Egil Skallagrimson Keeps His Head - North Country Theatre

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When Icelandic hardman Egil and his crew are storm-driven up the Humber and into the hands of his old enemy Erik Bloodaxe, their days of travelling, trading and trashing seem numbered. But Egil has more strings to his bow (and his harp) than first appear…

Specially commissioned by the Yorvik Viking Festival, this fast moving tongue-in-cheek version of a classic saga mixes murder, mayhem and mirth in equal measure.

‘Poetry at the cutting edge.’ Anglo-Saxon Chronicle