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- UK 10 Jun '26 - 11 Jun '26 Cambridge Junction [Cambridge] Buy Tickets
- UK 17 Jun '26 Ramsey Rural Museum [Ramsey] Buy Tickets
"Story-telling, music, songs and humour...with a focus on Fenland history and folklore.""
— Deborah Curtis, City of Cambridge Council on 'Legends of the Fen'
Step inside our yurt and travel back in time ….
Featuring 3000-year-old objects and footprints from nearly a million years ago, these fantastical, funny and thought-provoking tales will transport you back through the ages to a time when Fenland was joined to Europe and survival was the order of the day.
Once Upon a time in Fenland is a co-created show using stories written by over 250 children from across Cambridgeshire, and developed in collaboration with local partners including the Cambridge Archaeological Unit, and Wisbech and Fenland Museum… this show mixes fact and fiction and asks what are the common threads that lead us to where we are now.
Featuring animation and NIE’s ensemble of actor/musicians, this show will be performed in a yurt with a mix of bench seating for adults and floor seating for children.
This is a new iteration of our “Tales from the Edge of Town” project connecting our work to the wider region.
Suitable for ages 8+
Produced by NIE
Press
“I feel Fenland has loads of cool stories. I feel I belong because my ancestors were here as well”
– Year 5 audience member and workshop Participant
“Lovely to have involved children and history in a local context”
– Audience member
“This is a wonderful way to engage with museum material, including in the context of the landscape around us.”
– Lucy Walker, Trustee for Museum of Cambridge
On Legends of the Fen
Credits
Director Michael Judge
Cast Nathalie Codsi, Valentina Ceschi, Ryan Gilmartin, Greg Hall, Linda Scaramella. Supported by Eva Cotton
Composer Greg Hall
Production Design Rachana Jadhav
Puppetry Annie Brooks
Illustrator Tonka Uzu
Visual Artist Hilary Cox Condon
Animation Lizzy Hobbs & John Harmer
Archaeologist Chris Wakefield
Producer Ruth Carter-Moore
Production team Ash Day, Simon Perkins, River Ross
Videographer Barney Snow
