Gilgamesh

Performance storytelling by Ben Haggarty Music by Jonah Brody

A bored king A wild man A quest for eternal life And the deepest secrets of the gods

Over 3,500 years after this ancient Sumerian epic was first etched into clay tablets, world renowned storyteller Ben Haggarty, and multi-instrumentalist Jonah Brody, bring Gilgamesh to the stage in an extraordinary and powerful telling of one of the oldest stories in the world. Haggarty's bold and physical performance is underscored by the uncanny psychedelia of Brody's music. The result is passionate, fast-paced epic, laced with humour.

Goddesses are insulted and appeased by turn, supernatural beings are slain, apocalypse is averted, and our anti-hero turned hero, discovers what it really is to be a man.

'VIVID, RICH AND IMPOSINGLY EPIC'★★★★ Dominic Maxwell, The Times

'BLOODY BRILLIANT' Time Out

AN IMMENSE TALENT ★★★★ Everything Theatre

'I WAS SPELLBOUND - I DON'T USE THE WORD LIGHTLY' Erica Wagner, The Times

'STORYTELLING GENIUS' Brighton Fringe Ben Haggarty is world-class storyteller celebrated for his uncompromising, elemental channelling of world mythology. Jonah Brodyis an award winning multi-instrumentalist through whom music pours into the world.

Running time: 60mins+60mins+interval Suitable for: adults 14+ Content advice: This performance contains descriptions of sex, prostitution, violence, death, and grief contextualised within a paradigm of mythic narrative, archetype and metaphor.