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The Three Snake Leaves : The Company of Storytellers performance classic on tour in Wales Two hundred years after the first publication of the Grimm Brothers’ classic fairytale collection, three masters of contemporary storytelling, Ben Haggarty, Sally Pomme Clayton and Hugh Lupton, unpick a rich tangle of… Read more >

Rome, Italy: Dates have been announced for the next FEST (Federation for European Storytelling) Conference followed by the Rome International Storytelling Festival… The 2013 Conference of the Federation for European Storytelling (FEST) takes place in Rome, one of the great cultural capitals of Europe and home… Read more >

We’re delighted to say that BTB has been awarded an Audience Development Grant by Arts Council Wales, to help us launch a series of projects aimed at developing audiences for storytelling performances across Wales during 2013. We’ll be working with a variety of partners on this, and… Read more >

Beyond The Border Storytelling Festival, as featured (almost) on The Archers! BTB got a plug on the world’s longest running soap opera The Archers this week, when Welsh barman Rhys suggests they have a storyteller for a Christmas family event. Rhys talks about the big… Read more >

Help us run Wales’ leading international storytelling organisation! Following successful grant aid application to Arts Council Wales,  BTB is looking for a Company Manager to support the continuing development of the company and its work, including the 2014 Festival at St Donats Castle.  Background  Beyond The… Read more >

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The last of the tents have been packed away, the site get-out crew hosed down after a punishing final few days pulling equipment out of the mud, the lost property (most of it) reunited with its owners, the skips and the portaloos returned, and even… Read more >