"The term 'Celtic' carries resonance and implications that obscure its designation of specific languages and literatures... Something in the word 'Celtic' prompts and otherworldliness, impracticality, intense pitches of emotion and a certain fey humour... Alas, few stories translated from Celtic languages, whether they are classed as myths, legends or simply texts ever fit the outlines of these cultural caricatures."- James Mackillop, Oxford Dictionary of Celtic Mythology What is a Banshee? Is it a Jungian symbol of longing, lament and desire? Or a sinister archetype perpetuated by a hierarchy. If so, to what end? West Wales based company Sitting Pretty Theatre, presents a vast, dark landscape, where stories are bartered for lives, and where those who spin the truth best achieve the ultimate victory; where myth reigns supreme, leaving mere mortals to fend for themselves … April 10, 2006 Weston Studio, Wales Millennium Centre 8.00pm Box Office 08700 40 2000 www.wmc.org.uk |
| Sitting Pretty Theatre Company web site: www.sittingprettytheatre.org |
| e-mail: sittingpretty@hotmail.co.uk |
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