He has performed at the RSC Swan Theatre in Stratford, at the National Theatre, The Purcell Room, The British Museum and The Barbican in London… and in Theatres, Arts Centres, Literature Festivals, Community Centres, Village Halls and Schools the length and breadth of Britain… and at the Getty Villa in Los Angeles, the Symphony Space in New York and the National Storytelling Festival at Jonesburgh Tennessee. His numerous storytelling performances include Beowulf, The Hanging of a Mouse, The Secret Commonwealth, The Liberty Tree, The Mardling Acre, The Sleeping King, Aphrodite and the Gods of Love, The Unquiet Grave.

They were awarded the 2006 Classical Association prize for ‘the most significant contribution to the public understanding of the classics’. His work with Daniel Morden on the Greek epics ( The Iliad, the Odyssey, Metamorphoses, Jason and the Argonauts and Icarus) has received wide acclaim. In 2016 they were commissioned to write a cycle of songs for the Big Sky community choir In Winter Light. Their song One in a Million won the BBC folk awards ‘Song of the Year’ 2006. His numerous collaborations with composer & musician Chris Wood have included the celebrated The Horses (the life & death of a horseman’s daughter), On Common Ground (the enclosure of John Clare), Christmas Champions (linear and cyclical time in the English Mummers Play) and The Homing Stone (Arthur Ransome’s escape from Russia). Weekend and day ticket holders have access to the whole museum.Hugh Lupton has also, over the last twenty five years, worked in collaboration with singer and composer Helen Chadwick, with musician/songwriter Chris Wood, with percussionist Rick Wilson, with artist Liz McGowan and with sculptor Teucer Wilson, widening and challenging the possibilities of the form. Most daytime sessions are suitable for families and will engage and entertain children, encouraging them to question, to think, but most of all to laugh and be creative.įind out more about The East Anglian Storytelling Festival hereĬamping will be available in the spacious grounds. There will be plenty of free storytelling for museumgoers, and opportunities to join in ceilidhs, story rounds, and many other events We have fantastic storytellers lined up from all over the country and local and regional storytellers too! Headline artists include Norfolk based Hugh Lupton, plus Sally Pomme Clayton and Ben Haggarty.

We’ll have music and lots of activities for families and children. Family Tickets from £55įestival goers will be able to enjoy the picturesque surroundings of the museum, while they listen to stories told live, mouth to mouth, heart to heart, rediscover an ancient folk tradition and find out that nobody is too old to enjoy a good story. Day and evening adult tickets £15 – £35, / Day and evening young person (4 – 16) £8. Early Bird Adult £60, standard £80 / Camping Tickets £40.

Norfolk Folk Tales by Hugh Lupton