Oral storytelling is one of the most ancient artforms, and continues to this day as a vibrant part of culture throughout the world. The Society for Storytelling was founded in 1993 to support and promote storytelling in England and Wales. We provide a central place to find out about storytelling events, to ask for advice on using storytelling, and to find storytellers.
National Storytelling Week 2014
While this year's National Storytelling Week and its myriad of events supporting our favourite craft may still be fresh in your memory, plans are already in place for next year's event!
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The new National Curriculum - what it could mean for storytelling in schools
As some of you might have noticed, plans are in place to change the National Curriculum for schools in England in 2014, with draft programmes for next year already established and a consultation...
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Garden Stories for the Trans-Plantable Living Room
An exciting new collaboration, which brings together story-telling, stage-design, gardening and performance.
Trans-Plantable Living Room needs you to help it happen!
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A Tongue of Stone
Frome Story Circle presents their event for Frome Festival 2013 - a revival of A Tongue of Stone with Bard for Life.
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Latin American Foundation For The Future (Laff) Peruvian Fiesta
Friday 12th July6pm-11pmDALSTON EASTERN CURVE GARDEN, Hackney, LondonLatin American Foundation For The Future (Laff) Peruvian FiestaStoryteller: SONIA CALLER
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Sting In The Tale 2013 - a preview
We bring you a selection of some of the highlights of the festival, which is jam-packed with storytelling delights taking place up and down East Dorset from August 16-26.
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Rumi Festival
This festival is dedicated to celebrating the life, work and legacy of the globally acclaimed poet and mystic Mevlana Jalaluddin Rumi.
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Shades Of Sussex
Sussex is rich in tales from history and folklore: tales of invasions, smugglers, beacons, battles, spirits and spies.
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Snow White, Blood Red - fairy stories for adults
Fairytales were not originally written for children, and deal with some of the darkest and lightest, lowest and highest impulses and behaviours of which we humans are capable.
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The Last Child
Presenting The GuestHouse Storytellers’ very own Elizabeth Scott with her debut full-length performance The Last Child, which she has been working on with Roi Gal-or.
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If You Ever Leave Me
The UK's only Hawaiian storyteller comes to Barnstaple with If You Ever Leave Me: a show about the magic and terror of growing up in one of the most beautiful and isolated places on Earth.
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A weekly drop-in storytelling circle in south east London, for those who love sharing stories in an informal setting, or for those who want to... Read more
In a rare UK visit, Laura Simms performs Unlocking Nine Locks at the Soho Theatre. South Africa, the Caucasus and New York City merge into a place... Read more
The Cow That Feeds The World is a four-day storytelling retreat and extended workshop near Caernarfon, Wales for beginners, advanced practitioners... Read more
A special Café Voices as part of Refugee Week Scotland, featuring Zimbabwean guitar hero and Bhundu Boy Rise Kagona, together with musicians,... Read more
Summer is here again, and it's time for parties, outdoor activities and barbecues. So why not try this unusual recipe from the Amazon?
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