Beowulf - A Thousand Years of Baggage

Beowulf – A Thousand Years of Baggage is a riotous, award-winning SongPlay from New York that digs into the roots of the epic poem while echoing the raw and rowdy storytelling of Scandinavian mead halls. Battles emerge in the aisles and on top of tables, plunging the audience into the middle of this unique theatre experience, while an explosive seven-piece band combines cabaret, jazz harmony and punk rock, turning the stage into a cacophonous swirl. 

Banana Bag & Bodice is an ensemble-based company founded in 1999 that creates unique theatre-shows, with an emphasis on original text and composed music, and embraces the awkwardness of being a human. Their critically-acclaimed show The Sewers received a Best Production Award at the Dublin Fringe Festival in 2006.

Don’t miss the free taster show on Saturday 6 August.

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Hilarious...clever...has the makings of a cult fave.

- Variety

Joyfully raucous and silly...brings out the power and colour of the legend.

- The New Yorker

Sing Thee Out, Bespectacled Monster Slayer!

- A review by the New York Times, 25 March 2009

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