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  • August 2025

  • Wed 6

    Yde and Olive at Sidmouth Folk Festival

    August 1, 2025 @ 8:00 am - August 8, 2025 @ 5:00 pm

    For festival tickets and schedules, see https://sidmouthfolkfestival.co.uk/

  • September 2025

  • Wed 17

    Yde and Olive at A Sting in the Tale, Manchester

    September 17, 2025 @ 7:00 pm - 10:00 pm
    Lock 91, 9 Century Street, Manchester, United Kingdom, M3 4QL Lock 91, 9 Century Street, Manchester

    Lock 91, Deansgate ( 9 Century Street, Manchester M3 4QL ) The doors open at 7pm for a 7.30pm start. Finish by10pm. Tickets:  £8 or £6 concession Pay on the […]

    £6 – £8
  • October 2025

  • Tue 14

    Yde and Olive at Leamington Literary Society

    October 14, 2025 @ 7:30 pm - 9:00 pm

    Oddfellows Hall, 22 New Street, Leamington Spa CV31 1HP Booking details: https://searchout.warwickshire.gov.uk/group/251/leamington-literary-society     The baby’s first clothes were wide bands of wool.  Their small limbs were bound, tenderly and […]

  • Fri 17

    Yde and Olive at Edinburgh University

    October 17, 2025 @ 5:15 pm - 7:00 pm
    Hunter Lecture Theatre, Edinburgh College of Art 74 Lauriston Place, Edinburgh

    Hunter Lecture Theatre, Edinburgh College of Art 74 Lauriston Place Edinburgh EH3 9DF Book tickets     The baby’s first clothes were wide bands of wool.  Their small limbs were […]

    Free
  • November 2025

  • Thu 20

    Yde and Olive at the Pankhurst Centre, Manchester

    November 20, 2025 @ 6:30 pm - 9:30 pm
    Pankhurst Centre 60-62 Nelson Street Manchester M13 9WP 60-62 Nelson Street, Manchester

    18.30-21.00 Pankhurst Centre 60-62 Nelson Street Manchester M13 9WP Tickets: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/yde-et-olive-a-medieval-love-story-tickets-1796578126539 ... The baby’s first clothes were wide bands of wool.  Their small limbs were bound, tenderly and close, to […]

    £16.96
  • Mon 24

    Yde and Olive at Keele University

    November 24, 2025 @ 6:30 pm - 8:30 pm
    Keele University Chapel Keele University, Newcastle-under-Lyme

    Keele University Chapel | Monday 24 November 2025 6:30 - 8:30pm FREE ENTRY Book tickets: https://www.keele.ac.uk/about/events/2025/november/ydeandoliveamedievallovestory/yde-and-olive-a-medieval-love-story-1.php … The baby’s first clothes were wide bands of wool.  Their small limbs were […]

    Free
  • December 2025

  • Thu 4

    Yde and Olive: a Medieval Love Story in Lancaster

    December 4, 2025 @ 7:30 pm - 10:30 pm
    The Stables, Central Lancaster Lancaster

    Thursday 4th December The Stables, private venue in central Lancaster. Email clairehannah1@googlemail.com to book and for address. Suggested donation £10 - £15, Arrive at 7pm for 7.30. … The baby’s […]

  • February 2026

  • Sat 7

    The Bayeux Tapestry: The Full Yarn at Wolverhampton Literature Festival

    February 7 @ 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm
    Bantock House Finchfield Road, Wolverhampton

    The beasts of battle gather in the tapestry borders.Ravens, wolves, eagles. All creatures – common, fantastic, wild, domestic – hold their stitched breath as the battle gathers Waiting. Until at […]

    £1 – £10
  • April 2026

  • Wed 15

    Yde and Olive: A medieval love story at the Arena Theatre, Wolverhampton

    April 15 @ 7:30 pm - 9:30 pm
    Arena Theatre Wulfruna St, Wolverhampton, United Kingdom

