22nd May  2026    19.30

 

Catherine Chadwick  tells
The Hostages of Asgard

 

When the Aesir and Vanir gods declared peace between them after the hostilities, they exchanged hostages.  The Vanir sent Njordr and his children Freyr and Freyja to live with the Aesir in Asgard.  These three provide us with stories of an unexpected marriage, obsession with a beautiful giantess and the attainment of an incomparable golden necklace. 

26th June 2026  at  19.30 -
Daisy Black  tells Yde and Olive

Storyteller and academic Daisy Black presents the remarkable thirteenth-century tale of Yde, who dresses herself as a knight and cuts her own paths to freedom. A tale of disguise adventure, gender fluidity, straight-talking angels, and the power of queer love.

Weaving medieval narrative with modern folk song, this performance will take you from birthing chambers to military barracks, through moonlit country lanes and woods stained with slaughter, and from quiet chapels to court chambers crackling with gossip.

25th September 2026  at 19.30

 

 

Polis Loizou tells "Island of Love"

This is his most intimate and personal creation yet – a blend of mythology, folklore, history and biographical storytelling that explores his identity, his family and their complex motherland.

 

Beginning with the birth of the country’s infamous goddess, Aphrodite, the show takes the audience on a journey of  love, desire, sexuality… and war. From tales of intercommunal romance and bridal kidnappings to fatness and French nutriotionists, Byzantine heroes and conversion therapy to nationalism and division, the various facets of Cyprus and its people are revealed.

We take a break in August but please don't miss our next telling in September

24th July 2026  at 19.30 -
Aaron Oliver tells Deliver Us From Evil with music from Diana Redgrave

 

The forgotten story of the first recorded case of Tourette's Syndrome: a 15th Century priest who believed he was possessed by a demon.Aaron Oliver dives into the mind of a religious leader at war with his own body and asks: how do the stories we tell ourselves change us?

 

Aaron Oliver's work explores themes of queerness, disability, humanity and hope, taking inspiration from traditional folktales, myths and legends, as well as diving into forgotten true stories from the past.

Diana Redgrave is a musician based in Kent and London. She plays the cello, shruti box, tongue drums and a variety of other sound-makers to evoke atmospheres in stories