Otherworld: Storytelling with Deb Winter and Jess Ward
Thu, 17 Apr 2025 - Presented by: The Queens Hall
Event Style: This storytelling is aimed at adults (children 7+ welcome)
This is a Seated Event
Doors Open at 7pm
Captivating storytelling from Deborah Winter, woven with enchanting music from Jess Ward (harp, voice, fiddle)
There's a border you can't see, only feel. Some tremulous change in the air; an echo of music from the Otherworld. Slip through that mysterious portal, shrouded in mist, into story-worlds full of magic, beauty and strangeness
In the world that shadows ours, mysterious beings dwell, governed by different rules. The ‘fair folk’, sometimes benign and playful, sometimes darkly mischievous, dance so nimbly between the two worlds that we only glimpse their heels as they vanish
Some of you know the Pembrokeshire portals, or the secret entrances in Ceredigion. Deb has crossed the border in County Sligo and Galway too
Jess Ward's playing is delicate and powerful; gritty and enchanting; ethereal yet earthy; rooted in Celtic tradition but bursting free with innovative technique that astounds. This is music to soothe the heart, lament loss, haunt the soul, whispering of other worlds
Skilled wordsmith Deborah Winter conjures up such vivid images that audiences follow her to places they didn’t believe in before. 'Mesmerising', 'hypnotic’ are words listeners use about her storytelling
Please note the show will start at 7.30pm prompt
Concession tickets for those over 65 years of age, under 18 and for those in low income households
Funded by Arts Council Wales Night Out Scheme