Sting in the Tale: Sword Age, Axe Age

Sword Age, Axe Age - Viking Sagas

Sword Age, Axe Age - Viking Sagas

Presented by Wimborne History Festival supported by the Heritage Lottery Fund with Rattlebox Theatre

Dave Oliver presents an exciting collection of tales from Viking times. Hear the outrageous adventures of the Norse gods and their war with the giants. Thrill to sagas full of danger, trickery and beheading!

Virtuoso musician Paul Whittal adds extra magic with his various musical instruments to Dave Oliver’s lively and often amusing storytelling.

Date - Thursday 10 August
Time - 11am -Museum & 2pm - Library
Age - adults and children 7+ - children must be accompanied
Venue - 11am - Priest’s House Museum & Gardens
- 2pm -Wimborne Library
Price - free
Booking - places offered on a first come first served basis, limited space so please come early.
Parking - town centre pay and display car parks
Accessibility - both venues have wheelchair access & accessible toilet facilities

Info - museum@priest-house.co.uk

Contact - 01202 882533

Sting in the Tale returns this summer with an exciting new production from Treehouse Theatre, launching the 2017 storytelling programme at the Allendale Centre in Wimborne, with:

‘Arthur - King of the Britons’

Among host venues this year,Wimborne Model Town, will be welcoming back Curly and Bubbles for an afternoon of stories, magic and puppet adventures.

The Priest House Museum and Garden Summer Fete will be the focal point for another storytelling treat on Saturday 5th August.

For the grown-ups, Colehill Community Library is hosting an audience participation storytelling event with a ‘Whodunnit’ evening in which the audience is given the opportunity to engage in the process of deduction throughout. Storyteller, Mike Rogers will provide the audience with clues along the way to guess what happens next....

East Dorset Heritage Trust presents Five-Thousand Cherry Stones, a story told by Graham Rogers based on the memoirs of his great uncle Fred Smith, a Stoker aboard HMS Jessamine during the First World War.

For the first time, The Reef in Colehill Lane will host a Sting in the Tale event, ‘The Magical Mystical Quilt’ with stories and quilt related art activities for the family with Jill Barr.

Sting in the Tale - a festival of stories takes place in and around Wimborne between 4th and 14th August.

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