Friday 3rd October, 7.30pm
Star and Shadow Cinema, Newcastle upon Tyne
Pascale Konyn: The Beaten Gold of Kirkhaugh
In 1935 Herbert Maryon made a brief excavation of a burial mound near Alston, unearthing questions which have grown more potent with …
Friday 5th September, 7.30pm
Star and Shadow Cinema, Newcastle upon Tyne
Storytellers Pascale Konyn and Pat Renton rejoin forces as The Cat’s Whiskers, telling tales in their own inimitable style. True to the mysterious nature of the cat, they won’t …
Friday 1st August, 7.30pm
Star and Shadow Cinema, Newcastle upon Tyne
This could be your chance to celebrate the Summer with a story, poem, song or even a riddle, alongside members of A Bit Crack and other local voices.
Come …
Friday 4th July, 7.30pm
Star and Shadow Cinema, Newcastle upon Tyne
If stones could speak: traditional tales rooted in the Irish landscape. Liz Weir – the storyteller’s storyteller – returns after far too long to thrill us with tales of …
Friday 7th November, 7.30pm
Chillingham Arms, Heaton, Newcastle upon Tyne
Tonight is a chance for anyone who has a story, a song, a joke or a poem that they’d like to share. Whether you’ve never told a story in public …
on the way to Alston
All of the journeys to the site and the school in Alston have been, without exception, special.
The first journey was to meet the teacher, Miss Pullen, who I would be working with. There were …
The journey to meet Miss Pullen and Paul Frodsham, for the site visit, was also eventful, but the real challenge was the site itself.
The day was absolutely stunning, blue sky, Spring air and sunlight, sunlight, sunlight.
The Kirkhaugh Carins …
Friday 3rd April, 7.30pm
Chillingham Arms, Heaton
Newcastle upon Tyne
Scandalous god, shape-shifter, wheeler-dealer, seducer and assassin… you can’t live with him, and the world can’t exist without him.
In the dark North where Gods and Giants hammer …
Saturday 2nd May, 4:30pm
Sage Gateshead
What would you sacrifice for the one you love?
Welcome to a cinema of the mind! – with their visceral combination of live music and dynamic storytelling, The Devil’s Violin weave an enchantment of …
Friday 6th March, 7.30pm
Chillingham Arms, Heaton
Newcastle upon Tyne
The Life of Richard Francis Burton (1821 – 1890)
A new story By Giles Abbott
Amongst venerated British explorers such as Scott, Livingstone and Stanley, the no less figure of …