An adventure in Story, Ideas & Digital Art - Settle Stories

festival An adventure in Story, Ideas & Digital Art 6-8 APRIL 2018

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welcOme 1 Weekend, 1 Yorkshire Dales Market Town, 70+ Artistic Adventures Technology is changing the world. But, is it changing art? Experience something new, something fresh, something digital. We’re curious to see how technology can enhance story. This curiosity ignites the 7th Settle Stories Festival. Log in and play Wi–Fi Wars, a record–breaking live comedy game show. Put on your headphones and be the first to discover Burning House – our festival commission. Become a central character at the heart of the story with And the Birds Fell From the Sky, an immersive video goggle performance. As ever we’ve got our old favourites with outstanding international artists and our staple ingredient – traditional storytelling. Our family events are bound to make a splash. We’ve transported a 50 ft inflatable whale to the Yorkshire Dales. Will you dare step inside its belly? We’ll meet you there.

Sita & Charles Festival organisers

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tickets Single event tickets are available for all events. For the best value and experience of the festival, we recommend our Saver Passes.

Buying all Tickets In person: The Joinery 10am – 5pm, Mon–Fri only Phone: 05603 845 693 Online: settlestories.org.uk

buy befOre 6th march &

receive an extra 20% Off the saver pass prices

So a Gold Adult Pass (access to 10 events of your choice) would be just £56!

SAVER PASSES Save on festival tickets with a saver pass. Save even more, get a further 20% off prices shown below if you buy your saver pass online before 6th March.

Adult

Under 18

Family

BRONZE PASS Entry to 4 events of your choice up to 30% off

£36

£23

£75

SILVER PASS Entry to 7 events of your choice up to 50% off

£53

£35

£112

GOLD PASS Entry to 10 events of your choice up to 40% off

£70

£45

£140

Anyone under 16 must be accompanied by fee-paying adults unless otherwise specified. Full T&C’s apply via settlestories.org.uk

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InfOrmatIOn Booking settlestories.org.uk 05603 845693

Getting to Settle

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Settle is a stunning market town in the Yorkshire Dales. When you’re here it feels a million miles from the rest of the world but it’s closer than you might think. Bradford: 1 hour Harrogate: 1 hour Lancaster: 50 mins Leeds: 1h 20 Manchester: 1h 20

Collecting Tickets Tickets bought online will be available to collect at Victoria Hall from 10am, Friday 6th April.

Get here Greener! Hop on the train to Settle or Giggleswick (+ 15 min walk). Bus connection to Settle (Kirkby Lonsdale buses).


Access

During the Festival

Large print copies of this programme are available on request.

For more festival info & buying tickets head to the Box Office at Settle Victoria Hall, Kirkgate. We’ve also get an Info hub gazebo in the Market Square on both Sat & Sun (10am–4pm). Don’t forget, all festival info can be found online at settlestories.org.uk

Festival Venues All venues with this logo are wheelchair friendly All venues with this logo have a hearing loop Bell Tent Friends Meeting House (in the garden), Kirkgate, BD24 9DX

Programme Key U18: Under 18 years Family: 2 adults & 2 children or 1 adult & 3 children

Friends Meeting House Kirkgate, BD24 9DX Gavagan Art Market Place, BD24 9EJ Royal Oak Market Place, BD24 9ED

For more detailed info on all events head to settlestories.org.uk

Settle Community & Business Hub Commercial Courtyard, BD24 9RH

All the latest festival news is on our Facebook, Twitter & Instagram. Follow us @settle stories

Settle Market Place BD24 9ED Studio Vault Town Hall, Market Place, BD24 9EJ (underneath the Town Hall) Settle Social Club 10 Duke St, Settle BD24 9DW

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Friday 6th April Listening Gallery – Launch 5–5.30pm Join us to launch the world’s smallest Listening Gallery and our first audio exhibition in a phone box. FREE: just drop by Venue: The Listening Gallery

A Machine They’re Secretly Building 7.30–8.30pm Two people – reporters, senators, freedom fighters, or just concerned citizens like you – think about what it is to speak up, blow the whistle and lift the veil. Discover secrets of WWI intelligence through to 9/11, the erosion of privacy, Edward Snowden and the terror of a future that might already be upon us. A piece about how we got to the point where our governments are spying on us and how that’s changing who we are.

