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Rumi Festival
Festival celebrating the life, work and influence of the poet and mystic Rumi, who in spite of being a 13th century Muslim is one of the most popular poets in America.
Chisholme House, Hawick
Fri 2 Aug
weekend pass £55–£75 / 01450 880215
- 18:00 – 23:59
The Face to Face Festival
A celebration of the best international solo theatre, this festival combines storytelling, stand-up comedy, performance poetry, live literature and physical theatre. Performers include Claire Dowie, Jack Klaff, Ivor Dembina, Kay Adshead, Louise Wallinger, Peta Lily and many more.
LOST Theatre, London SW8
Mon 1 Jul
Prices vary / 0207 622 9208
Tue 2 Jul
Prices vary / 0207 622 9208
Wed 3 Jul
Prices vary / 0207 622 9208
The Better Crack Club
Regular storytelling club for adults.
Tchai-Ovna House of Tea, Glasgow
Fri 21 Jun
Free / 0141 357 4524
- 20:00
Bright Club: Edinburgh
The hardworking staff at Edinburgh's universities are let out for the night to share their tales about the weird, wonderful, and often very funny, world of research.
The Stand, Edinburgh
Tue 25 Jun
£5 / 0131 558 7272
eMpiRiC is a special show celebrating 100 years of the Medical Research Council and featuring Simon Watt from Inside Nature's Giants.
Tue 23 Jul
£5 / 0131 558 7272
- 20:30
Bright Club: Glasgow
Bright Club features its usual intoxicating blend of comedy and academia as lecturers from the city's universities turn their studies into entertaining stories.
The Stand, Glasgow
Mon 30 Sep
£5 / 0844 335 8879
- 20:30
Mon 25 Nov
£5 / 0844 335 8879
- 20:30
Café Voices
A relaxed session of oral storytelling, poetry by memory, music and song.
Scottish Storytelling Centre, Edinburgh
Wed 19 Jun
Over-14s only
£5 / 0131 556 9579
Tonight, a special Refugee Week Scotland night, with Zimbabwean guitarist Rise Kagona and a host of other musicians and artists.
- 19:00
Eric's Tales of the Sea
Ex-Submariner Eric tells of life beneath the ocean wave, with astonishing visuals and many a dark-edged joke.
The Lemon Tree, Aberdeen
Wed 31 Jul
Lounge
£12 / 01224 642230
- 19:00
Fairy Tales by Firelight
Celebrate nature with tall tales and adventures around the campfire. Ages 8+. Children must be accompanied.
WDCS Scottish Dolphin Centre, Fochabers
Fri 6 Sep
Free / 01343 820339
- 19:00 – 21:00
Fright Night
A spooky torchlit walk with some ghoulish games and surprises – wear your scariest outfit.
The Ashoka Car Park, Glasgow
Sat 2 Nov
Free
- 17:30 – 19:30
Guid Crack Club
Regular storytelling club involving song and music aplenty.
Waverley Bar, Edinburgh
Fri 28 Jun
By donation (£3 suggested) / 0131 557 1050
Tonight: 'Ferr Frae the Madding Crowd' – James Spence tells country tales about a time when life moved much slower.
- 19:30 – 22:00
Halloween Camp Fire Tales
Creepy Halloween fun around the camp fire – wear warm and scary clothes. Booking is essential.
Callendar Park, Falkirk
Sat 26 Oct
£3 / 07854 490550
- 18:30 – 20:30
Hastings Old Town Ghost Walk
Learn more about the history of Hastings Old Town on this spooky tour with author and historian Tina Brown. Meet her at the chessboard in George's Street.
The Chessboard, Hastings
Fri 12 Jul
£5 (£4) / 07817 686781
- 20:30
Fri 26 Jul
£5 (£4) / 07817 686781
- 19:00 – 20:30
Fri 9 Aug
£5 (£4) / 07817 686781
- 19:00 – 20:30
I Don't Feel at Home in this World Anymore
Eric Isaacson delves into the archives of Mississippi Records and Alan Lomax and comes back with a filmic, aural storytelling presentation illustrating underground music movements from 1890 until the present day. Cry Parrot and Monorail present.
The Glad Café, Glasgow
Thu 27 Jun
£6 / 0141 636 6119
Midnight Paranormally Active 1700s Underground Tour
Auld Reekie Tours Ltd. Experience the most haunted 1700s underground location in the world. Renowned paranormally active vaults once used by Hellfire Clubs, witches, bodysnatchers, prostitutes, criminals, plague victims, and frequented by our famous misogynistic poltergeist. The whole tour is conducted underground…
Auld Reekie Tours Meeting Point, Edinburgh
Fri 2 Aug
£15 / 0131 226 0000
Sat 3 Aug
£15 / 0131 226 0000
Sun 4 Aug
£15 / 0131 226 0000
The Secret Room
Travel back in time to a secret room in the castle whose mysterious past is conjured up by a cast of storytellers and magicians. Ages 10+.
Lauriston Castle, Edinburgh
Thu 4 Jul
£20 (£18) / 0131 473 2000
Part of Edinburgh International Magic Festival.
- 17:30
- 19:30
Terror Tour
Auld Reekie Tours Ltd. Journey into fear and terror, as we start to unfold the stories behind our instruments of torture in our medieval torture exhibition, before you enter into our paranormally active underground that brings primal fear to the surface. Our infamous vaults, dating back to the 1700s, are packed with…
Auld Reekie Tours Meeting Point, Edinburgh
Mon 29 Jul
£12 (£10) / 0131 226 0000
Tue 30 Jul
£12 (£10) / 0131 226 0000
Wed 31 Jul
£12 (£10) / 0131 226 0000
The Vagina Monologues
Eve Ensler's famous, hilarious, moving and brave celebration of female sexuality.
Bristol Hippodrome
Mon 28 Oct
£21 / 0844 847 2325
Grand Opera House, York
Milton Keynes Theatre
Thu 28 Nov
£21 / 0870 060 6652
