The Gab

Category: Gab Presents

  • Daniel Morden Storytelling workshop & performance

    Performance – Friday 10 April 8pm
    https://www.eventbrite.ie/e/the-gab-presents-daniel-morden-tickets-1984116863951

    Workshop – Saturday 11 & Sunday 12 April 10am – 4pm (includes performance)
    https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/storytelling-workshop-with-daniel-morden-tickets-1984118540967

    Storytelling Performance – Friday 10 April 8pm
    For over three decades, Daniel Morden has been transporting audiences around the globe through the ancient art of storytelling. Whether navigating a timeless Greek myth or thrilling adventure, Daniel commands the stage with rare, magnetic intensity. Witness a true master of the craft at work and join us for an evening of laughter, wonder and storytelling at its best.

    Music on the night will be from Gab regulars mezzosoprano Gráinne Stafford, piper Stevie O’Brien and fiddler Fanny Leenhardt. Hailing from Kells, Co. Meath, Stevie O’Brien, has been playing the uilleann pipes and various whistles since he was a youngster. Gráinne Stafford from Enniscorthy in Wexford has performed with Opera Ireland, the National Chamber Choir, East Cork Choral Society and Cork Operatic Society. Fanny Leenhardt was born in the South East of France. She is passionate about traditional Irish music (and bread!) and is an exceptional fiddle player. All three now live in Cork, this special Gab event brings them together for the first time.

    STORYTELLING WORKSHOP – Day 1 – Saturday 11 April
    Step into the timeless world of traditional storytelling in this storytelling workshop. Designed for those with little or no prior experience with folk tales, the session introduces the art of telling traditional stories drawn from folklore, myth and oral traditions. Participants will explore how stories are shaped, remembered, and shared aloud.

    You’ll learn techniques for choosing a story, defining its structure, and telling it in your own natural voice—without scripts or pressure to perform. The emphasis is on confidence, enjoyment, and connection rather than perfection. By the end of the workshop, you’ll have developed your own storytelling style and gained practical tools to continue telling stories in everyday and community settings. Participants should bring along a traditional story to work with. (The Gab will help you find one if needs be)

    STORYTELLING WORKSHOP – Day 2 – Sunday 12 April
    Building on day one, Daniel continues with the traditional tale. Myths, legends and folktales are sometimes enthralling, but all too often they can be confusing or even offensive. Daniel will explain strategies that he has developed to adapt old stories so that they are relevant to contemporary audiences.

    Performance
    https://www.eventbrite.ie/e/the-gab-presents-daniel-morden-tickets-1984116863951

    Workshop & performance
    https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/storytelling-workshop-with-daniel-morden-tickets-1984118540967

  • Storytelling at Coughlan’s and more dates

    The Gab Presents in Coughlan’s, Douglas St.
    Friday 6 February 2026 8:00 pm

    Tickets: €24.50 including booking & venue fees

    https://tickets.peoplesrepublicofcork.com/11191185/The-Gab-Presents:-Storytelling/Fri-06-Feb-2026

    With one sold out night in January, we’re delighted to return to Coughlan’s in February, see https://www.coughlans.ie/whats-on/the-gab-presents-storytelling-11191185 for full details

    Other upcoming Gab dates:

    February Sketchbook: Tuesday 3 November 8.30pm Blarney Castle Hotel

    Regular Sketchbook in Blarney where we take a deep dive into stories and telling. Please RSVP if you want to tell a story, take a role or attend and dont forget €5 

    February Mixtape: Tuesday 17 February 8.30pm Callanan’s George’s Quay

    Doors open at 8pm, storytelling starts at 8.30pm. 

    SAVE THE DATE! 

    April Workshop with Daniel Morden: Friday 10 – Sunday 12 April in Church of the Resurrection Blarney

    We are delighted to be bringing one of the best storytellers in the English speaking world to Blarney in April. Daniel Morden has been a professional teller of traditional tales since 1989. On the evening of Friday 10 April, Daniel will lead a storytelling performance in the COI Blarney. Followed by a 2 day workshop on Saturday 11 and Sunday 12 April in the same location. See https://danielmorden.org/ 

    More info coming soon. Please email thegabstorytelling@gmail.com to reserve a space 

  • Great article about Pat Speight and the Gab in today’s Echo

    Thanks to Pat Speight and Aisling Meath for this excellent article about Pat, storytelling in Cork, the Gab and his gig with us in Coughlans next week with photos by Max Bell. Only a handful of tickets left https://tickets.peoplesrepublicofcork.com/11182963/The-Gab-Presents-Pat-Speight/Thu-09-Oct-2025 get one before they’re gone

  • The Gab presents Pat Speight – 9th Oct in Coughlans

    Tickets €24.20 (including booking and venue fee) https://tickets.peoplesrepublicofcork.com/11182963/The-Gab-Presents-Pat-Speight/Thu-09-Oct-2025

    Pat Speight is a master storyteller, known affectionately as “Pat the Hat”. Bringing the Irish and international tradition of storytelling to life, Pat draws on an extensive catalogue of folktales, myths and legends. Known for his quick wit and mischievousness, Pat’s unique storytelling style has delighted audiences at home and abroad for many years.Pat will be supported by Paul O’Sullivan and Colm Ryan who have both been attentively honing their storytelling skills at the Gab in recent years.

