{"id":774,"date":"2026-01-05T11:35:45","date_gmt":"2026-01-05T11:35:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sallypommeclayton.com\/?p=774"},"modified":"2026-01-15T14:39:08","modified_gmt":"2026-01-15T14:39:08","slug":"news-and-events","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sallypommeclayton.com\/?p=774","title":{"rendered":"Events"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>WATCH:<\/strong><\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=FXJHEj4epEQ&amp;t=2s\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=FXJHEj4epEQ&amp;t=2s\">Sally Pomme Clayton and Sophie Herxheimer talk about The Mighty Goddess at Watkins Bookshop <\/a><br><strong>The Bog King&#8217;s Daughter<\/strong> <em>&#8211; <\/em><span style=\"color: #000000;\">created for <a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=m2Y0na9RII8\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Hans Christian Andersen Story Centre, New York.<\/a><\/span><br><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>The Little Mermaid <\/strong><\/span> &#8211; created for <span style=\"color: #000000;\"><a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/watch\/live\/?v=1146978632342505&amp;ref=watch_permalink\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">the Hans Christian Andersen Story Centre, New York <\/a><\/span><br><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=RSQFv4fgWHU&amp;fbclid=IwAR1JsGL5Qj9FK7rnOFxJftRz8B6g6K4uhmAMD8Uyq3BgpY522gbxMW7qook\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Storytelling<\/strong> <strong>Synchronicity<\/strong><\/a> &#8211; storytellers Katy Cawkwell, Pomme Clayton, Hugh Lupton, Emily Hennessy, Rebecca Smart share stories about strange events that have happened as they have told stories. Hosted by Katy Cawkwell with Literature Works. Watch the film and add your own story.<\/span><br><br><strong>READ:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/makeandbelieve.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>The Flower of Story<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>LISTEN:<\/strong><\/span>  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-wp-embed is-provider-in-the-borderlands wp-block-embed-in-the-borderlands\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"hMkmoxhhr2\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.intheborderlands.com\/2023\/10\/06\/sally-pomme-clayton-the-mighty-goddess-40\/\">Sally Pomme Clayton: The Mighty Goddess #40<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; visibility: hidden;\" title=\"&#8220;Sally Pomme Clayton: The Mighty Goddess #40&#8221; &#8212; In the Borderlands\" src=\"https:\/\/www.intheborderlands.com\/2023\/10\/06\/sally-pomme-clayton-the-mighty-goddess-40\/embed\/#?secret=0duJ8nAQC7#?secret=hMkmoxhhr2\" data-secret=\"hMkmoxhhr2\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>CURRENT EVENTS:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>The Mighty Goddess \u2013 stories, spells, songs<\/strong><br><strong>Friday 20 February 7.30 pm<\/strong><br><a href=\"https:\/\/frontroomwsm.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>Front Room,<\/strong> <strong>13 Central Walk, Weston-Super-Mare, BS23 1FF<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"1800\" src=\"https:\/\/sallypommeclayton.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Mighty-Goddess-5-Capstone-theatre-gesture-5-1200x1800.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2658\" style=\"width:345px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sallypommeclayton.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Mighty-Goddess-5-Capstone-theatre-gesture-5-1200x1800.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/sallypommeclayton.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Mighty-Goddess-5-Capstone-theatre-gesture-5-744x1116.jpg 744w, https:\/\/sallypommeclayton.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Mighty-Goddess-5-Capstone-theatre-gesture-5-420x630.jpg 420w, https:\/\/sallypommeclayton.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Mighty-Goddess-5-Capstone-theatre-gesture-5-768x1152.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sallypommeclayton.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Mighty-Goddess-5-Capstone-theatre-gesture-5-1024x1536.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/sallypommeclayton.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Mighty-Goddess-5-Capstone-theatre-gesture-5-1140x1710.jpg 1140w, https:\/\/sallypommeclayton.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Mighty-Goddess-5-Capstone-theatre-gesture-5.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Sly, subversive, spectacular, these goddess myths are X rated and for adults only! Follow the goddess: Creator; Virgin; Lover; Warrior; Mother; Crone as Sally Pomme Clayton entwines myths and memories, spells and songs, comedy and ceremony. Meet: the Mother Goddess who fathered a child; the sisters who rule the worlds above and below; the maiden who creates the universe, and the fiery virgin who is the Phallic Mother! Enter the pine forest and receive a message from the goddess\u2019s oracle! These feisty, feminist stories expand on Pomme\u2019s latest book<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/thehistorypress.co.uk\/publication\/the-mighty-goddess\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">&nbsp;<em>\u2018The Mighty Goddess \u2013 world myths\u2019<\/em><\/a><\/strong>&nbsp;illustrated by Sophie Herxheimer, and the book will be on sale. Join the goddess for electrifying, soulful storytelling.<br><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ticketsource.co.uk\/frontroomwsm\/the-mighty-goddess\/e-bblzao\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">TICKETS<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>The Mighty Goddess \u2013 stories, spells, songs<\/strong><br><strong>Sunday 8 March, 8.00pm<br>Omnibus Theatre,&nbsp;1 Clapham Common North Side, London, SW4 0QW<br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.omnibus-clapham.org\/mighty-goddess\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Tickets<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Thursday 26 March, 7.30pm<br>The Story Museum, 42 Pembroke Street, Oxford, OX1 1BP<br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.storymuseum.org.uk\/whats-on\/crick-crack-streaming-the-mighty-goddess\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Tickets&nbsp;<\/a>&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>The Court of Love &#8211;&nbsp; A retreat for storytellers on love<br><em>Tues 1st to Sun 6th September 2026<\/em><br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.caemabon.co.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Cae Mabon retreat Centre<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.caemabon.co.uk\/\">&nbsp;<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"254\" height=\"198\" src=\"https:\/\/sallypommeclayton.