tell your story festival 2025
OUR IMPACT
​Across the week-long festival, we staged 7 performances over 7 days with audiences of 160 people and collaborated with 12 artists and theatre practitioners and 2 technicians. We hosted 116 attendees for 58 hours of workshops, including stand up comedy, poetry, zine making, lantern making, theatre workshops and special effects make up and connected with 302 participants for drop-in arts sessions.
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​Thank you to everyone who joined us for our Tell Your Story Festival 2025!
Celebrating Young
Creatives in Banbury
​Join us for our biannual Tell Your Story Festival in the heart of Banbury! This vibrant event is a platform for young artists and performers to explore their talents, share their stories, and learn new skills. ​Through performances, workshops, and interactive experiences, the festival brings Banbury's community together to celebrate and build on the creativity of our local youth.​​​​ Let’s celebrate the stories, talent, and imagination of local young people through this years theme of Made In Banbury!
GET INVOLVED
Throughout the 7 day festival we will be holding an event a day, mostly at our Festival Hub in Castle Quay (next door to Costa), unless otherwise stated. Come and see young artists work at our Festival Gallery, and create your own at our drop-in arts activities! The workshops below are open to local young people and are free of charge, and they will be led by our amazing freelance artists. If you would like to join in on the fun, we encourage you to fill out this form to let us know which events you will be attending, as some have limited spaces.
10am - 6pm
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11am - 7pm
10am - 6pm
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12pm
3pm
10am - 6pm
2pm - 4pm
2pm - 5pm
The events
Saturday 25th October
Monday 27th October
Tuesday 28th October
Wednesday 29th October
Thursday 30th October
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Friday 31st October
Saturday 1st November
Improvisation & Comedy Workshop (sharing of work @ Lock 29 Event Space, 5pm - 6pm) with Ian Macdonald & Michael Deacon
Visual Storytelling & Zine Making with Tom Cross
Poetry & Spoken Word Writing (sharing of work @ The Mill Arts Centre, 6pm - 7pm) with Maya Little and Aoife Mannix
Devising & In-Progress Sharings with Tristan Jackson-Pate
Special Effects Make-Up & Spooky Stories Theatre Workshop with Marie Hughes and Diana Christie
​The Hill Choir Performance (@ Castle Quay)
The Creative Club Performance
Spooky Stories Theatre Workshop (sharing of work, 4:30pm - 5:30pm) with Diana Christie
The Monday Nighters present Young Theatre Makers new writing (sharing of work, 3pm - 4pm)
Family Lantern-Making & Storytelling Session (@ Bridge Street Community Garden) with Sophie Beckinsale & Tila Rodriguez