Saturday 7th April Big Issue North Festival Talk 10–11am How can we change the lives of homeless and vulnerably housed people? Hear about Big Issue North’s transformative work, providing those with few other means the opportunity to earn an income. Discover who sells the magazine and how this with other support, provided by Big Issue North Trust, changes lives. Meet the Big Issue team in their gazebo after the talk. Info on pg 9. Tickets: £8 Venue: Friends Meeting House

**** This is coolly reasoned theatre – The Guardian Tickets: £12 Venue: Settle Victoria Hall 16+ years


A Machine They're Secretly Building

How to Tell a Story – Workshop 10–11.15 am

A Favourite Doll 10am – 1pm No matter what your age, we all have a great story about a favourite doll or teddy. Come and share yours with award winning artist Martina Attille, who’ll record it. A selection of the best stories from the festival will be included in our Listening Gallery. FREE workshop: just drop in Venue: Settle Community & Business Hub

Interested in the art of storytelling? If you’re a story enthusiast or educator and not sure how to structure, rehearse or perform a story, this workshop is for you. Explore a new perspective and way of telling a given tale. Experienced actress, educator and storyteller Ursula Holden Gill will share handy hints, practical exercises and planning techniques. Tickets: £15 Venue: Royal Oak 16+ years

Lantern Making 10am–4pm Get creative and make your own beautiful lantern from willow and paper. Parade it later today, all lit up with a candle on our magical Candle Lit Story Walk. (Info on pg 16) FREE: just drop in Venue: Gazebo in Market Place Families

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HiStories of Settle

Photography Workshop

Drop in Workshop 10am–1pm & 2–5pm

For 14–18 years olds 10.30am–12pm

Weave, stitch and loop with other festival goers and weave your own history/story into this community collaboration. Using LEDs reflective and glow in the dark materials this piece will sparkle when it’s displayed outside Victoria Hall after dark to tell a new HiStory.

We live in a world of selfies. We take hundreds of images every day. But how much do we think about the images we are taking? Learn to see the world through the eyes of a professional photographer on this walk around Settle. Don’t forget to bring your smartphone with you.

FREE: just drop in Venue: Royal Oak

Tickets: £8 Venue: Meet outside Victoria Hall

Film Gala 10.30–11.30 am Settle Stories has been working with young people and community groups to create films and digital stories. Come and see the films that everyone has made. Be inspired to create your own. FREE: just drop in Venue: Victoria Hall

Artists Hang Out 10.30–11.30am Meet and network with artists at the festival. Share your creative practice and learn more about each other’s work. The festival team will be popping in to meet you. FREE: but booking essential Venue: Bell Tent in the Friends Meeting House Garden 16+ years


On the Wings of Butterflies 11am–12pm Fly over continents, collecting the nectar of stories of love and seduction. Feel butterflies in your stomach… A festival premiere performed by Brazilian storyteller Ana Maria Lines, an international performer with a vast repertoire and captivating style. Tickets: £10 Venue: Settle Stories @The Joinery

Clowning Workshop 11.30am–12.30pm A fast and furious introduction to clowning. Discover the basics of clowning through the use of the red nose. Learn to play and offer ideas whilst discovering your own red nose persona. No experience needed. Join us to find the freedom in finding your red nose. Tickets: £15 Venue: Royal Oak 16+ years

On the Wings of Butterflie

A Business Solution to a Social Problem 11.30am–4pm The Big Issue North are here to tell you more about their work. Pop into their gazebo to find out more. Don’t miss the talk from the Big Issue North – more info on pg 6. FREE: just drop in Venue: Gazebo in Marketplace

Emily Bronte – Talk 12–1pm 200 years on, what inspired Emily Bronte’s novels? What was shaping her imagination when she wrote one of the most widely celebrated novels in the English language, Wuthering Heights? Join Sue Newby of the Bronte Parsonage Museum and discover more about this enigmatic writer. Tickets: £8 Venue: Friends Meeting House

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Doll Making 2–3pm

Photography workshop 1–2.30pm Learn creative techniques to take better pictures. Join a professional photographer to look at the story you tell through your photos. Discover new ways of looking at things. Technical aspects will also be explored. Tickets: £15 Venue: Royal Oak 18+ years. Bring a camera with you.

