The Devil's Purse

"The Devil's Purse" Thursday 7th July 7.30pm

Beguiling, tricksy, highly-strung, and suspiciously helpful – the Little People
are waiting in the shadows, beneath your feet, under the tables, and
even in the cracks in the walls – and they’re waiting to prove just how
hard it is to tell that they are there. On hot summer nights their world
is a breath away and on long winter evenings they have far too much
time on their hands…
Dominic Kelly, Bridget Marsden & Leif
Ottosson fuse storytelling performance and music in a wild journey into
the cinema of the imagination. A lost traveler finds himself guided
through the mountain mists; a farmer marries an apparently perfect wife;
a drunk gambles with a purse that is forever full, and an anxious
mother watches her child turn into skin and bone… Come spend some time
in the company of Themselves, the Gentry Below, the Good Folk, the
sylphs, the sprites, the fairies, and a labyrinth of stories.
Dominic Kelly is a performance storyteller
whose dynamic style has captivated audiences across the UK and around
the world. He has performed in many prominent venues and festivals
including The Barbican and the National Theatre in London, The Times
Literature Festival, and on tour internationally from India to the
Arctic Circle.
Bridget Marsden (violin) & Leif Ottoson
(accordion) form a duo whose interpretations of Nordic folk music take
place in a filmic borderland of tunes and soundscapes where new
compositions and traditional tunes meet. Leif challenges conventional
ways of using the accordion and has distinguished himself on the Swedish
folk scene as an instrumentalist, composer and arranger. Bridget
studied folk music at the Royal College of Music in Stockholm and works
as a freelance musician. Her band Stormsteg won Best Newcomer at the
Swedish Folk & World Music Awards 2012”