Calendar

Storytelling Co-Operative: Friendship

Apr22023
Time: 2.30 for 3pm
Location: Location: Pullens centre (Green door) 184 Crampton St SE17 3LL

Swim in the enchanted waters of myth, folktale & legend! Listen to stories & have the chance to tell your own. FREE, thanks to our generous crowdfunder patrons. Tickets and more info here.

Secret storytelling: Ghost Tales by Candlelight

Apr222023
Time: 8pm
Location: Secret location EC2

Get ready for Walpurgisnacht! Let Vanessa and George spirit you away to a stunning and secret corner of London for ghost stories and 80s tunes. Dress VERY warmly and bring a flask, fairylights or a candle in a jar to light us through the night. Tonights tales: Sybel Penn and The Grey Bottle. This event is OUTSIDE and will be spooky. £10

Click here for ticket.

Storytelling by Candlelight (special guest Debs Newbold)

May32023
Time: 6.30pm
Location: Asylum Chapel Caroline Gardens SE15

An evening of enchanted tales in a ruined chapel by candlelight. Stories to warm your heart and chill your bones, tales to lift you high on the wings of your imagination. This is a completely unique opportunity to be swept away with award-winning Debs Newbold and a constellation of London’s new storytellers. Your hosts will be Vanessa Woolf and Niall Moorjani. (Hot chocolate will be available!)

Dress VERY warmly. You can also bring a candle in a jar. Ticket here

Storytelling Co-Operative: “Poisons and Cures”

May72023
Time: 2.30 for 3pm
Location: Pullens centre (Green door) 184 Crampton St SE17 3LL

Swim in the enchanted waters of myth, folktale & legend! Listen to stories & have the chance to tell your own. FREE, thanks to our generous crowdfunder patrons. Tickets and more info here.

Starlight Storytelling with London Dreamtime

May192023
Time: 7.45pm
Location: beautful secret location in Richmond TW9

Journey at dusk to a beautiful secret spot in Richmond, and settle under the stars for a night of candlelit storytelling and live music. Vanessa will tell the poetic and horrific true tale of highwayman villain Jack Judd, and his beautiful dog, Lucifer. Music played live among the oaks by George from Cunning Folk.

Ticket link £10

Storytelling co-operative “Justice”

Jun42023
Time: 15.00
Location: Pullens Centre (Green door) 184 Crampton St 184 Crampton Street London SE17 3LL

Swim in the enchanted waters of myth, folktale & legend! Listen to stories & have the chance to tell your own.

Stories from the floor are very welcome 5-10 minutes long, message vanessa@londondreamtime.com to arrange.

Thanks to our wonderful crowdfunder patrons, story co-operative is FREE. Please only book if you are sure you can come! Ticket link here.

Secret Storytelling: Scared to Death in the Woods

Oct132023
Time: 7pm
Location: A secret location in NW3

Price: £10

It’s Friday the Thirteenth. Meet Vanessa and George for horrific stories and live music in a dark, cold secret location in the woods. Please note this is absolutely not for children or for people of a nervous disposition. Dress VERY warmly, Bring a candle in a jar and something to sit on. To find out more about the kind of event this is please click here.

Ticket here, any questions please message Vanessa@londondreamtime.com

Secret storytelling: Vampires at The Asylum Chapel

Jan282024
Time: 3.30pm-5pm
Location: Asylum Chapel, Caroline Gardens SE15 2SQ

Start your 2024 with terror, blood and witchcraft in a ruined chapel. Join Vanessa and George among the flickering candles in magical surroundings for live storytelling and music. Come with your granny, your cousin, your worst enemy or your best friend for a fire and music-filled flight over the endless wild steppe in the company of Gogol’s all seeing horror, The Viy! Bring a candle in a jar and a warm blanket to best enjoy the cold and decaying grandeur of our stunning location. Original musical score played live by Cunning Folk. Please note, this story is extremely dark and not suitable for younger children.

£15 or £1 Ticket link (We offer a small number of £1 tickets for people in financial need, if that’s you, please claim one!)

Beyond Notables

Mar82024
Time: TBC
Location: Society of Antiquaries, in Burlington House

To celebrate International Womens Day. A programme of newly commissioned stories about overlooked women in heritage and archeology.

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