Winter Calling
Date & Time: 7pm, Thursday 10th December
Location: East Quay Kitchen
Tickets: £5 - booking required

Winter calls to you.

Join us in the East Quay Kitchen for an evening of winter stories and songs to warm the bones and stir the heart. From true events in snow-clad forests, to solstice legends and fiery folk tales, this is a show, humming with myth and music, that celebrates the warmth, hope and glittering imagination that bring us together in the dark season.

Storyteller, Hannah Moore, and Folk musician Danny Pedler share an evening of winter stories and songs to warm the bones and stir the heart. This is a show that celebrates the light, warmth and dreaming imagination that brings us together in the dark season and guides us through to Spring.

Drawing on a deep knowledge and love of tradition, history and oral heritage, this collaboration between Hannah and Danny twinkles with the spells of imagination. Expect an evening of characters, traditions, mysteries and magic, woven through with rich melody and song.

About Hannah Moore

Drawing on a background in theatre and dance, (The RSC, Oxford Playhouse, Circomedia, National Centre for Folk Arts) Hannah's work is rooted in the question ‘how does the collective imagination and wisdom of the old tales speak to and illuminate the world today?’

Hannah trained as a traditional storyteller on the School of Storytelling's flagship course Storytelling Beyond Words and since performed and taught storytelling across the UK and abroad. She has toured shows and creative storytelling experiences to a wide range of contexts, from theatres, arts centres and rural touring schemes to festivals, conferences, educational institutions, community settings and international online programmes.

She is also a ceilidh caller, and proud to tour the Fairy Tale Ceilidh - an immersive dance party where participants dance their way through the stories.

Danny Pedler

Danny Pedler (Tarren, Pedler//Russell) is a musician and historian rooted in the English Folk tradition. Performing with Accordion, Hurdy-Gurdy and voice Danny works with traditional tunes, songs and tales to make new music that moves people.

Since his 2018 project Field and Dyke, a collaboration with Folk singer Greg Russell incorporating oral history interviews in original Folk songs, Danny has centered narrative and emotion in his arrangements. Touring nationally and internationally with 'mini Folk supergroup' (Tradfolk) TARREN, Danny has contributed to the Folk canon, creating new songs and tunes keeping Folk music fresh and relevant for new generations.

Danny believes that Folk music is a unique vehicle for raising modern issues, being a musical culture that is deeply rooted in humanity that breaches barriers and unites us.

Reviews

So wonderfully woven together, so warmly and lively told, thank you.

- Audience member

10/10! Hannah’s storytelling was amazing (and) Danny’s musical accompaniment, great!

- Village promoter, Somerset

Powerful, inspiring and thought provoking.

- Audience member, Cheltenham Literary Festival