Matlock Storytelling Cafe presents: PSALMS FROM THE HORSE’S MOUTH told by HUgh Lupton

LIVE in person and ONLINE via Zoom

We are very excited to be welcoming the (dare I say) legendary Hugh Lupton to Matlock Storytelling Cafe in June. It is a great way to end our summer programme of events for 2023. Following this we are taking a break for two months and will return in September. Tickets are bound to go like hot cakes so book now.

Hugh Lupton’s interest in traditional music, street theatre, poetry, and myth resulted in him becoming a professional storyteller in 1981. He tells stories from many cultures, but his particular passion is for the hidden layers of the British landscape and the stories and ballads that give voice to them. His published work includes two novels, many collections of folk-tales & most recently a collection of stories and essays ‘The Dreaming of Place’. In June he will bring us;

PSALMS FROM THE HORSE’S MOUTH.

Since the earliest times there has been a strong, almost a magical connection between people and horses.

We can see it in paleolithic cave-paintings of wild horses, we can see it in the reverence paid to the horse in Celtic culture, just as we can see it in old black and white footage of farm labourers working their ploughs with teams of shires. It is a relationship that has continued through history, and it is only over the last seventy years that the connection has been severed for most of us by the supplanting of the horse by the internal combustion engine.

But we feel it instinctively still; when we are in the presence of horses an old memory is wakened in us.

This programme of words and music explores and celebrates the ancient relationship between human and horse. It also explores what we have lost by being out of touch with ‘horse presence’.

Using story, poetry, song and music it evokes the companionship and the mystery, the sense of otherness that horses conjure in us.

We will be live and in the room and also streaming via Zoom. Our house band Cage of Crows will be with us too. We're loving our international reach and enjoy the 'shout outs' to our global audience. So, if you're willing and able, schmooze on down to the Imperial Rooms in Matlock and join us live. If you're elsewhere in the world or can't join us live for whatever reason then sit back with a beverage of your choice, curl up on the settee and click on the link.

We are delighted to tell you that soup, cakes, teas coffees etc will be available from our kitchen once more. So now you can leave all your snacks at home. You are still most welcome to bring a bottle of something with you. If you're watching online you are responsible for your own volume levels, choice of cutlery and whether to add milk first or last.

We urge you to book in advance as we cannot guarantee there will be tickets available on the door. We regularly sell out and we anticipate high demand for this night. 

We at Matlock Storytelling Cafe are embracing our quest; to bring top quality performances to adult audiences.

Grab a ticket, turn off your phone and join us on a journey. Online ticket sales will close at 7pm on the night.

The doors opens at 7.00pm, stories and music  7.30-9.30

Tickets are £7