John Edgar: Breton Tales After Dark - T1777043015Storyteller John Edgar's chilling and darkly comic show is a feast of Breton life, and death. | |
| 29 Nov 12 | Square Chapel Arts Centre, Halifax :: V1098014226 listing details L0219160290 |
On the Heels of the Hound and The Gift - T1830032687A storytelling double-bill from two of the best new generation storytellers. One brave scealai (myth-teller) will lure you into the fantastical world of Ancient Ireland. Claire Muireann Murphy brings you on this dark and ferocious journey where warriors leap with blinding frenzy, one-eyed monsters hunt the shores, and shape-shifters blur the line between this world and the ever-so-close otherworld. Dominic Kelly melts down an adult fairy tale and pours it inside a crunchy contemporary shell. Young men face impossible tasks, young girls may lose their lives, and you can find the strangest things inside the ear of a horse. Comic and suspenseful this powerful performance explores responsibility - to ourselves and the next generation - and the consequences of walking away from it. A stroll in the hills may never seem the same again. | |
| 26 Apr 12 | Royal & Derngate, Northampton :: V449 listing details L01812814682 |
Beauty & the Beast - and other Lovers of the Rose - T0628981390Beauty & the Beast and other Lovers of the Rose Performance Storytelling by Ben Haggarty & Sherry Robinson Acclaimed performance storyteller Ben Haggarty, and musician-composer Sherry Robinson make a sortie into the unfathomable mysteries of the heart to ask ?do we choose love, or does love choose us?' This physical, brooding and compelling performance is full of mythic beauty - underscored by cello, accordion and hammer dulcimer -rich, alluring and stunningly composed. In an unashamedly romantic exploration of the intoxication and brutality of love, lust and betrayal, it draws together comedic games in paradise, a broken vow of chastity, a reunion in death, and culminates in an extraordinary retelling of a seemingly familiar fairytale for grown-ups, which will creep into your waking dream and haunt you with its beauty. Full of exquisite joy and pain - just like the real thing. | |
| 21 Feb 12 | Soho Theatre, Inner London :: V1035 listing details L1136375509 |
Isis & Hecate - T1649981504In a pair of roller-coaster performances, Xanthe Gresham teeters between the sharply hilarious and the devastatingly provocative. ISIS IS-YOU-SIS If you've ever done online dating, set fire to the curtains burning relics of a recent love or generally lost your golden lotus, then Isis Is You Sis. Combining the comic moments of breaking up and the single slog with a pure rendition of Isis and Osiris, the Egyptian tale of love versus murder, rape and betrayal, Isis Is-You-Sis will cause such a sunrise in your soul you'll just want to get out there, throw your arms towards the dawn and Create Life, Love Life, Desire Life. How can you miss it? HECATE TANGO How do you cure an addiction to sex? How do you crack your soul's pin code? Hecate has the answers. She was chucked off Mount Olympus for refusing to hail Zeus as the one and only. Now she sits in outer space doing cosmic sudoku on our behalf. Combining performance storytelling, poetry and mythology, the energy of the great goddess of blackness and beginnings is brought back onto the dance floor.Performer Xanthe Gresham. | |
| 15 Feb 12 | Arts Centre, Aberystwyth :: V817 listing details L01052858469 |
A Passage to India - T1103717608A young boy and girl inspired by stories ask their grandparents for more. From personal memory and humble folk tales, the stories spiral out into a kaleidoscope of vivid characters, including homourable kings, ravenous monsters and bounteous gods, into which the epic drama of Rama and Sita is embedded. Thrilling stories, captivating theatre, enchanting songs and spellbinding music by storytellers Michael Loader, Saikat Ahmed and musician Stefan Cartwright | |
| 31 Jan 12 | Brewhouse Theatre and Arts Centre, Taunton :: V918 listing details L0745252893 |
Canal Voice presents Festive Frolics - T668208295The team behind the Guinness World Record Breaking NewsRevue brings you a brand new comedy night: Canal Voice gathers together some of the best new writer/performers on the circuit to present rib-tickling and thought-provoking comedy on a variety of different themes throughout the year. (Or words to this effect). | |
| 12 Dec 11 | Canal Cafe Theatre, Bridge House Pub, Inner London :: V177 listing details L01278878466 |
Spark - T0909067310SPARK London is the capitals first true storytelling night - www.sparklondon.com Sit back and listen to other people's stories or if you have a story to tell get in touch with us at sparklondon@gmail.com | |
| 5 Dec 11 | Canal Cafe Theatre, Bridge House Pub, Inner London :: V177 listing details L0827148619 |
T320748041Company Drill Hall Darlings. Director Barcy Cogdale. | |
| 20 Dec 09 | RADA Studios (formely Drill Hall Arts Centre), Inner London :: V197 listing details L01399312600 |
The Arabian Nights - T028955582Spellbinding oral storytelling from acclaimed ensemble Wild Words weaves together stories from The Arabian Nights blended with enchanting live music. Prepare to be transported on a flying carpet of words and sounds to a sensuous world of wild adventures, exotic landscapes and magical encounters. Suitable for adults and children aged 10+. Running time: 2 hours (including an interval for mint tea!)Company Wild Words. Performer Martin Maudsley. Performer Jane Flood. Performer Michael Loader. Music Liz Purnell. Music Piers Partridge. Other Seamus killick (artwork). | |
| 14 Dec 09 to 15 Dec 09 | The Tobacco Factory Theatres, Bristol :: V1384579886 listing details L01181016347 |
T01424331213Event for National Storytelling Week (Suitable for all ages) | |
| 1 Feb 03 | Greenwich Theatre, Outer London :: V308 listing details L921987130 |
T01712650122Multicultural storyteller [Jeanette Hodgson] tells fun filled vibrant tales to transport children to other worlds of magic and trickery.Performer Jeanette Hodgson. | |
| 19 Oct 02 | Sherman Theatre, Cardiff :: V824 listing details L285417577 |
T0115058000The Fabulous season gives the Gate the chance to invite a rich mix of storytellers from around the world to perform for one or two nights only. Without special effects and with minimal props, the performances will go back to the bare and fundamental roots of theatre: the power of one person with a story to tell. Spanning a wide range of traditions and cultures these two exciting weeks will include The Prophet by Kahil Gibran, performed by Renu Setna, Vayu Naidu in The First Impulse, and new pieces of work by Patrice Naiambana and Wonderful Beast. | |
| 18 Mar 02 to 27 Apr 02 | The Gate Theatre, Inner London :: V231 listing details L01592309301 |
T935805692Dundee Rep actors tell tales from all over the world for Kids aged 5-8. | |
| 27 Oct 01 to 24 Nov 01 | Dundee Repertory Theatre, Dundee :: V596 listing details L608267975 |
T485381680Performer Yoriko Omae. | |
| 27 Jun 01 | Kirkgate Centre, Cockermouth :: V1197 listing details L0928237390 |
