Gather round! We have invited friends of A Bit Crack, both some of the regular contributors to our open nights as well as some new friends from further afield all bringing a story to share just for you. Join us for a fabulous evening of stories from Richard Birmingham, Gill Warren, Greg McCormick, Sarah Deco […]

Cracking On is an evening of discussion and exploration around a selection of stories. We welcome Zahra Afsah, teller of traditional Persian tales and anecdotes, who will be sharing ‘The Mouse and The Girl’, a traditional folktale originally from an ancient Sanskrit text, the Panchatantra. We are also honoured to have Penny Grennan, local storyteller […]

Stepping Out - The Singing Shoemaker and Other Stories with Ivanir Sibylla Hasson and Chris Bostock. Ivanir hails from the mountains of Telemark in Norway, from where she will lure us into her forest web with tales of the Singing Shoemaker the farmer who took her goats to the Garden of Eden. And Chris, a […]

We are honoured to present one of the foremost tellers of today;  Michael Harvey. Michael is a familiar figure on the storytelling scene and has travelled all over the world telling traditional stories to audiences of all ages. We are delighted that he will be joining us. All in the course of the evening  we […]

Have we been asleep? From these troubled times there has been darkness and light. To some there has been a slowing of time. Time to wonder at the beauty of the earth and a precious time of warmth and friendship. For others the journey of awakening has been hard and sorrowful. Tonight we will hear […]

Be warned, the Odyssey is not for the weak hearted, and this storyteller is not for those that easily blush. Alexander Mackenzie has written and illustrated his version of the Odyssey that has recently been published. He has all the gorgeous imagination of Homer plus his own inspirational spontaneity. He will tell the story of […]

Heart-warming songs and stories for a winter’s night… Theatre, story-telling and group singing combine for a magical midwinter online celebration 13th December 2020 7pm, LIVE on Youtube! Hearth Songs brings together singers from the Mouthful Virtual Chorus with the wonderful storyteller, Malcolm Green. A new collaboration between singers from Mouthful and story-tellers’ collective a Bit […]

Join us at the turning of the year - have we grown or been shrunken by 2020 and where will our dreaming lead us to in the New Year? Dust off your memories and leap into ’21 with stories to fire the spirit from Chris, Claire, Pat and Malcolm. Sane tales for mad times! Coming […]

"In this time of wall-building and border-defending, I keep thinking about what stories - personal and traditional - teach us about how to talk to and welcome strangers.  As we meet in zoomland on February 5, I will bring stories from the Yukon, from Iraq, and from my own remixed folktale rummage chest - all […]

Demons and Angels contend in a rich interweaving of Apocryphal and Old Testament tales drawing from Jewish, Islamic and Christian sources. We are delighted to present this fabulous evening with renowned storyteller Hugh Lupton. As always, everyone is welcome to attend our events and there are no set ticket prices. For those of you with […]

In a world of magic and miracles, Yggdrasil the ash tree holds all of creation in its roots and branches. Odin the Allfather hangs upside down from the great tree, waiting for wisdom to come. But what happens when the ash tree falls sick? Ash is one of our commonest trees, bringing many gifts: timber, […]

Malcolm Green and Mouthful Voices invite you to come away with the faeries. Featuring Faerie Folklore and story telling by Malcolm Green - A Bit Crack, and songs written by Dave Camlin, Sharon Durant and Bex Mather, brought to life by Mouthful Voices Community Choir. We invite you into the mystical world of forests and […]