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FORTHCOMING:

  • Storytelling Sundays at Ruskin Mill, GL6 0LA:   21th January 2024; 11th February;  17th March
    2.30-4.30;  £5 adults, £4 children, £12 family (cash please);   no need to book
    Stories are for everyone, and adults without children are as welcome as children with adults.

EXAMPLES OF PAST EVENTS

2023

  • Fate, Faith and Fortune performed at Ruskin Mill, Nailsworth, 24 March, at Llangollen Fringe Festival, 11 July and at Sidmouth Folk Festival.

2022

  • Wood-Fired Baking and Storytelling Day, Shipton Mill, Tetbury – 17th December. Stories of transformation.
  • The Cult of Water: Story, Ritual and Myth, 22nd Sept, Hawkwood GL6 7QW - I told a story of the River Severn as part of David Bramwell's candle-lit and dream-like journey in search of the secrets of our waterways, unearthing the stories, histories, rituals and myths that surround our rivers.

2021:

  • The Call of the Sea - a workshop in storytelling and image-making. A very successful day run together with community artist Liz Lancashire at 3 Storeys arts centre in Nailsworth. To be repeated in 2022.

  • Sunday 13th June: Canal Storywalks  Told stories on the Stroudwater canal from my book Tales from the towpath. Organised through Creative Sustainability. Each walk lasted approximately 30 minutes and listeners enjoyed a story in instalments as we walked along.
  • 31st January: An afternoon of stories to celebrate Imbolc (on Zoom) -  with Kelvin Hall, Kirsty Hartsiotis, Austin Keenan and Ariane Olner.

2020:

  • 20th Dec: A winter's afternoon of seasonal storytelling (on Zoom) - with Kelvin Hall, Kirsty Hartsiotis, Austin Keenan and Ariane Olner.

2019:

  • 4th Oct: SOUNDINGS - reverberations from the edge of wild. the first performance of a new piece exploring our relationship with nature and rewilding the land through stories and music. Fiona Eadie and Jude Smith: stories and spoken word; Nicola Hillary and Sue O'Driscoll, fiddle and song plus the recorded voices of other beings. Ruskin Mill, Nailsworth. 
  • 15th Sept: STROUD WOOL AND WATER FESTIVAL -  two storywalks along the Thames & Severn Canal, telling stories of the canal along the way.
     
  • 8th Sept: GLOUCESTER HISTORY FESTIVAL - story stroll from the National Waterways Museum (GL1 2EH) along the canal towpath and back.
  • 4th/5th May: Family Canal Trail - stories of the Cotswold canals

2018:

  • Sun 22 Nov: storywalk along the canal from the Tunnelhouse Inn, Coates.
  • Sun 17 June: Nailsworth Walking Festival, canalside storywalks, Sun 17 June: Starting from the Daneway, Sapperton, I told two of the stories from my forthcoming book Tales from the Towpath.  
  • Sat 20 May: Shirehampton storywalk, organised by Forgotten Landscapes and part of the Severnside Walking Festival,  a delightful amble along the Avon followed by a walk back through Shirehampton with story stops along the way.
  • Monday 28 May Avonmouth storywalk,  organised by Forgotten Landscapes wild tales of Jack's adventures on the high seas on a 2km family walk around Avonmouth.
  • 30 May to 2 June - National Trust storywalks, Lodge Park: part of the National Trust's Springwatch event, Nature-based stories and story walks on the estate.
  • Sundays 29th October and 5th November: Wise Women and Witches: Haunting Tales – at Stroud Museum in the Park
  • August 13th and 27th: Stories In the walled garden of Stroud Museum in the Park ... because, for thousands of years, many of our most spectacular stories and tantalising tales have been set in the garden ... the rooted place where the journey begins and ends, where the seeds of adventure are sown. 
  • June 21: - Stories at the Solstice - an evening of stories, dance and fire for the summer solstice. A seasonal celebration Thistledown Farm on the longest day of the year.
  • March 11th: Val Dean and I performed 'Held in Place' - a programme of stories and songs rooted in particular parts of Britain - at Elmslie House, Great Malvern WR14 3AG. Organised by Malvern Storytellers.
  • March 20th - an evening of seasonal stories for the March equinox at Thistledown Farm, GL10 3UH
  • Valentine's Day 14th February 2017 - two tales of love against all the odds ... organised by Wimborne Storytellers at Gullivers Bookshop, Wimborne
  • December 16 'Return of the Light' - stories for the Solstice at Thistledown Farm
  • August 16 storyteller at Pyrites craft camp
  • July 16 storyteller at Starry Skies family camp
  • July 16 - three sell-out storywalks as part of the Lichfield Music Festival
  • June 16 - storywalk The Weavers' Tale - private event for Local History Society
  • June 16 - Newark Park, National Trust property, stories  to accompany exhibition by the Brunel Broiderers