    Tickets: https://wlv.ticketsolve.com/ticketbooth/shows/873677948 Yde grew up reading of knights, sieges and her own mother’s daring deeds.  So when faced with an unwanted marriage, she knew she’d rather fly across the frozen […]

    £12 – £15
  • June 2026

  • Fri 12

    ‘Mirroring’ retreat at Holy Rood House, Thirsk

    June 12 - June 14
    Holy Rood House, Y07 1HX 10 Sowerby Road, Thirsk, North Yorkshire

    I will be telling Yde and Olive and running storytelling workshops as part of a retreat at Holy Rood House, Thirsk. 'Mirroring' is a retreat by and for trans and […]

  • Fri 19

    Storytelling Keynote workshops at the Medieval & Early Modern Studies Festival, University of Kent

    June 19 - June 20

    I am excited to be running storytelling workshops for medievalists at this wonderful conference on 'Storycrafts in the Premodern World'. See: https://memsfestival.wordpress.com/  

  • Fri 26

    Yde and Olive at ‘Three Heads in a Well’ storytelling club (Surrey Storytellers)

    June 26 @ 7:30 pm - 10:00 pm
    St John's Church Hall 411 Maldon Road, Worcester Park

    Daisy will be telling the remarkable thirteenth-century tale of Yde, who dresses herself as a knight and cuts her own paths to freedom. A tale of disguise adventure, gender fluidity, […]

    £7 – £10
  • July 2026

  • Fri 31

    ‘The Bayeux Tapestry: The Full Yarn’ and Contra at Sidmouth Folk Festival

    July 31 - August 7

    At Sidmouth this year I will be: Storytelling The Bayeux Tapestry: The Full Yarn (Saturday, 7-8, All Saints) calling for the Wednesday night contra with Stomping Ground helping run morning […]

  • September 2026

  • Thu 24

    Storytelling workshop and Bayeux Tapestry: the Full Yarn at the University of Manchester

    September 24 @ 1:00 pm - 8:00 pm

    The beasts of battle gather in the tapestry borders. Ravens, wolves, eagles. All creatures – common, fantastic, wild, domestic – hold their stitched breath as the battle gathers Waiting. Until […]

  • Fri 25

    Epic Weekender, St Neots

    September 25 @ 7:00 pm - September 27 @ 2:00 pm

    Looking forward to telling 'The Parson's Tale' at the end of the Epic Weekender, where a group of us will be telling The Canterbury Tales. Hellfire, brimstone, dire warnings and a […]

  • October 2026

  • Fri 9

    Ceilidh Calling at the Electric Folk Dance Party, Hathersage

    October 9 @ 6:00 pm - October 11 @ 5:00 pm
    Hathersage Village Hall

    Electric Folk Dance Party (EFDP) 2.0 is a community folk dance event originating in British, American and European social folk dance styles (ceilidh, contra and balfolk) with a focus on […]

  • Wed 21

    Storytelling workshop and ‘Bayeux Tapestry: the Full Yarn’ at the University of Sheffield

    October 21 @ 12:00 pm - 9:00 pm

    The Bayeux Tapestry: The Full Yarn The beasts of battle gather in the tapestry borders. Ravens, wolves, eagles. All creatures – common, fantastic, wild, domestic – hold their stitched breath […]

  • Sun 25

    Calling for Powerhouse Gothic Masquerade Ceilidh, Sheffield

    October 25 @ 7:30 pm - 11:00 pm
    Crookes Social Club, Sheffield

    Event details: https://powerhouseceilidhband.bandcamp.com/merch/gothic-masquerade-v-25th-october-2026 The Gothic Masquerade returns! Join Powerhouse Ceilidh Band and caller Daisy Black at Crookes Social Club for an evening of ghoulish fun and delight, as we commemorate […]

    £10 – £12
  • November 2026

  • Wed 4

    Bayeux Tapestry: the Full Yarn at the Museum of Cornish Life, Helston

    November 4 @ 6:30 pm
    Museum of Cornish Life Market Place, Helston, Cornwall

    The beasts of battle gather in the tapestry borders. Ravens, wolves, eagles. All creatures – common, fantastic, wild, domestic – hold their stitched breath as the battle gathers Waiting. Until […]

