Fairytales for Grown-ups: The Mighty Goddess

Sally Pomme Clayton revitalizes goddess power!

Wonder at Cybele, the mother goddess who fathered a child. Meet Ishtar, Goddess of love and war journeying to the underworld. Discover the dark secret of the Queen Mother of the West’s immortality. Find out why virgins are always warriors, and why Vesta sparks the flame.

Expect lust and greed, death and destruction, transformation and rebirth. This is the goddess from creator to crone, complete with all and everything in between.

For adults (16+)

Running time: TBC

Content warning: This performance contains sexual language, and descriptions of threat, violence, mutilation, and attempted rape contextualised within a paradigm of mythic narrative, archetype and metaphor.

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‘Fiery, thrilling, powerful storytelling,’ Bloomsbury Festival
‘A virtuoso storyteller’’ Venue Magazine
‘She brings the wonder of the most powerful stories from the past to life’ The Guardian
‘Awestruck faces, delighted giggles, eyes wide with wonder … and that’s just the adults in the audience!’ The Londonist

Sally Pomme Clayton is a pioneering storyteller and writer who has been creating performances, books and plays for more than 40 years. She creates unique work for theatres and museums, gardens and galleries, festivals and broadcast across the UK and beyond. Recently appearing at: Museum of Comedy Bloomsbury Festival; Exeter Lit Works; Chelsea Physic Garden; Cambridge Junction; The British Library; Thames Festival; Kings Place; Edinburgh Literature Festival; The British Museum; Dhaka Lit Fest. Her ground-breaking shows focus on powerful female protagonists. She is Associate Artist at Omnibus Theatre and author of 15 children’s books several in collaboration with Sophie Herxheimer.‘The Mighty Goddess’ is her first book for adults. www.sallypommeclayton.com