Open Night: Step Into Spring
With Storytellers Various Friday 6th April, 7.30pm Cobalt Studio 10-16 Boyd St Newcastle upon Tyne Tyne and Wear NE2 1AP Spring is in the air, time to raise your head, like the flowers pushing their heads out of the earth to dance in the sunlight - so what better way to spend the evening than sharing […]
The Custom of the Sea
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, […]
The Perfect Moment with Sita Brand
Friday 4th May, 7.30pm Cobalt Studio 10-16 Boyd St Newcastle upon Tyne Tyne and Wear NE2 1AP "Fools stand on their island of opportunities and look toward another land. There is no other land; there is no other life but this.” ― Henry David Thoreau An adventure through stories, new and old, some […]
Searching For The Light
With Chris Bostock & Pascale Konyn Friday 1st June, 7:30pm Cobalt Studio 10-16 Boyd St Newcastle upon Tyne Tyne and Wear NE2 1AP The search for wisdom has led people to travel the world, sailing the seas, climbing mountains or walking in the desert. It's a search that leads some to look into the past […]
Open Night: Summer Love
With Storytellers Various Friday 6th July, 7pm Cobalt Studio 10-16 Boyd St Newcastle upon Tyne Tyne and Wear NE2 1AP This is the night where anyone (that means you!) can tell a story, sing a song, share a joke. Maybe you have a story you’d like to share? If you’ve never told a story before or even […]
Open Night: Travelling Light
With Storytellers Various Friday 3rd August, 7.30pm Cobalt Studio 10-16 Boyd St Newcastle upon Tyne Tyne and Wear NE2 1AP This is the night where anyone (that means you!) can tell a story, sing a song, share a joke. Maybe you have a story you’d like to share? If you’ve never told a story before or even […]
The Depths of the Ocean
With Jake Evans Friday 7th September, 7:30pm PLEASE NOTE CHANGE OF VENUE Corner House Hotel Heaton Road Heaton Newcastle upon Tyne Tyne and Wear NE6 5RP A vibrant and evocative selection of traditional and true stories from across the high seas with the focal point of Shackleton Endurance Expedition, join us for a night of heroic feats and adventure. Jake […]
Standing On The Threshold
With Malcolm Green & Pat Renton Friday 5th October, 7:30pm Cobalt Studio 10-16 Boyd St Newcastle upon Tyne Tyne and Wear NE2 1AP An evening of liminal stories betwixt and between one world and another; the light and the dark, the wild and the domestic, the living and the dead , the man and the […]
Open Night: November, November, A Night to Remember
With Storytellers Various Friday 2nd November, 7:30pm Cobalt Studio 10-16 Boyd St Newcastle upon Tyne Tyne and Wear NE2 1AP What better way to celebrate the mysteries of Autumn than sharing stories, songs, a joke or a poem with friendly folk? If you’ve never told a story before or if you have this is a […]
I Know Not
Cobalt Studio 10-16 Boyd St, Newcastle upon Tyne, United KingdomAn Evening Of Sufi Stories With Chirine El Ansary Friday 7th December, 7:30pm Cobalt Studio 10-16 Boyd St Newcastle upon Tyne Tyne and Wear NE2 1AP Who knows that a woman, an 8th century poet, is at the source of sufism? Who remembers the 9th century muslim mystic who was executed for declaring that God was […]
‘New Beginnings’ Open Night
Cobalt Studio 10-16 Boyd St, Newcastle upon Tyne, United KingdomJoin us to welcome in the new year, our first storytelling night of the year will be to celebrate all of your stories. Whether it's a personal anecdote or an ancient tale, a story of deep wisdom or profound foolishness, come along for a cosy evening of stories, the best antidote to a cold winter's night. All […]
Tamar Williams: Three Around Three/Tri o Bob Try
The Corner House 317 Heaton Rd, Newcastle upon TyneA new commission supported by the Gwobr Esyllt Harker Award and premiered at Beyond the Border 2018. A bilingual solo performance piece that interweaves story, song and spoken word, it is a retelling of the first branch of the Mabinogion. Crossing between two worlds, we journey step by step with a woman from the Otherworld, Rhiannon, […]