Only events open to the public are listed here, so come along – I’d love to see you!
Thursday 3 May 2018 – The Green Road – Tales at the Watermill, Shepshed, Nr Loughborough. Tel: 01162 363739 or email nickfathers@sky.com
4 July 2018 – Wild Edric – Feast of Fools Storytelling Club, Northampton, details TBC
Saturday 21 July 2018 – Shropshire Folk Tales For Children Book Launch, Festival at the Edge, Whitchurch, time tba Hurrah! The book is finally here!
This is a children’s book. But it is for real children. It is a book of giants, monsters, blood, gore, snot and missing body parts. It’s a book that’s got the bits adults don’t like left in.
If you like giants having their heads lopped off, girls stamping their feet, boys trapping ghosts in bottles and grumpy witches then this is the book for you. If you prefer sparkly stardust, unicorns and fairies granting wishes, then this is probably not your glass of juice.
17-24 August 2018 – Whitby Folk Festival
BLAST! Beautiful Lies and Startling Truths
I run a series of storytelling concerts over the winter months in Bishops Castle Town Hall. Dates for the storytelling series are included in the list below, the 2nd Friday of the month. http://www.bishopscastletownhall.co.uk, Shropshire, SY9 5BG 01588 630023
Friday 14th September 2018 – Silence – Rachel Rose Reid
In 1911 an ancient story was discovered, buried under letters from King Henry VIII.
With Suffrage protests at their explosive height, this feminist Arthurian tale was too hot to handle.
So the manuscript itself was kept silent…until now.
A tale of naughty trysts and gender shifts, chivalry and shade and a ravenous Merlin in search of juicy steak.
Friday 12th October 2018 – Pride, Power & Prayer – Gorg Kumar Chand
Can a prideful King become the mightiest of all the Brahma Rishis?
Can a god be punished by a Sage he has wronged? How can an illiterate bandit write the epic Ramayana?
The answer lies in – Pride, Power and Prayer
Friday 16th November 2018
Cath Edwards – Unconsidered Trifles
A fascinating collection of little-heard stories saved from obscurity: a young man whose dreams underpin the world’s existence; why it’s crucial to mind your own business and the king who would destroy his own country.
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Suzanne Thomas – Corvid
To some a bad omen, to others a message from the Gods. Crow stories don’t always end happily, or do they? Raven, Rook, Magpie, Jay and Jackdaw – their stories are as colourful and varied as the birds themselves.
Friday 14th December 2018 – The Woods are Lovely, Dark & Deep
Daniel Allison and Lally O’Keeffe
A journey deep beneath the boughs and into the folklore of the world’s forests, meeting vengeful goblins in Korean jungles and snake-kings in the Siberian taiga. Featuring legends and folklore from across the world, woven together with folk song and spellbinding music on didgeridoo and hang drum.
Friday 11th January 2018 – Women and Power: stories from Orlando Furioso – Marion Leeper
Based on the Italian romance, Orlando Furioso, 500 years old, but as edgy and modern as if it was written this morning. A mixture of knock-about clowning and heart-breaking tragedy, it covers subjects important to the court ladies of sixteenth century Ferrara: terrorism, immigration, weapons of mass destruction, and the perfect recipe for fish pie. But most of all it talks about how to be a woman and wield power.
Friday 8th February 2018 – String and Mud, Straw and Blood
Amy Douglas, Sal Tonge and Anne Marie Lagram
A walk to a stone circle, an artist, her artwork, two storytellers, strange supersitions, bizarre charms, dark tales and a guitar create a powerful spell cast over three women by a witch called Medgel.
Share their journey of reclaiming the old folk-story of Mitchel’s Fold Stone Circle; a story of hardship, of a local community, of milk, blood, imprisonment and a woman – a story that resonates throughout time.
Friday 8th March 2018 – Gawain and the Green Knight – Sarah Rundle
Gawain, nephew to King Arthur, rides out in golden armour on his white horse. His mission is suicidal: to seek beheading by the axe of a murderous giant. His journey is long and cold; he is constantly ambushed … but the greatest danger comes from his own heart.
Powerful storytelling, songs and humour combine to tell a tale of magic, honour, revenge and absurdity.
Doors open 7.30pm for 8.00pm start Tea, beer and homemade cake available Tickets £7.00
