***12th - 14th May 2023***
The Eighth East Anglian Storytelling Festival!
Food Museum, Stowmarket.
Printable Programme Here
Subject to change, accurate at time of posting on 10/5/23
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Friday from 1400
Jubilant Festival - Story Bazaar with Abbot's Hall School, Footprints Theatre: Cabinet of Curiosities workshop: telling stories with objects, Open-mic for early birds, Welcome event including MUSIC with Elly Tree, Hugh Lupton - The Spirit Menagerie, Sally Pomme Clayton - The Mighty Goddess, Firepit tales for campers
Jubilant Festival - Story Bazaar with Abbot's Hall School, Footprints Theatre: Cabinet of Curiosities workshop: telling stories with objects, Open-mic for early birds, Welcome event including MUSIC with Elly Tree, Hugh Lupton - The Spirit Menagerie, Sally Pomme Clayton - The Mighty Goddess, Firepit tales for campers
JUBILANT - STORY BAZAAR - 2pm - 3pm Friday
Jubilant! is a FREE mini festival taking place in Stowmarket celebrating the creativity of local school children and young people. Over the next few weeks a specially commissioned team of talented artists will be working with students from 10 local schools to build their own exciting creative project. We've been working in partnership with the Food Museum and Jubilant! to bring the art of live storytelling to Abbot’s Hall Primary. Besides performing at the festival, the children will be making their own picture books, and there will be a book launch of the finished products at the Food Museum on 9th June. Led by Rose Feather – Book Maker For further details of Jubilant here - foodmuseum.org.uk/jubilant/ |
Workshop - Footprints Theatre - Cabinet of Curiosities.
3pm - 4.30pm Friday, 10am & 11am Sunday ‘Enter the world of the curious and reconnect with the traces that people leave behind.’ Fun with objects - Friday Mrs Emily Wilding (Friday) Emily worked as a cook in the 'Big House' at Abbots Hall until she married Mr Fred Wilding and took on a young stepson (Clare will probably be brinbging her little boy with her) she then lived at the Dairy Cottage in Crowe Street where she was a huge part of the local community. There will be fairies of the seasons whop have some short stories to tell about tricks that others play on one another and the workers of the land. Exploring ways in which objects can be used to inspire stories through a series of fun practical exercises. This workshop will revolve around a mixture of improvisation, imagination and genuine oral storytelling, The second half of the workshop will focus on sharing personal objects and stories about them. Creating a Curio box - Sunday Adult & Family The Storyteller never grows old, he is everywhere in time. He collects stories and shares them with others. He spent time with the travelling players who once performed at Duke’s Head Meadow where the Regal car park is now. “Some have seen us as we flit between the veil; they believe us to be fairy folk but that is up to you to decide.” Footprints will share the stories of one of their curio boxes with the group and then the group will be invited to create their own box filled with stories and memories to share with the people of Stowmarket Footprints’ Cabinet of Curiosities harnesses the energy and curiosity of the Victorians to create a delight full of strange curios, and exciting characters, using a victorian parlour with many places to store secrets, stories, and artefacts. It includes an interactive and engaging performance that connects audiences to their community, places, and things of interest. Audiences and bystanders will be drawn into the performance through an invitation to find one of our hidden keys to open a box of delights. The actors will bring to life the stories, objects, and photographs within the boxes as they are selected. More about Footprints Theatre - Here 
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Open Mic Friday. 4pm-5.30pm
Our open mic sessions are a chance for you to shine! Our MC The fabulous Gerry Donlon will steer, entertain and empower you to tell your best story, your most heartfelt poem or anything else that you want to share... Gerry is sure to share some of his wonderful poetry and stories too! All Welcome! 
MAGICAL MYSTERY TAIL IN A TRAIL - Sarah Lloyd-Winder.