  • Wed 11

    ‘Yde and Olive: A medieval love story’ at the Arena Theatre, Wolverhampton

    November 11 @ 7:30 pm - 9:30 pm
    Arena Theatre Wulfruna St, Wolverhampton, United Kingdom

    Tickets: https://wlv.ticketsolve.com/ticketbooth/shows/873677948 Yde grew up reading of knights, sieges and her own mother’s daring deeds.  So when faced with an unwanted marriage, she knew she’d rather fly across the frozen […]

    £14 – £18
  • Sat 14

    Calling (mixed programme) at Nottingham Folk Dance Group

    November 14 @ 2:00 pm - 5:30 pm

    Club details: https://www.nfdg.org.uk/  

  • December 2026

  • Sun 6

    The Beyond Christmas Revels 2026, at the White Bear Theatre, London (actor and academic panel member)

    December 6 @ 1:00 pm - 9:30 pm
    The White Bear Theatre London

    It's CHRISTMAS! But Christmas wasn't quite the event as we know it today. Join us as we wander through the various ways medieval and early modern people celebrated Christmas - […]

  • Thu 31

    Calling New Year’s Eve Contra at Harbury Village Hall

    December 31 @ 7:00 pm

    More details to come soon!

  • January 2027

  • Fri 8

    ‘Bayeux Tapestry: The Full Yarn’ at the Old Stables, Lancaster

    January 8, 2027 @ 7:00 pm - 9:30 pm

    The Stables, private venue in central Lancaster. Email clairehannah1@googlemail.com to book and for the full address. Suggested donation £10 – £15, Arrive at 7pm for 7.30. ... The beasts of […]

  • Thu 21

    ‘Yde and Olive’ at the University of Bristol (in person and online)

    January 21, 2027 @ 4:00 pm - 5:30 pm

      The baby’s first clothes were wide bands of wool.  Their small limbs were bound, tenderly and close, to help them grow strong.  To help them grow straight. From their […]

  • Thu 28

    ‘Bayeux Tapestry: The Full Yarn’ at the Theatre Royal, Winchester

    January 28, 2027 @ 7:30 pm - 9:30 pm
    Theatre Royal Jewry St, Winchester

    The beasts of battle gather in the tapestry borders. Ravens, wolves, eagles. All creatures – common, fantastic, wild, domestic – hold their stitched breath as the battle gathers Waiting. Until […]

  • February 2027

  • Sat 6

    Claw, fur, scale, skin: Stories of medieval shapeshifters at Wolverhampton Literature Festival

    February 6, 2027 @ 4:00 pm - 5:00 pm

    The werewolf is a cruel creature, when the fury takes it.  It consumes men, wreaks evil, and does no good.  Living and roaming in the deep, dank woods.’ (Marie de […]

  • Thu 11

    ‘Bayeux Tapestry: the Full Yarn’ at Knutsford Heritage Centre

    February 11, 2027

    The beasts of battle gather in the tapestry borders. Ravens, wolves, eagles. All creatures – common, fantastic, wild, domestic – hold their stitched breath as the battle gathers Waiting. Until […]

  • Thu 18

    ‘Yde and Olive’ and storytelling workshop at the University of Kent

    February 18, 2027 - February 19, 2027

    … The baby’s first clothes were wide bands of wool.  Their small limbs were bound, tenderly and close, to help them grow strong.  To help them grow straight. From their […]

  • Fri 26

    ‘Yde and Olive: a medieval love story’ at Three Heads in a Well storytelling club (Surrey Storytellers)

    February 26, 2027 @ 7:30 pm - 10:00 pm
    St John’s Church Hall 411 Maldon Road, Worcester Park

    Booking link (when available).     … The baby’s first clothes were wide bands of wool.  Their small limbs were bound, tenderly and close, to help them grow strong.  To […]

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