The Hairy Girl

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The Hairy Girl by Kersti Ståbi
Directed by Abbi Patrix

Once upon a time there was a king and a queen who lived in a castle full of gold, diamonds and good food, but they didn't have any children... This is the very ordinary beginning to one of the wildest of Scandinavian fairy tales! The Hairy Girl thunders through the world on her goat, beats up troll hags, saves her sister from a grim destiny, and uses all her cunning to find a future for them both.

Kersti Ståbi remixes this old tale with the power of Japanese Taiko drumming - music you can hear with your eyes, with its martial arts influences and dynamic use of the drummer's body.

Kersti Ståbi has told stories across the globe and sung whilst flying over the audience as Prima Donna for Cirque du Soleil’s Tokyo show. As a founder member of internationally-influential company Fabula Storytelling, she created performances with Gävle Symphony Orchestra, folk music trio Nordic and Norrlands Opera. Recently she performed the Eddic Poem Voluspá in Old Norse across Europe, with a grand finale at the British Museum.