Anansi & the Lost Sun

About the show

A funny, inspiring & entertaining West African Tale mixing Spoken Word, traditional live West African Music & puppetry.

One day Darkness covers the face of the Land. Lion appeals for someone to bring back the Light and save the World. Who will succeed? The Powerful Eagle? The Clever Monkey? Or Anansi the Spider and his mates?

Predating slavery, the Anansi stories are humorous and empowering “community” led stories that travelled with enslaved African people to the Caribbean and beyond, including here in the UK through the cultural contributions of African and Caribbean communities. Swallow’s Wings Puppetry are London based Black Creatives empowering children with a reverence for and love of African-Caribbean culture and history.

Before the 3:00pm performance, there will be a puppet making workshop for children at 1:45pm. All puppets are made from simple, often recycled everyday materials.