Storynotes & Biography#
Tony Hirst is an Isle of Wight based storyteller, regularly performing at folk nights around the Island as well as in performance events as a member of ‘Tis Tales (formerly Three Island Stroytellers), an island-based storytelling performance troupe.
Previous and upcoming performances include:
“An Evening of Traditional Tales” and “Even More Traditional Tales” (with Three Island Storytellers), Boojum & Snark, Sandown;
“More Traditional Tales” (with Three Island Storytellers), Ventnor Exchange, Ventor;
“Island Tales”, (with ‘Tis Tales), Ventnor Arts Club, as part of Ventnor Fringe, 2022;
featured performer: Waverley Folk Night, The Waverley; Quary Arts Folk Club;
story rounds / campfire: Festival At The Edge (2021, 2022); Oxford Stroytelling Festival (2022).
Storynotes is an open-ended, independent digital humanities research project exploring various ways of using digital tools to support research into traditional stories, histories, folklore, myths and legends.
Storynotes projects include:
On the Trail of the Sin Eater: pursuing a 19th century correspodence debate regarding the Welsh tradition — or not! — of the sin-eater;
On the Loss of the Eurydice: tracking down the story of the loss of HMS Eurydice, along with other local tales current at the time on the Isle Wight;
Story Notes — Technical Recipes: developing a range of search tools over traditional stories and story types.
Please support this and other related Storynotes initiatives via Patreon.