Birmingham Storytelling Cafe

Email: birminghamstorytellingcafe@gmail.com

Purchase tickets at wegottickets.com

Doors open and food served from 6:30. Performances begin 7:30.

Entrance via Fletchers Bar

Resident Storytellers

Video

Sarah

Sarah volunteered and performed floor spots at Birmingham Storytelling Cafe before becoming a committee member. She has been telling stories for two years at a variety of venues around the Midlands and is a member of the Storyteller's studio group. Sarah loves to tell a range of stories from the fun and humorous to those with a darker twist.

Kit Bathgate

Hailing from the magic-haunted Isle of Man, Kit Bathgate brings to the Midlands its tales of mystery, danger and strange creatures of land and sea. She was a regular audience member at Storytelling Cafe for several years before first joining in with floor spots and then moving behind the scenes as an organiser. Now she can usually be found taking care of the box office! She also runs Tales and Ales, a monthly club for anyone who wants to share a story.

Catriona Heatherington

Catriona is a member of The Birmingham Storytelling Café who has supported the café for more than two years. She lives in Birmingham and tells stories in a wide range of settings: libraries, gardens, community centre, schools and nurseries. She facilitates workshops and has also directed three community festivals. She is currently experimenting with combining storytelling with visual media for Hand to Mouth productions.

GrahamL1

Graham started Storytelling Cafe with Katrice Horsley in 1998 and has produced storytelling events both locally and nationally ever since. He has toured in Britain and abroad telling stories in 13 countries. He pretends to be retired but he still runs the Storytelling Gymnasium training group and is a member of the Cafe Crew.

Sarah

Sarah volunteered and performed floor spots at Birmingham Storytelling Cafe before becoming a committee member. She has been telling stories for two years at a variety of venues around the Midlands and is a member of the Storyteller's studio group. Sarah loves to tell a range of stories from the fun and humorous to those with a darker twist.

Kit Bathgate

Hailing from the magic-haunted Isle of Man, Kit Bathgate brings to the Midlands its tales of mystery, danger and strange creatures of land and sea. She was a regular audience member at Storytelling Cafe for several years before first joining in with floor spots and then moving behind the scenes as an organiser. Now she can usually be found taking care of the box office! She also runs Tales and Ales, a monthly club for anyone who wants to share a story.

Catriona Heatherington

Catriona is a member of The Birmingham Storytelling Café who has supported the café for more than two years. She lives in Birmingham and tells stories in a wide range of settings: libraries, gardens, community centre, schools and nurseries. She facilitates workshops and has also directed three community festivals. She is currently experimenting with combining storytelling with visual media for Hand to Mouth productions.

GrahamL1

Graham started Storytelling Cafe with Katrice Horsley in 1998 and has produced storytelling events both locally and nationally ever since. He has toured in Britain and abroad telling stories in 13 countries. He pretends to be retired but he still runs the Storytelling Gymnasium training group and is a member of the Cafe Crew.

Storytelling Events

More at Giles' YouTube channel

Tweet Tweet..

Adventures and Ancient Greece

The Cafe Crew

Wednesday 16th September

2500 years ago, the Greeks met the Persians at Thermopylae and a legend was born. This month, enjoy Storytelling Café’s tales of courage, of battle, of betrayal and of heroes standing firm in the face of impossible odds. But fear not – this phalanx respects social distancing! So pour yourself a drink, fire up Zoom and settle in for stories of high adventure.

If you don't already have the Zoom link to join us on the night, email Chris on chris.thestoryman@gmail.com

The event is free to attend, but donations will be greatly appreciated!

We'd love to hear your feedback so please leave your messages & reviews below!

COMMENTS FROM PREVIOUS ZOOM CAFES

I just wanted to thank you and all the tellers I was able to enjoy and listen in with yesterday. 'Twas lovely! Sorry I needed to depart mid Kit's story...I chanced it by not leaving before as I so wanted to hear it.

Grateful, Tracy

Storytelling Cafe was a most enjoyable evening. There was a good mix of myth, magic and mayhem.... nicely linked with chat which is always fun as are the little yellow clap symbols. For those that are quick with unmuting and re-muting it was good to hear a few hands clapping.

Carolyn