Trail available to follow all weekend The cutting edge of storytelling! All weekend - follow the QR codes to follow the storytelling trail with your phone! Find the signs, with the QR codes, and the story will unravel in front of you. The QR code links with a photograph, the photograph links with YouTube, YouTube links to a video and then I will tell you part of a story. Move on to find more of the story. Cutting edge storytelling in the wild. |
Helen Woodbridge - ELLY TREE - MUSIC
6pm & 8.30pm Bringing passion and flair to music you can dance, listen, laugh and cry to, Helen Woodbridge, otherwise known as EllY Tree, sings original, intelligent and irresistible folk songs performed with a driving rhythm and a voice that seems to “summon up the gods”. This is weirdly wonky punk folk. EllY Tree FB |
WELCOME EVENT - With special guests John Row, Taffy Thomas, Chris Richardson, The World Storytelling Cafe, EllY Tree and more!
6-7.15pm 
We are proud to be working with John Row and our good friends the World Storytelling Cafe to bring you our Friday night progaramme completely free online on ZOOM!
Here's link to the World Storytelling Cafe's Website! OPENING OF THE EAST ANGLIAN STORY FESTIVAL! |
The Spirit Menagerie - Hugh Lupton - 7.30-8.30pm
The animal world interweaves with the human world - never letting us forget our interdependence - in this set of mysterious, funny and tragic tales from many cultures. Hugh Lupton’s interest in traditional music, street theatre, poetry, and myth resulted in him becoming a professional storyteller in 1981. He tells stories from many cultures, but his particular passion is for the hidden layers of the British landscape and the stories and ballads that give voice to them. His published work includes two novels, many retellings of folk-tales & most recently a collection of his stories and essays ‘The Dreaming of Place’. https://hughlupton.co.uk/ |
The Mighty Goddess - Sally Pomme Clayton - 9-10.15pm
Stories, spells, songs. In this compelling performance pioneering storyteller Sally Pomme Clayton revitalizes powerful goddesses, creating new perspectives from ancient myths. From the mother goddess who father’s a child to the virgin goddesses who are always warriors. Meet Ishtar, Goddess of love and war as she journeys to the underworld. Discover how the dark secret of the Queen Mother of the West's immortality. Find out why Vesta sparks the flame. Follow the goddess from creator to crone. Pomme brings to life myths of lust and greed, death and destruction, transformation and rebirth with dynamic spoken word, musical sounds, gestures, ritual, spells and songs. The stories are drawn from her latest book ‘The Mighty Goddess’ (The History Press 2023), are for ADULTS ONLY - and contain some graphic content. Last about 75 mins. The History Press | Making 'The Mighty Goddess' |
Firepit Tales from the Embers.
10.15 pm - 11.15 Come along and tell a tale warmed by the glow of our firepit, inspired by the setting of the sun and the rising of moon, filled with the magic of story... Tell your own tales and step into story. Some of our local storytellers will tell their tales of love, life and trickery.. Is that the fire flickering or something quite different.... ? |
Printable Programme Here
Subject to change accurate at time of posting 10/5/23
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Saturday Day
Stookey Blue (Music), Stories for little ones, Cat Weldon - Norse Mythology, Hannah Brailsford - Quercus, Lynette Hill - Ernest and the Wolf , Ben Haggarty - Jack and the 12 Dancing Princesses, Taffy Thomas - Family Story Round, Boudicca Border Morris, Sally Pomme Clayton - The Bog King's Daughter, Morris Dancing Workshop with Boudicca, Belinda Gillett (Music), Hugh Lupton - Crying Like a Fire in the Sun, Story Bazaar Ceilidh for Children 12+, Children's Open Mic, Fay Roberts - Spoken word, Mic Master Lyon - Spoken Word
Workshops Coming - Pending update!
