Gawain, nephew to King Arthur, rides out in golden armour on his white horse. His mission is suicidal: to seek beheading by the axe of a murderous giant. His journey is long and cold; he is constantly ambushed … but the greatest danger comes from his own heart.

Gawain is a C14th alliterative poem, itself based on an ancient Celtic story. It has themes of magic, honour, heroism tinged with absurdity, and has at its heart a dysfunctional family, where a wrong done in one generation festers into revenge upon the next.

Sarah’s prose re-telling of this epic includes songs, humour, and contemporary references: the etiquette of Christmas presents, gasmen, Downton Abbey, Powerpoint, and gossip mags.

Sarah Rundle got locked in a laboratory but tunnelled her way to freedom. She ran away to drama school and has been a storyteller for ten years, performing for the likes of the Wellcome Foundation, Geffrye Museum, The National Trust, Stockholm’s Fabula Story Café, the Nivesh Festival in Delhi, and Festival at the Edge.

This is going to a night of medieval romance, mystery and decapitation.

Tickets £10/£8 concs online advance booking and £12/£10 concs on the door.

https://www.tickettailor.com/events/xanthegreshamknightguesthousethegoddesslounge/2530882