Scottish International Storytelling Festival 2026

23 Oct

National Theatre of Scotland at 20: Culture, Democracy, and the Stateless Nation

Scottish Storytelling Centre, 43-45 High Street, Edinburgh, EH1 1SR

10:00 AM

23 Oct

Spun Stories and Unspun Fates

Scottish Storytelling Centre, 43-45 High Street, Edinburgh, EH1 1SR

2:00 PM

23 Oct

Mossycoat - Into the Wildwood

Scottish Storytelling Centre, 43-45 High Street, Edinburgh, EH1 1SR

5:00 PM

23 Oct

Warrior/Poet

Scottish Storytelling Centre, 43-45 High Street, Edinburgh, EH1 1SR

6:30 PM

23 Oct

The Journey of Leonardo

Scottish Storytelling Centre, 43-45 High Street, Edinburgh, EH1 1SR

8:30 PM

24 Oct

Artistic Translation for Performance Storytelling

Scottish Storytelling Centre, 43-45 High Street, Edinburgh, EH1 1SR

10:30 AM

24 Oct

Family Storytelling Day at the National Museum of Scotland

National Museum of Scotland, Chambers Street, Edinburgh, EH1 1JF

10:30 AM

24 Oct

Wings of Colour | Renklerin Kanatları

Scottish Storytelling Centre, 43-45 High Street, Edinburgh, EH1 1SR

11:00 AM

24 Oct

Story Circle

Scottish Storytelling Centre, 43-45 High Street, Edinburgh, EH1 1SR

2:00 PM

24 Oct

Words of the Wild: Changing Seasons

National Museum of Scotland, Chambers Street, Edinburgh, EH1 1JF

3:00 PM

24 Oct

Turkish Tales

Scottish Storytelling Centre, 43-45 High Street, Edinburgh, EH1 1SR

5:00 PM

24 Oct

A Garment for the Moon

Scottish Storytelling Centre, 43-45 High Street, Edinburgh, EH1 1SR

6:30 PM

24 Oct

The Bird of Truth

Scottish Storytelling Centre, 43-45 High Street, Edinburgh, EH1 1SR

8:30 PM

25 Oct

Oh Those Inspiring Cows!

Scottish Storytelling Centre, 43-45 High Street, Edinburgh, EH1 1SR

10:30 AM

25 Oct

Morning Circle

Scottish Storytelling Centre, 43-45 High Street, Edinburgh, EH1 1SR

11:00 AM

25 Oct

Rewilding Scotland’s Epics: The Columba Cycle

Scottish Storytelling Centre, 43-45 High Street, Edinburgh, EH1 1SR

12:30 PM

25 Oct

Rewilding Scotland’s Epics: The Columba Cycle

Scottish Storytelling Centre, 43-45 High Street, Edinburgh, EH1 1SR

2:00 PM

25 Oct

Give Me a Piece of Land and a Good Cow

Scottish Storytelling Centre, 43-45 High Street, Edinburgh, EH1 1SR

4:30 PM

25 Oct

The Conference of The Birds: A Story For Us

Scottish Storytelling Centre, 43-45 High Street, Edinburgh, EH1 1SR

6:30 PM

25 Oct

Deiseil: Dancing in Time

Scottish Storytelling Centre, 43-45 High Street, Edinburgh, EH1 1SR

8:00 PM

26 Oct

Bulgarian Folk Tales

Scottish Storytelling Centre, 43-45 High Street, Edinburgh, EH1 1SR

2:00 PM

26 Oct

The State of Water

Scottish Storytelling Centre, 43-45 High Street, Edinburgh, EH1 1SR

5:00 PM

26 Oct

Stanley’s Beasts an Birds: Tales an Sangs fae the Fireside

Scottish Storytelling Centre, 43-45 High Street, Edinburgh, EH1 1SR

6:30 PM

26 Oct

Psyche and Eros

Scottish Storytelling Centre, 43-45 High Street, Edinburgh, EH1 1SR

8:30 PM

27 Oct

Psyche and Eros - Exploring the Story

Scottish Storytelling Centre, 43-45 High Street, Edinburgh, EH1 1SR

10:30 AM

27 Oct

Morning Circle

Scottish Storytelling Centre, 43-45 High Street, Edinburgh, EH1 1SR

11:00 AM

27 Oct

BSL Stories of Birds and Beasts

Scottish Storytelling Centre, 43-45 High Street, Edinburgh, EH1 1SR

5:00 PM

27 Oct

The Antler and the Wing

Scottish Storytelling Centre, 43-45 High Street, Edinburgh, EH1 1SR

6:30 PM

27 Oct

Open Hearth

Scottish Storytelling Centre, 43-45 High Street, Edinburgh, EH1 1SR

8:00 PM

28 Oct

Slìghe nan Eun | The Way of the Birds

National Library of Scotland, George IV Bridge, Edinburgh, EH1 1EW

11:00 AM

28 Oct

Morning Circle

Scottish Storytelling Centre, 43-45 High Street, Edinburgh, EH1 1SR

11:00 AM

28 Oct

An Audience with Dog and Jean (The Man Who Planted Trees)

