Regular Events
Fables Storytelling Circle meets every other month in Aberystwyth.
Upcoming Performances
(For Magical workshops, classes, and rituals, click here!)
4th February ’23, Fables Storytelling Circle, Aberystwyth – at The Bookshop by the Sea
4th March ’23, Fables Storytelling Circle, Aberystwyth – at The Bookshop by the Sea
1st April ’23, The Goblin Masquerade 2: The Fool’s Ball!, a full afternoon and evening of entertainment, a goblin market and a fairytale ball! Get your evening tickets to the Goblin Masquerade here!
Previous performances
December ’22, Wintery tales at Fables Storytelling Circle, Aberystwyth – Vasilla the Brave (Baba Yaga), and How Pywll met Rhiannon.
1st October ’22, Fables Storytelling Circle, Aberystwyth – Blodeuwedd’s tale, and Persephone and the Serpent.
3rd September ’22, Aberystwyth Storytelling Festival – Dr Quin Myth medic walkabout & Fables After Dark show – including The Birth of Taliesin, Astro-tales, Freya and the Dwarves, Persephone and the Serpent, and some poems from my book Twisted.
10th August ’22, Tales of Myth and Magic at the Bank Vault, Aberystwyth – Persephone and the Serpent, Persephone’s Descent, and Vasilla the Brave (Baba Yaga).
March ’22, Hosting the first Goblin Masquerade, in Borth
2nd and 3rd October 2021, Storytelling and Walkabout at the Richard Jefferies Museum’s Apple Pressing Weekend, Swindon
26th August 2021, Tam Lin at Fables Storytelling Circle, Aberystwyth
October 2019, The Goblin Circus at The Aberystwyth Steampunk Spectacular
July 2019, The Goblin Circus, at the Wee Crafty Folk, Steampunk Extraordinarium, at Blaenavon Ironworks
June 2019, Book Launch of “Gods and Goddesses of Wales” at Waterstones, Aberystwyth
October 2018, The Goblin Circus at The Aberystwyth Steampunk Spectacular
July 2018, The Goblin Circus, at the Wee Crafty Folk’s Steampunk Extraordinarium, at Blaenavon Ironworks
August 2017, Storytelling at Cropredy Festival, UK
July 2017, The Goblin Circus, at the Wee Crafty Folk’s Steampunk Extraordinarium, at Blaenavon Ironworks
October 2016, The Goblin Circus go Adventuring at the Wee Crafty Folk’s Hallowe’en Steampunk Market
Summer 2016, Storytelling at Richard Jefferies Museum, Swindon
July 2016, Goblin Circus Presents: The Circus Comes to Town! The Goblin Circus returned to the Lampeter Food Festival in 2016, storytelling and walkabout!
Spring 2016, Carmarthen Book Fair – Walkabout
December 2015 – Faerytale Storytelling and Book reading, Old Hall, Lampeter University Campus
16th October 2015 – Dancing as part of Tribal Unity Wales Student Group – ATS Belly Dancing at Lampeter World Dance Festival
Summer 2015, Various Dates, The Goblin Circus Tour, across markets, bookfairs, and events in South Wales
8th August 2015 – Dancing as part of Tribal Unity Wales Student Group – ATS Belly Dancing at Cardigan Dance Festival
25th July 2015 – Dancing as part of Tribal Unity Wales Student Group – ATS Belly Dancing at Lampeter Food Festival. We opened the event and danced twice later in the day.
25th July 2015, Goblin Circus Presents: The Circus Comes to Town! At Lampeter Food Festival as a walkabout piece with Dolly Sunshine and an hour of storytime with the Ringleader at the Big Top!
18th-19th July 2015, Goblin Circus Walkabout at Inspirali Music Festival, nr Aberystwyth
Various dates from 2015-2017, Meanwhile Storytelling, fortnightly workshops and story-sharing circles
Saturday 21st February, 2015, Chinese New Year Celebrations – Animal tales to welcome in the Year of the Goat at 3pm, Lampeter University (My art was also on show as part of the festivities.)
7th February ’15, The Goblin Circus presents; Opening Night – The début performance of the Goblin Circus, a theatrical storytelling show. At The Spirit of Brighid Conference, Penarth, Cardiff. Find out more here.
21st December 2014 – Animal Storytelling for the Winter Solstice at Cellan Beer Festival
20th December 2014 – Dancing as part of Tribal Unity Wales Student Group – ATS Belly Dancing at Cellan Beer Festival
27th September ’14, A River of Animals, as part of the programme for the 10th anniversary of the Confucius Institute at UWTSD Lampeter (Storytelling and art exhibition)
25th September ’14, Blodeuwedd, Improvised poetry ‘reading’ at Crash Test, a Work In Progress evening at the Boat Club, Aberystwyth, hosted by Scriptography Productions.
5th July ’14, improvised response to the Amazing Shimmery Vivian at the Castle, Aberystwyth 7:30pm
1st July ’14, Theatre in Education piece performed for Widening Pipelines Conference at C.A.T.
26th June ’14, Waiting performed at the scratch night Crash Test, The Boat Club, Abersytwyth (Performance poetry)
Various Dates, Abersytwyth, devised pieces and rehearsed readings (Note to self: keep better records… there are about 4 events I can’t recall the dates for, which included performing ‘Eve; not a walk in the park’)
31st October ’13, Eye of the Tempest performed at the scratch night Crash Test, The Boat Club, Abersytwyth (Work in Progress, short play)
27th October ’13, as part of Response Time: Transitions at the Gas Gallery, Aberystwyth (Devised Theatre)
22nd September ’13, Response Time: Pilot Light at the Gas Gallery, Aberystwyth (Devised theatre, storytelling and song)
May – August 2013, Various dates at Castell Henllys, as part of an Iron Age Living history display (Storytelling and Lyre Harp)
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