The Music Of What Happened: Fionn mac Cumhaill the leader of the fianna when asked what the nicest sounding music was replied: The Music Of What Happened: the music of life’s natural unfolding, present moments and awareness of nature. Is there a more beautiful sound? Come and hear a moment of this music at the hearth of the storyteller.
Oral Storytelling at Moore and Moore Cafe
Welcome to The Music Of What Happened as we continue the journey, bringing the art of traditional oral storytelling to a contemporary audience.
In residency this month Will Wilson returns, after bringing a raucous telling of Tristan and Isolde to the inaugural residence he is back with a new (for him) work from the Fenian Cycle of Irish Mythology.
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The Story: The Pursuit Of Diarmuid and Grania this story covers a huge amount of ground both mythically and literally. It asks us to consider who we are, who and what are we loyal to and how far are we willing to go to uphold our loyalty. In real terms its a love story that lives in the tension that lies between lovers, friends and all those that love carries along.
The old myths are not just for entertainment, they explore the relationally of the human sensory experience with the natural, mystical and more than human worlds. They are a conversation with the imaginal that bring imagery that will haunt and inhabit us (haunt in the best of ways) as they reveal the symbolic and pattern based wisdom that lies outside of the world of the senses.
"Will’s Storytelling is so vivid and rich that you can’t help but hang on every word, and be transported across time and space. He has a precious gift for weaving narratives that will stay with you, in you, long after they are told."
- James “Fish” Gill - Author, Transformative Facilitator and Heart Coach.
About the Storytellers:
Will Wilson: lives in the tension and paradox that myths so eloquently hold between: domestic and wild / land and sea / village and adventure / sacred and profane / silly and sincere.
He has traveled and lived the stories he tells, from the wilds of Devon to the edges of Scotland, with study in MA Poetics of Imagination gives his storytelling a grounding that takes you beyond the encounter
Food and Drinks: The wonderful Moore and Moore Cafe is opening its doors to us for these events, their team will be on hand to serve drinks from their small bar, coffee and cakes (a wonderful interval treat), and dinner will be available to pre order for before the performance or during the interval. Dinner options will be announced closer to the event for pre booking.
Event Schedule: Thursday 30th April 2026
Doors: 18:00 - arrive and settle in with a drink and something to eat
Performance starts: 19:00 - Performance area opens, enter in silence
Interval: 19:45 - Take a breather and order a drink or cafe made cake
Performance continues: 20:10 - Regather and listen to the second part
Ending: 21:00 - Ending after a short discussion Q&A with Storytellers
Please note this performance is open to those aged 16+
FILMING AND PHOTOGRAPHY
Please note: This event will be recorded. By attending the event you agree to be filmed and/or photographed, and for those images and footage to be shared online and across various promotional platforms.