Daniel Morden

REPERTOIRE:
The following listings represent major pieces within Daniel’s current performance repertoire. Daniel Morden also has a wide ranging repertoire for both children and adults, for performances and work in educational and community contexts and for site specific work. Daniel is available for commissions and can develop material for specific projects as required.

Adult performances, suitable for adults and children over 12:

solo performances:
Tales from Haiti, a traveller's tale, mingling the story of Daniel's extraordinary journey to Haiti and the folktales he collected in the poorest country in the western hemisphere.

collaborations:
The Iliad, Homer’s timeless tale of the Trojan war, with Hugh Lupton.
The Odyssey, Homer’s tale of a soldier’s journey home, with Hugh Lupton.
Metamorphoses, Ovid's tales of transformation, with Hugh Lupton.
The Sleeping King, classic stories from Britain, with Hugh Lupton.
Queen of the Planets, a dark winter’s tale from Ireland, with Cat Weatherill, with Hugh Lupton.
The Devils Violin, gypsy stories and music, with musicians Newfolks.

Family performances suitable for children over 8 and their parents:
The Luck Child, a magical fairytale from Grimm, with fiddler Oli Wilson-Dickson.
Tales from the Iliad, with Hugh Lupton.
Tales from the Odyssey, with Hugh Lupton.

PUBLICATIONS:
‘Weird Tales from the Storyteller’, published in 2003.
‘So Hungry!’, a picture book for small children published in 2005.

AWARDS:
The Classical Association prize 2005, for The Iliad, with Hugh Lupton, awarded for ‘the most significant contribution to the public understanding of the classics’.

‘Master storytellers’
The Guardian (for the Iliad)

‘I saw banquets and voyages, armies and oceans, battling heroes and ravening gods -
all conjured out of thin air by a voice.’
The Times (for the Iliad)

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