Teddy Bears’ Picnic 1–2pm Songs and rhymes for little ones and their special friends. We’d love you to bring your teddy with you. Food not included but available to buy from the Festival Cafe at the Friends Meeting House. Tickets: £6, £4 Under 18 £16 family Venue: Bell Tent in the Friends Meeting House Garden Families


Learn to make a simple doll with artist Martina Attille. You’ll learn how to hand sew and stuff the doll you create. The question is who will it become and what stories will it tell? FREE event, please book Venue: Settle Community & Business Hub

The Queen & the Jester Stupid, Stupid Songs & Some Very Sensible Stories 2–3pm The Queen is obsessed with the notion of love. Her Royal Court Jester is up to mischief (again)! Mayhem will prevail when Queenie asks him to create a song about the object of her desires. The question is, will he keep his head intact? A laugh out loud festival premiere and highlight performance with two outstanding artists. Tickets: £12 U18: £8 Family: £28 Venue: Victoria Hall

Create a Personal Narrative – Workshop 2–3pm Your story matters. It is your identity. In this storytelling workshop, you will learn to write and tell a story from your life. Bring a photo/image and/or a song that is important to you and be transported back to that special moment. From Ana Lines, performer of Reflecting Fridas. Tickets: £15 Venue: Settle Stories @ The Joinery 18+ years

Peak Performance 2–3pm Explore how story and mindfulness can motivate and empower people to make change. A panel discussion with psychotherapist & poet Pete Armstrong, Mental health nurse, Adam Sargent and storyteller Sita Brand. Tickets: £8 Venue: Friends Meeting House

Stories for the Silver Tree 3.30–4.30pm Bran's lust for life lands her in hot water as often as it sets her free on her path of self-discovery. She longs for a place, a people and an elusive tree… A contemporary show offering a new perspective on the role of women in ancient narratives. Storyteller Tamar Eluned Williams and performer– musician Darius Nash combine spoken word, story, original music and soundscape. “A fresh and innovative storytelling performance” Reviews Hub Tickets: £10 U18: £6 Family: £22 Venue: Royal Oak

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Interactive Fiction 3.30–4.30pm Smartphones are now our constant companions. They influence how we interact with the world and each other. This insightful talk by digital publishing expert Alastair Horne explores how our phones are changing not only how we talk about stories through social media but the sort of stories we can tell. Tickets: £8 Venue: Friends Meeting House

Crazy Tales 5-6pm Keith Donnelly’s stories and songs will have children of all ages (and any grown–ups in the area!) in stitches. He specialises in infectious interactive tales and tunes, guaranteed to get everyone joining in. Venue: Bell Tent Tickets: £8 U18: £6 Family: £22

Digital Storytelling Workshop 4–5.30pm Award winning filmmaker, Martina Attille, will guide you through the essentials of pre–production, production and post–production to craft a short film. Bring your smart–phone & your laptop with you. Tickets: £15 Venue: Settle Community & Business Hub


Digital Storytelling Workshop

Even in Wartime Children Play Settle Stories Festival 2018 commission 6–7pm

Even in Wartime Children Play

Soundscape & Story Workshop for storytellers 5.30–6.30pm Take your stories to the next level. Discover the art of soundscapes and how they can evoke emotions that place your audience in a specific location and further draw them into the narrative. You will use your voice and found objects through the use of a digital loop pedal and through live telling. From the team behind Stories from the Silver Tree. Bring a story to work on, or develop a new one in this workshop.

A young Polish boy is separated from his father at the outbreak of war. He spends 20 years searching for him. When reunited, things are not what they seem. Based on a true story, this is a tale of love, grief and reunion. Using binaural sound, you will be transported across the world in a live and digital experience that will leave you pausing for thought. Exploring identity and issues surrounding home. A story of possession and belonging taking apart what it means to belong somewhere and putting it back together somewhere else. This piece fuses sonic art, poetry and visual manipulation to create a visceral experience. Tickets: £12 Venue: Settle Stories @ The Joinery 14+ years

Tickets: £15 Venue: Royal Oak 16+ years

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WI–FI Wars 7.30–8.30pm

Candlelit Ghost Walk 6.30–8pm Weave through the cobbled streets of Settle by candlelight. A chance to show off your lanterns made earlier in the day. Witchcraft, the Black Death and a host of other horrible histories await you on this spine–tingling, grisly ghost walk.

