Storytelling events in the Earthouse

The Earthouse at Cranborne is a magical venue for stories and music. You will be transported by some of the best storytellers and musicians in the land.

A storytelling or musical event at the Ancient Technology Centre will take you back to a time when people gathered in round wooden buildings, around a fire. There are no signs of modern technology as only firelight and oil lamps light the Earthouse. All you will see are wooden walls and rafters, a chalk floor, firelight and the stars through the skylight.

Our next event:

Saturday 18th September at 7:30pm: 'The Liberty Tree' storytelling with Hugh Lupton and Nick Hennessey

For more than 600 years the stories of Robin Hood have held sway in the English imagination. With Little John, Will Scarlet, Much the Miller's Son, Friar Tuck and the rest of the Merry Fellowship he inhabits a leafy clearing in our hearts where it's always high summer, where venison is always roasting and the wrongs and injustices of the world are mended by subversion and trickery. In The Liberty Tree Hugh Lupton and Nick Hennessey sing and tell their way deep into the secret, dappled, winding ways of Sherwood.... and at the same time tell true stories of the ancient tradition of English Dissent.
Tickets: £10 for adults; £5 for 16 and under - suitable for children 12 years and up. "They have spearheaded the revival of storytelling in this country, helping to transform it from a moribund anachronism to a vigorous and contemporary form of entertainment." The Independent.

For ticket availability and to make a booking, please contact East Dorset Heritage Trust (EDHT) on 01202 888992. You can book tickets over the phone with a credit/debit card (a surcharge is payable on card transactions) and then the tickets will be e-mailed to you. Alternatively please book your tickets over the phone then make cheques payable to ATC Friends Account and send with a stamped addressed envelope to:

EDHT, Allendale House, Hanham Road, Wimborne Minster, Dorset, BH21 1AS.

If you reserve tickets then discover you can no longer come, please let EDHT know so someone else can buy the tickets

Unfortunately we are unable to provide refunds for unused tickets.

If you would like to be added to the email mailing list for events, please contact Marnie Shaw.

Some comments about events at the Earthouse:

"It wasn't a story it was pure magic."
"The setting was magnificent."
"It was spellbinding – an evening I shall remember with huge pleasure. I didn't want it to end. I arrived rather sceptical, departed converted."
"A marvellous experience in an amazing building!"
"I love this place! What a wonderful combination – an excellent storytelling in a building which inspires, refreshes and transports me into a timeless space."