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/love-1.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2656\" style=\"width:312px;height:auto\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Majnun says in the&nbsp; love story of \u2018Layla and&nbsp; Majnun\u2019: \u2018<em>Make my love a hundred times greater than it is today! Let me love for love\u2019s sake!\u2019<\/em>&nbsp;&nbsp;Welcome to our &#8216;Court of Love&#8217;!&nbsp;<br>Legend has it Eleanor of Aquitaine encountered the Sufis in Jerusalem on the First Crusade, and inspired by this invented \u2018courtly love\u2019. Her court in Poitiers becoming a \u2018Court of Love\u2019 with troubadours and storytellers creating love songs, poems and stories about romance.&nbsp; In this retreat we will explore the broad sweep of love stories. We will look at myths and fairytales such as \u2018Isis and Osiris\u2019, \u2018Eros and Psyche\u2019, \u2018Tristan and Iseult\u2019 and many more. We will journey from human love stories to the wild passion of gods and goddesses, reaching towards the metaphors that depict the mystical search for the beloved.&nbsp; We will explore love in many forms: songs; prayers; poetry;&nbsp; food; fairytales; rituals; magic and myth.&nbsp; Eleanor of Aquitaine was the grandmother of Siwan, the wife of Llewelyn the Great. Siwan was queen of Gwynedd at the time the four branches of the Mabinogi were first set on the page. No Court of Love could be complete without exploring the stories of Rhiannon, Branwen and Blodeuwedd! You will be guided by renowned storytellers <a href=\"https:\/\/hughlupton.co.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Hugh Lupton<\/a>,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/sallypommeclayton.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">&nbsp;Sally Pomme Clayton<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.caemabon.co.uk\/about\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Eric Maddern<\/a>. This is not a \u2018how to tell stories\u2019 course but a mutual exploration, a time out of time, where we can come together to dig into traditional fairytales and myths and be renewed. Some storytelling experience is essential. Email: connect@caemabon.co.uk for more details and price.&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><br><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>SELECTED PAST EVENTS:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>24 Story Seeds &#8211; creative storytelling workshop<br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.abitcrack.com\/event\/24-story-seeds-led-by-sally-pomme-clayton\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Sa<em>turday 6 December 10.00am &#8211; 4.00pm<br>Summerh<\/em>ill Bowling Club, Winchester Terrace,&nbsp;Newcastle Upon Tyne,&nbsp;NE4 6EH&nbsp;<\/a><\/strong><br>In this creative and practical workshop Pomme will explore some of the tools of the storyteller. She will draw on her idea that there are 24 story seeds just waiting for the storyteller to discover that range from genre to gestures, voice to memory, structure to meaning. Using: writing; telling; improvisation; visualisation; movement; drawing; sound; discussion and sharing we will help some of these seeds grow. This workshop can be done by beginners or experienced storytellers alike, each working to their own level of experience.<a href=\"https:\/\/www.abitcrack.com\/event\/24-story-seeds-led-by-sally-pomme-clayton\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong> Tickets.<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Death and the Warrior Maiden<br>Friday 5 December, 7.30pm<\/strong><br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.abitcrack.com\/event\/sally-pomme-clayton-presents-death-and-the-warrior-maiden\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>The Chillingham Arms, 89-91 Chillingham Rd, Heaton, Newcastle&nbsp;NE6 5XL <\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"686\" src=\"https:\/\/sallypommeclayton.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/HP-Dede-kourkout-1-1200x686.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-514\" style=\"width:258px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sallypommeclayton.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/HP-Dede-kourkout-1-1200x686.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/sallypommeclayton.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/HP-Dede-kourkout-1-420x240.jpg 420w, https:\/\/sallypommeclayton.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/HP-Dede-kourkout-1-744x425.jpg 744w, https:\/\/sallypommeclayton.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/HP-Dede-kourkout-1-768x439.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sallypommeclayton.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/HP-Dede-kourkout-1-600x343.jpg 600w, https:\/\/sallypommeclayton.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/HP-Dede-kourkout-1-930x531.jpg 930w, https:\/\/sallypommeclayton.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/HP-Dede-kourkout-1-700x400.jpg 700w, https:\/\/sallypommeclayton.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/HP-Dede-kourkout-1.jpg 1225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>A young man is running away from Death, and a warrior woman fights on horseback, in disguise. Discover rare story gems from the Silk Road. Meet the wildest warrior woman of all, descended from Black Sea Amazons and find the place where Death does not exist. These are stories of crazed desire, wild beasts, and a woman warrior who fights to the death. And discover the only thing that will stop death \u2013 the power of stories themselves. These passionate, hilarious and unknown stories are funny, fresh, and full of contemporary relevance. The epic of Dede Korkut is known throughout Central Asia and was written down during 14th Century, but it is still travelling the Silk Road!<a href=\"https:\/\/www.abitcrack.com\/event\/sally-pomme-clayton-presents-death-and-the-warrior-maiden\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong> Tickets<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>The Mighty Goddess \u2013 stories, spells, songs<\/strong><br><strong>Thursday 4 December 7.30 pm<\/strong><br><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.alphabettitheatre.co.uk\/themightygoddess?lang=el\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.alphabettitheatre.co.uk\/themightygoddess?lang=el\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Alphabetti Theatre,&nbsp;St James&#8217; Blvd, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE1 4HP<\/a><\/strong><br>Sly, subversive, spectacular, these goddess myths are X rated and for adults only! Follow the goddess: Creator; Virgin; Lover; Warrior; Mother; Crone as Sally Pomme Clayton entwines myths and memories, spells and songs, comedy and ceremony. These feisty, feminist stories expand on Pomme\u2019s latest book&nbsp;<strong><em>\u2018<a href=\"https:\/\/thehistorypress.co.uk\/publication\/the-mighty-goddess\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">The Mighty Goddess \u2013 world myths\u2019<\/a><\/em>&nbsp;i<\/strong>llustrated by Sophie Herxheimer, and the book will be on sale. Join the goddess for electrifying, soulful storytelling.