| TAFFY THOMAS TOUR SCHEDULE 2016 | ||
|---|---|---|
| 5th January | 7.30pm | South Lakeland Storytelling Club, Watermill Ings CANCELLED DUE TO FLOODING |
| 9-10th January | 10am-4pm | Take Part Festival, Venue Cymru Llandudno |
| 30th January | All day | Oldham and Rochdale NASUWT training day |
| 1st February | All day | Blackshaw School Bolton (National Storytelling Week) |
| 2nd February | South Lakeland Storytelling Club, Watermill Inn, Ings (National Storytelling Week). This event cancelled while the Watermill recovers from flooding - next event 1st March with special guest Keith Donnelly | |
| 4th February | All day | Appley Bridge School, Wigan(National Storytelling Week) |
| 24th February | All day | Prescott CP School, Liverpool (National Storytelling Week) |
| 29th February | All day | Marchmont School, Darlington |
| 1st March | 7.30pm | South Lakeland Storytelling Club, Watermill Ings with special guest Keith Donnelly |
| 3rd & 4th March | World Book Day performances, St. Oswalds School, Old Swan Liverpool | |
| 5th March | All day | NASUWT Training Day, Manchester Met University |
| 8th March | 6.45pm | Theatre by The Lake, Keswick, Flood Relief Concert (Words by The Water) |
| 20th March | 1.30pm | Rusland Valley Spring Show Rusland Church ( World Storytelling Day ) |
| 21st March | All day | St.Mary and St.Thomas C.of E school, St. Helens |
| 25th March | Birmingham Conference Centre NASUWT Keynote Speech National Conference | |
| 27th March | 11am | Easter Storywalk from the Storytellers Garden, Grasmere (call 01539433643 to book) |
| 28th March | 2pm | Easter Stories and Egg Painting in The Storytellers Garden, Grasmere (call 01539433643 to book) |
| 29th March | 1.00pm | Easter stories & egg hunt Egremont food bank Methodist chapel, Egremont |
| 1st-3rd April | All weekend | Society for Storytelling Annual Gathering (performance of Backstory), Cardiff |
| 30th April | Chapati in the Park Festival, Ambleside | |
| 1st May | Stockport Old Town Folk Festival, Stockport | |
| May 3rd | S. Lakeland Storytelling club, Watermill Inn, Ings | |
| May 19th | Opening of community library (Bootle Book Box) Bootle, Cumbria | |
| May 20th | 'International Stories good enough to eat', St. Cuthbert's School, Windermere | |
| June 7th | S.Lakeland Storytelling club, Watermill Inn, Ings | |
| June 11th | Caton Village Festival, Caton Lancs. | |
| June 12th | Stepping Stones Festival, Kirklinton Hall, Carlisle | |
| June 15th | St. Mary's School, Trafford, Grasmere YHA | |
| June 18th | Hawick Street Festival, 'Pop-up Story Shop ', Hawick | |
| June 19th | Haverthwaite Hospice Fair, Haverthwaite, Cumbria | |
| July 5th | S. Lakeland Storytelling club, Watermill Inn, Ings | |
| July 15-17th | Festival at the Edge M.C. Stokes Barn, Much Wenlock | |
| July 22nd-24th | East Anglian Storytelling Festival, Blaxhall,Suffolk | |
| 27 July | 11.30 & 2.30 | Stories for the Roald Dhal Fest. Carlisle Library, The Lanes, Carlisle |
| Aug 2nd | S.Lakeland Storytelling club, Watermill Inn, Ings | |
| Aug 2nd | National Play Day event, Cheltenham Town Hall | |
| 10 August | 11.30 & 2.30 | Stories for the Roald Dhal Fest. Carlisle Library, The Lanes, Carlisle |
| Aug 20th-26th | Whitby Folk Festival, Whitby, Yorks | |
| August 28th | Grasmere Sports, Sports Field, Grasmere | |
| 31 August | 11.30 & 2.30 | Stories for the Roald Dhal Fest. Carlisle Library, The Lanes, Carlisle |
| 4 Sept | p.m | Stories at Grasmere Guzzler Dale Lodge, Grasmere |
| Sept 6th | S Lakeland Storytelling club, Watermill Inn Ings | |
| Sept 17th | Live Wyre Festival, Dolphinholme, Lancs | |
| Oct 1st | Book Launch { Lakeland Folk Tales for Children ) for Borderlines Lit. Fest., Carlisle Library | |
| 3 Oct | p.m | Workshop for Leeds Beckett Uni Castlehead FSC Grange over Sands |
| Oct 4th | S.Lakeland Storytelling Club, Watermill Inn, Ings | |
| 6 Oct | a.m | Storytelling performances Acle Library Norfolk |
| 6 Oct | p.m | Storytelling performances Norwich Millenium Library |
| 7 Oct | a.m | Storytelling Performances Earlham Library Norfolk |
| 7 Oct | p.m | Storytelling Performances Hethersett Library Norfolk |
| Oct 20th | Frome Bardic Chair with Open Storytellers, Frome Somerset | |
| Oct 21st-24th | Tales in Trust Storytelling Residential Weekend, Halsway Manor, Somerset | |
| Oct 26th | Book signing - Fred Holdsworth's bookshop, Ambleside, 2pm | |
| Oct 27th | Book signing - Waterstones, Kendal, 11am | |
| Oct 27th | Book signing - Low Sizergh Barn (Farmshop), Near Kendal, 2pm | |
| Oct 28th | Book signing - Sam Read's Bookshop, Grasmere, 4pm | |
| Oct 31st | Hallowe'en in the Storyteller's Garden, Grasmere | |
| Nov 1st | S. Lakeland Storytelling club, Watermill Inn, Ings | |
| Nov 19th | pm | Family Stories for Children's Burns Trust, Jubilee House, Penrith |
| Dec 2nd | 3rd. NASUWT Storytelling W/shop Weekend, Grasmere | |
| Dec 2nd | 3-5pm | Christmas Tales, mulled wine and mince pies, Ambleside Parish Centre, see poster |
| Dec 6th | S. Lakeland Storytelling club,Watermill Inn, Ings | |
| Dec 7th | am. | Storytelling at Forton Primary school |
| Dec 7th | pm. | Storytelling at Dolphinholme primary school |
| Dec 7th | Evening | Storytelling for Dolphinholme W I |
| Dec 11th | Christmas Brunch with FairyTales, Rockcliffe Hall Hotel, Darlington | |
| Dec 15th | Evening | Tynefolk club Christmas Night with stories and music (Tony Farren), Blaydon |
| Dec 19th | Evening | Story contribution to Grasmere Players' Christmas Readings, New Hall, Grasmere |
| Dec 25th | Armathwaite Hall Hotel, Bassenthwaite Lake, Keswick | |
| For further information contact TALES IN TRUST Church Stile Studio, Grasmere, Cumbria LA22 9SW tel 015394 35641 | ||