shows
Widsith and Deor’s shows include;
New Show: Temptation and Redemptions- Tales of being Ruined and Being saved, for the season of Lent. For further details click here
Wise Fools & Wily Wives – Arabian Folktales (not the Arabian Nights). For further details click here.
Jack’s Journey – Tales from Around the World - a circumnavigation of the globe. For further details click here
Egilsaga (C12th Icelandic Viking Saga – tales from). For further details click here
The Epic of Gilgamesh (from Third Millennium BC Mesopotamia – humanity’s oldest story). For further details click here
The Poet, the Viking & the King.
A show based around three ancient sources, the Exeter Book, Egil’s Saga and the Epic of Gilgamesh. For further details click here.
Saints and Anti-Saints: Tales of the actually religious, the downright sanctimonious and the frankly wicked, but all of them miraculous in some way. For further details click here.
African Tales. A portrait of Africa in stories: Meet brave hearted women, cunning crocodiles and noble lions, in a sequence of stories which take you from Ghana to Zululand. For further details click here.
Dragons, Devils & Fools - including an epic Dragon Aga Saga from Persia spanning four generations! plus classic fool interludes for contrast! For further details click here.
Ghosts and Ghouls, Fairies and Fools.
A show for Halloween of classic poetry and stoyies, with a few surprises in as well. For further details click here.
God and Man; Tales of Dionysus on earth, and of his Ascension into the heavens.
For further details click here.
The Ruin of Britain and other invasions. The Dark Age historians Gildas and Asser brought alive (and kicking). For further details click here.
North & East & Down the Road - tales from Italy, England, Sweden, Bulgaria, Haiti, Lesotho, Arabia, Japan, and a host of other regions.
Want to hear more stories?
For audio story page, with new stories for each season of the year click here.
To hear more of Gilgamesh go here.
To hear more Halloween tales click here.
The shows are highly theatrical, with, depending on which set - Venetian masks, drinking horns, drum, lyre, staffs, swords, pennants, etc., costume and indoor or outdoor sets which can include a willow arch or spotlighting. Historical or themed homemade refreshments can also be provided, and a Moroccan Pavilion booked.
For more info, availability & bookings e-mail;
To Hear S.V.W in action as a performance poet click here