A world record breaking live comedy game show, hosted by comedian Steve McNeil – Team Captain on Dara O Briain’s Go 8 Bit. Log in with your smartphone/tablet and compete in a range of games, quizzes and challenges to win the show, and prizes! Not To Be Missed – The Guardian. Venue:Victoria Hall Tickets: £12

Suitable for all ages. Venue: Meet outside Victoria Hall Tickets: £6 Under 18: £4 Family: £16

Reflecting Fridas 7–8pm Frida Kahlo’s soul echoes in many of us. Her diversities, love, injuries and suffering were the subject for her work. A unique life, an exceptional woman. Her life and work inspires this show, created and performed by Brazilian storyteller Ana Maria Lines. Venue: Royal Oak Tickets: £10


Photo: Edward Moore

Sunday 8th Toast & Marmalade 10–11am A Sunday morning cool down. The kettle’s on, the toast is popping and all you need to do is spread your marmalade. A chilled storytelling session with eclectic folktales from around the globe and an opportunity for you to tell stories.

Tales & a Tipple Comedy & stories for adult ears 8.30–9.30pm

Tickets: £10 Venue: Settle Victoria Hall

Everyone knows there are only 7 stories in The World… So storyteller, musician and raconteur Keith Donnelly has written 7 more. An evening of hilarity, witty observations, not to mention a song or three! Accompanied by his guitar, these short tales won’t fail to delight! Keith could make sheep laugh – Jasper Carrott Venue: Royal Oak Tickets: £12 18+ years

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Digital Storytelling Workshop 10–11.30am & 2–3.30pm Award winning filmmaker, Martina Attille, will guide you through the essentials of pre–production, production and post–production to craft a short film. Bring your smart–phone & your laptop with you.

Little Man Jack 10–10.45am Join Jack on his quest to please his poor mother. Meet his magical friends and the creatures that sometimes help and sometimes hinder his journey. An immersive journey for 7’s and under. Tickets: £8 Under 18: £6 Family: £22 Venue: Settle Stories @ The Joinery

Tickets: £15 Venue: Royal Oak

Where did that Whale Come From? 10am–4pm How did a 50ft whale land in Settle Market Place? Come and imagine the story. A whale inspired gazebo where you can get crafty, make things and let your imagination go wild. FREE: just drop by Venue: Gazebo, Settle Market Place


And the Birds Fell from the Sky Il Pixel Rosso 10am – 5.30pm A 20 minute joyride from the inside of your head all the way to the edge of civilisation. Become the central character of the story in this immersive video goggle performance experienced with just one other audience member. My response to the autoteatro style instructions was as immediate and unquestioning as that of a sleepwalker – The Guardian Tickets: £6 Venue: Settle Social Club 14+ years

Story Walk 10am–11.30pm Stretch your legs as you open your mind. Join our wandering bard to experience stories that stimulate your senses surrounded by stunning Yorkshire Dales scenery. Tickets: £6 Adult £4 Under 18 Family £16 Venue: Meet outside Victoria Hall

A Private View On the hour from 10am until 5pm (exc 1pm) A one to one interaction with you and an artist. Choose a part of your life to look at. Will it be where you were born, where you grew up? Where you start out is up to you. From this place you will walk towards where your memory guides you. The process is experienced virtually and recorded using Skype, Google Earth and Debut, a screen capturing programme. Tickets: £10 Venue: Settle Community & Business Hub 18+ years

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Spring Exhibtion– Gavagan Art

Listening Gallery Launch

A Machine they’re secretly building

11.00am–4.00pm

5.00pm–5.30pm

7.30pm–8.30pm

Big Issue North

How–tell a story

My Favourite Doll

A favourite doll

HiStories of Settle

Lantern making

Karvan

Den Building

W.R. Mitchell Exhibition

Geo-caching Story trails

Swim in the deep family trail

Film Gala

Photography Workshop (14-18 year old)

