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  • Open Night: Pollinating the Summer

    The Chillingham Arms 89-91 Chillingham Rd, Heaton

    Join us for a chance to share your story - as lived by you, dreamed by you or told to
    you.- and listen to others as well. Help us keep oral storytelling alive.
    “The tongue can paint what the eyes can’t see.” – Chinese Proverb

    £8

  • Xanthe Gresham Knight presents “The Bag of Wonders”

    The Chillingham Arms 89-91 Chillingham Rd, Heaton

    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 […]

    £8

  • Season of Mists and Mellow Fruitfulness

    The Chillingham Arms 89-91 Chillingham Rd, Heaton

    Join us for a chance to share your story - as lived by you, dreamed by you or told to
    you.- and listen to others as well. Help us keep oral storytelling alive.

  • The Telling of Stories led by Chris Bostock and Malcolm Green

    Cobalt Studio 10-16 Boyd St, Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom

    Having stories to hand, whether they are myths or folk tales, stories from history or science or your own personal stories, deepens and enlivens our communication. This is true in our own personal lives, as well as in the spheres of education, healing, entertainment or activism...you name it! Join us for a day to gently […]

    £40

  • Ben Haggarty and Steph Brittain present The Bodies on the Beach

    The Chillingham Arms 89-91 Chillingham Rd, Heaton

    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 […]

  • Sally Pomme Clayton presents “Death and The Warrior Maiden”

    The Chillingham Arms 89-91 Chillingham Rd, Heaton

    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 […]

    £8

  • 24 Story Seeds led by Sally Pomme Clayton

    Summerhill Bowling Club Winchester Terrace, Newcastle Upon Tyne, United Kingdom

    Sally Pomme Clayton has been telling stories for more than 35 years and has distilled her long practice into '24 Story Seeds', narrative seeds that exist inside traditional stories that can guide the teller and help shape their performance. These seeds range from story genre to hidden rhythm, from structure and ways of using sound, […]

    £40

  • Open Night

    The Chillingham Arms 89-91 Chillingham Rd, Heaton

    Join us for a chance to share your story - as lived by you, dreamed by you or told to
    you.- and listen to others as well. Help us keep oral storytelling alive.
    “The tongue can paint what the eyes can’t see.” – Chinese Proverb

  • Shonaleigh presents “The Petal Demon”

    The Chillingham Arms 89-91 Chillingham Rd, Heaton

    “In old Jerusalem a gardener’s daughter flees from an evil sorcerer, and takes refuge with an old wise woman who is his equal in magic and wisdom. When the wise woman blesses her with her dying breath the girl has no refuge but her own luck and fleetness of foot. So begins a journey that […]

    £8
  • Shonaleigh Cumbers, photo credit Katherine Betteridge

    The Common Sense of Story led by Shonaleigh Cumbers

    Summerhill Bowling Club Winchester Terrace, Newcastle Upon Tyne, United Kingdom

    Join experienced storyteller and trainer Shonaleigh to learn skills in how to research, choose and make sense of stories. Common sense connects us to stories in a visceral way and brings them to life in ways that makes them even more magical. This workshop is suitable for beginners and for storytellers with experience wanting to […]

    £40

  • Open Night: The Earth Awakens

    The Chillingham Arms 89-91 Chillingham Rd, Heaton

    Join us for a chance to share your story - as lived by you, dreamed by you or told to
    you.- and listen to others as well. Help us keep oral storytelling alive.
    “The tongue can paint what the eyes can’t see.” – Chinese Proverb

    £8

  • Root and Branch

    The Chillingham Arms 89-91 Chillingham Rd, Heaton

    In the Sycamore Gap is the shadow of the memory of a tree that is not there. Seedlings are being lovingly supported around the area and the stump is regenerating. A mindless act epitomised the contempt that sone show to nature. Our personal memories are rooted in our history and our dreams and they grow, […]

    £8