As Halloween looms closer and the nights grow shorter, the Scottish International Storytelling Festival will this year again host a range of fantastic events for kids, adults and families – with plenty of opportunity to join in with traditional activities and fun! The spook-themed frivolities kick off at the Circus Café with Guid Crack at … Continued

Celebrated playwright, actor, director, singer and artist Dario Fo marks his 90th birthday and 70 year career with a programme of talks, workshops and performances in Edinburgh, as well as a showcase of Fo’s art in the UK for the first time, with a collection spanning three Edinburgh venues. Dancing with Colours, Whipping with Words … Continued

Now in its 27th year, the Scottish International Storytelling Festival returns from 21 – 31 October 2016 with another vibrant programme of live storytelling, workshops, talks and family shows, sending stories spilling out from the festival hub at the Scottish Storytelling Centre and across the capital. Taking Festival of Dreams as its theme, this year’s … Continued

A writing challenge issued 200 years ago that resulted in the creation of Frankenstein’s monster and the world’s first vampire is being used to inspire a modern generation to pen new tales that terrify. The National Library of Scotland and the Scottish Storytelling Centre are inviting entries for a ghost story competition to mark the … Continued

Young Moroccan storyteller Jawad el Bied joins musicians Hyperborea for an Edinburgh house concert on Sun 20 Dec, presenting a captivating evening of stories and music from the Middle East. Part of storytelling collective Hikayat Morocco, Jawad was originally invited to perform at the Scottish International Storytelling Festival in October. Unfortunately, travel issues meant the … Continued

The Scottish International Storytelling Festival enjoyed another fantastic edition in 2015, with early figures once again showing growth in participation: 26,000 people joined in the country’s largest celebration of spoken word, devouring tales in theatres, gardens, zoos, canal boats and beyond. “If you thought that August was the only month that Edinburgh has top quality … Continued

With Hallowe’en just around the corner, the Scottish International Storytelling Festival has been getting into the spooky spirit with a photoshoot in one of Edinburgh’s most haunted and horrifying locations, the underground vaults. This year, the Festival is championing a return to traditional guising with the Guisers Trail & Family Samhuinn, an afternoon of free … Continued

The Scottish International Storytelling Festival next month (23rd October to 1st November) will feature a series of environmental and tree-themed events including Tree Trails, Storytelling for a Greener World and Whispering Trees. This emphasis continues into December in a collaboration with Creative Carbon Scotland in the run up to the World Climate Summit in Paris … Continued

The Scottish International Storytelling Festival is the world’s largest celebration of live, traditional storytelling, taking place as the seasons change in Scotland’s stunning capital city and reaching out across the nation as Scottish tellers merge with guests from the Middle East, North Africa and Europe, in a fantastic, ten-day celebration of oral traditions and cultural … Continued

The Scottish International Storytelling Festival launches the 2015 Schools and Communities Campaign ‘Dig Where You Stand’ Scotland’s landscape and communities are rich with local stories and legends, some hundreds of years old. Dig It! 2015, the year-long celebration of Scottish archaeology, in partnership with the SISF invites everyone to unearth a treasure-trove of stories and … Continued