Artists Hangout

The Whale

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2018 festival at a glance

Clowning Workshop

Emily Bronte

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Queen & the Jester

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Last Resort

A Private View

Sufi Poetry Workshop

The Unforgettable Tongue

Looking Back

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Venues

Don’t miss the Dungeons & Dragons Cafe Saturday 10am–5pm & Sunday 1-5pm at the Friends Meeting House

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Last Resort

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Weave your own Bookmark Drop in Workshop 10am–1pm & 2–5pm Discover the art of weaving. Using a peg loom, create your very own bookmark to take home with you. FREE: just drop by Venue: Royal Oak

Enamelling Workshop 10.30am–12.30 & 2–4pm Taking inspiration from music, create your own rhythm and patterns using wire. Add a splash of colour using traditional jewellery techniques. You’ll go home with three experimental wire forms which could be a piece of sculpture, you could wear or both. Tickets: £20 Venue: Studio Vault 14+ years This event is not included in the Saver Pass offer

A Midsummer Night’s Dream 12–1pm Enter the enchanted forest for Shakespeare’s popular comedy, retold by award winning storyteller Ursula Holden Gill. An uplifting retelling, in plain english. Expect a peppering of verse, bags of mischief and jaw–dropping background into the significance of all the old midsummer mayhem. ‘A unique force in storytelling’ – BBC 2 Tickets: Tickets: £12 U18: £8 Family: £28 Venue: Settle Stories @ The Joinery


Telling a Story through Dance

Walk With Me

12–1pm

12–1.30pm

Shrikant Subraminam will introduce you to the ancient classical Indian dance form Bharatanatyam. In this insightful talk and demonstration he will explain how hand gestures, rhythmic movement and precise expressions may be used to tell stories, and how he has drawn on other artforms to create story through dance for contemporary audiences.

A Film Narrated by Benedict Cumberbatch A journey into mindfulness featuring Zen master Thich Nhat Hanh. A rare insight into life within a monastic community. An insightful rumination on the pursuit of happiness.

Tickets: £8 Venue: Royal Oak

Venue: Settle Victoria Hall Tickets: £8

Last Resort 2–3 & 4–5pm Last Resort Photo: Julian Hughes

An alternative future for Guantanamo Bay. The waterboarding has stopped, the noise has been turned down and the military base has been reclaimed as a holiday destination. You are the holidaymakers. Grab your rum cocktail, sit back in your deckchair and let returning festival artists 2 Magpies Theatre (Litvinenko Project 2016) show you around for a multi–sensory package holiday. **** ‘This is political theatre at it’s finest’ – The List Tickets: £12 Venue: Settle Stories @ The Joinery 16+ years

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Sufi Poetry 2.30–3.30pm Join international artist Sarah Sayeed on a journey across Arabia and Mexico weaving together poetry, storytelling and song. Discover the poetry of Sufi masters and influential women including Ibn Arabi and Sor Juana, in this festival premiere that brings alive the voice of a mystical Sufi. Tickets: £10 Venue: Friends Meeting House

The Hip–Hop Griot 2.30–3.30pm

The Cauldron of Ceridwen

From Sierra Leone to the UK hip–hop artist and storyteller Alim Kamara lights up the stage with his contemporary rhythmical storytelling that will leave you breathless. Be prepared for a high energy performance full of laughter and joy.

3.30–4.30pm

Tickets: £12 U18: £8 Family: £28 Venue: Victoria Hall


A magical journey through the mythical landscape of Wales where trolls, dwarves, witches and the fairy folk – y tylwyth teg – still wander. Perfect for the under 7’s Venue: Bell Tent @ Friends Meeting House Garden Tickets: £8 Under 18: £6 Family: £22

Looking Back 4–4.30pm Discover how life in Settle has changed in the last 100 years. A talk by a group of young people who have learned about temperance advocate and Craven dialect poet Tom Twisleton (1845–1917). FREE: booking required Venue: Royal Oak

