Guest tellers

Dionysus thrice-born, Dionysus girl-child, Dionysus vine-maker, Dionysus mountain-shaker..."Amelia Ace Armande unstoppers the life story of the Greek God of the Vine, pouring out heady tales of ecstasy, madness, conquest and resurrection". Founder of Shoreham's Ropetackle Storytellers club, Ace has been a key part of their local storytelling ecosystem for many years. They are a mentor […]

Storytelling as sharp as a lemon and sweet as a nut. Accept it or not, we’re all hooked on our baggage system, whether it’s a clutch bag or a holdall, but forget what’s in yours, and come and rummage around in Xanthe’s bottomless bag. Between the kitchen sink and old train tickets lies a pick […]

You are invited to a special night of stories as regular contributors to the A Bit Crack open evenings take to the stage. In a celebration of storytelling in the North East, Chris Adriaanse, Richard Birmingham, Lara Gow, Martin Manasse, Greg McCormick, Claire Randles and Gill Warren will be taking you on a journey through […]

Sometime in 1871 the great Breton folktale collector François-Marie Luzel sat down in front of a man called Guillaume Garandel in a village called Plouaret, ready to add another story to his bulging collection of traditional tales. Imagine his surprise when the story unravelled in a twisted tale of cross-dressing, attempted seduction and a huge […]

The Hairy Girl thunders through the world on her goat, beats up troll hags, saves her sister from a grim destiny, and uses all her cunning to find a future for them both.

Belgian Storyteller, Tom Van Meighem, explores the intriguing life and work of the master of mystery and macabre, Edgar Allen Poe, in this fascinating new performance that dances between biography, poetry and story.

High on a windy mountainside sits a cailleach, a hag whose days as a powerful goddess are long behind her (if they were ever quite as impressive as she remembers).

High on a windy mountainside sits a cailleach, a hag whose days as a powerful goddess are long behind her (if they were ever quite as impressive as she remembers).

High on a windy mountainside sits a cailleach, a hag whose days as a powerful goddess are long behind her (if they were ever quite as impressive as she remembers).

Storytelling as sharp as a lemon and sweet as a nut. Accept it or not, we’re all hooked on our baggage system, whether it’s a clutch bag or a holdall, but forget what’s in yours, and come and rummage around in Xanthe’s bottomless bag. Between the kitchen sink and old train tickets lies a pick […]

A fatherless son A daughter’s lament A pig stolen from its spit Fires burning out at sea And a dream On the westernmost tip of Ireland, a beach of crystal white sand once ran crimson with the blood of a never-ending magical battle — the last battle fought by the epic hero, Fionn MacCumhaill. Ben […]

A young man is running away from Death, and a warrior woman fights on horseback, in disguise. Discover rare story gems from the Silk Road. Meet the wildest warrior woman of all, descended from Black Sea Amazons and find the place where Death does not exist. These are stories of crazed desire, wild beasts, and […]