Guest tellers

With Catherine Heinemeyer Friday 2nd September, 7.30pm Cobalt Studio 10-16 Boyd St Newcastle upon Tyne Tyne and Wear NE2 1AP  Suitable for 13+ (young people very welcome) I have been in a foreign country these last three years, though I have rarely wandered far from home.  It’s a country I remember, but it has changed: adolescence. […]

      With Ben Haggarty Friday 4th November, 7.30pm Cobalt Studio 10-16 Boyd St Newcastle upon Tyne Tyne and Wear NE2 1AP  A retelling of the myth of Atalanta – a fierce tale of a remarkable virgin hunter and devotee of Artemis who sure as hell doesn’t want to have anything to do with men... […]

With Nick Hennessey Friday 3rd February, 7:30pm Cobalt Studio 10-16 Boyd St Newcastle upon Tyne Tyne and Wear NE2 1AP  "Beneath the low sky there is a field. At its edge two ravens speak of families and feuds, of those that have fallen and of those yet to be born into the world of the hollow wind. […]

With Pascale Konyn & Chris Jones 25th March 2017  1pm  -  4pm Elsdon Village Hall Elsdon Northumberland NE19 1AA  Join us in Elsdon, one of the most historic villages of Northumberland National Park for an afternoon to stir your imagination and spark your creativity..... Chris Jones, Historic Environment Officer for Northumberland National Park, will begin […]

With Sally Pomme Clayton Friday 7th April, 7:30pm Chillingham Arms Chillingham Road Heaton Newcastle upon Tyne Tyne and Wear NE6 5XN   Dust off  your heart, dance with the devil. Kiss in the dark, a romantic revel. Under the stars, abandon your woes, Venus in furs, love in the shadows! Love in the Shadows is sheer, […]

With Helen East & Rick Wilson Friday 5th May, 7:30pm Chillingham Arms Chillingham Road Heaton Newcastle upon Tyne Tyne and Wear NE6 5XN Please Note Change Of Venue Storyteller Helen East and percussionist Rick Wilson, major figures in the storytelling revival, create a dynamic combination of words, rhythm, movement and music. Narrative meanders in and out […]

 With Joshua & Malcolm Green Friday 2nd June, 7:30pm Cobalt Studio 10-16 Boyd St Newcastle upon Tyne Tyne and Wear NE2 1AP Stories and Songs of a Secret Messenger It’s shortly after dawn at RAF Fyingdales on the North York Moors and a male cuckoo soon to be named Vigilamus is having a 4.5 gm transmitter […]

With Christine McMahon Friday 1st September, 7:30pm Cobalt Studio 10-16 Boyd St Newcastle upon Tyne Tyne and Wear NE2 1AP Christine McMahon is a vibrant Storyteller with an international reputation. She has a love of traditional folktales, particularly those with a link to her Northern roots. Born in Lancashire, living in Yorkshire, her ready wit and […]

With Hugh Lupton     Friday 1st December, 7:30pm Cobalt Studio 10-16 Boyd St Newcastle upon Tyne Tyne and Wear NE2 1AP We look forward to an evening of stories with Hugh Lupton, one of Britain's leading storytellers...... A solo performance by Hugh Lupton. In Norfolk to ‘mardle’ is to gossip. This is a programme of folk-tales, […]

        With Dominic Kelly Friday 2nd December, 7.30pm Cobalt Studio 10-16 Boyd St Newcastle upon Tyne Tyne and Wear NE2 1AP  A Wild epic from Irish Mythology  Ulster and Connaught: two sides of Ireland. In these two places live two best friends: Cú Chulainn and Fráech - the fastest, most fearless and most […]

with Daniel Allison & Lally O'Keeffe Friday 2nd February, 7:30pm PLEASE NOTE CHANGE OF VENUE Corner House Hotel  Heaton Road Heaton Newcastle upon Tyne Tyne and Wear NE6 5RP Wolves, bears and lynx once roamed the hills and forests of Britain. Is it time for them to return? Here, we add mythic voice to the debate, […]

with Richard Birmingham Friday 2nd March, 7:30pm PLEASE NOTE CHANGE OF VENUE Corner House Hotel Heaton Road Heaton Newcastle upon Tyne Tyne and Wear NE6 5RP Richard Birmingham, once a fisherman, once a boat builder, once a sailor of the seven seas, now has tales to tell. Tales of courage and fear, of strength and failing, […]