Future Work:
Beeston Tales, Nottingham, will be hosting my Women Who Bore Through Walls, on Weds 15th July.
What happens when your husband locks you up and it’s the 16th century and there’s no Hooman Rights? You burrow, that’s what.
Stories of women, from Italy, Morocco, and England, unjustly imprisoned by jealous spouses, all using their wit and grit to survive, escape, and thrive. With tips on tunnelling, staying sane, and where to hide your jewellery in an emergency.
Katy Cawkwell had these nice words to say about the show: “rebellious tunnelling wives… hilarious uproar and riotous fun.”
Practical Details:
What Show: Women Who Bore Through Walls
Date: Weds 15th July
Time: Doors 7pm for a PROMPT 7:30 start
Hosted by: Beeston Tales
Venue: Church Hall, Church of Assumption
Address: 25 Foster Ave, Nottingham, NG9 1AE
Web link: https://www.tickettailor.com/events/beestontales/
Tickets: £9 on the door or £7:50 in advance
Livestream tickets available
Transport: A short walk from Beeston Tram Stop. Parking available at the venue
Tea coffee and cake on sale, and you can BYOB if you’d like something stronger
If you missed my Epic Forest of Chance Encounters at Ropetackle Storytellers in Shoreham-by Sea then you can watch it via a link (below) until 16th July.
This weaving of four Italian folk-tales sends four boys into the woods… but they don’t all come out alive again…. One boy chases a hare into a forest and stumbles upon a mysterious palace, another takes cash instead of a bride, a third loses his wife whilst chasing his wedding ring. And the fourth story? Well, that’s a chance for the women to answer back.
There are pistols and cross dressing, enchantments and unreliable narrators.
Practical Details:
What Show: The Forest of Chance Encounters
Date: Available until 16th July
Hosted By: Ropetackle Storytellers
Link for online tickets: https://www.ticketsource.com/ropetackle-storytellers/the-forest-of-chance-encounters-watch-later/e-pdlbae
Recent Work :
Took Gawain and the Green Knight to Pembrokeshire courtesy of the Arts Council of Wales/ Night Out/Noson Allan. Had a lovely time in the British Museum, telling stories from along the Silk Roads for a family day; given Naughty Japanese Badgers an outing to Stony Stratford and to Exeter; brought The Forest of Chance Encounters to Matlock Storytelling Café, Women Who Bore Through Walls to Sheffield Storyforge and Shaggy Dog Storytellers, and 1647: The Poorest Hee to Torriano Storynight and to Manchester’s Sting in the Tale.