2017
Stories & Tellers

At this year's festival we have an incredible programme of stories to inspire, enthral and entertain you...

7pm Wed, 5th April
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Hannah Felicia &​ Tamsin Solanum
The Greenbank, Easton
There are two stars in the sky who love each other. One of them sparkles like a diamond and the other is fire-red.  They are chasing each other.  A tale of love, searching & twisted magic inspired by the work of author Rafik Schami.​

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8pm Fri, 31st March

Iwan Kushka & Friends
St. Pauls Crypt, 4 Southville Rd, Southville, Bristol, BS3 1DG
Prepare for a poetic flight of truly epic proportions.  A Story Concert performed by Iwan Kushka and interwoven with an original musical score by Becky Doe (viola), William Benzies (guitar) and James Watts (flutes).

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7.30pm Mon, 3rd April

Michael Loader
& Friends
Ashton Gatehouse, BS3 2JL
Stories from the life of Ashton Court - told in the beautifully refurbished and renovated 19th century gatehouse.  Michael Loader will be accompanied by musicians Alison Francis Black and Caitlin Alais Callahan.

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7.30pm Fri, 7th April

Martin Maudsley
​& Friends
​Boiling Wells, Ashley Vale
Settle back around the flickering flames after a delicious alfresco supper.  A fiery feast of food, stories & music to take you on a journey into the wild side… Wild men and wild women, wild goose chases and wild times in the wild woods...

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7.30pm Sat, 1st April

Nana Woo & Friends
The Wildgoose Space, 228 Mina Rd, St. Werburghs, Bristol, BS2 9YP
Storytelling, Music and Soul Dance. 
Love for mother, love for a lover, love for a flower, lover for money…..There are so many different ways of love, but only one word to say it…. so What is Love?...

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7.30pm Tue, 4th April

Ailsa Mair Hughes
& Deborah Ward
St. Paul's Crypt, Southville
Beautiful tales painted with lilting melodies & haunting chords, followed by The Stories of Spider Woman - three Native American tales of feminine power which are mysterious, dark, elder, wise, sensitive and territorial.

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7.30pm Sat, 8th April

Deborah Winter
& Fiona Barrow
Café Kino, Stokes Croft
Accompanied by fiddle, harp and accordion, travel back in time and into mysterious realms.  Pass some time in the company of a strange traveller at the inn... but be careful what you say to him - words are dangerous things!

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7pm Sun, 2nd April

Jane Flood
Storytelling Sunday,
​Hamilton House, Stokes Croft
A wise old Crone sits at the gateway of the worlds, fiercely guarding the things on the edge that are in danger of getting lost.  She may bestow a curse on the fool or a gift on the pure-hearted, but she will speak her truth regardless..​.

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8pm Thurs, 6th April

Open to Participants
Tellers from all corners 
The Landsdown, Clifton
The festival favourite is back!  Eight tellers put their best foot forward to try to win the audience vote.
​Expect thrills and spills.  Expect laughter and tears.  Expect your vote to be courted by every one of our performers! 

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3pm Sun, 9th April

Various Tellers including //Kabbo Ferdinand
Hamilton House, Stokes Croft
Dedicated to Little Big & Big Little people (also known as enthusiastic adults & older children in more plain language).  Be wowed, miaow-ed and made to laugh out loud by an exciting mix of stories told by storytellers from near & far.

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