'Tis Tales

It’s getting to that time of year when this word, and that world, collide. It’s getting to that time of year when stories of a particular flavour call out to be told…

For Halloween this year, ‘Tis Tale teller Holly is teaming up with Merl Fluin to bring a set of Tales of Darkness and Dread at Babushka Books in Shanklin.

Bringing stories of the restless dead and vengeful spirits, and tales that will twist and turn and follow you home, doors open at 7pm for 7:30pm start on Thursday 31st October . Tickets £7 including refreshments. Suitable for ages 16+

Booking essential. Phone 01983 652880 to book your place.

‘Tis Tales teller Monty is giving a new performance of his first show from back in February, 2023 — Unforeseen Consequences: Travelling the Road — at FuBar, Ryde, on Saturday September 21st, 2024, 3-4pm, as part of the first Isle of Wight Steampunk Festival.

‘Tis Tales tellers Holly and Monty will be appearing at the first Isle of Wight Steampunk Festival in Ryde on Saturday, September 21st, 2024.

Show times:

• Holly, tales directed at kids / families: 2-3pm
• Monty: tales not directed at kids: 3-4pm

A three day beer’n’spoken word festival at Waverley Holiday in park, East Cowes, Friday-Sunday Spetember 13th-15th, 2024? What’s not to like about that? Particularly when there are stories too…

‘Tis Tales teller Monty will be doing a couple of twenty minutes slots around about 4.50pm on Saturday, and 2.15pm on Sunday.

We’re delighted to announce that on the weekend of Sat/Sun August 3rd-th, 2024, we have the wonderful Nell Phoenix back on the Island, with a couple of short all-comers sets in our story tent at Chale Show, and full adult audience storytelling set at CHOYD (Yarmouth Community Hall) on Saturday, August 4th, 2024, 7pm.

So if you’re wondering what to do about getting your next cultural fix as Ventnor Fringe comes to a close, now you know….

Tickets available here: https://www.ticketsource.co.uk/somewhen-storytelling

Closing off our storytelling festival within a fringe, your last chance to catch a Somewhen Storytelling set at Ventnor Fringe, 2024, with our ‘Tis Tales performance “Elemental Tales” — Saturday, July 27th, 2024, Ingrams Yard. Tickets available here.

For a second year in a row, it seems our “story festival within a fringe” headline act has had to cancel… Sara Liisa has been hit by the Covid lurgy, and unfortunately won’t be able to perform this week…

Headlining our “storytelling festival within a fringe” series of events, the fabulous Sarah Liisa Wilkinson will be back on the Island on Friday, July 26th 2024, at Crackerjack time, 5pm-6, in Ingrams Yard, with her show The Girsl and the Snake Witch.
Tickets for all the storytelling shows we’re supporting available here.

With Ventnor Fringe week upon us, don’t forget that the Island Storytellers’ “gang show” will be hitting Ventnor Library this Wednesday, July 24th, 2024, 7-9.30pm. Tickets available here.

Island Storytellers’ is an informal story circle that meets once a month, somewhere on the Island, to swap tales and share stories. For more details, see the Island Storytellers’ Facebook page. (Also see here.)