Owen Staton

Hi All

Just had a fab night at Abercraf Welfare hall, numbers were few but those that were there were excellent. Stories included new ones about Twm Sion catti and Dic Penderyn and a new Tale from the New Inn called “Nellies Curse”. I finished off with an old favorite in Gwion and the Witch.

Big thanks again to the Sleeping Giant foundation for hosting and helping out and to Clive for his brilliant music both before and during the interval.

I love performing in the Swansea valley, the people are lovely and seem to really appreciate the stories. I especially love the enthusiasm in which they greet any Tales from the new inn stuff and it really makes me feel good about developing this mythology in the future.

Anyway back to the future. oN May i will be performing “Dark heart of the valley” for the final time at the Gough con club in ystradgynlais on the 26th of may at 7.30 PM tickets will be £5. if you would like to see the Edinburgh review of this please type it into google and it comes up under Edinburgh spotlight.

I for one can’t wait as it always seems to go well.

i also have news regarding Halloween, this year i will be at ystradgynlais Welfare hall where I will be joined by my good friend the lovely Eleanor flaherty who will reprise her role as Rhian in a New inn ghost stories show that i have yet to title. The book will also be out by this so i am really looking forward to it.

Anyway, thank you Abercraf and I look forward to returning in the very near future.

Owen X

P.s Thanks To the gower college supportive studies group for their lovely thank you card after my recent visit . It was very much appreciated.

Hello all , last night I had the pleasure of performing at the Dove Centre in Banwen . A lovely venue and a new one for me. The audience was small but beutifully formed with some old favorites as well as some new faces turning out for the tales. For me i was rather nervous as I was performing some new material for the first time and taking a slight departure in tone and theme from what I have been doing for the last few months.

I was very happy with the result. I am off to Abercraf next wednesday and hope that many of you can join me there. I am also pleased to report that i have been booked to appear at Ystradgynlais Welfare hall on Halloween this year. More details on that to follow shortly.

Anyway thanks to all who joined me at the fire last night and especially to Richard and Eleanor for managing the c

Hello , its good to be back.

I can only apologise for the long delay since the last post and put it down to a number of things, mainly illness really busy times trips abroad and family issues, but hey you dont want to hear that . What you need to know is that i am back and I am raring to go.

Since we last spoke loads has happened , The Tawe tales project has gone from Strength to Strength and is now regulary attracting full houses in the swansea valley.  My Edinburgh show ” Dark heart of the Valley” was “Pick of the day” for the 23rd of august last year with edinburgh spotlight and work on “Tales from the new inn” the long awaited book on the myths of the swansea valley nears completion. Things are going really well.

I must say a big thanks to the students and teachers at ty coch college for their lovely welcome last week and a special big thanks to Katie who has contacted me with loads of nice comments since. Guys i hope to return soon and am really looking forward to seeing you all again.

i am performing this Tuesday 12th April at 7.30pm at the Dove centre in Banwen and on the 20th in Abercrave also at 7.30. Tickets are £5 and i would love to see you there. bookings form schools remain really strong and as ever I really enjoy bringing these old tales to the ears of the younger generation.

I will speak soon.

O