Hugh Lupton

Hugh Lupton (* 1952 ) is an English storyteller and author.

Based on his interest in traditional music, street theater, and live recitation, Lupton became a professional storyteller in 1981. With Ben Haggarty and Sally Pomme Clayton he founded the Company of Storytellers in 1985 , which was dedicated to storytelling for an adult audience. The company roamed the UK for twelve years, performing in art centers and theaters and participating in the National Oracy Project . The company's repertoire included a: The Three Snake Leaves about the dark side of Grimm's fairy tales and I Become Part of It , a fictional Stone Age mythology.

Lupton also worked with other artists. The Horses and On Common Ground were created with singer-songwriter Chris Wood . With Daniel Morden he turned to Greek mythology ( Iliad , Odyssey , Icarus ). Other artistic partners were the composer and singer Helen Chadwick , the percussionist Rick Wilson and the artist Liz McGowan .

Lupton toured Africa and South America on behalf of the British Council , performed regularly in the US and Europe, worked for radio and television and published the legendary collection Tales of Wisdom and Wonder . In 2005 the BBC Late Junction was commissioned by the National Theater and Radio 3 . His song One in a Million (with Chris Wood) was named Song of the Year by the BBC in 2006. In 2007 he performed The Liberty Tree with Nick Hennessey for the Festival at the Edge . The Homing Stone was commissioned by the Bath Literature Festival in 2009 , depicting the escape of Lupton's great-uncle Arthur Ransome from Moscow in 1919.

In 2010 Lupton published his first novel, The Ballad of John Clare . The following year, the mystery play A Mighty Water was created for the Bergh Apton Festival in Norfolk. The Company of Storytellers performed a new version of Three Snake Leaves in 2012 with musicians Dylan Fowler and Jill Stevens . In the same year he wrote the song cycle Aphrodite and the Gods of Love for the Getty Trust in Los Angeles with Helen Chadwick . In 2014 he wrote a series of mystery plays based on the medieval Legends of the Rood, as well as two plays on the outbreak of World War I.

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SURNAME	Lupton, Hugh
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	English storyteller and author
DATE OF BIRTH	1952