Stookey Blue (Music), Stories for little ones, Cat Weldon - Norse Mythology, Hannah Brailsford - Quercus, Lynette Hill - Ernest and the Wolf , Ben Haggarty - Jack and the 12 Dancing Princesses, Taffy Thomas - Family Story Round, Boudicca Border Morris, Sally Pomme Clayton - The Bog King's Daughter, Morris Dancing Workshop with Boudicca, Belinda Gillett (Music), Hugh Lupton - Crying Like a Fire in the Sun, Story Bazaar Ceilidh for Children 12+, Children's Open Mic, Fay Roberts - Spoken word, Mic Master Lyon - Spoken Word
Workshops Coming - Pending update!
STOOKEY BLUE - MUSIC
9.30-10.15, 12.30-1pm, 5.30-6.00pm. Wake up and dance with Stookey Blue! The band's name comes from a local delicacy - a cockle from Stiffkey, a village on the North Norfolk coast whose name is often pronounced 'Stookey' or 'Stewkey'. The cockle can have a blue tint to its colouring due to the mud in which it lives. There's more about it on this Information Britain page. Also, please note, we are Stookey Blue and not Blues - we play folk music and ceilidh dance music, not the blues! :) 
STORIES FOR LITTLE ONES
10-10.30am With Marion Leeper and Sarah Lloyd Winder FREE, Families. 
The Imaginarium with Hilary Cox Condron - MAKING AND DOING WORKSHOP
10-12.30pm & 1.30-3.30pm Mix facts, fun and fantasy as you collaborate to make future stories and build up a giant picture of a future Stowmarket: if you don’t dream it, you can’t make it! Hilary Cox Condron works with minimal resources but manages to reach and engage an enormous number of different people with her can-do, experimental approach to making vibrant and creative community art https://www.hilarycoxcondron.co.uk/ 
Fantasy Stowmarket Maps with Sarah Maidment and Get Suffolk Reading - MAKING AND DOING WORKSHOP
Morning & Afternoon ! Create part of a fantasy world and add it to our story map of East Anglia! It could be a creepy forest, an alien hiding place or a deep-sea city. Forget reality – there are no limits to what you can imagine! Once you’ve added your idea to the map, you’ll be able to create a story that weaves the map together, building unique myths and legends. Get Suffolk Reading is a campaign from the National Literacy Trust that encourages families across the county to read together and helps parents to support their children’s literacy skills. literacytrust.org.uk/communities/suffolk/ 
Childsplay Willow with Glenys Newton - MAKING AND DOING WORKSHOP
Morning & Afternoon! Have a go at making your own creations from beautiful willow – no experience needed and a fun time guaranteed! Glenys Newton has spent a career saving the universe single-handed, through storytelling, refugee support and more recently through the simple act of weaving willow into things that are beautiful, lasting and useful too |
Norse Mythology - How to be a Hero
- Cat Weldon 10.30am - 11am Cat was drawn into the deeply bonkers world of Norse Mythology. Chock full of dragons, Gods, magic, and riddles all hanging together in a giant tree, these stories are fascinating – and ripe for a fresh retelling. You might have heard of Thor and his magic hammer, but what about Loki and his boat made of dead men’s toenails? Or Vidar with his one really-massive-wolf-killing shoe? Cat has questions and together with the audience she hopes to find some answers! Cat says that ancient mythology is often treated with a reverence which prevents storytellers from exploring the truly hilarious, bizarre and wyrd elements. In her hands, these stories are dramatic, but also silly and ridiculous, and educational. Family Friendly! 
