Giants and Kings - The Bards of Dorset
The Cerne Giant, Edwold, Hercules, AngloSaxon ancestors - An afternoon of poetry and evocative retellings of ancient stories
Join Rebecca Danicic, Fourth Bard of Dorchester (Caer Dur 2025–26), and Peter Roe, Grand Bard of Dorset (2024–29), for an afternoon of poetry, stories and spoken word.
The Bards will present a layered palimpsest of Cerne Abbas and the Giant - myth and history, Hercules and Eadwold, landscape and legend - woven through original verse and evocative retellings.
Expect wit, gravitas and a living bardic tradition brought vividly to life beneath Dorset’s most iconic chalk colossus.
Performance just under an hour. (Parental Guidance)
with afternoon tea £9 adult / £5 U18s / Family (2A+2C) £25
Running time: 90 mins + interval
Doors open 2.30pm.
The Cerne Giant, Edwold, Hercules, AngloSaxon ancestors - An afternoon of poetry and evocative retellings of ancient stories
Join Rebecca Danicic, Fourth Bard of Dorchester (Caer Dur 2025–26), and Peter Roe, Grand Bard of Dorset (2024–29), for an afternoon of poetry, stories and spoken word.
The Bards will present a layered palimpsest of Cerne Abbas and the Giant - myth and history, Hercules and Eadwold, landscape and legend - woven through original verse and evocative retellings.
Expect wit, gravitas and a living bardic tradition brought vividly to life beneath Dorset’s most iconic chalk colossus.
Performance just under an hour. (Parental Guidance)
with afternoon tea £9 adult / £5 U18s / Family (2A+2C) £25
Running time: 90 mins + interval
Doors open 2.30pm.
What is a palimpsest?
A palimpsest is a writing material—such as parchment or tablet—that has been reused, with the original text partially erased or scraped off to make room for new writing. Traces of the original, older text often remain visible underneath the newer text. The term originated from the Greek palimpsēstos, meaning "scraped again".
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Highlights
- 1 hour
- all ages
- In person
- Free parking
- Doors at 2:30 PM
Refund Policy
Location
St Mary's Church, Cerne Abbas
2 Abbey Street
Cerne Abbas DT2 7JQ
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