• March '16 - performed stories and recited poems alongside Stroud's Community Choirs as part of Epic Journeys - a celebration of animal migration

• Jan 16 - NATIONAL STORYTELLING WEEK EVENT: Awesome animals - an afternoon of hugely enjoyable and engaging animal tales at Stroud Museum in the Park,

• July '15  - devised and led three very successful, sell-out storywalks - Lichfield Festival

• July '15  - Starry Skies family festival  - storytelling in residence, Herefordshire

• July '15  - Pyrites family craft camp - storytelling in residence, Gloucestershire

• Jan '15  - speaker at Nailsworth Dramatic Society annual dinner

• Jan '15 - Once, on a winter's afternoon: Polish and other European folk tales at Stroud Museum in the Park

• Aug '14 - private wedding, Matara Centre, Kingscote, Glos.

• July '14 - Pyrites family craft camp - storyteller in residence, Gloucestershire

• July '14 - Starry Skies family festival  - storyteller in residence, Herefordshire

• July '14 - Day of storytelling sessions  - John Moore primary school, Tewkesbury

• June '14 - Stories for 'Fathers in school' day - Woodlands Primary, Yate 

• May '14 - Tales from the Track - 5 National Trust storywalks at landscape sites in Wiltshire and Dorset

• May '14 - The Friendship Orchard and other tales - storytelling at The Wildgoose Festival, Worcestershsire

• May '14 - 'Make a request of the fair folk on midsummer's eve and they are bound to honour it' - storywalk as part of Nailsworth Walking Festival

• April '14 - Morning of storytelling and exercises on theme of Myths and Legends, Red Oaks Primary School, Swindon

• Jan '14 -  Day of storytelling sessions, Kempsey Primary School, Worcs

• Jan '14 -  Apple stories, Horsley Wassail

• Dec '13 - Ruskin Mill Christmas Fair -  seasonal stories for all ages

• Nov '13 - Out of the Forest: winter tales from Russia -  storytelling, school advent fair 

• Aug '13 -  Montacute House (National Trust) - storytelling for familes

• July '13 -  Starry Skies Festival, Herefordshire - storytelling for familes

• July '13 -  Deddington Festival, Oxon - storytelling for familes

June '13 -  Tales from the Track - storywalk telling of the weavers' lives in the Horsley valley in the 19th century

• June '13 -  The Orchard of Friendship - a storywalk ending in a picnic tea at local orchard

• May '13 -  The Hidden Sun - a programme of folktales of Norway and England as part of the Nailsworth Festival.

• April '13 -  participant in weekend-long telling of The Odyssey, Llanidloes.

• April '13 -  Stories and communication - storytelling at Park Junior school, Stonehouse

• March '13 -  Ship of stories - storytelling evening for Friends of Saltford Library

• March '13 -  stories for World Book Day, Uplands Community Primary School

• February '13 -  The Orchard of Friendship - story contribution to Gloucestershire Orchard Trust AGM

• February '13 -  Stories for children and young people, Amberley Village Events, Glos 

• January '13 -  Apple stories, Horsley Wassail

• January '13 -  Out of the Forest, storytelling as part of A Russian Winter event, SVA, Stroud  

• January '13 -  Storytelling with pre-school children,  Children's Centre, Gloucester

• December '12 -  'Harp of the Dagda' telling of Irish myth accompanied by harp and violin, private event

• December' 12 -  Seasonal stories for all ages,  Ruskin Mill Christmas Craft Fair

• November '12 -  'Out of the Forest' afternoon of Russian Stories, Stroud Museum in the Park

• October '12 - Storytelling and Spirit of Place workshop as part of National Trust staff course

• October '12 -  Held in Place a journey of stories and song along ancient routes through England, Wales, Scotland and Ireland.  In collaboration with Valerie Dean of Storyfire. Ruskin Mill

• September '12 - Barnwood Trust, Jubilant Stories project, Cheltenham and Stroud, Glos

• August '12 - private wedding, Matara Centre, Kingscote, Glos.