Beeston Tales - Sweeney Untethered

Beeston Tales is a monthly storytelling night meeting just outside Nottingham. We host our events at Our Lady of the Assumption church hall, Foster Avenue, Beeston, Nottingham, NG9 1AE Parking at the venue. Short walk from a tram stop. Cake and drinks will be available, feel free to bring your own booze! But you can also watch from the comfort of your own home by joining our (unfortunately still a bit temperamental) livestream via Zoom. You'll have to bring your own booze to that as well though.

There is a hypnotic feel to the tales: you’re back round that prehistoric campfire again, rapt. – Matt Turpin, LeftLion. (Read full review.)

Let yourself be transported to worlds that are otherwise unreachable. – Bryony Ashmore, Nottingham City of Literature. (Read full review.)

Sweeney Untethered
 

This is the story of a 7th century Irish king who went mad, and grew feathers…it could happen to anybody.

This is Adderstone’s take on the strange and wonderful epic of Buile Suibhne, full of vindictive saints, malevolent hags, forlorn romance, wild leaping, rapturous ranting, and weirdly canny otters. But there’s also something terribly modern about Mad Sweeney’s quest. Is he a dangerous lunatic, or a restless visionary in a time of lurching change? Has he fallen out of love with people because he’s fallen in love with the woods? There’s certainly a lot of Sweeney energy around these days.

What happens when we get untethered from where we belong? Grab tight onto Adderstone’s coattails and follow Sweeney’s careening, often heartbreaking journey through the wildest places in Ireland.

Adderstone are Cath Heinemeyer (mostly the storyteller) and Gemma McDermott (mostly the singer). They interweave rich harmonies and the pulsing rhythms of spoken word into their storytelling. They’ve untethered Sweeney at Beyond the Border, Crick Crack Club, York Theatre Royal and elsewhere. They hope he behaves himself in Beeston.

Also featuring tales from your hosts, fun and frolics.
 

TICKETS and DETAILS FOR THE IN PERSON EVENT:

On the door: £8 on the door on the night, attending live.

£6.50 in advance, attending live. On sale here, but only until the morning of the gig. (If you are looking for this ticket option and can't find it, and it is the afternoon of the day of the performance, you're too late! Come along anyway, tickets on the door as described above.)

Doors 19:00 for a 19:30 start.

VENUE! We'll be meeting in the Church Hall, 25 Foster Avenue, Beeston, NG9 1AE, a short walk up from Beeston Tram Stop or down from Beeston Library. Parking available at the venue.

CAFE! - Dee (The baking genius behind Dog & Bean) will be serving tea, coffee and home baked treats. Bring Your Own Bottle if you fancy something stronger.

DAY OF THE MONTH - It's the 3rd Wednesday, get it in your diary!

TICKETS and DETAILS FOR THE LIVESTREAM:

If you're unable to join us in person, there's now an option for you to watch along from home. However, we're upfront that mobile reception at the venue is sometimes inconsistent. (Our current set up involves three different mobile devices on separate networks.) This is reflected in our slightly reduced ticket prices for the online offering. Two kinds of tickets are available for online viewing, either select "Attend online - paying" which will set you back £5 per device, and an "Attend online - discount"... which is free. We know times are harder for some people than others right now, and we'd much rather have you with us than not.
 

So do come and join us. When you purchase the online ticket, you'll be sent the link. We'll fire out an email on the night of the performance as well, just to make sure you don't miss it. Please don't share these links around. The event will be brought to you by Zoom - It's not tricky. You'll want to download it in advance, which you can do by clicking the link to join ahead of the event.

Big thanks to Caron from PCM Creatives for making this livestream possible. Please note, your receipt will also contain Caron's contact details in case you have any trouble on the night.

Beeston Tales is a not-for-profit community organisation, with all proceeds from events going to support traditional storytelling in Beeston and the surrounding area.