<br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ticketsource.co.uk\/alphabetti-theatre\/the-mighty-goddess\/2025-12-04\/19:30\/t-dvnjmgo\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.ticketsource.co.uk\/alphabetti-theatre\/the-mighty-goddess\/2025-12-04\/19:30\/t-dvnjmgo\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>TICKETS<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vvvameland.com\/calendar\/activities-events\/expeditie-ameland\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Expeditie Ameland&nbsp;Storytelling Adventure<\/a><br>Storytelling performances and workshops<br>Thursday 13 November &#8211;  Sunday 16 November 2025<br>Ameland Island, Netherlands.<\/strong><br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eilandvanverhalen.nl\/expeditie-ameland\/#engels\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>Full programme here<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>IN THE BEGINNING &#8211; Telling Creation Myth<\/strong><br><strong>9 &#8211; 14 September<br><\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.caemabon.co.uk\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.caemabon.co.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>Cae Mabon<\/strong> <strong>With Hugh Lupton, Sally Pomme Clayton and Eric Maddern<\/strong><\/a><br><strong>Residential, includes food and accommodation \u00a3595<\/strong> <strong>This course is now SOLD OUT<\/strong><br>The oldest stories are about how the the world began: how the sun, moon and stars, the animals, plants and landscape, and the very first people came into being. On this retreat we will live with the creation myths and see how they can re-energise our lives. We will look at some of the shapes and patterns they take. We will also explore the act of creation and creativity itself. We will examine some of these ancient stories, looking at their eternal patterns. Through writing and walking, imagining and speaking, drawing and observing, resting, moving and sharing we will take inspiration from these images of creation and become creators ourselves. The course is not a storytelling course, but a time outside time for the mutual exploration of the form and content of creation myths. please contact connect@caemabon.co.uk <br><br><strong>The Mighty Goddess<\/strong><br><strong>Sunday April 27 2025<\/strong><br><strong>Ashburton Arts Centre <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>The Mighty Goddess<\/strong><br><strong>Saturday April 12 2025, 7.30pm<\/strong><br><strong>Stealing Thunder StoryNights<br>Brigsteer Village Hall<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>The Mighty Goddess &#8211; stories, spells, songs<\/strong><br><strong>Friday 21 February 7.30 pm<\/strong><br><strong>Watchet Literature Festival &nbsp;&#8211; Words in Watchet<\/strong><br><strong>Backyard Theatre, Watchet, Somerset,&nbsp;TA23 0AZ<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Balkan Fairytale Party \u2013 Sally Pomme Clayton and The Magic Violin Trio<\/strong><br><strong>Sunday December 8 202 4 18.00 &#8211; 20.15<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>The Three Snake Leaves &#8211; Ben Haggarty Hugh Lupton, Sally Pomme Clayton, Sheema Mukherjee.<\/strong><br><em>&#8220;A wonderful, intricate performance, based on tales from the Brothers Grimm, about the possibilities of redemption.&#8221; <\/em>The Independent <em><br><\/em><strong>Kings Place Saturday Jan 25 2025, 7.30pm<\/strong><br><strong>Cambridge Junction Wednesday Jan 29 2025, 7.30pm<\/strong> <br><strong>Cranbourne Earth House, 13 July 2024, 19.30pm <br>The Cube, Bristol, Thurs 14 November 2024, 20.00pm <\/strong><br><strong>Front Room, Weston-Super-Mare, Sat 16 November 2024, 19.30pm<\/strong><br><strong>The Story Museum, Oxford, Thurs 21 November 2024, 19.30pm<\/strong><br><strong>Barnfield Theatre, Exeter, Friday 22 November 2024, 19.45pm<\/strong><br> <strong>&#8220;<em>I was spell-bound \u2013 I don\u2019t use the word lightly.&#8221;<\/em> The Times <\/strong><br><strong><br><\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.westnorwoodcemetery.org\/Balkan-fairytale-party\"><strong>West Norwood Cemetery<\/strong><\/a> <br><strong><em>The archaeology of a story &#8211; a masterclass with Sally Pomme Clayton<\/em><\/strong><br><strong>Saturday 26 October and Sunday 27&nbsp;October 2024, 10.30 &#8211; 16.30pm<\/strong><br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.picturehouses.com\/cinema\/west-norwood-picturehouse\/venue-hire\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.picturehouses.com\/cinema\/west-norwood-picturehouse\/venue-hire\">The Community Room, West Norwood Picture House and Library, London SE279JU <\/a>  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"536\" height=\"608\" src=\"https:\/\/sallypommeclayton.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/a-eros-2-bm.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2495\" style=\"width:190px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sallypommeclayton.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/a-eros-2-bm.jpg 536w, https:\/\/sallypommeclayton.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/a-eros-2-bm-420x476.jpg 420w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 536px) 100vw, 536px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/sallypommeclayton.com\/?p=2525\">Find full details here.<\/a><br>This creative, practical masterclass workshop is for storytellers with some experience. Over the weekend, Pomme will take the group through a series of creative approaches and processes she uses to work on a story and make it her own. Pomme has distilled her long practise as a performance storyteller into <strong>&#8217;24 Story Seeds&#8217; <\/strong>&#8211; elements that range from genre to rhythm, structure to sound, dialogue to character. We will explore some of these potentials, using: writing; telling; improvisation; visualisation; movement; drawing; sound; discussion and sharing. You will break your story open, dig around in it, discover some of its treasures and work on many small parts of it. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Harvest of words<\/strong> <strong>&#8211; a creative writing and walking workshop<br>Sunday 20 October 2024 11.00am &#8211; 12.30<br><\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.westnorwoodcemetery.org\/word-harvest\"><strong>West Norwood Cemetery<\/strong> <\/a> <br>A creative writing walk through the autumnal gradual and beauty of West Norwood Cemetery. Pomme will suggest creative prompts to help you notice the surroundings and harvest words as we go &#8211; collecting images, histories, impressions, memories, words, fragments of stories. