Monthly storytelling nights for grown ups
ScandalNights is a monthly event at the gorgeous Tom Thumb Theatre featuring some of the UK's top professional performance storytellers. Prepare to be spellbound, moved, inspired and generally wowed as you travel the world from the comfort of your seat.
We feature a new storyteller every month. These storytellers tour nationally and internationally. They perform at venues such as the Barbican and the Soho Theatre and at storytelling festivals across the world. They really are hot stuff.
We're also dedicated to showing off new talent and experimental work. You may experience dazzling collaborations between storytellers and musicians. You may hear words you didn't know existed. You may hear words that actually don't exist. You may even see someone take their clothes off, all in the name of storytelling of course. Who knows. One thing is certain. It's almost impossible to not have a great night!
Book or Reserve your tickets early to be sure of a seat!
Tom Thumb Theatre, 2a Eastern Esplanade, Cliftonville, Kent, CT9 2LB
Ticket Reservation: tickets@tomthumbtheatre.co.uk 01843 221791
TicketBooking: www.wegottickets.co.uk (search Tom Thumb Theatre)
Tickets £6 / £5 concessions inc free tasty treats. Yum.
Friday 9th March
Lies My Garden Told Me
An original one woman story show conceived and told by Fleur Alexander.
Part storytelling, part theatre and part comedy, Fleur takes you to a world where the line between childhood memory and imagination are blurred beyond recognition.
You are hosted by an array of vivid colourful characters, awash with observational humour and littered with intricate metaphor, all the while hinting a homage to the classic story 'The Lady Who Swallowed A Fly.'
Conceived in San Francisco and developed and finished in London, it premiered/scratched at NBT, ran during the Camden Fringe 2011 and has been told at various storytelling evening around London.
"honest and fresh… a beautiful reminder of the magic of child's play and creativity, that needn't be restricted to children" On The Fringe
"absolutely charming… what is magical about Lies My Garden Told Me is that it has the power to turn adults into six year-olds" Snipe
Friday 13th April
Trickster
Delightful and dangerous, hungry for life and never to be trusted... On the edge of the road a figure wanders between the sunshine and shadows, keeping an eye to the main chance, or a way to slip the nets that trap the rest. Meet the comedian of myth, charlatan and shapeshifter, the master of uncertainty - come for a journey along the Tricksters' side of the road.
Friday 11th May
Scandalmongers is delighted to welcome storyteller extraordinaire to ScandalNights! Watch this space for show details...
Speaks like a woman spitting jewels Arts Council of England
We were enraptured The Telegraph
Exquisite timing The Times
Gresham is a truly great storyteller who unwraps each story like the petals of a lotus flower
British Theatre Review
Friday 8th June
Audiences, prepare yourselves... You're in for an extra special treat. More details to follow, but trust me, you want to reserve your ticket early for this!
'Haggarty tells his stories with enormous gusto and relish...' The Independent
'Haggarty's telling is an adroit mix of the imposingly epic and the reassuringly rhythmic, tempered by a twinkle that admits to the story's heightened nature without mocking it...' The Times
Ben is a world-class performance storyteller, whose work delights and subverts audiences across the English-speaking world. A master of improvisation, he is internationally respected for his playful, physical and challenging performances of stories inspired by international fairytales, folk tales, myth and epic, in venues that have ranged from caves to the Carnegie Hall.
A regular performer at the Barbican and Soho theatres in London, Ben tours work for adults and families to venues across the UK, with recent appearances at York Theatre Royal, Stephen Joseph Theatre, Norwich Arts Centre, The Dukes, Aberystwyth Arts Centre, Northern Stage, Rich Mix, Chapter Arts Centre, The Royal & Derngate, The National Theatre, The South Bank, and Beverley, Canterbury, Cheltenham, Ilkley and Hay Literature Festivals. He has featured as guest storyteller in over 100 International Storytelling Festivals in over 25 countries, and is a member of Yo Yo Ma's Silk Road Ensemble.