Quercus - Hannah Brailsford 10.30am-11.30 Hannah brings the stories of the Oak to our festival.. 'There are many paths through the woods. Some are well trodden, others wait to be discovered. The Oak knows each path, holds the stories of each journey taken. Listen to his wisdom and he can be your guide, but cross him and you may not be forgiven.' Quercus explores our relationship with the Oak through the weaving together of personal anecdote and folk tales. Age 12+ 
Taffy Thomas and Mossy Christian- Tales from the Talecoat
11am-12.00pm Stories told for and by children - a chance to shine! Taffy Thomas is the master of his craft: he's been telling tale to all ages for decades. In 2015 he became Patron of the East Anglian Storytelling Festival. He has performed in Norway, USA, Japan, Australia, Egypt, Israel and in 2001 performed at the Albert Hall for the BBC Proms. His collections of folktales are published by The History Press, Bloomsbury and Educational Publishing Services (EPS). Taffy will be performing with his famous tale coat. FREE, Family Friendly 
WORKSHOP - Story And Trance
11.30-12.30pm With Cath Edwards Cath is studying for an MA in Applied Storytelling with Shonaleigh and the House of the West Wind, and ‘Storytelling and Trance’ is her subject. Mindfulness and trance work offer some fascinating perspectives on the storytelling process, and in this workshop, which is suitable for everyone, Cath offers easy, practical and fun exercises that you can take away with you and use straight away. Begin to learn to create space for yourself and your story; find new ways of approaching your story; and consider how these insights may inform your performance. Please bring a story that you would like to work on. No prior experience needed. 
A Grey Wolf Called Lobo - Lynette Hill 11.30-12.30pm Come, if you will, to the prairies of New Mexico at the end of that time we call the Wild, Wild, West. Step between prickly cacti into the paw prints of that grey wolf called Lobo. Follow the tracks of Ernest, the British-Canadian naturalist hired to kill him. Lynette Hill, Bard of Stony Stratford, club host, and native of the American Southwest walked those prairies to bring us this story of a meeting between man and beast that changed our world. Age 16+ |
Jack and the 12 Dancing Princesses - Ben Haggarty
12-1pm A widowed king with twelve daughters has an alarming mystery on his hands and there’s only one person who can solve it. Fairytale-teller extraordinaire, Ben Haggarty, tells a story of underground worlds, poor streets, palaces, broken shoes, enchanted mirrors & magic that is stronger, stranger and more startling than you’ve ever heard before. Venture with us down the passageways, under the paving stones, and through the crack in the wall… And if you’re expecting a knight in shining armour to come galloping to the rescue – think again! Suitable for children 6+ and their adults. Running time: 45mins A fresh dose of magic that you need in your life’ Everything Theatre ‘I was spell-bound’ The Times 
Boudicca Border Morris - Dancing at 1pm, workshop 2.30pm
Eclectic dancers dancing both traditional dances and original ones. We aim to have fun and link some of our repertoire to local history and legends. Learn the art of stick wielding, stomping and thrilling dance with the Boudicca Crew! 
The Bog King’s Daughter - Sally Pomme Clayton 1.30-2.15pm Swan maids, shield maidens, talking storks and a rattling bog - Pomme’s inventive version of a little known Hans Christian Andersen’s fairytale. The story shifts across time, space and history, from Norse myth to ancient Egypt, from the marshes of the Nile to a vast bog in Viking Denmark. This fairytale follows the migration of birds, the secrets of storks and the describes the meanings bogs have had over the centuries. Discover why bogs hold the secret of human life on earth! Lasts about 45ish mins and suitable for all ages. 
1.30-2.30 - Story Bazaar Ceilidh - Children 12+
MC Shirley Lowe, with Jonathan Lambert, Chris Richardson, Cath Edwards and friends 'Come and window-shop a treasure-store of stories from some of our finest tellers from across the region and beyond: their stories will take you to markets and marketplaces around the world.' 
