Tuesday
30 July 2024
The
Legacy of The Wicker Man
Since
2010 author and performer David
Bramwell
(The
Odditorium, The Haunted Moustache, No 9 Bus to Utopia)
has been performing as Lord Summerisle in Sing-Along-A-Wicker-Man,
a show that attracts more than its fair share of Pagans, despite the
film’s portrayal of them as a homicidal cult. Since the advent of
monotheism, Pagans have been portrayed as purveyors of the dark arts.
What led us to demonise a way of life that honours nature and gave us
such beloved festivals as May Day, Halloween and Yuletide?
In
this entertaining and thought-provoking talk Bramwell unravels the history
and cultural significance of The
Wicker Man
and undertakes a quest to understand its relationship with Paganism
now. Along the way he interviews druids at Glastonbury, rewrites the
“unholy trinity” of folk horror, participates in May Day rituals
and meets The
Wicker Man’s
Robin Hardy and musician Julian Cope, revealing an island still alive
with rituals and traditions that Bramwell himself will come to fully
embrace.
Date: 30 July 2024
Time: 8pm (Doors 7.30)
Venue: The Bell, 50
Middlesex Street E1 7EX
(Tubes: Liverpool Street, Aldgate, Aldgate
East)
Tickets: £5/£3 https://www.wegottickets.com/event/626252/
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