Date/Time
Thursday 27 April 2023
7:30 pm - 10:00 pm
Categories Storytelling
Book here now: £15 full price • £10 or £7 if you prefer – please pay what you can*
Chris Salisbury is a professional storyteller and employs his art in presenting his new book, Wild Nights Out, to dramatic effect.
This is the fruit of 28 years as an outdoorsman guiding people along the wild trails into the mysteries and enchantments that lie in wait. As well as reading compelling passages about our cultural relationship to the dark, Chris performs traditional stories and ballads, poems and riddles to deepen our acquaintance with the night-time, with nocturnal nature, and with the mysteries of the night-sky. It’s a potent recipe and makes for a soulful, informative and very entertaining evening.
“Holly Ebony brings an epic musicality to her original material. There’s no lack of ambition either, poetically written and performed with a cool passion in the assured velvet of her voice” ”Headfirst Bristol
Testimonials for Wild Nights Out…
“This book is a wonderful invitation to re-discover the dark and all the things that cry, creep or glow there.”
Chris Packham, BBC Naturalist and author
“I LOVE this book, really. Thank you for writing it!”
Jon Young, USA Educator & Author of Coyote’s Guide to Connecting with Nature and What the Robin Knows.
“Chris Salisbury knows of what he speaks. This storyteller has been thoroughly drubbed in nature’s mood swings, and come up the wiser for it. Wild Nights Out is an inventive mapping of that accumulated knowledge. Long before it was even vaguely fashionable, Chris was walking the roads of wildness and story and this book is a lovely testament to his devotion.” Dr Martin Shaw, author of Courting The Wild Twin and Scatterlings
“So inspiring! Reading Wild Nights Out is like being given an invitation to a whole new dimension of life. But more than anything else it encourages us to cross a threshold into a new world, and go on a nocturnal ramble to look and listen for where the wild things are.”
Simon Reeve, author and BBC broadcaster
“Chris Salisbury is a consummate guide to the night. Chris doesn’t resolve the frights and riddles of the dark, but deftly draws us in, supporting us to make our own dazzling discoveries — and to be shape-shifted by our nightwalk odysseys.” Dr Bill Plotkin, author of Soulcraft and The Journey of Soul Initiation
“Chris Salisbury is without doubt one of the world’s foremost outdoor ecological educators, as I have seen myself over and over again at Schumacher College. Chris’s book is a masterpiece – an important landmark in the growing literature on ecological education.” Dr Stephan Harding, Schumacher College, Dartington, UK.
“If you once wished the days to never end, with Chris’ glorious and concise re-enchantment of the night you too will soon become a nocturnal convert, willing your children to stay up and out as late as possible.” Sam Lee, folk singer, Radio 4 presenter, and Mercury Prize nominated artist.
On Chris’s storytelling performances…
“One of the highlights was undoubtedly the storytelling. Chris Salisbury’s abilities to weave a spell were immediate, both as camp leader and especially as storyteller. It became obvious that storytelling was not just a cobbled together addition. It was far from ordinary. I left wondering why Chris is not on the telly, famous up and down the land. His presence is extraordinary, amazing, thrilling.” Caroline Foulk
“Chris transported the audience to a place where magic was possible and even likely. A wonderful evening where my heart was lifted.” Malcolm Stern, Psychotherapist, author and TV presenter
“ You are such a consummate performer, your storytelling took everyone to a different and deeper place.” Sue Charman, Storytelling Festival coordinator, Embercombe, Devon
“My husband and I came to see your storytelling on Wednesday. We loved it! You are so talented – it’s almost frightening!” Laura Freeman
Testimonials for Wild Nights Out…
“This book is a wonderful invitation to re-discover the dark and all the things that cry, creep or glow there.”
Chris Packham, BBC Naturalist and author
“I LOVE this book, really. Thank you for writing it!”
Jon Young, USA Educator & Author of Coyote’s Guide to Connecting with Nature and What the Robin Knows.
“Chris Salisbury knows of what he speaks. This storyteller has been thoroughly drubbed in nature’s mood swings, and come up the wiser for it. Wild Nights Out is an inventive mapping of that accumulated knowledge. Long before it was even vaguely fashionable, Chris was walking the roads of wildness and story and this book is a lovely testament to his devotion.” Dr Martin Shaw, author of Courting The Wild Twin and Scatterlings
“So inspiring! Reading Wild Nights Out is like being given an invitation to a whole new dimension of life. But more than anything else it encourages us to cross a threshold into a new world, and go on a nocturnal ramble to look and listen for where the wild things are.”
Simon Reeve, author and BBC broadcaster
“Chris Salisbury is a consummate guide to the night. Chris doesn’t resolve the frights and riddles of the dark, but deftly draws us in, supporting us to make our own dazzling discoveries — and to be shape-shifted by our nightwalk odysseys.” Dr Bill Plotkin, author of Soulcraft and The Journey of Soul Initiation
“Chris Salisbury is without doubt one of the world’s foremost outdoor ecological educators, as I have seen myself over and over again at Schumacher College. Chris’s book is a masterpiece – an important landmark in the growing literature on ecological education.” Dr Stephan Harding, Schumacher College, Dartington, UK.
“If you once wished the days to never end, with Chris’ glorious and concise re-enchantment of the night you too will soon become a nocturnal convert, willing your children to stay up and out as late as possible.” Sam Lee, folk singer, Radio 4 presenter, and Mercury Prize nominated artist.
On Chris’s storytelling performances…
“One of the highlights was undoubtedly the storytelling. Chris Salisbury’s abilities to weave a spell were immediate, both as camp leader and especially as storyteller. It became obvious that storytelling was not just a cobbled together addition. It was far from ordinary. I left wondering why Chris is not on the telly, famous up and down the land. His presence is extraordinary, amazing, thrilling.” Caroline Foulk
“Chris transported the audience to a place where magic was possible and even likely. A wonderful evening where my heart was lifted.” Malcolm Stern, Psychotherapist, author and TV presenter
“ You are such a consummate performer, your storytelling took everyone to a different and deeper place.” Sue Charman, Storytelling Festival coordinator, Embercombe, Devon
“My husband and I came to see your storytelling on Wednesday. We loved it! You are so talented – it’s almost frightening!” Laura Freeman
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This is part of the Tinners Moon Festival 2023. See ashburtonarts.org.uk/tinnersmoon2023 for more about all of the events. All tickets at wegottickets.com/tinnersmoon2023
Doors and bar open at 7pm
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