BTB is back!

Britain’s leading international festival of storytelling returns to St Donats Castle on the South Wales coast for another spectacular weekend of stories by the sea! For three glorious and magic-filled days, the grounds of our fairytale castle will echo with the sound of stories from Wales and the World…..

SILK ROAD STORIES... ...TRAVELLERS’ TALES... ...STORIES AND SONGS FROM CELTIC BRITAIN...

...1001 NIGHTS... ...STORIES & MUSIC FROM WEST AFRICA & THE CARIBBEAN... ...TALES TO SUSTAIN

Themes for 2010 include…..

IN THE FOOTSTEPS OF MARCO POLO

Stories and music from the western end of the fabled Silk Road –from Italy and Ancient Greece, via Turkey, Armenia and Georgia, to Mesopotamia and finally Baghdad, city of….

1001 NIGHTS

Arabian Nights stories from Egyptian storyteller Chirine El Ansary; music from Iraq’s Ahmed Mukhtar (Sat only); Arabian Nights revelations from scholar Robert Irwin

OUT OF THE TWILIGHT

Tristan and Iseult, Culhwch and Olwen, Bran and Branwen – from our Celtic past, great stories of love, courage and heroism, retold in words, music and song….

TRAVELLERS’ TALES

Includes ‘The Homing Stone’ - Hugh Lupton, Chris Wood, English Acoustic Collective tell the story of Swallows and Amazons author Arthur Ransome and his epic flight across Bolshevik Russia (Sun only)

AFRICAN SCATTERLINGS

Stories and Music from the West African Diaspora featuring Jan Blake, Kouame Sereba, Justin Adams & Juldeh Camara , Atinuke

TALES TO SUSTAIN

An afternoon of stories, songs, film and talk on the theme of land, food and a sustainable future…

Also for your enjoyment and delight …

Ar Lafar ac Ar Gân - Sesiwn stori a chân bob prynhawn gyda Guto Dafis. Dewch a chân neu stori ac ymunwch yn yr hwyl! A session of stories and songs each afternoon with Guto Dafis.  Bring a song or a story and join in the hwyl!

The People’s Palace  - Your stories, your place to tell. Includes story ceilidhs hosted by Richard Berry of 'Cardiff Storytelling Circle'

Particularly for Children -  Top storytellers in The Children’s Tent…. painting, puppets and stories for the very young in the Early Years Yurt ….. daily shows by Hand To Mouth Puppet Theatre……bed-time stories….

Punch & Judy on the lawn… morning story walks … late night camp-fire … international cuisine … the famous BTB Real Ale Bar … juggling …bookshops … market stalls … cliff-top camping … sea views …sea air… inspiration….