WORKSHOP - STORY HELP WITH MURRAY AND MERRY
1.30-2.30pm With Carl Merry and Roisin Murray Find new ways of telling an old story with support from your peers and the expert help of storytellers Roisin Murray and Carl Merry 
Children's Open MIC - SPOKEN WORD
Mc Gerry Donlon 2:45-3.30 Do you have a budding young storyteller, a poet, or a spoken word artist in your family? Would they like to perform at a festival? If so, why not bring them along to the East Anglian Storytelling Festival, children’s spoken word open mic stage, at the Food Museum, Stowmarket for this session - we would love to hear them! Gerry Donlon will steer, entertain and empower you to tell your best story, your most heartfelt poem or anything else that you want to sha The children’s spoken word open mic is for 14 years old and younger only. FREE EVENT |
Rummage through the countryside - STORY WALK
- Simon Hooton 3 - 4pm Meet notable trees and wild life in this gentle story walk that revels in the curious nature of Suffolk's landscape. Simon’s lifelong passion for East Anglia's distinctive landscape and his fascination with the ways people have interacted with it over the years shines through this session of stories told in and about the Museum’s woodlands, marshes and meadows. Family Friendly 
'Crying Like a Fire in the Sun’ - Hugh Lupton
3-4.40pm A stunning new set of stories from one of Britain's greatest wordsmiths, full of spirit, passion and humanity. Demons and Angels, Animals and Birds, Men and Women and the Voice from the Heart of the Whirlwind contend in this rich interweaving of mysterious Apocryphal and Old Testament tales drawing from Jewish, Islamic and Christian sources… all spliced with songs and spoken lyrics from the visionary end of Bob Dylan’s repertoire. 16+ 
BELINDA GILLETT - MUSIC
3.30pm Saturday 11:30 Sunday Belinda Gillett is an indie-folk artist from Suffolk. Her admirers include Queen's Brian May and folk-punk icon Jeffrey Lewis, both of whom have recently shared her music videos. Belinda's voice regularly draws comparisons with Sandy Denny, Joan Baez and Weyes Blood. 
LOOK 4 A BOOK!
With Get Suffolk Reading. 3.45-4.15pm Start from the information tent 
ADULT OPEN MIC
4-6pm - MC Gerry Donlon Our open mic sessions are a chance for you to shine! Our MC The fabulous Gerry Donlan will steer, entertain and empower you to tell your best story, your most heartfelt poem or anything else that you want to share... Gerry is sure to share some of his wonderful poetry and stories too! All Welcome! Fay Roberts and Mic Master Lyon will perform during the set. FREE EVENT 
Fay Roberts - SPOKEN WORD Fay is a performance poet, a musician, a storyteller, an events host, an accidental voice actor, Artistic Director for Spoken Word at PBH’s Free Fringe, and an enormous geek. During weekdays, ze persuades people to make lists and say no to shiny things. For every role, there is a different hat, and a spreadsheet to match. Zir first full collection, Spectral, came out with Burning Eye in March 2022, and ze describes it as “a kind of poetry concept album, with illustrations”. Fay describes zirself as a “peripatetic, percussive, performance poet with a penchant for project management.” “With the calm of a Summer pond and the voice of an ASMR specialist, Fay is a velvet cushion of a poet, threading words together with the weft and warp of a witch with a PhD in word crochet.” Scott Tyrrell 
Mic Master Lyon - SPOKEN WORD Residing in the Suffolk area from a young age, Mic Master Lyon has gradually been mastering his craft as a rap artist, songwriter, poet and music producer. He has performed at The Spirit of Beowulf Festival (a day festival in Woodbridge), after winning a poetry and song writing competition to earn his spot on stage. Followed by Switchfest (a multi-genre live show in Ipswich) and then most recently he brought a splash of urban flavour to The Woodbridge Ambient Music Festival (a three day arts and music festival). |
Printable Programme Here
Subject to change accurate at time of posting 10/5/23
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Saturday Evening
