Storytelling Events in Wales and the Marches

• Events and Festivals
• Storytelling Circles
• Courses

Events and Festivals

Storytellers may be heard in theatres and arts centres, taking part in festivals or street entertainment, visiting schools or adding life to a historic site, or just telling stories in a pub or hired room.

There are a few festivals dedicated primarily to storytelling, and others which include some storytelling alongaside Folk Music or literary talks. A storytelling festival is an ideal chance to hear all kinds of stories and tellers.

Event	Where	When	Description	Further Details
Beyond the Border	St Donats Castle near Cardiff S Wales	7-9 July 2000	An International Storytelling Festival held in the grounds of a castle by the sea, featuring storytellers and musicians from cultures around the world, not to mention some of the best British and Irish tellers	Email St Donats Arts Centre or phone +44 (0)1446 794848
Festival at the Edge	Wenlock Edge Shropshire England	21-23 July 2000	"Trespassing in Paradise" On a smaller scale than St Donats, but with more intimacy	Phone (44) 01952 504882 or visit Festival at the Edge website

Storytelling Circles

These are not in general intended for an audience to sit and listen to polished performers, but as opportunities for anyone to tell a story in a safe environment, where everybody is in the same boat. A circle is a place of power, a focussing of energy, but also a place of equality, of community. Each group is different, small or large, chatty or formal, and may work in a different way (I've not been to them all myself), but there is no compulsion to tell a story; of course if no-one does, then there are no stories!

Where	When	Further Details
The Butchers Arms Cardiff	3rd Sunday of the month	Email Richard or phone 01222 229009
Bristol	1st Wednesday of the month	Email Tim or phone 0117 924 8751
Hay-on-Wye	3rd Tuesday of the month	Phone 01497 820527
Malvern	1st Wednesday of the month	Email Grenville or phone 01684 565157
"Tales at the Edge" Wenlock Edge Inn Much Wenlock	2nd Monday of the month	Phone Mike 01694 771379

Courses

Some courses are aimed at beginners, others for those with some experience of telling stories. All are opportunities to develop skills and learn stories, to meet other people with the same interests, and to listen to stories and have fun.

Where	When	Description	Further Details
Ty Newydd near Criccieth, Gwynedd	14-16th April 2000	A life on the Wind with Daniel Morden and Pomme Clayton	Phone 017665 222811 or visit the Ty Newydd pages at the Welsh Academy
	2-7th Oct 2000	Storytelling and the Mythical Landscape with Hugh Lupton & Eric Maddern
The Bleddfa Centre Bleddfa, near Knighton, Powys	5-6th Aug 2000	Enter the Land of Myth with Sarah Caird and Jenny Pearson. Combining stories with drama, movement and music.	Email Wendy Smith or visit The Bleddfa centre
	18-24th Aug 2000	The Annual Storytelling Week led by Michael Harvey and Hazel Bradley
Cae Mabon near Llanberis, Gwynedd	tba	tba	Email Eric Maddern or phone 01286 871542 or visit Cae Mabon
Bishopswood Environmental Centre near Stourbridge, Worcs.	May	? with Ben Haggerty	Phone ?

Other useful sites:

• The Storytelling Diary - includes events throughout the British Isles

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