Forging Fantastical

Forging Fantastical A not-for-profit CIC, developing a programme of small-scale informal arts events
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What's a Crankie I hear you ask? A Crankie is a large wooden box like a big picture frame that contains a long illustrat...
16/07/2025

What's a Crankie I hear you ask? A Crankie is a large wooden box like a big picture frame that contains a long illustrated scroll which is turned by a handle to create a moving panorama to illustrate the story.

Peter's Swan Girl Crankie, as well as some pictures of him using them in his performances, are shown below to give you an idea of what to expect.

These are beautiful works of art and Peter is among the very best to produce them. He has included his Crankies in exhibitions around the world outside storytelling so you'll be getting an art exhibition as well as a wonderful storytelling show!

📢 Next Event 😁 Peter Stevenson tells the folk tales of the Welsh coast and sea with crankies, moving illustrated scrolls...
16/07/2025

📢 Next Event 😁 Peter Stevenson tells the folk tales of the Welsh coast and sea with crankies, moving illustrated scrolls turned by handles in a large wooden box, movies from the days before electricity and cinema. Hear tales of drunken mermaids, swan girls, the Green Man of No One's Land, Siani Chickens who lived on the beach, old Beti's love potions, Skomer Oddy the giant, Shemi the Fibber of Fishguard, the war on the little mountain, and Henry Box Brown who escaped slavery and brought crankies to the UK. Join Peter on a journey that blends past and present and explores the social and environmental change that is carved into the Welsh coastline. Stories will be chosen from his two new books, Welsh Folk Tales of Coast and Sea, and Illustrated Welsh Folk Tales for Young and Old. We will also enjoy a performance from Stroud based storyteller Ashley Howard.
Venue: Lydiard Millicent Parish Hall, Swindon
When: 6.45pm doors open. Saturday 27 September 2025
More information and book here 👇
https://www.ticketsource.co.uk/forging-fantastical/crankie-tales-from-wales-plus-ashley-howard-live-folk-tale-performances/e-joldxb

16/07/2025

Hey everyone, having trouble with our mailchimp account unfortunately! So sorry you havent received an email about our next event yet. Going to post about our next event through here and Instagram. We sold quite a number of tickets for our next event at last week's event. Thanks for your support 🙏

Down to our last three tickets for this spectacular event next week. First come first served, get in quick!
03/07/2025

Down to our last three tickets for this spectacular event next week. First come first served, get in quick!

Art: Ancient Mothers Weaving the World by Monica Sjöö
12/06/2025

Art: Ancient Mothers Weaving the World by Monica Sjöö

What a lovely afternoon spent listening to Lisa Schneidau Storyteller tell woodland folktales as part of our programme i...
05/05/2025

What a lovely afternoon spent listening to Lisa Schneidau Storyteller tell woodland folktales as part of our programme in partnership with Swindon Festival of Literature lots of families came to this event and we were also joined by a woodpecker :)

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