Welcome to the third Aberystwyth Storytelling Festival, a weekend of myth, music, magic and mischief, as we weave the roots and branches of the old folk tales of Wales with the landscape, the people, the songs and the storytellers.
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FRIDAY GWENER 6 RHAGFYR DECEMBER
ARTS CENTRE CAFE
PERFORMANCE STUDIO
- 18:00 Peter Stevenson, Ceri Owen-Jones, Elsa Davies and Valériane Leblond; Sigl-di-gwt, an encounter with the dark Otherworld of West Wales
- 19:20 A Story from a Bottle
- 20:00 Christine Cooper with Ceri Rhys Matthews; Cad Godeu/The Battle of the Trees
- 22:00 Martin Maudsley and Ailsa Mair Hughes; Grimm and Grimmer
THEATRE FOYER
- 19:30 and 21:30 Music with Hieronymus
SATURDAY SADWRN 7 RHAGFYR DECEMBER
CINEMA
- 10:00 Story, Art and Landscape in Wales; talks and discussion with Mary-Ann Constantine, Christine Cooper, Ceri Rhys Matthews, Ceri Owen-Jones and Peter Stevenson
- 18:00 Ailsa Mair Hughes, Pixy Tom and A Cabinet of Curiosities; The Adventures of Prince Achmed
PERFORMANCE STUDIO
- 13:00 Mary-Ann Constantine; Living with Lake Ladies
- 14:00 Phil Okwedy; The Welsh Blacks
- 15:00 Jez Danks; Stories and a fiddle
- 16:00 Ceri Rhys Matthews with Christine Cooper; Rambles Through Tunes and Tales
- 20:00 Xanthe Gresham and Nick Hennessey; Morgana le Fey
- 22:00 Mary Jacob; Rrose Sélavy’s Midnight Stitchery
THEATRE FOYER
- Informal stories with a Grimms Tale Ale:
- 15:30 David Ambrose
- 17:30 Cath Little
- 19:30 Guto Dafis
- 21:30 Amanda Smith
- 15:00 Performance art with Lindy Martin
- 17:00 Performance art with Mar Shro Gora
- Afternoon – Portrait Painting
- Afternoon – Informal music with Ceri Harp, Elsa, Christine, Ceri Fflwt, Claire
3D ROOM
- 15:15 and 17:15 It’s Tŷ Time; Theatre D’Objet, Marvin
- 21:15 and 23:15 It’s Tŷ Time; Madame
SUNDAY SUL 8 RHAGFYR DECEMBER
PERFORMANCE STUDIO
- Morning – informal wander along the prom if the winds haven’t blown it away
- 12:00 Children’s stories with Bronwen Hughes; Young Storytellers, Milly Jackdaw and Jo Vagabondi; Winter Tales for Children, Pickled Image; Fireside Tales (in Theatre), Louise Zlotnicki, Dressing Up Tales
- 16:00 Your Man’s Puppets and Boris Hunka; the Musical Menagerie
- 18:00 Josian Fauzou; Untold Tales from Mauritius
3D ROOM
GREAT HALL
- 12:00 Story Circle with Cath Little
- 13:00 Story Circle with David Ambrose
- 14:00 Story Circle with Guto Dafis
- 15:00 Story Circle with Amanda Smith
- 19:30 Twmpath, Traditonal Welsh Dance; with Ceri Harp, Ceri Fflwt, Elsa Ffidl, Claire Ffidl, Hieronymus, and more. Bring your dancing clogs and dance till late.
CAFE
- 17:00 Stories from the Siani Pob Man Exhibition, with tea and cake, and the artists
ALL WEEKEND
CAFE
- Siani Pob Man and other Tales from Wales; Exhibition of Illustrators and Folk Tales
