Events

Forthcoming and Recent Appearances

David Metcalfe's new CD, ROGUES & RAVENS songs of love and death, is now available..

This listing is of public events only. Private bookings are not included.

March 11th 2012, at the Holburne Museum, Bath, in a specially commissioned performance as part of the Bath Literature Festival - 'Forgotten Lives, Inspiring Stories: Memory, History, Legend'. Storytellers David Metcalfe, Anthony Nanson, Kirsty Hartsiotis and Kevan Manwaring of Fire Springs, take a trip back through time to meet, in person, an astonishing assembly of Bath's forgotten and half-remembered denizens - adventurers and inventors, kings and clerics, writers and visionaries. Tickets £5 (£4 concessions), 01225-463362, 3.30 - 5.00pm.

February 3rd 2012, at Garway Village Hall, Herefordshire - 'Sons of Erin - Daughter of Cymru'. Stories and songs from Ireland, ancient and modern. An evening of legendary tales of Ireland's hero-gods, the Tuatha De Danaan, as the sons of Turann struggle for honour and redemption - enchantingly told by Herefordshire storyteller Austin Keenan. Tales and songs for the turning of the year from storyteller and singer Cath Little. And songs from Ireland's troubled history of conflict, famine and faith - performed by Bath-based folk-singer and guitartist, David Metcalfe. Performance starts 7.30pm (doors open 7.00pm). Tickets £6 (adults) £3 (12-18 years). Further information from Mikki 01981-580056.

March 2nd 2012, at the Bath Royal Literary and Scientific Institution, Queen Square, Bath, 'New Breath for Vanished Voices'. Part of Voices in the City - the opening day of the Bath Literature Festival. David Metcalfe and Anthony Nanson of Fire Springs, together with Bath Spa University students, celebrate the forgotten corners of history in an inspiring spoken-word performance, 12.30pm to 1.30pm. Free.

November 23rd 2012, at the Rondo Theatre, Bath, 'Dark Age Deeds of the Celtic Saints'. Born from Druids, and tuned to wild nature and the memory of old gods, Irish monks carried the torch of civilisation through a dark age of conflict. Patrick, Columba, Colman, Brendan - they parlayed with pagan heroes, battled with words for the spiritual compass of these isles, and ploughed the waves in search of earthly paradise. With their distinctive blend of story and music, Anthony Nanson and David Metcalfe of Fire Springs bring legend to life. Tickets 01225-463362.

June 1st 2012, at What A Performance!, upstairs in the Gallery Room of the Saint James Wine Vaults, St. James Square, Bath - from 08.00pm. Free, but donations in the hat appreciated.

September 2nd 2011, at the Star and Shadow Cinema, Byker, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, 'Earthy Strong' - stories and songs of life, love and death, from history and legend. Journey from the Anglo-Scottish Borders to the Welsh Marches, from Ireland to North America, to Languedoc, to the Holy Land and back again – in the company of warriors and holy men, exiles and assassins, and rivals and lovers - as storyteller, singer and guitarist David Metcalfe unearths links between folk tradition, history and archaeology. From 7.30pm. Tickets £7 (£4 concessions) 0191-261-0066.