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Stiltskin
Creative
Arts & Theatre Co.
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Gogmagog -
A Lost Legend Retold
A Seemingly Unlikely Story of Giants and Trojans
But One of Legend....
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Stiltskin
Creative Arts & Theatre Company are proud to present our
newest touring show
"Gogmagog: A Lost Legend Retold",
for schools and venues
across the region. This exciting tale recounts the legend of the
Plymouth giant Gogmagog whose effigy was once carved into Plymouth's
Hoe. An inspiring and engaging performance that involves giants and
Trojans with plotting and intrigue, mayhem and madness and a little bit
of love all thrown into the fiery mix.
Turf and Clod
are two Elizabethan fools who are paid for the upkeep of Gogmagog's
chalk figure that resides on the banks of Plymouth's Hoe. They have a
legend to tell and recount the story over hot frogolate (a drink made
from frogs intestines) and toasted Marsh Mallows (a small bird that
cooks beautifully over an open fire). |
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"A fantastic
show. Ideal for all age groups"
KS1 teacher |
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 Plymouth is inhabited by giants who have a chief Gogmagog. He stands
twelve cubits high and is a mighty warrior. The giants lives have been
unaffected for many years but this is soon to change when a lithe band
of Trojan warriors invade their shores and begin to claim land for
themselves.
Turf and Clod recount through physical theatre, song, puppets and
clowning how Gogmagog and the giants attempt to squash the vain and
clever invaders. Join them on this epic story as they act out the
moments of honour and defeat, love and sorrow and the tragic demise of
Gogmagog and the race of giants.
Our
residencies and workshops that follow on from the play of Gogmagog,
aim to give children the opportunity to bring the story to life in
their own way, through creativity and performing arts and in
doing so carrying on the important tradition of storytelling. |
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 Plymouth Records Office holds a 16th
century audit book that refers to a chalk figure of Gogmagog on
Plymouth's
Hoe that was tended by Elizabethan gardeners. There is also
reference of the Gogmagog legend
in Geoffrey of Monmouth’s 12th century “Historia Regum Britanniae”,
Spenser’s “The Faerie Queene” in 1590 and in Milton’s “History of
Britain”, circa 1650. Ten years after this book was written, the
Plymouth Citadel was built upon the Hoe and the figure of Gogmagog
was lost. "The
Brutus Stone", next to no. 51 Fore Street in Totnes,
Devon, marks the spot where Brutus is said to have first
landed in Albion. One story has it that after the fall of Troy he
rescued a pedestal from the Palladium, which
he placed down to
stand on when he arrived at Totnes.
In London the story has been celebrated for over five hundred years
at the Lord Mayor's Day parade with giant effigies of Gog and Magog at
the head procession. Although slightly different in name, the story
is the same and these two figures are Plymouth's Gogmagog and the
Trojan Corineus.
Image Left: Children from St. Andrew's
CofE Primary recreate the figure of Gogmagog on Plymouth's Hoe
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"Fantastic performance!
Such a variety of things to watch, from giants to finger
puppets, singing and baton twirling, new things to see just
kept coming! So sad when it ended, but the timing was
perfect."
KS2 Teacher
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