Performers: Spoken WordFolk Shows, Theatre, Mummers • Poets, Monologuists • Storytellers
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Pf.3 SPOKEN WORD
Pf.3a, Folk Shows, Theatre, Mummers • Pf.3b, Poets,Monologuists • Pf.3c, Storytellers
Listed by country & area -- in same order as in Folklife West magazine news on https://folklife.uk, & on these online webpages:
→ Cymru • Wales → England: West Country → West Midlands (these, plus Oxon, are our main areas, so most entries)
→ England other regions --- East Midlands, East; South-East, London; North-West, North-East, Yorkshire & the Humber
→ Alba•Scotland → International
entries welcome from enthusiasts everywhere! so far, entries are from England West Country & England West Midlands
Pf.3a, Folk Shows, Theatre, Mummers • Pf.3b, Poets,Monologuists • Pf.3c, Storytellers
Listed by country & area -- in same order as in Folklife West magazine news on https://folklife.uk, & on these online webpages:
→ Cymru • Wales → England: West Country → West Midlands (these, plus Oxon, are our main areas, so most entries)
→ England other regions --- East Midlands, East; South-East, London; North-West, North-East, Yorkshire & the Humber
→ Alba•Scotland → International
entries welcome from enthusiasts everywhere! so far, entries are from England West Country & England West Midlands
For more details of those listed who are 🄵 Folklife members, Ø Associate members,ØØ International Updates-signups, see Folklife West folk news.
We also list, free, in this Directory, 🅄 UK Updates-signups (other than above), and 🄹 Folklife Traditions Journal subscriber/contributor.
We also list, free, in this Directory, 🅄 UK Updates-signups (other than above), and 🄹 Folklife Traditions Journal subscriber/contributor.
Pf.3a Folk Shows & Theatre, Mummers
ENGLAND WEST COUNTRY (SOUTH-WEST)
🅄 Wilts THE POTTERNE MUMMERS www.potternemummers.co.uk
⇒ Bob Berry 07714 550990. info<at>potternemummers.co.uk
⊕ Guardians of the traditional Potterne Mummers Play, touring the pubs round Devizes in the week before Christmas, to present our version of the traditional folk play, and collect a few quid for local charities and the Wiltshire Air Ambulance.
ENGLAND WEST MIDLANDS
🄵 Coventry COVENTRY MUMMERS www.coventrymummers.org.uk
⇒ John Havell 02476 672297. 35 Belvedere Road, Earlsdon, Coventry, CV5 6PG. john<at>havell45.plus.com
🄵 Worcs FOLD THEATRE Folk Plays www.ericpaynefolksongs.co.uk/Folkplay.html
⇒ Eric & Eileen Payne 01886 880061. Eric & Eileen Payne, eric_payne<at>btinternet.com
⊕ 11 talented local actors, singers and musicians, based at ‘The Fold” at Bransford, near Worcester. The plays are written by Eric and Eileen Payne and involve narration, songs, music, sketches and poetry. [2018 Dec, new entry]
ENGLAND WEST COUNTRY (SOUTH-WEST)
🅄 Wilts THE POTTERNE MUMMERS www.potternemummers.co.uk
⇒ Bob Berry 07714 550990. info<at>potternemummers.co.uk
⊕ Guardians of the traditional Potterne Mummers Play, touring the pubs round Devizes in the week before Christmas, to present our version of the traditional folk play, and collect a few quid for local charities and the Wiltshire Air Ambulance.
ENGLAND WEST MIDLANDS
🄵 Coventry COVENTRY MUMMERS www.coventrymummers.org.uk
⇒ John Havell 02476 672297. 35 Belvedere Road, Earlsdon, Coventry, CV5 6PG. john<at>havell45.plus.com
🄵 Worcs FOLD THEATRE Folk Plays www.ericpaynefolksongs.co.uk/Folkplay.html
⇒ Eric & Eileen Payne 01886 880061. Eric & Eileen Payne, eric_payne<at>btinternet.com
⊕ 11 talented local actors, singers and musicians, based at ‘The Fold” at Bransford, near Worcester. The plays are written by Eric and Eileen Payne and involve narration, songs, music, sketches and poetry. [2018 Dec, new entry]
Pf.3b Poets & Monologuists
ENGLAND WEST COUNTRY (SOUTH-WEST)
🅄 Bristol TREVOR CARTER, The Bard of Windmill Hill www.windmillbard.co.uk
⇒ Trevor Carter, windmillbard<at>aol.co.uk, 0117 9665514 / 07957 147464
⊕ The Bard of Windmill Hill: award-winning poet, storyteller and satirist. "Brilliant, captivating, cheering" - Chippenham Folk Festival. [2019 Mar, amended]
🄵 Cornwall ROB BARRATT comic poet www.robbarratt.co.uk
⇒ Rob Barratt 01566 880336. 37, Penpont View, Five Lanes, Launceston, Cornwall, PL15 7RY. mobile 07795 461023 rbarratt<at>cooptel.net
⊕ No one reads poetry any more, They all give it a miss, No, nobody reads poetry, So … why are you reading this? Something completely different for your festival or club! Bodmin-based poet and singer - funny and satirical material.
