Adverse Camber collaborates with some of the UK’s leading contemporary storytellers and musicians, producing and touring shows of full-length storytelling for adult audiences.
Artists we have worked with include Stacey Blythe, Shonaleigh Cumbers, Lynne Denman, Amy Douglas, Michael Harvey, Nick Hennessey and Simon Heywood. The company was set up in 2006 by literature specialist Naomi Wilds and is based in Derby, East Midlands.
Adverse Camber’s first project was a national tour of The Twisting Field, a story based on Irish mythology, created and performed by Shonaleigh Cumbers, Amy Douglas, Nick Hennessey and Simon Heywood. The piece is unusual in its reach and ambition. It tells the story of the birth of the great Irish hero Lugh Lamfhota not only through a combination of four storytellers’ voices and perspectives but also through a sequence of original songs, based on folk traditions, sung by all the performers accompanied by harp and guitar. In 2006-07, Adverse Camber produced a 22 date tour to venues across England and Wales.
Next came The Middle Yard, a sequel to The Twisting Field which also works as a stand-alone story. An ‘all male’ story of Lugh’s early adulthood, full of battle, confrontation and betrayal, based on Oidheadh Chloinne Tuireann (The Fate of the Sons of Tuirenn) this piece was created and performed by Nick Hennessey and Simon Heywood, accompanied by harp, guitar and drum. In 2008-09, Adverse Camber produced a 25 date tour to venues across England and Wales.
Adverse Camber’s latest project is Hunting the Giant’s Daughter, created and performed by Michael Harvey (storyteller) with Stacey Blythe (composer) and Lynne Denman (singer). This is the oldest surviving Arthurian legend in Welsh, recorded in The Mabinogion as Culhwch ac Olwen. Michael Harvey weaves Welsh poetry around a vibrant, imaginative telling of the tale, together with a delicious mix of traditional Welsh and jazz influenced music created by Stacey Blythe (accordion, harp and piano) and Lynne Denman (voice). In 2009, Adverse Camber produced a 15 date tour of the piece to venues in England and Wales, with more dates to follow in 2010.
Adverse Camber is very grateful for support from Arts Council England and The National Lottery, together with all the promoters, venues and artists we work with to enable these projects to happen.
Adverse Camber collaborates with some of the UK’s leading contemporary storytellers and musicians, producing and touring shows of full-length storytelling for adult audiences. Artists we have worked with include Stacey Blythe, Shonaleigh Cumbers, Lynne Denman, Amy Douglas, Michael Harvey, Nick Hennessey and Simon Heywood. The company was set up in 2006 by literature specialist Naomi Wilds and is based in Derby, East Midlands.
Adverse Camber’s first project was a national tour of The Twisting Field, a story based on Irish mythology, created and performed by Shonaleigh Cumbers, Amy Douglas, Nick Hennessey and Simon Heywood. The piece is unusual in its reach and ambition. It tells the story of the birth of the great Irish hero Lugh Lamfhota not only through a combination of four storytellers’ voices and perspectives but also through a sequence of original songs, based on folk traditions, sung by all the performers accompanied by harp and guitar. In 2006-07, Adverse Camber produced a 22 date tour to venues across England and Wales.
Next came The Middle Yard, a sequel to The Twisting Field which also works as a stand-alone story. An ‘all male’ story of Lugh’s early adulthood, full of battle, confrontation and betrayal, based on Oidheadh Chloinne Tuireann (The Fate of the Sons of Tuirenn) this piece was created and performed by Nick Hennessey and Simon Heywood, accompanied by harp, guitar and drum. In 2008-09, Adverse Camber produced a 25 date tour to venues across England and Wales.
Adverse Camber’s latest project is Hunting the Giant’s Daughter, created and performed by Stacey Blythe (composer), Lynne Denman (singer) and Michael Harvey (storyteller). This is the oldest surviving Arthurian legend in Welsh, recorded in The Mabinogion as Culhwch ac Olwen. Michael Harvey weaves Welsh poetry around a vibrant, imaginative telling of the tale, together with a delicious mix of traditional Welsh and jazz influenced music created by Stacey Blythe (accordion, harp and piano) and Lynne Denman (voice). In 2009, Adverse Camber produced a 15 date tour of the piece to venues in England and Wales, with more dates to follow in 2010.
Adverse Camber is very grateful for support from Arts Council England and The National Lottery, together with all the promoters, venues and artists we work with to enable these projects to happen.
