Resurrecting Fairy Stories with New Magic
Many of us will remember with great fondness our parents reading magical tales of faraway lands to us as children. Houses could be made of gingerbread, rabbit holes would lead […]
Arts as a tool to understand our environment
We all know family life is hectic. Wouldn’t it be nice to spend a day out together? One that doesn’t cost an arm and a leg. Settle Stories and the […]
Celebrating the Spirit of Settle
In conversation with Jayne Davies, Heritage Project Officer for our next community heritage project; Tom Faulkner: A Portrait of Stories. Jayne Davies is a local performer, teacher and facilitator with […]
Friends, Visitors, Countrymen, Bend me an Ear
Step into The Listening Gallery in Settle where audio exhibition The Sympathetic Ear awaits your troubles. The Listening Gallery is the worlds first audio gallery in a phone box that […]
Interview with Francis Lee – God’s Own Country Director
On Sunday 31st March at 2pm we are screening God’s Own Country – Francis Lee’s first feature film as part of our Lazy Sunday Afternoon Film Club. This is an […]
How a Turning Point in life can change your story
Sometimes on our journey through life, events happen that can drastically change the path that we are on. But these events don’t always have to have a negative impact. Founder […]
Settle Stories: 2018 Story
As we begin to pack up our desks for the festive break we have been reflecting on another fantastic year here at Settle Stories and we thought it was time […]
The Arts can change lives
Hi, I’m Margaret a trustee at Settle Stories. I am 80 years old. With this in mind, I wanted to talk to you about how easy it is for older […]
Will Myths & Legends stand the test of time?
Are Myths and Legends becoming just that, or do they still continue to capture children’s imaginations? There are many different ways to tell stories and to make children aware of […]
Review: I Don’t Know What I’m Supposed To Be Doing
I Don’t Know What I’m Supposed To Be Doing: Emma Decent SETTLE STORIES: 12.10.18 Reviewed by Gill O’Donnell Although initially inspired by the phrase regularly repeated by her mother during […]
Review: Edge of Obedience
EDGE OF OBEDIENCE SETTLE STORIES: 20/9/18 Reviewed by Gill O’Donnell One of the most important functions of Settle Stories as an organisation is to bring stories from around the world to […]
Review: Soldiers of the Empire
ANNAPURNA INDIAN DANCE COMPANY: SOLDIERS OF THE EMPIRE SETTLE STORIES: 14/7/18 Reviewed by Gill O’Donnell Living in the rural Yorkshire Dales there is a danger of becoming trapped in your own […]
The past – shaping our futures
Here at Settle Stories we believe local history matters. It helps us understand who we are, where we come from and who we want to become as people and communities. […]
Making sense of life using traditional tales
Adam Sargant has a love for traditional folktales which began in his early childhood, using this he brings his passion to life by gathering various events here at Settle Stories. […]
‘Im not afraid to fail’ – storyteller Ursula Holden Gill, interview
Ursula Holden-Gill is an award-winning storyteller, writer and educator. Described as a “one woman tour de force,” her blend of music and storytelling is captivating and sparks the imagination. “Ursula […]
Stories don’t have to be spoken
Neapolitan Folklore Finds its Way to Yorkshire! Stories don’t have to be spoken; this year Barbarella’s Bang Bang will be bringing a colour-filled carnival of musical storytelling to the Yorkshire […]
Ursula Holden-Gill
Ursula Holden Gill is an Award-Winning Storyteller, Workshop Facilitator & Educator who is based in Leeds, West Yorkshire. She frequently travels internationally and throughout the UK, using music, movement and […]
Interviews with storytellers – Sophie Snell
Sophie Snell is a member of the Flying Donkeys Storytelling Club. Growing up surrounded by books and stories, Sophie has always known the power of story. She starts by telling […]
Interviews with Storytellers – Priscilla Howe
Priscilla Howe is from Kansas City, Kansas, near the geographic center of the continental US. She has been calling herself a storyteller since 1988, when she was a librarian in […]
Interviews with Storytellers – Hugh Lupton
Tell us something about your background. Street theatre, folk music, writing, teaching, all came together to make me a storyteller in the late seventies. Where in the world are […]
Interviwes with Storytellers – Fergus McNicol
Fergus McNicol is performing at the Settle Storytelling Festival 2011. He joins Mio Shapley for Kamishibai Capers and also performs at the Ghost Stories evening. Fergus comes from Cumbernauld near […]
Interviews with Storytellers – Taffy Thomas
Taffy is performing at the Settle Storytelling Festival in October 2011 Tell us something about your background. I grew up in Somerset. Then went to college in Dudley. After a […]
Interviews with Storytellers – Godfrey Duncan (TUUP)
TUUP is performing at the Settle Storytelling Festival 2011. Tell us something about your background. I am from Guyana in South America but grew up in England. I […]
Interviews with Storytellers: Nick Hennessey
Nick Hennessy is an English storyteller and musician. He will be performing in Tea and Tales at the Settle Storytelling Festival 2011. Nick grew up in north Cheshire, in the small suburban village […]
Value your everyday life, its fascinating
Brazillian storyteller Ana Maria Lines will once again be joining us in the Yorkshrie Dales. She blew audiences away at the 2014 Settle Stories Festival and we’re expecting great things […]
A closer look at storytelling in Africa
With a breathtaking range of performance experiences to his name, Githanda Githae bounds on to the Settle Stories Festival scene armed only with an electrifying presence. A Kenyan actor, teacher, […]
Work is Love Made Visible
Kerris Casey-St.Pierre is the designer of the fabulous lanterns that guided visitors on our ‘Candlelit Story Trail’ at the Settle Storytelling Festival in 2018. As Kerris has had a varied […]
Lucy’s Three Wishes
Science was an important theme of our Settle Storytelling Festival in 2018. Our science adviser and mentor is Dr. Lucy Rogers, and as a reward for her great work with […]
Meet Dominic Kelly
Dominic Kelly is a professional storyteller who has performed at international festivals and other venues, including London West End theatres, and his work in schools has inspired thousands of young […]
Interviews with Storytellers – Chris Bostock
Meet Chris Bostock. Chris has worked as a professional Storyteller for 22 years. He is a founder member of A Bit Crack – Storytelling, based in the Newcastle upon Tyne. […]
Interviews with Storytellers – Shonaleigh Cumbers
Shonaleigh’s grandmother was a Yiddish oral storyteller, a drut’syla, and Shonaleigh is probably one of the last drut’sylas to have been trained in the traditional family style. She begins by […]
Interviews with Storytellers – Jamie Crawford
Jamie Crawford is based near the South Downs in Sussex in England with this wife and three year old boy. He’s been tellings stories for over a quarter of a […]
Interviews with Storyteller – Karen Gummo
Karen Gummo spent a childhood listening to my Dad regale us with stories. Her love of literature came from both her parents. Her Danish and Icelandic heritage connects her to Northern […]
Interviews with Storytellers – Alia Alzougbi
Alia is a Lebanese storyteller based in London. She performed at the Settle Storytelling Festival in 2010. She tells us, “the modern history of the Middle East has been fraught […]
Interviews with storytellers – Mio Shapley
Mio Shapley comes to the Settle Storytelling Festival 2011 and presents Kamishibai Capers. Tell us something about your background. I was born in Japan in the beautiful mountain area […]