Surrey Storytellers
www.surreystorytellers.co.uk
info@surreystorytellers.co.uk
Surrey Storytellers is a group that promotes the art of storytelling for Adults, Young People and Children throughout the County of Surrey, in England.
Storytelling is one of the oldest forms of entertainment in the world and is also the way societies hand down their histories and values from one generation to the next. It is currently enjoying a revival thanks to a renewed interest in the folk arts which also include music, song and dance. There are lots of storytelling circles and events run across the UK, at which everyone is welcome – either to listen or tell a story of their own.
Friday 25th July 2025 @ 19.30
'When the Gentlemen Go By'
Alastair K. Daniel
For periods of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, parts of the south east of England were almost lawless, with contraband travelling unchecked in long trains of horses and armed men from the coast towards London. In this set of smuggling tales and ballads, opening with words sung from Kipling’s poem 'When the Gentlemen Go By', Alastair contrasts the romantic mythology of smuggling with the brutal reality of a violent trade - and there's a spectral encounter with a ghostly revenue officer along the way.
