Game of Crones

This Saturday evening, 21st September, I am hosting a storytelling event in Ipswich at the Oddfellows Hall as a fundraiser for Age Concern. Tickets are £5 (you can pay on the door) for an evening of myths and legends centred on old women, be they sweet grandmothers or flesh-eating hags that are mad, bad, and dangerous to know. Stories may not be suitable for young children, so parental discretion advised.

The programme of international stories for the evening is as below, running from 7.30pm to roughly 10pm (car parking is available a few minutes walk away) -

The Cauldron of Ceridwen
The Witch of the Woods
INTERVAL
Frau Holde’s House
The Old Woman of Winter
Anansi and Enum


Refreshments will be provided, but feel free to bring a bottle and chuck a few coins in the charity tin and get use of the glasses and suchlike in the hall. Spread the word to anyone you think would enjoy attending!

As an update, we raised just over £25 for Age Concern. Not a huge turn out, but a jolly one and people seemed to enjoy the choice of stories.

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