Egil
Egil was our first show, which toured 2016-17.
"Oswald’s outstanding re-telling flows perfectly in the cadences and rhythms of the old sagas."
- REVIEW HUB, Four-and-a-half stars
- REVIEW HUB, Four-and-a-half stars
A poet, with a poet’s cause,
to live according to the laws
of truth! Once I offended one
of Norway’s kings; I drowned his son!
But did I sail away from that?
No! All I did was take my time
and have a word with him in rhyme…
Raging into a mic, backed by electric guitar, this is how Egil describes himself. On three occasions during the 80-minute show, our Viking poet from 1000 AD saves his own life with poetry. Peter Oswald plays Egil and other characters; Howard Gayton accompanies on electric guitar, mandolin, cajon, kazoo, harmonica, and spoons!