Join Shonaleigh, the world-renowned tradition bearer and storyteller, for some select stories from the City of Shadows and Magic, part of the ‘Song of Lilith’ story cycle. Shonaleigh is a Druts’yla, and carries on a living unbroken oral tradition passed down from grandmother to granddaughter. She knows around 4,000 tales that she can recall on request, using the lost art of ‘stories within stories’. An evening in her company is always memorable.

This will be a hybrid event: either attend in-person in Mynydd Llandygai or virtually via Zoom.

Advanced tickets – £10 regular price / £6 concessions (retired, students, disabled, children)

On the day tickets – £12 regular price / £8 concessions (retired, students, disabled, children)

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You are invited to a unique, immersive weekend of storytelling for adults. Join in-person or on Zoom. The City of Shadows and Magic appears as part of ‘The Song of Lilith’ and it is huge: it contains twenty-seven doors, each with a different story behind them. We will find out about Lilith’s early life, her engagement with Babylon and the rest of society at that time. We will also hear tales of the other women, men and children that inhabit The City of Shadows and Magic.

This show will be in English.

£90 – attend in person

£40 – attend via Zoom

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All welcome – to tell a story, sing a song, play some music, read a poem – or just listen. 

We meet once a month on Thursdays at 7.30pm.

Autumn dates (TBC): 28th September, 26th October, 23rd November, 21st December.

Just turn up, no need to book!

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Saturday 14th October – ONLINE WORKSHOPS

Professional storytellers from across Wales share their storytelling secrets, tips and tricks in these bilingual online workshops suitable for young people 7 and over.

10-11am Put Magic in your Stories with magician and storyteller Professor Llusern

11.30-12.30am It’s Your Story with former UK young storyteller of the year Tamar Eluned Williams

2-3pm Every Audience Stinks with stand up comedian and storyteller Ceri John Phillips

3.30-4.30pm Tips & Tricks for all things Word Wizardry with poet Rufus Mufasa

Saturday 21st October 2023 – FESTIVAL IN LLANDUDNO AND ONLINE

For story lovers from 7 to 25 and their families: you are invited to a feast of storytelling, workshops and fun. Whether you love traditional stories, myths and legends, fairy tales, or love making up your own stories, this event is for you. You are welcome to enter our friendly competitions or come along and listen. 

11am Opening Story & Workshop with Peter Stevenson – also online

11am Open Stories/Story Practice Space/Story Surgery with Gill 

1pm Pop up activities on the Mezzanine

2.30pm-5.30pm Young Storyteller of Wales Competitions – also online

2.30pm-4.30pm Story Games with Billie and Tor

Aged between 7-25 and want to enter our friendly competitions? Fill out the form here.

To register your attendance for the online workshops or in-person event, visit the Venue Cymru website (bookings open soon).

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Join one of Wales’ top storytellers for a reimagining of the myth of Morgan La Fay, as a Celtic Mother Goddess, Enchantress and Witch. All the way from Cardiff, Cath Little’s latest show is inspired by the Welsh Arthurian legends and tales from her Irish grandmother.

This show will be in English with some Welsh. Suitable for 12+.

Advanced tickets – £10 regular price / £6 concessions (retired, students, disabled, children)

On the day tickets – £12 regular price / £8 concessions (retired, students, disabled, children)

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During this workshop renowned storyteller Cath Little will help you explore ways to tell tales that link to a sense of place, and the power of this land.

Please bring something to write with for the exercises, and be prepared to have a go at telling without referring to notes! Suitable for anyone interested in learning more about oral storytelling.

Advanced booking required.

Workshop will be delivered in English, you are welcome to practice the exercises in Welsh.

Book here £15 / £10 concessions (retired, students, disabled, children)

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An alternative to clichéd Christmas panto, Binderella is a tale for our times, the wild birth-myth of an Anti-Goddess who challenges the forces of greed and despair that seek to steal our future from us. This anarchistic wonder story peeks through the cracks in our society, fusing an environmental rallying cry with an uplifting call for compassion and courage in this age of crisis. Kestrel, Heulwen and Magpie, weave their unique patchwork vision, stitching the raw energy of punk storytelling with a haunting thread of Welsh folk melody and song in this fiercely modern epic.

Advanced tickets – £10 regular price / £6 concessions (retired, students, disabled, children)

On the day tickets – £12 regular price / £8 concessions (retired, students, disabled, children)

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During this workshop Kestrel Morton from the Ragged Storytelling Collective will guide you through some tips and ticks for creating new stories, researching stories and building new repertoire.

Please bring something to write with for the exercises, and be prepared to have a go at telling without referring to notes! Suitable for anyone interested in learning more about oral storytelling.

Advanced booking required.

Workshop will be delivered in English, you are welcome to practice the exercises in Welsh.

Book here £15 / £10 concessions (retired, students, disabled, children)