TALES from the Avon’s riverbank will be told by theatre company Stan’s Cafe.
River Tours: The Avon floats visitors through centuries of history, folklore and wildlife, from the Avon’s source in Northamptonshire to its union with the River Severn at Tewksbury, and features a collection of characters and unexpected stories, as well as moments of everyday life, past and present.
Historical facts to personal anecdotes are recounted by actor/storyteller Kathryn Hanke beside a specially commissioned three metre long textile map tracing the course of the river.
Created by Warwickshire-based Studio Mead (aka Ellie Carr-Smith and Molly Acacia Hughes) using screen printing and tufting techniques, the colourful detailed tapestry is filled with illustrations.
These have been inspired by the stories collected by the Stan’s Cafe project team, who worked closely with communities and groups across Warwickshire and Worcestershire to bring together a rich archive of tales.
The production opens on Saturday August 1 in Shipston, before stop-offs in Luddington (August 7), Shottery (August 8), Hampton Lucy (August 9), Bidford August 11), and concluding with five performances at The Royal Shakespeare Company in Stratford (August to 16)).
River Tours: The Avon is the sixth instalment of Stan’s Cafe’s ongoing River Tours project, which has previously visited The Thames, The Lune, The Indus, The Severn and the Volga.
Tickets to all performances of River Tours: The Avon, are ‘pay what you can’ with tickets bookable via Stan’s Cafe’s website
here
stans.cafe/project/project-river-tours/river-tours-the-avon/
