Public 2008 Dates
(page last updated Thursday, April 17, 2008)
Mike says: "Please remember that most of
the storytelling I do is for schools, hospitals, prisons or private
functions that won't feature on this page, however there are also
some public performances you might like to attend..... here are
some of the ones coming up in the near future"...
This page lists forthcoming
(or just gone) events that are (or were) open to the
public. HERE are some ones
you really missed
March 2008
Saturday 15th March. Gosport Discovery Centre. http://www3.hants.gov.uk/gdc/gdc-events-detail.htm?id=19894
April 2008
Sunday 6th April. As part of the 2008 Society for Storytelling
Gathering at Exeter (4 - 6 April), Mike will be running a workshop
based around his storytelling residency at an infant school. http://www.fairbruk.demon.co.uk/SfS/menucontent.html
Friday 11th April. Titanic storytelling at Southampton Maritime
Museum. http://www.24hourmuseum.org.uk/museum_gfx_en/SE000279.html
Sunday 27th April. Festival of Spring, Grange Farm, Gosport.
http://www.gosport.gov.uk/sections/your-council/council-services/leisure--amenities/countryside
May 2008
Saturday 17th May. Storytelling for the BBC RaW ( http://www.bbc.co.uk/raw/
) campaign at Newbury Races. Please see http://www.bbc.co.uk/berkshire/content/articles/2007/08/22/raw_racing_feature.shtml
for details of the last time Mike was at the races (even the jockeys
came to listen!)
Sunday 18th May. Catherington Lith Fair, Horndean
http://www.horndeanpc-hants.gov.uk/countryside.htm
July 2008
4th July. Come along to the Science and Industry Museum in Manchester
(http://www.msim.org.uk/
) to hear Mike tell stories to a thousand guides, as part of the
celebrations for the Greater Manchester West Guides. (rescheduled
from June)
Sat. 12th July; Warminghurst Church, Sussex. This booking, with
local legends and folklore is for the Churches Conservation Trust.
See http://www.visitchurches.org.uk/
and http://warminghurst.org.uk/
Sun 13th July; Bishops Waltham Festival. http://www.bishopswalthamfestival.com/
19th and 20th July, 2008 Overton
Sheep Fair.
August 2008
Tuesday 19th August. Storytelling at the Alice Holt Woodlands
near Farnham. http://www.forestry.gov.uk/website/recreation.nsf/LUWebDocsByKey/EnglandSurreyAliceHoltForest
Mon 25th August; Walford Mill Craft Centre, Wimborne, Dorset.
http://www.walfordmillcrafts.co.uk/
Thurs 28th August - Sunday 31st August. Storytelling for the
BBC RaW Campaign at the Bournemouth Air Show. http://www.bbc.co.uk/raw/
September 2008
Sat 6th September. Hilmarton Medieval Fair, Wiltshire.
Sun 20th September. Piratical** storytelling at Itchen Valley
Country Park, near Southampton. (** as in"Avast there
me hearties!!!") http://www.eastleigh.gov.uk/ebc-1477
October 2008
Friday 24th October. Fareham Library. http://www3.hants.gov.uk/library/library-finder/fareham-library.htm
Sunday 26th October. Pumpkin Fair, Grange Farm, Gosport.
http://www.gosport.gov.uk/sections/your-council/council-services/leisure--amenities/countryside
27th - 31st October, 2008. Halloween
Storytelling at Queen Elizabeth Country Park.
Mike's Contact Details:
Email Mike at:
Phone Mike on
07733 326500
By Post: Michael O'Leary,PO Box 1603, SOUTHAMPTON,
SO18 9FF.
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“Accompanying his words with the haunting lilt of wooden pipes, there
was at one point a distinct resemblance to Hamelin’s Pied Piper.”