Sufi Poetry Writing Workshop 4–5pm International artist Sarah Sayeed will guide you in developing new writing and poetry. Discover how looking at the principles of old masters, Sufism and classical poets can take your own creative writing to the next level. Venue: Friends Meeting House Tickets: £15 16+ years

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The Unforgettable Tongue 4–5pm A menacing boar, a cunning huntsman, and a tongue remembered... Follow the story of this Bradfordian Folktale from the 1300’s. The real questions is; is the beast the biggest threat here? A multidisciplinary, storytelling performance using projection, spoken word and South Asian Dance. A feast for the senses that draws on themes of creation, life, death and rebirth. Tickets: £10 Venue: Victoria Hall

All Weekend Dungeons & Dragons Cafe Sat 10am–5pm | Sun 1–5pm Enter our fantasy land, a place for wizards, monsters and trolls. Our festival cafe is a hoot! And we’ve got great cakes and light bites at fantastic prices. Friends Meeting House (round the back) Tea & Coffee just £1

Spring Exhibition – Gavagan Art The Unforgettable Tongue 11am–4pm on Fri & Sat

Enjoy the new exhibition at Gavagan Art showcasing contemporary still life studies and ceramics by James Hake. FREE: just turn up Venue: Gavagan Art All ages


The Whale – Circo Rum Ba Ba A 50ft whale has landed in Settle. Step inside it’s belly and find yourself under the sea, far from our rural market town. Meet a shipwrecked Pirate with a treasure tale to tell and a real live Mermaid with a haunting siren’s song and an intriguing secret.

Show duration – 30 mins: Showings at: 11 & 11.30am, 1 & 1.30pm 3 & 3.30pm Sat & Sun FREE: just pay as you feel. Booking not needed, just drop by Venue: Market Place (you can’t miss it!) Families

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Den Building Sat 10am–5pm, Sun 1–5pm Come and build a unique poetry den. We’ve got the equipment, just bring your imagination. FREE: just drop by Venue: Friends Meeting House Garden Families

My Favourite Doll Sat 10am –6pm, Sun 10am – 6pm We all have or had a favourite doll or teddy. If I asked you about yours what stories would come to mind? Come and discover people's stories in our new Listening Gallery. We believe it is the smallest audio gallery in the world, inside an old phone box. FREE: just drop in Venue: The Listening Gallery

Geocaching Tale Trail 24–7 Adventurers standby. Using your GPS devices, hunt around Settle to find our hidden geocaches. Find them all to uncover the hidden story. FREE Venue: Go to settlestories.org.uk/ festival–cache All ages


Swim in the Deep Family Trail You must have heard by now that there’s a 50ft whale coming to Settle? Meet his friends hidden in the shop windows in Settle Market Place. Trail inspired by one of our favourite stories, The Snail & The Whale and produced with Settle Community Library. 50p trail sheet available from the box office at Victoria Hall during the festival from 10am – 6pm daily.

Karvan Sat & Sun 10am–4pm Karvan will transport you to another place. Step inside this 16ft renovated caravan and spin the compass to send you on your journey. Welcome to the world of literary adventures.

W.R. Mitchell Exhibition Sat 10am–5pm, Sun 1–5pm Times gone by are revealed… Showcasing previously unseen images from the private collection of Bill Mitchell including the Settle–Carlisle Railway and working life in Yorkshire. FREE: just turn up Venue: Friends Meeting House All ages

All you need to pack is a desire to travel off the beaten track and a compass which never settles in a single direction. FREE: just turn up Venue: Settle Market Place All ages

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Digital Storytelling Competition

day in the life

Are you 6-18 years old? Are interested in creating digital stories and films? We’re running a competition for young people. It is open to individuals, schools and film clubs. Closing date is 30th September 2018

For more info: settlestories.org.uk/Day-in-a-life

Creative Writing

& Mindfulness

Retreats Discover how using mindfulness and play can develop your creative writing. Step out of your everyday and into a place of reflection, in the stunning Yorkshire Dales landscape.

Retreats running across 2018 For more info & booking: settlestories.org.uk /retreats

settlestories.org.uk

05603 845693

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Proto–Type Theater A Machine They're Secretly Building

A huge thanks to everyone that bought raffle tickets to support free events for young people at this festival!

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