Come and enjoy some of the finest exponents of one of the oldest arts in the world. Settle in and listen as they bring to life tales old and new: folk tales, family stories, fables, recollections, ghost stories, tall tales, fairy tales, and classic stories from many different cultures. Admission FREE.

Saturday and Sunday afternoons 15.30-18.30
in the Portcullis Club Function Room
Access via the Kinecroft

Click here for a map of Wallingford showing BunkFest venues and the Festival Bus routes

Saturday afternoon
15.30-18.30

Dave Arthur
Dave has been a professional storyteller for over twenty years, at first with his ex-wife Toni and for the last ten years as a solo performer. He works regularly for children, family, and adult audiences, in schools, colleges, libraries, clubs and festivals and has travelled extensively throughout the British Isles, Europe, Africa, China, and the Americas collecting and performing traditional stories.

Peter Hearn
Author, poet, musician, folklorist, and teacher, Peter became a professional storyteller after winning the Sidmouth Festival storytelling prize, and now works widely for schools, museums, libraries, environment agencies, and festivals. He presents a unique blend of story, music, and poetry. He has published books of tales under the name Beltaine.

Tina Bilbé
Since 1987 Tina has told stories in all sorts of places from schools to WOMAD, building a reputation for telling traditional tales that celebrate women's strengths and weaknesses, wit and wisdom. Working mainly with children Tina welcomes the opportunity to tell some of her bawdier stories to an older audience.

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Sunday afternoon
15.30-18.30

Fionnaghal
Fionnaghal is a storyteller telling traditional tales mainly, but not exclusively, from Britain and Ireland. Some of her tales are true, some said to be true and the origins of others lost in the mists of time. Fionnaghal feels that stories are for people of all ages and she is as likely to be found at a WI as a school, at WOMAD as in a kid's tent. Fionnaghal is based in Berkshire but known in a wider area.

The Travelling Talesman
Equally at home striding amongst the tables of a medieval feast or sitting on the stone at the entrance to Waylands Smithy and telling the tragic tale of that great smith, The Travelling Talesman tells the stories of these northern lands. The Celtic heroes, Norse gods, ordinary folk and the mythical creatures they meet are likely to put in an appearance and there may be a bit of local history too.

The Wizardmarra
The Wizardmarra has for the past few years been developing a new kind of storytelling. Drawing from the rich vein of traditional material and the wide array of contemporary culture in all its forms, he has woven these elements in a breathtaking and hilarious mix of storytelling and stand up comedy. Above all his performances are non-stop whirlwind shows that will leave you breathless and talking about them for days.

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See you at the BunkFest!