Legendary storyteller Martin Shaw on his retelling of one of the greatest Irish myths

In this interview we catch up with storyteller and Poetics of Imagination lecturer Dr Martin Shaw ahead of his retelling of the classic Irish myth The Pursuit of Dermot and Grainne at Dartington on 11 February.

A princess with wolf blood in her veins chooses love over protocol and a kingdom erupts. This electrifying tale is a hinge between the end of the pagan age and the beginning of the Christian. Thrilling, funny, heartrending, and complex, we are flung headlong into the exhilaration of an ancient story, telling us something directly about the lives we live today.

Martin Shaw is an internationally renowned storyteller, writer, and mythologist. Dr Shaw founded the Oral Tradition course at Stanford University and is Course Leader on the Dartington Art School’s MA Poetics of Imagination. Author of many books, he is Director of the West Country School of Myth.

Book tickets for Martin's retelling of Dermot and Grainne here: https://www.dartington.org/event/the-...

Find out more about the Poetics of Imagination Master's at Dartington Arts School, which Martin runs along with the poet Alice Oswald, via this link: campus.dartington.org/poetics-of-imagination/