Devon Oral Storytellers

The Plough Storytelling Circle is back! We have a new time - the first Thursday evening of every month - and a new venue - the beautiful St Anne's Chapel in Barnstaple.
We are a lively and supportive forum for the telling of stories, whether those are folk tales, mythology, modern or personal stories, all told in the traditional way - from memory.
We welcome anyone and everyone to tell a tale or just to listen and we also enjoy occasional poetry and music, as long as it is story-based.
So whether you are new to storytelling or have been doing it for years, please come and join us for an evening of wonders. (Incredible value too at £2 including refreshments!)
Book online at www.theploughartscentre.org.uk or by phoning the Box Office on 01805 624624 or on the door.

Very informal scratch group performance of Tales from the Mahabharata, performers pay £25/£20 to take part and most have attended autumn workshops but this is optional. You can also come to listen (free of charge).

Exeter Storyclub is on the second Wednesday of the month (save in exceptional circumstances and sometimes we don't meet in July or August if everyone is away). A supportive gathering to try out new pieces or simply to relax and listen to spoken storytelling at its best.
We meet at The Cowick Barton, 121 Cowick Ln, Exeter EX2 9HF

There is a 15 minute maximum length for stories/music and if anyone goes over that, they will incur the Harmonica of Doom! :) As we love to get everyone’s oral stories in. Two-parters can be arranged, just let us know! All stories must be from memory. No reading aloud allowed. Support the oral tradition :) . All welcome.

• What to bring
Yourself, a pair of listening ears and an open imagination.
There will be a hat for donations

• Important to know
Check our facebook page for updates or any last minute changes of plan https://www.facebook.com/ExeterStoryClub

What happens...

When the goddess of childbirth crosses her legs?
When you’re bound above chaos with golden threads?
When the weight of your grief means you can’t walk on?
When you’re neither living or dead so you don’t fit in?
When you’re… stuck?

That’s when you need Hecate: Queen of Between, many-shaped and multi-tasking goddess of birth, death, witches, weasels, hellhounds, crossroads, thresholds and ghosts.

Barking at her heels, Lucy Lill and Sarah Liisa Wilkinson take up their torches, jangle their keys and bring you stories of letting go, squeezing through and moving on.

‘Effervescent, funny and refreshing’ Everything Theatre
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For ages 16+
If you've been to our performance storytelling events before, you may well remember the performers from their previous stunning solo shows: Sarah-Liisa's And Other Wonders in 2024 and Lucy's The Curse of Kassandra in 2023. Can't wait to have them back!

At Cygnet Theatre, disabled access.