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Four Thousand Winters

A programme of spoken word and song from the Northwestern fringes of Europe - tales of polar bears, crows, princesses, snow, darkness, frost, firesides, love, trickery and some happy endings...

"One of the country’s most highly regarded storytellers... Sally awakens the imagination... One marked highlight of St. John’s Smith Square’s Christmas festivities was the group Joglaresa - it was packed with punters, for Belinda Sykes’s spirited medieval ensemble" The Independent

Instead of a traditional Christmas concert book Joglaresa’s alternative programme for Winter & Yuletide - suitable for adults & children of 9yrs and older - bring the family!

"Thrilling and haunting " The Times

Joglaresa are joined by storyteller Sally Pomme Clayton who has performed with The London Sinfonietta, The Brodsky Quartet, Welsh National Opera, and at WOMAD 2004. Together they create a mesmerizing atmosphere of stories and songs. as Sally Pomme Clayton draws on her extensive European repertoire of tales to create a spellbinding performance.