Setlists#

Tales told in my recent solo performances.

Unforeseen Consequences: Travelling the Road v2#

Saturday, Septemeber 21st, 2024, FuBar Ryde, 60 mins

  • Wish Ring, [Mary starts rummaging in box]

  • [stone, “do you remember this? Ha, STONE SOUP”] Stone Soup

  • [tale told that night: “Around the fire, someone started to tell a story…”] Tinker and the Lamp

  • [Back to box; red glass in brooch] Sweet Seller and the Lamp

  • [on technology in stories, rarity of watch] Too Much Time

  • [Back in the cottage, Mary handed Jack her mother’s brooch] Wish Ring

A Sackful of Stories#

Performed at Babushka Books, Shanklin, Thursday, December 12th, 2024, 90 mins with interval

  • my introduction to storytelling, Eddie Lenihan, The Man Who Had No Story

  • Mabinogion I(ii), Pwyll & Rhiannon

  • Raggle Taggle Gypsy

[Interval]

  • Deulin’s Cambrinus, King of Beer

2 x Tales#

Performed at Figgy Gig, CHOYD, Yarmouth, Friday February 5th, 2025

  • Raggle Taggle Gypsy

  • Pottle of Brains

4 x Tales#

Performed at The Star Ale and Coffee House, Ryde, Cider and Sausage Festival, Saturday, April 5th, 2025, swapping with The Wild Roses / The AnyWhens (Glen Koppany, Sue Cain, John the Fiddler)

  • setup and The Persimmon Tree (h/t Nick Hennessey)

  • Farmer and the Devil

  • Gwion Bach

  • Hudden and Dudden and Donald O’Leary (h/t Eddie Lenihan)