Vickie Holden - Transparent, The Bear Witch Project (Music), Ben Haggarty - Greek Myths Unleashed: Atalanta, Stephe Harrop - The Kings Knickers, Firepit tales for campers
Vickie Holden - Transparent, The Bear Witch Project (Music), Ben Haggarty - Greek Myths Unleashed: Atalanta, Stephe Harrop - The Kings Knickers, Firepit tales for campers
BEAR WITCH PROJECT - MUSIC
4.45pm, 6.30pm & 8.40pm We are delighted to welcome Bear Witch Project as our Saturday evening featured band. ! Their music weaves lyrical stories framed with skillful music... They are an acoustic originals band with folk roots encompassing vocals, guitar. violin, bass and cajon. Bear Witch have played Harlequin Fayre, Mersea Regatta, Cosmic Puffin, The Sculpture Yard, The Mad Hatters Festival and many other venues in Suffolk and around. Have a listen to their tunes in the link below. Bear Witch will be supporting our featured tellers https://www.facebook.com/Bearandthewitch |
Transparent - Vickie Holden
5.30-6.30pm ‘Transparent’ is a one-person spoken word show that explores the theme of human transformation and transition in a dynamic and thought-provoking way. How can we understand, process and celebrate transition; can myths and stories help us do that? A touching, sometimes funny and always honest set of three transgender stories; from myth, legend and real life. Written and performed by Vickie Holden (www.thelisteninn.co.uk) “Brilliant” “Packs an emotional punch” "Beautifully crafted” Audience feedback, Brighton Fringe 2022 Adult material guide 16+ |
Greek Myths Unleashed: Atalanta - Ben Haggarty
7-8.30pm A girl raised by a bear, Centaurs intent on rape, maniacal kings, troublesome boars and bitterly feuding deities contrive the bloodiest race to ever stain the soil of Arcady. Audaciously reshuffling epic Greek Mythology, Ben Haggarty brings to the stage a fierce tale of a remarkable virgin hunter and devotee of Artemis who sure as hell doesn’t want to have anything to do with men. Here the veneers of classical civilisation are stripped away and the truly awesome implications of the tales are made, sometimes unbearably, clear. Spend a moonlit night in the company of wild women, cocksure warriors and gods unleashed. Suitable for adults (16+)75mins ' a tour-de-force of storytelling' Remote Goat ìììì 'a fresh dose of magic that you need in your life' Everything Theatre 'bloody brilliant' Time Out Adult material guide 16+ |
The King's Knickers! - Stephe Harrop 9.15-10.15pm What do you think about when you think about England? Henry V kicking ass at Agincourt? Or great big M&S knickers? Part history, part story-set, and part straight-up rant, The King’s Knickers wilfully picks at the fraying knicker elastic of national identity, asking what a much-mythologised hero king – and really big pants – can tell us about the imaginative state of England today. (60 minute performance, contains some adult material) 16+ |
Firepit Tales from the Embers.
10.15 pm - 11.15 Come along and tell a tale warmed by the glow of our firepit, inspired by the setting of the sun and the rising of moon, filled with the magic of story... Tell your own tales and step into story. Some of our local storytellers will tell their tales of love, life and trickery.. is that the fire flickering or something quite different.... |
Printable Programme Here
Subject to change accurate at time of posting 10/5/23
| programme_final__may_23.pdf |
Sunday to 1400
Stookey Blue (Music), Footprints Theatre: Cabinet of Curiosities workshop: telling stories with objects, Hugh Lupton, Sally Pomme Clayton and Ben Haggarty in conversation, music, Steph Brittain - Mis and Dubh Ruis, Shonaleigh and Simon Hayward - Heartwood, Closing event 'One for the Road' with Hells Bells Border Morris.
Workshops Coming - Pending Update
Stookey Blue (Music), Footprints Theatre: Cabinet of Curiosities workshop: telling stories with objects, Hugh Lupton, Sally Pomme Clayton and Ben Haggarty in conversation, music, Steph Brittain - Mis and Dubh Ruis, Shonaleigh and Simon Hayward - Heartwood, Closing event 'One for the Road' with Hells Bells Border Morris.
Workshops Coming - Pending Update
Sunday morning chill with coffee and music.