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Tales of Wonder &#8211; family fairytales<\/strong><br><strong>Saturday 12, Sunday 13 October 2024<\/strong><br><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cheltenhamfestivals.org\/festivals\/literature-festival\">Cheltenham Literature Festival<\/a><\/strong><br>The Story Shack, free sessions just drop in for a short fairytale, sessions between 10am and 2.40pm<br>The events are free. <a href=\"https:\/\/issuu.com\/cheltenhamfestivals\/docs\/cf24-175-lit-free-programme-digital-aw\">More info<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em>The Mighty Goddess &#8211; stories, spells, songs<\/em><\/strong><br><strong>Cheltenham Literature Festival<br>Saturday October 5 2024<\/strong> <strong>20.00 &#8211; 21.00pm<\/strong><br>The Boston Tea Party, 45-49 Clarence St, Cheltenham GL50 3JS<br><br><strong><em>The cat who played the violin \u2013 Sally Pomme Clayton with The Magic Violin<\/em><br>Sat July 20 2024 11.00am \u2013 11.45am<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ideastore.co.uk\/visit-us\/bethnal-green-library\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.ideastore.co.uk\/visit-us\/bethnal-green-library\">Free performance for families.   <\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em>The Mighty Goddess &#8211; stories, spells, songs<\/em><\/strong><br><strong>Tue, 9 Apr 2024 19:15<br>Hillcrest Community Centre, Bay Vue Road, Newhaven, BN9 9LH<\/strong> <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em>The Magician&#8217;s Apprentice<br><\/em>Wed 20 Mar 2024 7:30 PM &#8211; 10:00 PM<br>Our Lady of the Assumption Church Hall, NG9 1AE<\/strong> <br><br><strong><em>The Magician&#8217;s Apprentice<\/em><br>Friday 24 November, 2023 19.30 \u2013 21.30<br>Front Room, Weston-Super-Mare, BS23 1FF<br><\/strong>I am so thrilled to be taking this show back to its place of origin! This show begins with a true story. I was nine years old and went to Weston-Super-Mare pier and became a magician&#8217;s apprentice! The magic went horribly wrong and I have been searching for real magic ever since. Join the fairytale quest for real magic. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ticketsource.co.uk\/frontroomwsm\/t-dvllvag\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.ticketsource.co.uk\/frontroomwsm\/t-dvllvag\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Tickets \u00a310.00<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em>The Mighty Goddess&nbsp;<\/em><\/strong><em>&nbsp;<br><\/em><strong>Sunday 19 November 2023 14.30 -16.30<\/strong><br><strong>The Crick Crack Club Epic Sundays, The British Museum, Great Russell St, London, WC1B 3DG<br><\/strong><br><em><strong>The Mighty Goddess<\/strong> <br><\/em><strong>Wednesday 8 November 2023  19:30 \u2013 21.30<br>Capstone Theatre, Liverpool Hope University, 17 Shaw St, Liverpool L6 1HP<\/strong><br><strong><br><em>The Mighty Goddess&nbsp;<\/em><\/strong><br><strong>Friday October 27 2023, 19.00.pm Grassi Museum, Leipzig, Imagine Festival<br>Saturday October 28 17.00 &nbsp;Societaetstheater, Dresden, Imagine Festival<br><\/strong>Meet the awe-inspiring goddess in electrifying, soulful storytelling. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.erzaehlraum.de\/veranstaltungen\/\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.erzaehlraum.de\/veranstaltungen\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Info and tickets.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em>Death and the Maiden<br><\/em>Wednesday 11 October 2023 18.30 \u2013 20.00<br>St Johns Church, Waterloo Rd, London SE1 8TY<br><\/strong>Stories and masterclass &#8211; part of Vanessa Woolf and London Dreamtime&#8217;s new &#8216;Space for Storytelling&#8217;&nbsp;project.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Cheltenham Literature Festival<br>Monday 9 October 2023 20:30 -21:30<br>The Hive, Cheltenham<br><em>The Mighty Goddess&nbsp;<\/em><\/strong>is coming to Cheltenham Literature Festival as part of an event exploring the wisdom in myth and folklore. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cheltenhamfestivals.com\/literature\/whats-on\/2023\/the-wisdom-and-myth-of-folklore\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.cheltenhamfestivals.com\/literature\/whats-on\/2023\/the-wisdom-and-myth-of-folklore\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Tickets \u00a311.00<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em>The Magician&#8217;s Apprentice<\/em><br>Thursday 5 October 2023&nbsp; 19.30 \u2013 21.30<br>The Story Museum, 42 Pembroke St, Oxford OX1 1BP<br><\/strong>Pomme opens the magician&#8217;s suitcase and finds smoke, mirrors, the King of the Jinns and the greatest female magician of all!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em>The Magician&#8217;s Apprentice<\/em><\/strong><br><strong>Friday 28 July 2023 Talliston House &amp; Gardens<\/strong>, <strong>Great Dunmow, Essex<\/strong><br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.talliston.com\/storytelling-landing-page\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.talliston.com\/storytelling-landing-page\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">A secret gig, in a very special place!<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em>The Mighty Goddess with Sally Pomme Clayton and Sophie Herxheimer<\/em><\/strong><br><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.watkinsbooks.com\/event-details\/the-mighty-goddess-by-sally-pomme-clayton\">Thursday 13 July 2023, 17.30<\/a><\/strong><br><strong style=\"font-size: revert; color: initial;\">Watkins Bookshop<\/strong><br><br><a href=\"https:\/\/beyondtheborder.com\/festival\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Beyond the Border<\/a><br><strong>Friday 7 July &#8211; Sunday 9 July 2023<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nationaltrust.org.uk\/visit\/wales\/dinefwr\">Dinefwr, Carmarthenshire (SA19 6RT)<\/a><br><em><strong>The Mighty Goddess<\/strong><\/em> and <em><strong>The Bog King&#8217;s Daughter<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em>The Mighty Goddess &#8211; with Sally Pomme Clayton and Sophie Herxheimer<\/em><\/strong><br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.brockwellgreenhouses.org.uk\/event\/avant-garden-2july23\/\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.brockwellgreenhouses.org.uk\/event\/avant-garden-2july23\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>Sunday 2 July 2023<\/strong> 6 &#8211; 9 pm<\/a><br><strong>Avant Garden Gig<\/strong>, <strong>Brockwell Barn, Brockwell Park<\/strong><br>Spells poems and papercuts from <em><strong>The Mighty Goddess<\/strong><\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/eastanglianstorytellingfestival.co.uk\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">East Anglian Storytelling Festival<\/a><\/strong><br><strong>Friday<\/strong> <strong>12 &#8211; Sunday 14 May 2023<\/strong><br><strong>Food Museum, Stowmarket.