the witchmen

The Witchmen have been let out for the weekend to dance for you in the badlands of Oxfordshire.  The Papa Lazarou’s of the Morris World are here to give you a glimpse of the “other” morris, the kind with a very slight pagan bias.  Flying in on their Nimbus 2000 broomsticks, complete with zimmer frame attachments, they will perform some of the oldest dances “in all the world".

The Witchmen began life in the mid 80`s as an allergic reaction to the Morris politics that was so abundant at that time.  They perform all self penned dances: with ‘Wild Hunt’ and ‘Wickerman’ proving they are masters of the ‘other’ morris, the kind with a slight pagan bias!  Black faces and clad in black and amber rags they look positively aboriginal.  With driving music adding to the performance, the final result is quite primal.

Festival favourites up and down the country, this really is their first time at Towersey!