Traditional Arts Team logoStorytelling Cafe national tour, 20 Feb - 19 March and 25-29 September 08

Robert GreygrassCLARE MURPHY AND DIARMUID O’DRISCEOIL

Two of Ireland’s new wave of storytellers

Clare Muireann Murphy hails from Dublin but dries her socks in Galway on the west coast of Ireland. This creates a storyteller with a perfect blend of the new and the old Ireland. She tells stories as if against a tidal wave but touches the heart and the depths of the ancient wisdom that her stories contain. Click here for Clare's extra September dates.

Diarmuid O'Drisceoil is a natural storyteller. He tells his stories with great energy, often using elements of stand-up but he knows how to twist the knife. He grew up in a bi-lingual home, speaking English and Gaelic, and listened to the stories of his wide family network for years before discovering that ‘strangers’ enjoyed them also! He draws his stories mainly from the Irish tradition but adapts them to suit his surreal sense of humour. Audiences love him.

Wednesday 20 February Birmingham Storytelling Cafe More info
Thursday 21 February Manchester - Royal Northern College of Music More info
Friday 22 February Leicester - Sir Richard Attenborough Centre More info
Saturday 23 February Cardiff - Chapter Arts Centre More info
Wednesday 27 February Gillingham - Hastings Arms More info
Thursday 28 February Lowdham - Woodborough Hall More info
Saturday 1 March Burton Storytelling Cafe More info
Thursday 6 March Hebden Bridge - Stubbings Wharf More info
Friday 7 March Newcastle Upon Tyne - Star and Shadow More info
Saturday 8 March Wass Village Hall More info
Monday 10 March Wombourne Library More info
Tuesday 11 March Birmingham Irish Centre More info

Wednesday 12 March

Malvern Library More info
Friday 14 March Hammersmith Irish Cultural Centre More info
Saturday 15 March Chelmsley Wood Storytelling Cafe (Diarmuid only) More info
Sunday 16 March Glossop - Partington Theatre (Diarmuid only) More info
Monday 17 March Matlock Storytelling Cafe(Diarmuid only) More info
Tuesday 18 March Sandwell Storytelling Cafe (Diarmuid only) More info
Thursday 25 September Solihull Storytelling Cafe (Clare only) More info
Friday 26 September Theatr Harlech (Clare only) More info
Saturday 27 September York Library (Clare only) More info
Monday 29 September Nottingham Royal Centre (Clare only) More info

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