A Double-Bill of Fairytales for Grown-Ups, by Ben Haggarty & Nell Phoenix

THE CRICK CRACK CLUB PRESENTS a Double-bill of Fairytales for Grown-Ups

Treacherous, comedic and magical - enter a world filled with wonder...

THE GRATEFUL & THE DEAD, by Ben Haggarty
A young man dreams of a white dove, a black raven, and red blood... and so begins a journey from innocence to experience, via blacksmiths, troll hags, comedic transformations and vicious enchantment.

World renowned for his challenging and playful performances, Ben Haggarty lures us into a full-blooded fairytale for grown-ups, and a story of initiations and the repayment of debts, which delves into a disconcertingly familiar narrative world. Fierce, beautiful and startling by turn - here everything happens in threes and friends should be chosen wisely....

'The story unravels itself mischievously in Haggarty's masterful telling' The New Statesman

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THE KISS OF FORGETFULLNESS, by Nell Phoenix
The trouble with love is that it’s never where you’re looking for it. This is a land where the wind has sharp teeth; where the all-knowing oracle is loose leaf tea, and a kiss plays tricks of misremembering. As the flood waters rise, a young woman sets out on a quest to uncover love and magic in a soot-stained city.

Tightly laced with dark enchantment and quick wit, Nell Phoenix tells a story of transformations, luck, jealousy and sharp objects - a dark adult fairytale that conceals the murky and the weird right at its heart.

'I was spell-bound - I don't use the word lightly' The Times