<\/strong><br><em><strong>The Mighty Goddess <\/strong><\/em>for adults and<em> <strong>The Bog King&#8217;s daughter<\/strong>&nbsp;<\/em>for families!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>All Good Bookshop<\/strong><br><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/allgoodbookshop.co.uk\/special-events\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/allgoodbookshop.co.uk\/special-events\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Friday 19 May 2023  7.30pm, 35 Turnpike Lane, London N8 0EP<\/a><\/strong><br>Book launch for <em><strong>The Mighty Goddess<\/strong><\/em> with Sophie Herxheimer, stories and spells, poems, papercutting.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>West Norwood Cemetery<\/strong><br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.westnorwoodcemetery.org\/node\/161\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.westnorwoodcemetery.org\/node\/161\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>Saturday 20 May 2023<\/strong> part of ChoooseSE27 day <\/a><br><strong><em>Persephone &#8211; a story walk<\/em><\/strong>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>West Horsley Place<br><\/strong><em><strong>One Thousand and One Nights with Olivia Armstrong and Sally Pomme Clayton<br><\/strong><\/em>Take a tour through this incredible house with two storytellers and hear tales of ghosts, magic and the other world. 20 and 21 April 2023<a href=\"https:\/\/www.westhorsleyplace.org\/Listing\/Category\/storytelling\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> Performance last an hour repeated at 5pm, 6.30, 8.00pm tickets here.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>The White Bear King<br><\/strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Story &#8211; Sally Pomme Clayton \/ Songs &#8211; Helen Chadwick<br><\/strong><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/quaywords.org.uk\/events\/the-white-bear-king\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Saturday 17 December 18.30<\/strong><\/span><\/a><br><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Exeter Custom House, Exeter, EX2 4AN<\/strong><\/span>  <br><br><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><b>The Magician&#8217;s Apprentice<br><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"241\" height=\"301\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-1242\" src=\"https:\/\/sallypommeclayton.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Pommes-50-744x930.jpg\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sallypommeclayton.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Pommes-50-744x930.jpg 744w, https:\/\/sallypommeclayton.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Pommes-50-420x525.jpg 420w, https:\/\/sallypommeclayton.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Pommes-50-768x960.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sallypommeclayton.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Pommes-50-1200x1500.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/sallypommeclayton.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Pommes-50-600x750.jpg 600w, https:\/\/sallypommeclayton.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Pommes-50-930x1163.jpg 930w, https:\/\/sallypommeclayton.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Pommes-50-320x400.jpg 320w, https:\/\/sallypommeclayton.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Pommes-50.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 241px) 100vw, 241px\" \/><\/b><\/span><br><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><b style=\"color: #000000;\">Thursday 20 October 7.00pm &#8211; 9.10pm (<\/b><b>including<\/b><b style=\"color: #000000;\">&nbsp;an interval)&nbsp;<\/b><br><a href=\"https:\/\/bloomsburyfestival.org.uk\/2022-festival-events\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><b style=\"color: #000000;\">The Bloomsbury Festival at The <\/b><b>Museum<\/b><b style=\"color: #000000;\">&nbsp;of Comedy,<\/b><\/a><br><b style=\"color: #000000;\">The Undercroft, St Georges Church,<\/b><br><b style=\"color: #000000;\">Bloomsbury Way,&nbsp;London, WC1A 2SR<br><\/b>In this perfect tiny theatre, with red velvet curtain explore the secret world of the magician<\/span>.<span style=\"color: #000000;\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/museumofcomedy.ticketsolve.com\/shows\/873627694\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Tickets<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><br><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"179\" height=\"179\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-1555\" src=\"https:\/\/sallypommeclayton.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/9C3A1342-079E-4153-9564-75859EAE4535-744x744.jpg\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sallypommeclayton.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/9C3A1342-079E-4153-9564-75859EAE4535-744x744.jpg 744w, https:\/\/sallypommeclayton.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/9C3A1342-079E-4153-9564-75859EAE4535-420x420.jpg 420w, https:\/\/sallypommeclayton.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/9C3A1342-079E-4153-9564-75859EAE4535-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sallypommeclayton.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/9C3A1342-079E-4153-9564-75859EAE4535-1200x1200.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/sallypommeclayton.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/9C3A1342-079E-4153-9564-75859EAE4535-70x70.jpg 70w, https:\/\/sallypommeclayton.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/9C3A1342-079E-4153-9564-75859EAE4535-600x600.jpg 600w, https:\/\/sallypommeclayton.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/9C3A1342-079E-4153-9564-75859EAE4535-930x930.jpg 930w, https:\/\/sallypommeclayton.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/9C3A1342-079E-4153-9564-75859EAE4535-350x350.jpg 350w, https:\/\/sallypommeclayton.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/9C3A1342-079E-4153-9564-75859EAE4535-400x400.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 179px) 100vw, 179px\" \/><br>Flowing Words &#8211;&nbsp;<em>Outdoor riverside creative writing workshop.<br><\/em><\/strong><a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/thamesfestivaltrust.org\/whats-on\/flowing-words-wapping-5696\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Sunday 26 September, 11.00am- 12.30pm Wapping<\/strong><\/a><\/span><br><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Waterside Gardens, 104-106 Wapping High St, London E1W 2PR<\/span><br><span style=\"color: #000000;\">For adults and children aged 12 upwards (children must come with an adult.) With the <strong><a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/thamesfestivaltrust.org\/whats-on\/#search=sally&amp;pp=12&amp;p=1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Thames Festival Trust.