Maritime history will be brought back to life by a folk band’s new show which incorporates music and film.

Kings of the South Seas released their self-titled debut album last year inspired by the epic whale expeditions of the early 19th century from Britain to the south Pacific.

Their new live show Chasing the Whale sees them making an even deeper connection with their subject matter by performing a locations with a whaling and maritime connections, including the Cutty Sark studio theatre on April 1 and St Andrew’s Mission House, an old seaman’s mission in Gravesend, on April 5.

As well as new arrangements of traditional songs that fuse folk, jazz, music hall and rock, the three-piece has teamed up with traditional American singer Tim Eriksen, BBC presenter and author Philip Hoare who provides narration and filmmaker Adam Clitheroe.

Whale expeditions in the 1800s often lasted as long as four years with sailors returning with the plenty of tall tales, oil which lit the streets and whale bones which were used in corsets.

Tickets for the show at Cutty Sark Studio Theatre cost £18 at rmg.co.uk/studiotheatre and for the Gravesend gig cost £10 at graveshamarts.co.uk

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