storytelling

Comedians and spoken word performers tell tales.

Map the world with stories at this free day-long project.

Riveting entertainment with not a smutty gag in sight.

YARN Fest, the acclaimed East London storytelling festival, is back for a second year of literary madness and interactive fun.

YARNfest is five-day celebration of storytelling, coming soon to film, theatre, literature and music venues across London.

A night of comedy and storytelling so funny we almost had a major back spasm, from the Tall Tales team of writers, actors, musicians and bloggers.

The week ahead in literary London Wednesday: Jean Hannah Edelstein, Ben Johncock, Sabrina Mahfouz and Elizabeth Jenner are getting tooled up in preparation for another Literary Death Match (8pm, £7 / £5). Laura Dockrill, Rick Edwards and Salena Godden hand out the marks, while Todd …

We’re rather excited about the Peckham Literary Festival – it’s packing some absolute corkers into a little less than a fortnight and everything’s free. We’re already looking up a suitable tome to take along to the Firestation Book Swap, which usually happens in Windsor but …

Peckham’s silliest yellow cornershop is tonight hosting a FREE storytelling/sharing event, featuring the lovely Sally Pomme Clayton. She will be spinning tales of Spring drawn from ancient Mesopotamian legends…and then asking the audience to share their favourite stories/anecdotes/riddles. This is followed tomorrow night with a …

The London Word Festival drew to a close this week with the Art of Storytelling at St Leonard’s Church. Yet another story-filled sell out success, the show opened with a surprise 10 minute set from Daniel Kitson. Matthew Robins shared a science-fiction romantic shadow-opera and …