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where music and theatre collide

The Telling is an arts charity that attempts to "break new ground" (The Guardian), where new writing by award-winning writer Clare Norburn and music collide. We tour high-quality, accessible and affordable music/theatre productions to excluded communities.

The imagined testimony of the extraordinary medieval abbess, Hildegard von Bingen, alongside her haunting chant

19th - 30th September 2025

Lancaster, Glasgow, Manchester, London, Chichester, Dorset & more TBA

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The extraordinary life and visceral music of the murderous 16th/17th-century composer-prince Carlo Gesualdo

1st - 28th November 2025

Manchester, Lewes, London, Folkestone, Liverpool, Ulverston, Bedford, Wolverhampton & more TBA

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PROGRAMMES

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TOUR DIARY

CDs

Artwork for The Telling's Gardens of Delight CD

Photo from Into the Melting Pot in Oxford, 2018 with purple lighting. Singer Clare Norburn is singing in the centre with a grin while Ariane Prüssner (left) looks on thougtftully and harpist Joy Smith, oud player Giles Lewin and recorder player Fatma Lahham are accompanying in the background.

"mesmerising"
The Guardian

Into the Melting Pot Trailer

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Vision Trailer

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Unsung Heroine Trailer

01:43

I, Spie Film Trailer

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