Ben H
| Gender | Male |
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| Industry | Arts |
| Occupation | storyteller |
| Location | United Kingdom |
| Introduction | 1978 Welfare State's first 'Apprentice Image maker'. Full time professional Storyteller since 1981. Founder of The Company of Storytellers. Honorary Professor of Storytelling at the Arts University of Berlin UDK. Events organiser (including Brtain's first international storytelling festival BAC 1985), founder of The Crick Crack Club (www.crickcrackclub.com) Repertoire of over 350 traditional tales - large pieces include Gilgamesh, Frankenstein, Mr Sandmann, Midir and Eadoin... Plenty of East European wondertales. Author of MeZolith (illustrated by Adam Brockbank, publ David Fickling Books) described as 'Beautiful Stone Age Horror'. |
| Interests | Traditional tales,storytelling, anthropology, archaeology, comparative mythology, comparative religion,theatre, puppetry, masks, graphic novels, creative processes, and life's rich tapestry from top to bottom. |
| Favorite movies | Posh Stuff = Dersu Uzala,Keita: La vie d'un Griot, Au revoir mes enfants... and then... I'm sorry to say, 'classic' war films. |
| Favorite music | Hoodoo you Love? ,Sir Doug, Don Drummond, Les Negresses Vertes, Townes, Winston Rodney, Jah Wobble, Mr Cave, PJ, Lucinda, Uncle Lou, Mr Pop, The Gladiators, Mr Strummer, and a whole heap of Rock n'Roll, Rocksteady, Reggae, Ska, Soul, Rythm and Blues, Tex Mex, Swamp, alt Country... |
| Favorite books | 'A Night of Serious Drinking' R. Daumal, 'The Conference of the Birds: the Story of Peter Brook's Journey through Africa' John Heilpern, |