    Music on the night will be from Trip the Light, Caroline Sweeney and Wayne McSweeney, a guitar-playing, singing duo from East Cork, covering favourites from the 1960s to present day as well as their own original material.

  • Storytelling performance with Clare Murphy – Sun 23 March – Blarney

    SOLD OUT

    Recent article about Clare Murphy in the Irish Examiner https://www.irishexaminer.com/news/spotlight/arid-41574286.html

    Both the workshop and performance with Clare Murphy are now sold out

    Telling stories since 2006 on stages all over the world, including the Globe Theatre London, Open Eye Theatre Minneapolis, and Fabula Festival Sweden, Clare brings the ancient art of storytelling to contemporary audiences including a recent appearance on the Blindboy Podcast https://shows.acast.com/blindboy/episodes/the-art-of-storytelling

    On the Art of Storytelling podcast, Blindboy said “one of my favourite guests I’ve ever spoken to on my podcast, a professional storyteller, deeply knowledgeable and passionate about storytelling as an art-form and an astounding storyteller”.

    Clare’s work ranges from myth to quantum physics and folklore. She performed for President Mary Robinson, NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory and the writers at the Royal Shakespeare Company. Her festival appearances include Cape Clear Festival Ireland, Beyond the Border Wales, National Storytelling Festival Jonesborough USA, 10 Days in Dublin and many others.

    “masterly storytelling  – all delivered at a pace which meant there was never a dull moment.” Culture Whisper

    “Clare Muireann Murphy’s beautiful lilting Irish voice was in stark contrast to the darkly humorous stories she told us, and her first-rate comic physicality only served to enhance her storytelling.” Everything Theatre

  • Storyteller Clare Murphy – workshop & performance

    We are very excited to be brining Clare Murphy to Blarney in March 2025 for a workshop and performance. You can register here in advance https://forms.gle/CD9XPRTr54yZCSh7A

    Workshop | Saturday 22 March 2025 | 9am – 4pm

    Performance | Sunday 23 March 2025 | 8pm

    Venue: Church of the Resurrection Blarney

    Telling stories since 2006 on stages all over the world, including the Globe Theatre London, Open Eye Theatre Minneapolis, and Fabula Festival Sweden, Clare brings the ancient art of storytelling to contemporary audiences including a recent appearance on the Blindboy Podcast https://shows.acast.com/blindboy/episodes/the-art-of-storytelling

    On the Art of Storytelling podcast, Blindboy said “one of my favourite guests I’ve ever spoken to on my podcast, a professional storyteller, deeply knowledgeable and passionate about storytelling as an art-form and an astounding storyteller”.

    Clare’s work ranges from myth to quantum physics and folklore. She performed for President Mary Robinson, NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory and the writers at the Royal Shakespeare Company. Her festival appearances include Cape Clear Festival Ireland, Beyond the Border Wales, National Storytelling Festival Jonesborough USA, 10 Days in Dublin and many others.

    “masterly storytelling  – all delivered at a pace which meant there was never a dull moment.” Culture Whisper

    “Clare Muireann Murphy’s beautiful lilting Irish voice was in stark contrast to the darkly humorous stories she told us, and her first-rate comic physicality only served to enhance her storytelling.” Everything Theatre

  • SOLD OUT – The Gab presents storytelling with Diarmuid O Drisceoil featuring Deirdre O’Mahony and music From Trip The Light

    An evening of STORYTELLING for GROWN-UPS

    Doors 7.30pm, storytelling starts at 8pm.

    Diarmuid O Drisceoil has been telling stories for as long as he can remember! He draws his material from the Irish and European folk traditions, as well as from his own life experience. His stories feature everything from mad kings, vomiting priests and inept blacksmiths, to Johnny Cash and a host of picaresque characters, all told with great energy and humour.

    Deirdre O’Mahony is a founding member of the Gab Storytelling. Always the first to start the sing-song, she has been developing as a storyteller with the Gab in recent years. The traditional folk tale has been fertile ground for Deirdre to hone her telling skills and she loves to bring magical worlds to life through stories.

    Trip the Light – Caroline Sweeney and Wayne McSweeney are a guitar-playing, singing duo from East Cork, covering favourites from the 1960s to present day as well as their own original material.