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 to the Moon’ science storytelling performance for EYFS to find out more about her life and what we can expect from the upcoming storytelling adventure. […]
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 to know about the nature of a people, then you need only to listen to their stories. In The Forgotten Tales, Jon Buckeridge brings to […]
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 year when the majority of the population have been unable to travel any further than the end of their garden or the local park, it […]
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 was a totally mesmerising event, the quality of story-telling was superb and the structure of the piece outstanding. Equally worthy of note was the fact […]
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 had stepped back in time, not just to the “never, never time” suggested by Elsie’s costume but also back into my own childhood. Poppy Avison […]
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, alcoholic wizard- Merlin. On Sunday 2nd August from 7:00 pm – 8:00 pm, we are lucky enough to be showing a live performance of Once and Future […]
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 infamous tales. Tea and lots of scrumptious cake will be provided by Elaine’s Tea Room’s. One of our volunteers, Jane Corbett, caught up with Ursula […]
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, there is already evidence of a decline in bookings for such activities as sending storytellers into schools, which we here at Settle Stories are huge […]
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. Growing up his favourite was the tales of King Arthur and Robin Hood. As a teenager he thrived on the works of Alan Garner, Susan […]
Populating the landscape with characters – – Q & A with Dominic Kelly
On Sunday 28th April at 3pm award winning storyteller Dominic Kelly and folk musicans Bridget Marsden and Leif Ottosson perform The Big Blind at The Joinery. The story follows a boy standing on a lakeshore. Behind him is all he’s ever known. Ahead: a chance for love but a higher chance of death. He’s had […]