the guitar amp into the PA)
Projector with a VJA or HDMI connection (for an ipad).
We project the images onto bits of flameproofed cardboard that we gaffer tape to your black tabs or back wall.
Adults; more specifically: women - feminist/girl power elements of story; young people - music; punk; girl punk; adults/students: literature; folklore; fairytales; spoken word; lie projections
"This raucous subversion of a fairytale might just be a parable for our times."
"You have reinvented storytelling with this feisty girl-punk, feminist fairytale!"
"Disgusting! Get out before the doors close!"
Accessible for all. But advise - wheelchairs need to be at the front for best sight lines. Spoken word and music suitable for blind/partially sighted.
workshops in storytelling; creative writing; music; drama
negotiable
