Storytelling Is a Skill You Can Learn

There’s a moment most of us carry somewhere. The year everything changed. A family story that only you remember properly now. The thing you try to explain at parties when […]
Before Eve, There Was Lilith

Most of us know Eve. Practically nobody grows up knowing Lilith, and there’s a reason for that. She turns up in ancient Jewish folklore as Adam’s first wife, made as […]
A trapeze accident – how science storyteller Cassandra Wye started her career

The Moon is probably one of the only places – fantastic storyteller Cassandra Wye hasn’t visited yet. We caught up with Cassandra in the run up to her ‘Fly me […]
Fits of Laughter: Review of The Forgotten Tales

Review of Yorkshire Festival of Story event The Forgotten Tales by Jon Buckeridge on 15th August 2020. Reviewed by Gill O’Donnell for The Craven Herald and Pioneer. If you want […]
People & Places: Review of The Geography of Me

Review of Yorkshire Festival of Story event The Geography of Me by Rose Condo on 14th August 2020. Reviewed by Gill O’Donnell for The Craven Herald and Pioneer. In a […]
Inhabiting Stories: Blood & Gold Review

Review of Yorkshire Festival of Story event Blood & Gold by Mara Menzies on 11th August 2020. Reviewed by Gill O’Donnell for The Craven Herald and Pioneer. Without doubt this […]
Stepping Back in Time: Ey Up Elsie Review

Review of the Ey Up Elsie Series from Yorkshire Festival of Story 2020. Reviewed by Gill O’Donnell for The Craven Herald and Pioneer. Watching this I felt as if I […]
NO ONE PUTS MERLIN IN THE CORNER

Blog written by Sarah Bennett Once and Future King tells the Arthurian legends like you’ve never known before, from the real force behind King Arthur: our very own immortal, […]
Q&A: Tremendous Tales with Ursula Holden Gill

In November 2019 we’ve got the savvy sassy storyteller and ex-Emmerdale star Ursula Holden Gill visiting us at The Joinery. Urusla will be making us laugh and cry with her […]
Creativity v’s Curriculum
Stories touch everyone’s imagination, but none more so than children. That is why storytelling and that arts play such an important part in a child’s life. As budgets get cut, […]