<\/a><\/strong> A&nbsp;creative writing journey using: observation; walking; the senses; memories; histories; dreams; imagination, to give voice to the River Thames and its stories. The workshop is also about helping you get into a creative flow, which allows thoughts and images to arise, so you can make your own river of words. <\/span><br><br><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong><a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.eventbrite.co.uk\/e\/once-upon-a-time-how-fairytales-travel-tickets-138791704725\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Once Upon A Time &#8211; How Fairytales Travel<\/a><br>Tuesday 18 May 2021, 11.00 &#8211; 12.00, Online<br><a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.brent.gov.uk\/events-and-whats-on-calendar\/?eventCat=Library%20events&amp;count=260\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Hosted by Brent Library&nbsp; &#8211; Reading Friends<\/a><br><\/strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"328\" height=\"218\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-1392\" src=\"https:\/\/sallypommeclayton.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/DSC6851-744x494.jpg\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sallypommeclayton.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/DSC6851-744x494.jpg 744w, https:\/\/sallypommeclayton.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/DSC6851-420x279.jpg 420w, https:\/\/sallypommeclayton.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/DSC6851-768x510.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sallypommeclayton.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/DSC6851-1200x797.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/sallypommeclayton.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/DSC6851-600x399.jpg 600w, https:\/\/sallypommeclayton.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/DSC6851-930x618.jpg 930w, https:\/\/sallypommeclayton.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/DSC6851-602x400.jpg 602w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 328px) 100vw, 328px\" \/><\/span><br><span style=\"color: #000000;\">A performance\/talk\/workshop all rolled into one hour! Discover why fairytales are living literature. Sally Pomme will tell you some stories, introduce you to the idea of the oral tradition and talk about how versions of similar stories can be found across the world, and how, and perhaps why, the human imagination creates and re-creates these ancient stories. The session will end with a small creative wriitng exercises where you can explore your own memories of fairytales and what they might mean to you. <a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.eventbrite.co.uk\/e\/once-upon-a-time-how-fairytales-travel-tickets-138791704725\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Free but booking needed.<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>T<span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>he Phoenix of Persia<\/strong><\/span><br><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.edbookfest.co.uk\/the-festival\/whats-on\/sally-pomme-clayton-amin-hassanzadeh-sharif-middle-eastern-myths?fbclid=IwAR0kGfUdT4HYpzei6GYfotR74RZm9In10ccWI7auf8AmBtbv1rVCG7kQjbE\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Edinburgh Book Festival<\/a><\/span><br><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>August 12 10.30 am<\/strong><\/span><br><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Stories of the Simorgh, including the story from Sally Pomme&#8217;s latest book &#8216;The Phoenix of Persia&#8217;, and a snippet of The Conference of the Birds. The illustrator Amin Hassanzadeh Sharif will be doing special live drawing during the performance!<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Mother Danube<br><\/strong><a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rmg.co.uk\/whats-on\/ships-night-mother-river-father-river\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>June 7 2019, 19.30<\/strong><\/a><\/span><br><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rmg.co.uk\/whats-on\/ships-night-mother-river-father-river\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Cutty Sark&nbsp; Theatre, Ground Level, Lower Hold, Greenwich.<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-1251\" src=\"https:\/\/sallypommeclayton.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/DSC6842-744x494.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"399\" height=\"265\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sallypommeclayton.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/DSC6842-744x494.jpg 744w, https:\/\/sallypommeclayton.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/DSC6842-420x279.jpg 420w, https:\/\/sallypommeclayton.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/DSC6842-768x510.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sallypommeclayton.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/DSC6842-1200x797.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/sallypommeclayton.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/DSC6842-600x399.jpg 600w, https:\/\/sallypommeclayton.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/DSC6842-930x618.jpg 930w, https:\/\/sallypommeclayton.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/DSC6842-602x400.jpg 602w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 399px) 100vw, 399px\" \/><br>Sally Pomme Clayton&nbsp;<\/strong>and musician&nbsp;<strong>Emma Clare <\/strong>take a magical journey across Europe evoking the River Danube.&nbsp;A mythical meander along the Danube listening to stories, songs and music celebrating the vibrant, histories, cultures and heritage of the river. With Olivia Armstrong evoking tales of the River Thames and the history of the Cutty Sark itself, this evening celebrates Mother River, Father River.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>The Phoenix of Persia<\/strong> &#8211; Book Launch with Tiny Owl<\/span><br><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bl.uk\/events\/phoenix-of-persia\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>May 30 2019. 14.00<\/strong><\/a><\/span><br><span style=\"color: #000000;\">The British Library<\/span><br><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"271\" height=\"311\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-1304\" src=\"https:\/\/sallypommeclayton.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/phoenix-cover-744x853.jpg\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sallypommeclayton.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/phoenix-cover-744x853.jpg 744w, https:\/\/sallypommeclayton.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/phoenix-cover-420x481.jpg 420w, https:\/\/sallypommeclayton.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/phoenix-cover-768x880.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sallypommeclayton.