Stookey Blue And Belinda Gillett are holding a session bright and early on Sunday morning, bring a musical instrument and join us in the session! 9.30-10.30am 
Workshop - Footprints Theatre - Cabinet of Curiosities.
3pm - 4.30pm Friday, 10am & 11am Sunday ‘Enter the world of the curious and reconnect with the traces that people leave behind.’ Fun with objects - Friday Mrs Emily Wilding (Friday) Emily worked as a cook in the 'Big House' at Abbots Hall until she married Mr Fred Wilding and took on a young stepson (Clare will probably be brinbging her little boy with her) she then lived at the Dairy Cottage in Crowe Street where she was a huge part of the local community. There will be fairies of the seasons whop have some short stories to tell about tricks that others play on one another and the workers of the land. Exploring ways in which objects can be used to inspire stories through a series of fun practical exercises. This workshop will revolve around a mixture of improvisation, imagination and genuine oral storytelling, The second half of the workshop will focus on sharing personal objects and stories about them. Creating a Curio box - Sunday Adult & Family The Storyteller never grows old, he is everywhere in time. He collects stories and shares them with others. He spent time with the travelling players who once performed at Duke’s Head Meadow where the Regal car park is now. “Some have seen us as we flit between the veil; they believe us to be fairy folk but that is up to you to decide.” Footprints will share the stories of one of their curio boxes with the group and then the group will be invited to create their own box filled with stories and memories to share with the people of Stowmarket Footprints’ Cabinet of Curiosities harnesses the energy and curiosity of the Victorians to create a delight full of strange curios, and exciting characters, using a victorian parlour with many places to store secrets, stories, and artefacts. It includes an interactive and engaging performance that connects audiences to their community, places, and things of interest. Audiences and bystanders will be drawn into the performance through an invitation to find one of our hidden keys to open a box of delights. The actors will bring to life the stories, objects, and photographs within the boxes as they are selected. More about Footprints Theatre - Here |
Celtic Stories
10-11am Bring out your inner Celt with stories from our wonderful Welsh and Irish storytellers, visitors and East Anglian grown, all with stories to enthrall a family audience MC Carl Merry, with Vero Chambers, Gerry Donlon, Maria Gillen, Eamonn Keenan and Jan Williams 
KEEPING COMPANY WITH STORYTELLERS
Pomme Clayton, Ben Haggarty and Hugh Lupton talk with host Stephe Harrop 10.30- 11.30am Many years ago, three young storytellers formed a company which told stories in a different school in London every day for three years. They started something that has led to storytelling clubs, performances, and festivals like ours springing up around the country. They come together, once again, today, to talk about the early days of the Company of Storytellers, stories and storytelling friends, the different paths they have taken since: and who knows what other twists the conversation will take? |
The Romance of Mis and Dubh Ruis - Steph Brittain 11.30am A story of one woman's grief, wildness and love. Transformed into a wild creature by the pain and despair of loss, Mis appears to be an unreachable and dangerous force, living wild in the mountains. But can a love affair transform her again, can her own passion be healing? Contains Sexual references. Age 16+ 
MAGICAL MYSTERY TAIL IN A TRAIL - 12pm - 12.30 pm
Guided Tour Sarah Lloyd-Winder. Trail also available to follow all weekend The cutting edge of storytelling! All weekend - follow the QR codes to follow the storytelling trail with your phone! Find the signs, with the QR codes, and the story will unravel in front of you. The QR code links with a photograph, the photograph links with YouTube, YouTube links to a video and then I will tell you part of a story. Move on to find more of the story. Cutting edge storytelling in the wild. 
12pm-1pm HEARTWOOD CANCELLED -Shonaleigh and Simon are so sorry not to be able to attend. |
One for the Road - Closing Event.
1-2pm Stories and dance out with Hells Bells Morris! 
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Printable Programme Here
Subject to change accurate at time of posting
| programme_final__may_23.pdf |
Weekend Food & Drink
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