Snorri Sturluson’s C12th Icelandic master piece, which conveys all the fun, fury and fear of being a viking, in a performance that includes much of the originally and very beautiful poetry - including a unique viking rap.
The Ruin of Britan and Other Invasions -
Gildas, Asser and 1066, told in their full, with power, feeling, and engigma of contemporary takes on ancient tales
Mankind earliest, and possibly greatest tale - as adapted by Widsith and Deor and told for today.
A unique Widsith and Deor double bill - ideal for ‘a magical evenings’ entertainment. In the first half they present poetry and stories from Dark age Europe, and in the second a carefully adapted and abridged version of the Epic of Gilgamesh - tales that are thousands of years apart, and yet share the same deep humanity, that still has a great power today.
Widsith and Deor Specialise in bring pre conquest history and historical sagas and stories very much alive. As befits storytellers who are named after the two oldest poems in the English Language they delight in showing how this ancient work has lost none of it deep resonance and power to move, and to make us think today. Be it straight forward history, or ancient historical ‘fiction’ they bring it alive with the same verve and sense of the dramatic they bring to all their more conventional tales and stories.
The Ancient Performance PoetryShow
Widsith and Deor present their favourite riddles poems and riddles form their shows, in a stand alone show, where the true power of the poem on move mind after thousands on years is bought to the fore
Widsith and Deors most popular historical shows include
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The represent our most popular shows, we are however experienced researchers as well as performers, and if you have a time period or possibly a historian who you wish to here more from, just let us know.