‘Inspiring’ West African tale visits The Curve this half-term

A family-friendly puppet show celebrating African and Caribbean culture is visiting the Curve Venue this February.

The West African tale, Anansi and the Lost Sun sees a lion appeal for someone to bring back light and save the world.

Who will succeed? The Powerful Eagle? The Clever Monkey? Or Anansi the Spider and his mates?

Anansi stories are part of a multicultural heritage which travelled with enslaved African people to the Caribbean and beyond.

The community-led stories have a universal appeal to modern Britain and are told using puppets made from everyday materials, original music and spoken word poetry.

Performed by Swallow’s Wings Puppetry, the London-based Black Creatives work with children, neurodiverse and hearing-impaired communities as well as older generations in homes and community settings.

Using traditional West African stories about Anansi the spider, the group aims to build a cross-generational dialogue and reverence for African-Caribbean culture and history.

Anansi and the Lost Sun visits The Curve on Friday, February 16 at 2pm, and promises laughter and great music, as well as the potential to inspire children’s creative projects.

Tickets are £10, £8 for under 16s and family and friends (4 people) are £32

This event is programmed by Norden Farm Centre for the Arts as part of a partnership with Slough Borough Council and public funding by Arts Council England to develop the Curve Venue as a key cultural community hub for Slough.

Other family shows at Curve Venue this half term include In the Dead of the Night on Tuesday, February 13 at 2pm Choogh Choogh and on Thursday, February 15 at 2pm.