Arabian Nights…and days (2004)
a magic carpet ride to a universe of wonder and delight.

Directed by Gerry Flanagan with assistance from Alex Byrne, with performers: Derek Elwood, Gerry Flanagan and Karina Garnett

The Sultan summons a new wife every night. Every morning he has her strangled. All are powerless before him. The number of his victims mounts. Mothers and fathers live in fear. Will their daughter be next?

Then Scherazade, the beautiful daughter of the Sultan’s High Counsellor, demands to be the next wife. All are dumbfounded. Has she lost her senses?

She enters the lion’s den, armed only with her wits, her courage and the germ of an idea. Will the brutal Sultan kill her or can she divert him from his evil intent? Can she save herself …… by telling stories?

ARABIAN NIGHTS…AND DAYS is a magic carpet ride to a universe of wonder and delight. There will be tales of learned sages and magic potions, fishermen and genies, three apples that bring betrayal and death, and a magnetic mountain containing the secrets of the world.
Storytelling. Probably the oldest form of entertainment, the oldest form of theatre. Using the magic of the spoken word and the simplest of objects – a piece of wood, a scrap of cloth, a bundle of wool – we will create a visual feast, a storytelling odyssey to excite your imagination.