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/phoenix-cover-600x688.jpg 600w, https:\/\/sallypommeclayton.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/phoenix-cover-930x1066.jpg 930w, https:\/\/sallypommeclayton.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/phoenix-cover-349x400.jpg 349w, https:\/\/sallypommeclayton.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/phoenix-cover.jpg 1047w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 271px) 100vw, 271px\" \/><\/span><br><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Celebrate the launch of stunning new picture book&nbsp;<em>The Phoenix of Persia<\/em> with a spellbinding family storytelling event from author Sally Pomme Clayton. <\/span> <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>WATCH: Sally Pomme Clayton and Sophie Herxheimer talk about The Mighty Goddess at Watkins Bookshop The Bog King&#8217;s Daughter &#8211; created for The Hans Christian Andersen Story Centre, New York.The Little Mermaid &#8211; created for the Hans Christian Andersen Story Centre, New York Storytelling Synchronicity &#8211; storytellers Katy Cawkwell, Pomme Clayton, Hugh Lupton, Emily Hennessy, Rebecca Smart share stories about strange events that have happened as they have told stories. Hosted by Katy Cawkwell with Literature Works. Watch the film and add your own story. READ: The Flower of Story LISTEN: CURRENT EVENTS: The Mighty Goddess \u2013 stories, spells, songsFriday 20 February 7.30 pmFront Room, 13 Central Walk, Weston-Super-Mare, BS23 1FF Sly, subversive, spectacular, these goddess myths are X rated and for adults only! Follow the goddess: Creator; Virgin; Lover; Warrior; Mother; Crone as Sally Pomme Clayton entwines myths and memories, spells and songs, comedy and ceremony. Meet: the Mother Goddess who fathered a child; the sisters who rule the worlds above and below; the maiden who creates the universe, and the fiery virgin who is the Phallic Mother! Enter the pine forest and receive a message from the goddess\u2019s oracle! These feisty, feminist stories expand on Pomme\u2019s latest book&nbsp;\u2018The Mighty Goddess \u2013 world myths\u2019&nbsp;illustrated by Sophie Herxheimer, and the book will be on sale. Join the goddess for electrifying, soulful storytelling.TICKETS The Mighty Goddess \u2013 stories, spells, songsSunday 8 March, 8.00pmOmnibus Theatre,&nbsp;1 Clapham Common North Side, London, SW4 0QWTickets Thursday 26 March, 7.30pmThe Story Museum, 42 Pembroke Street, Oxford, OX1 1BPTickets&nbsp;&nbsp; The Court of Love &#8211;&nbsp; A retreat for storytellers on loveTues 1st to Sun 6th September 2026Cae Mabon retreat Centre&nbsp; Majnun says in the&nbsp; love story of \u2018Layla and&nbsp; Majnun\u2019: \u2018Make my love a hundred times greater than it is today! Let me love for love\u2019s sake!\u2019&nbsp;&nbsp;Welcome to our &#8216;Court of Love&#8217;!&nbsp;Legend has it Eleanor of Aquitaine encountered the Sufis in Jerusalem on the First Crusade, and inspired by this invented \u2018courtly love\u2019. Her court in Poitiers becoming a \u2018Court of Love\u2019 with troubadours and storytellers creating love songs, poems and stories about romance.&nbsp; In this retreat we will explore the broad sweep of love stories. We will look at myths and fairytales such as \u2018Isis and Osiris\u2019, \u2018Eros and Psyche\u2019, \u2018Tristan and Iseult\u2019 and many more. We will journey from human love stories to the wild passion of gods and goddesses, reaching towards the metaphors that depict the mystical search for the beloved.&nbsp; We will explore love in many forms: songs; prayers; poetry;&nbsp; food; fairytales; rituals; magic and myth.&nbsp; Eleanor of Aquitaine was the grandmother of Siwan, the wife of Llewelyn the Great. Siwan was queen of Gwynedd at the time the four branches of the Mabinogi were first set on the page. No Court of Love could be complete without exploring the stories of Rhiannon, Branwen and Blodeuwedd! You will be guided by renowned storytellers Hugh Lupton,&nbsp;&nbsp;Sally Pomme Clayton and Eric Maddern. This is not a \u2018how to tell stories\u2019 course but a mutual exploration, a time out of time, where we can come together to dig into traditional fairytales and myths and be renewed. Some storytelling experience is essential. Email: connect@caemabon.co.uk for more details and price.&nbsp; SELECTED PAST EVENTS: 24 Story Seeds &#8211; creative storytelling workshopSaturday 6 December 10.00am &#8211; 4.00pmSummerhill Bowling Club, Winchester Terrace,&nbsp;Newcastle Upon Tyne,&nbsp;NE4 6EH&nbsp;In this creative and practical workshop Pomme will explore some of the tools of the storyteller. She will draw on her idea that there are 24 story seeds just waiting for the storyteller to discover that range from genre to gestures, voice to memory, structure to meaning. Using: writing; telling; improvisation; visualisation; movement; drawing; sound; discussion and sharing we will help some of these seeds grow. This workshop can be done by beginners or experienced storytellers alike, each working to their own level of experience. Tickets. Death and the Warrior MaidenFriday 5 December, 7.30pmThe Chillingham Arms, 89-91 Chillingham Rd, Heaton, Newcastle&nbsp;NE6 5XL A young man is running away from Death, and a warrior woman fights on horseback, in disguise. Discover rare story gems from the Silk Road. Meet the wildest warrior woman of all, descended from Black Sea Amazons and find the place where Death does not exist. These are stories of crazed desire, wild beasts, and a woman warrior who fights to the death. And discover the only thing that will stop death \u2013 the power of stories themselves. These passionate, hilarious and unknown stories are funny, fresh, and full of contemporary relevance. The epic of Dede Korkut is known throughout Central Asia and was written down during 14th Century, but it is still travelling the Silk Road! Tickets The Mighty Goddess \u2013 stories, spells, songsThursday 4 December 7.30 pmAlphabetti Theatre,&nbsp;St James&#8217; Blvd, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE1 4HPSly, subversive, spectacular, these goddess myths are X rated and for adults only! Follow the goddess: Creator; Virgin; Lover; Warrior; Mother; Crone as Sally Pomme Clayton entwines myths and memories, spells and songs, comedy and ceremony. These feisty, feminist stories expand on Pomme\u2019s latest book&nbsp;\u2018The Mighty Goddess \u2013 world myths\u2019&nbsp;illustrated by Sophie Herxheimer, and the book will be on sale. Join the goddess for electrifying, soulful storytelling.TICKETS Expeditie Ameland&nbsp;Storytelling AdventureStorytelling performances and workshopsThursday 13 November &#8211; Sunday 16 November 2025Ameland Island, Netherlands.Full programme here IN THE BEGINNING &#8211; Telling Creation Myth9 &#8211; 14 SeptemberCae Mabon With Hugh Lupton, Sally Pomme Clayton and Eric MaddernResidential, includes food and accommodation \u00a3595 This