Events
Sun 13th April, 19:30
Live online (or watch later)
The Yelolow Wallpaper
A young woman and her physician husband rent a mansion for the summer, where she is confined to an attic nursery as she descends into madness.
With bars at the windows, and the bed nailed to the floor, the peeled and torn sickly-yellow wallpaper becomes the young woman's obsession, seeing moonlit figures behind the patterns, and with an understanding of the 'truth' that only she knows.
Written by American author Charlotte Perkins Gilman in 1892, The Yellow Wallpaper is a classic of Victorian Gothic Horror.
Age suitability: Adults and teens (14+)
Tue 15th April, 19:30
Temperance Cafe, LEamington Spa
Dark Norse: Stories from the Shadows of the Vikings
SOLD OUT - WAITING LIST OPEN
While Thor thunders, Loki schemes, and warriors blunder about, there are darker things abroad in the lands of the north: man-eating trolls, glacial ice giants, black magic, avenging shieldmaidens, gods who walk the mortal Midgard lands, and the 'draugr' dead that leave their barrow mounds to hunt the living.
Ages: Adults and teens (12+)
Thu 24th April, 19:30
Leicester Guildhall
An Ostara Story: How Jack Hare Stole the Sun King's Crown
As the cold days melt with the warming sun, flowers begin to bloom, hares box in the fields and nests are filling with eggs. Away from the rising sun, beware of what still lurks in the cold shadows.
Award-winning storyteller Jason Buck brings a collection of traditional stories, told live for a modern audience, to celebrate this ancient spring festival, in the creative surroundings of Leicester’s historic Guildhall.
Ages: Adults and teens (12+)
Sun 27th April, 19:30
Live online (or watch later)
In Season: Walpurgisnacht - the witches' night
As we approach May Day and the festival of Beltain, join professional storytellers Amy Douglas and Jason Buck for tales, folklore and riddles for the night of Saint Walpurga - Walpurgisnacht, 'the witches' night'.
Ages: Adult and families (12+)
Tue 6th MAy, 19:30
Highgate Cemetery, London
Workers and Warriors, Peasants and Kings
"In an interesting variation on the annual Marx Memorial lecture, we present traditional folktales - with all the juicy bits left in. Immerse yourself in the world of the brothers Grimm and other tales from the German homeland of Karl Marx. This annual event is commissioned to celebrate Marx's birthday."
Ages: Adult and families (13+)
Various May - September
Various Libraries in Warwickshire
Storytelling unearthed
Immerse yourself in a world of wonder with award-winning storyteller Jason Buck as he weaves magical tales of gardens and nature - the perfect way to celebrate the Unearthed: The Power of Garden exhibition which will be travelling around our libraries this year.
Ages: Adult and families (10+)
Kenilworth Library, May 7th, 6:30pm
Stratford-Upon-Avon Library, Jun 18th, 10am
Rugby Library, Jul 29th, 7pm
Bedworth Library, 23rd Sep, 6pm
Sun 11th May, 19:30
Live online (or watch later)
In Season: It May be Fey
May brings warmer weather, brighter and longer days, and is a time for fairy stories but, remember, not all fairies are made of sugar and spice and all things nice: in the comfort of your own home, relax into an evening of sun-dappled magic and impish mischief (or watch later), with professional storytellers Amy Douglas and Jason Buck.
Ages: Adult and families (12+)
Fri 6th Jun, 18:30
Butser Ancient Farm
Canterbury Tales Reshod: matinee performance
Drunks, priests, drunken priests, lechers, pilgrims, students, craftsmen and common folk of all shapes and sizes come together, from the base and bawdy to the holy and puritanical.
Join Jason Buck and Dave Tonge for an afternoon of culture and comedy, from the annals of Chaucer's medieval writing...
...rebooted, reshod and brought up to date for modern audiences with old characters made into the people and trades we know and recognise!
Ages: 16+
Fri 6th Jun, 20:30
Butser Ancient Farm
Canterbury Tales Reshod: evening performance
Drunks, priests, drunken priests, lechers, pilgrims, students, craftsmen and common folk of all shapes and sizes come together, from the base and bawdy to the holy and puritanical.
Join Jason Buck and Dave Tonge for an afternoon of culture and comedy, from the annals of Chaucer's medieval writing...
...rebooted, reshod and brought up to date for modern audiences with old characters made into the people and trades we know and recognise!
Ages: 16+