Scottish Storytelling Centre, 43-45 High Street, Edinburgh, EH1 1SR

2:00 PM

28 Oct

Rewilding Scotland’s Epics: The Ossian Cycle

Scottish Storytelling Centre, 43-45 High Street, Edinburgh, EH1 1SR

5:00 PM

28 Oct

Rewilding Scotland’s Epics: The Ossian Cycle

Scottish Storytelling Centre, 43-45 High Street, Edinburgh, EH1 1SR

6:45 PM

28 Oct

Rewilding Scotland’s Epics: The Ossian Cycle

Scottish Storytelling Centre, 43-45 High Street, Edinburgh, EH1 1SR

8:30 PM

29 Oct

Games and Songs, Birds and Beasts

Scottish Storytelling Centre, 43-45 High Street, Edinburgh, EH1 1SR

10:30 AM

29 Oct

Morning Circle

Scottish Storytelling Centre, 43-45 High Street, Edinburgh, EH1 1SR

11:00 AM

29 Oct

Deaf Storytelling in Scotland

Scottish Storytelling Centre, 43-45 High Street, Edinburgh, EH1 1SR

2:00 PM

29 Oct

Caoidh na Gaoitheig | A Resounding Voice (Alan Bruford Lecture)

Scottish Storytelling Centre, 43-45 High Street, Edinburgh, EH1 1SR

5:00 PM

29 Oct

Dedalus and Icarus

Scottish Storytelling Centre, 43-45 High Street, Edinburgh, EH1 1SR

7:00 PM

29 Oct

Sheep Stanes

Scottish Storytelling Centre, 43-45 High Street, Edinburgh, EH1 1SR

8:30 PM

30 Oct

An Introduction to Commedia dell’Arte

Scottish Storytelling Centre, 43-45 High Street, Edinburgh, EH1 1SR

10:30 AM

30 Oct

Morning Circle

Scottish Storytelling Centre, 43-45 High Street, Edinburgh, EH1 1SR

11:00 AM

30 Oct

Sruth nan Gàidheal: The Carrying Stream of Gaelic Nova Scotia

Scottish Storytelling Centre, 43-45 High Street, Edinburgh, EH1 1SR

2:00 PM

30 Oct

Wild and Free?

Scottish Storytelling Centre, 43-45 High Street, Edinburgh, EH1 1SR

5:00 PM

30 Oct

Nuair a Bha Gàidhlig aig na h-Eòin | When the Birds Spoke Gaelic

Scottish Storytelling Centre, 43-45 High Street, Edinburgh, EH1 1SR

6:45 PM

30 Oct

Guid Crack Storytelling Session

The Waverley Bar, 3-5 St Mary’s Street, Edinburgh, EH1 1TA

7:30 PM

30 Oct

Gira - Songs for the Orishas

Scottish Storytelling Centre, 43-45 High Street, Edinburgh, EH1 1SR

8:30 PM

31 Oct

Samhuinn Celebration with Morvern Graham

Scottish Storytelling Centre, 43-45 High Street, Edinburgh, EH1 1SR

10:30 AM

31 Oct

Under Your Skin: An Embodied Approach to Scary Stories

Scottish Storytelling Centre, 43-45 High Street, Edinburgh, EH1 1SR

10:30 AM

31 Oct

Closing Circle

Scottish Storytelling Centre, 43-45 High Street, Edinburgh, EH1 1SR

1:00 PM

31 Oct

Masquerade Mask

Scottish Storytelling Centre, 43-45 High Street, Edinburgh, EH1 1SR

4:00 PM

31 Oct

Battle of the Birds: A Darker Tale

Scottish Storytelling Centre, 43-45 High Street, Edinburgh, EH1 1SR

6:00 PM

31 Oct

Of Stars, Bears and the Beginning of Time

Cornerstone St John’s, Lothian Road Entrance, Edinburgh, EH2 4BJ

7:00 PM

31 Oct

Open Hearth

Scottish Storytelling Centre, 43-45 High Street, Edinburgh, EH1 1SR

8:00 PM

31 Oct

Celtic Beasts and Where to Find Them

Cornerstone St John’s, Lothian Road Entrance, Edinburgh, EH2 4BJ

8:30 PM