course is now SOLD OUTThe oldest stories are about how the the world began: how the sun, moon and stars, the animals, plants and landscape, and the very first people came into being. On this retreat we will live with the creation myths and see how they can re-energise our lives. We will look at some of the shapes and patterns they take. We will also explore the act of creation and creativity itself. We will examine some of these ancient stories, looking at their eternal patterns. Through writing and walking, imagining and speaking, drawing and observing, resting, moving and sharing we will take inspiration from these images of creation and become creators ourselves. The course is not a storytelling course, but a time outside time for the mutual exploration of the form and content of creation myths. please contact connect@caemabon.co.uk The Mighty GoddessSunday April 27 2025Ashburton Arts Centre The Mighty GoddessSaturday April 12 2025, 7.30pmStealing Thunder StoryNightsBrigsteer Village Hall The Mighty Goddess &#8211; stories, spells, songsFriday 21 February 7.30 pmWatchet Literature Festival &nbsp;&#8211; Words in WatchetBackyard Theatre, Watchet, Somerset,&nbsp;TA23 0AZ Balkan Fairytale Party \u2013 Sally Pomme Clayton and The Magic Violin TrioSunday December 8 202 4 18.00 &#8211; 20.15 The Three Snake Leaves &#8211; Ben Haggarty Hugh Lupton, Sally Pomme Clayton, Sheema Mukherjee.&#8220;A wonderful, intricate performance, based on tales from the Brothers Grimm, about the possibilities of redemption.&#8221; The Independent Kings Place Saturday Jan 25 2025, 7.30pmCambridge Junction Wednesday Jan 29 2025, 7.30pm Cranbourne Earth House, 13 July 2024, 19.30pm The Cube, Bristol, Thurs 14 November 2024, 20.00pm Front Room, Weston-Super-Mare, Sat 16 November 2024, 19.30pmThe Story Museum, Oxford, Thurs 21 November 2024, 19.30pmBarnfield Theatre, Exeter, Friday 22 November 2024, 19.45pm &#8220;I was spell-bound \u2013 I don\u2019t use the word lightly.&#8221; The Times West Norwood Cemetery The archaeology of a story &#8211; a masterclass with Sally Pomme ClaytonSaturday 26 October and Sunday 27&nbsp;October 2024, 10.30 &#8211; 16.30pmThe Community Room, West Norwood Picture House and Library, London SE279JU Find full details here.This creative, practical masterclass workshop is for storytellers with some experience. Over the weekend, Pomme will take the group through a series of creative approaches and processes she uses to work on a story and make it her own. Pomme has distilled her long practise as a performance storyteller into &#8217;24 Story Seeds&#8217; &#8211; elements that range from genre to rhythm, structure to sound, dialogue to character. We will explore some of these potentials, using: writing; telling; improvisation; visualisation; movement; drawing; sound; discussion and sharing. You will break your story open, dig around in it, discover some of its treasures and work on many small parts of it. Harvest of words &#8211; a creative writing and walking workshopSunday 20 October 2024 11.00am &#8211; 12.30West Norwood Cemetery A creative writing walk through the autumnal gradual and beauty of West Norwood Cemetery. Pomme will suggest creative prompts to help you notice the surroundings and harvest words as we go &#8211; collecting images, histories, impressions, memories, words, fragments of stories. Tales of Wonder &#8211; family fairytalesSaturday 12, Sunday 13 October 2024Cheltenham Literature FestivalThe Story Shack, free sessions just drop in for a short fairytale, sessions between 10am and 2.40pmThe events are free. More info The Mighty Goddess &#8211; stories, spells, songsCheltenham Literature FestivalSaturday October 5 2024 20.00 &#8211; 21.00pmThe Boston Tea Party, 45-49 Clarence St, Cheltenham GL50 3JS The cat who played the violin \u2013 Sally Pomme Clayton with The Magic ViolinSat July 20 2024 11.00am \u2013 11.45am Free performance for families. The Mighty Goddess &#8211; stories, spells, songsTue, 9 Apr 2024 19:15Hillcrest Community Centre, Bay Vue Road, Newhaven, BN9 9LH The Magician&#8217;s ApprenticeWed 20 Mar 2024 7:30 PM &#8211; 10:00 PMOur Lady of the Assumption Church Hall, NG9 1AE The Magician&#8217;s ApprenticeFriday 24 November, 2023 19.30 \u2013 21.30Front Room, Weston-Super-Mare, BS23 1FFI am so thrilled to be taking this show back to its place of origin! This show begins with a true story. I was nine years old and went to Weston-Super-Mare pier and became a magician&#8217;s apprentice! The magic went horribly wrong and I have been searching for real magic ever since. Join the fairytale quest for real magic. Tickets \u00a310.00 The Mighty Goddess&nbsp;&nbsp;Sunday 19 November 2023 14.30 -16.30The Crick Crack Club Epic Sundays, The British Museum, Great Russell St, London, WC1B 3DGThe Mighty Goddess Wednesday 8 November 2023 19:30 \u2013 21.30Capstone Theatre, Liverpool Hope University, 17 Shaw St, Liverpool L6 1HPThe Mighty Goddess&nbsp;Friday October 27 2023, 19.00.pm Grassi Museum, Leipzig, Imagine FestivalSaturday October 28 17.00 &nbsp;Societaetstheater, Dresden, Imagine FestivalMeet the awe-inspiring goddess in electrifying, soulful storytelling. Info and tickets. Death and the MaidenWednesday 11 October 2023 18.30 \u2013 20.00St Johns Church, Waterloo Rd, London SE1 8TYStories and masterclass &#8211; part of Vanessa Woolf and London Dreamtime&#8217;s new &#8216;Space for Storytelling&#8217;&nbsp;project. Cheltenham Literature FestivalMonday 9 October 2023 20:30 -21:30The Hive, CheltenhamThe Mighty Goddess&nbsp;is coming to Cheltenham Literature Festival as part of an event exploring the wisdom in myth and folklore. Tickets \u00a311.00 The Magician&#8217;s ApprenticeThursday 5 October 2023&nbsp; 19.30 \u2013 21.30The Story Museum, 42 Pembroke St, Oxford OX1 1BPPomme opens the magician&#8217;s suitcase and finds smoke, mirrors, the King of the Jinns and the greatest female magician of all! The Magician&#8217;s ApprenticeFriday 28 July 2023 Talliston House &amp; Gardens, Great Dunmow, EssexA secret gig, in a very special place! The Mighty Goddess with Sally Pomme Clayton and Sophie HerxheimerThursday 13 July 2023, 17.30Watkins Bookshop Beyond the BorderFriday 7 July &#8211; Sunday 9 July 2023 Dinefwr, Carmarthenshire (SA19 6RT)The Mighty Goddess and The Bog King&#8217;s Daughter The Mighty Goddess &#8211; with Sally Pomme Clayton and Sophie HerxheimerSunday 2 July 2023 6 &#8211; 9 pmAvant Garden Gig, Brockwell Barn, Brockwell ParkSpells poems and papercuts from The Mighty Goddess. East Anglian Storytelling FestivalFriday 12 &#8211; Sunday 14 May 2023Food Museum, Stowmarket.The Mighty Goddess for adults and The Bog King&#8217;s daughter&nbsp;for families! All Good BookshopFriday 19 May 2023 7.30pm, 35 Turnpike Lane, London N8 0EPBook launch for The Mighty Goddess with Sophie Herxheimer, stories and spells, poems, papercutting. West Norwood CemeterySaturday 20 May 2023 part of ChoooseSE27 day Persephone &#8211; a story walk. 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