🄵 Glos ANDY SCARF www.scarfproductions.co.uk
⇒ Andy Scarf, andyscarf<at>yahoo.co.uk, 01594 544456, Facebook: Andy Scarf Productions
⊕ Let’s have an evening with great stories from the last hundred years! Monologues came into their own when Victorian music hall began to become respectable, around the end of the nineteenth century. [2018 Nov, new member]
ENGLAND WEST COUNTRY (SOUTH-WEST)
🅄 Bristol TREVOR CARTER, The Bard of Windmill Hill www.windmillbard.co.uk
⇒ Trevor Carter, windmillbard<at>aol.co.uk, 0117 9665514 / 07957 147464
⊕ The Bard of Windmill Hill: award-winning poet, storyteller and satirist. "Brilliant, captivating, cheering" - Chippenham Folk Festival. [2019 Mar, amended]
🄵 Cornwall ROB BARRATT comic poet www.robbarratt.co.uk
⇒ Rob Barratt 01566 880336. 37, Penpont View, Five Lanes, Launceston, Cornwall, PL15 7RY. mobile 07795 461023 rbarratt<at>cooptel.net
⊕ No one reads poetry any more, They all give it a miss, No, nobody reads poetry, So … why are you reading this? Something completely different for your festival or club! Bodmin-based poet and singer - funny and satirical material.
🄵 Glos ANDY SCARF www.scarfproductions.co.uk
⇒ Andy Scarf, andyscarf<at>yahoo.co.uk, 01594 544456, Facebook: Andy Scarf Productions
⊕ Let’s have an evening with great stories from the last hundred years! Monologues came into their own when Victorian music hall began to become respectable, around the end of the nineteenth century. [2018 Nov, new member]
Pf.3c Storytellers
ENGLAND WEST MIDLANDS
🄵 B’ham CHRIS LOWE www.chrislowestories.com
⇒ Chris Lowe 07876487267. chrislowe30<at>hotmail.co.uk
⊕ Stories that amuse, stories that intrigue, stories that transport. All from the West Midlands’ champion teller. [New phone number, Nov 2023]
🄵 B’ham LOWE AND PLANT www.chrislowestories.com
⇒ Chris Lowe 07876487267. chrislowe30<at>hotmail.co.uk
⊕ Two of the most powerful and entertaining tellers of tales. Black Country yarnsman, Ron Plant brings English as a second language enhancement. You must hear Ron’s telling of Eli’s Cap, Whose The Saftist and Big Sal. [New phone number, Nov 2023]
🄵 B’ham GRAHAM LANGLEY www.storytelling.uk.net
⇒ Graham Langley 07946 718286. 19 Springfield Road, Kings Heath, Birmingham B14 7DU. graham<at>storytelling.uk.net
⊕ “A twenty first century teller of tales .... he casts a verbal spell over his wide-eyed audience” - The Times.
ENGLAND WEST MIDLANDS
🄵 B’ham CHRIS LOWE www.chrislowestories.com
⇒ Chris Lowe 07876487267. chrislowe30<at>hotmail.co.uk
⊕ Stories that amuse, stories that intrigue, stories that transport. All from the West Midlands’ champion teller. [New phone number, Nov 2023]
🄵 B’ham LOWE AND PLANT www.chrislowestories.com
⇒ Chris Lowe 07876487267. chrislowe30<at>hotmail.co.uk
⊕ Two of the most powerful and entertaining tellers of tales. Black Country yarnsman, Ron Plant brings English as a second language enhancement. You must hear Ron’s telling of Eli’s Cap, Whose The Saftist and Big Sal. [New phone number, Nov 2023]
🄵 B’ham GRAHAM LANGLEY www.storytelling.uk.net
⇒ Graham Langley 07946 718286. 19 Springfield Road, Kings Heath, Birmingham B14 7DU. graham<at>storytelling.uk.net
⊕ “A twenty first century teller of tales .... he casts a verbal spell over his wide-eyed audience” - The Times.