Scottish
Storytelling
Centre
Heart to Heart
A Home for
Scotland's Culture
What's Your Story?
News
Autumn workshop opportunities at the Storytelling Centre https://t.co/5E41r79JK6 https://t.co/42hHfdAKAf
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Welcome to the Home of Scotland's Stories
Welcome to the home of Scotland's stories
A vibrant arts venue located on Edinburgh's Royal Mile showcasing Scotland's Culture. We have live storytelling, theatre, music, exhibitions, family events and workshops happening all year round. Visit us to discover Scotland’s rich story heritage, find our dragon’s nest, enjoy our storywall or simply relax in our venue and soak in the atmosphere.
Let’s start a new story together.
'Everything about this space is great, its clean, warm, welcoming and with lots of information and helpful staff.'
(TripAdvisor Review)
Mailing Lists Support Us Jul-Sep Programme
'a place dedicated to the fine art of telling stories. And it is fabulous.'
(Edd McCracken, Book Riot)
John Knox House
Transport yourself back to one of the most turbulent times in Scottish history which forced Mary Queen of Scots to abdicate the throne.
The Venue
Contemporary design meets medieval architecture. Explore the nooks and crannies of our building and discover some hidden gems along the way. We’re also a unique venue to host your event.
Scottish Storytelling Centre Event
MEN WITH COCONUTS & FRIENDS
Sat 23 Sep
Men With Coconuts are one of the UK's leading improvisational comedy troupes. The award-winning, Edinburgh-based collective improvise stories, sketches and songs, culminating in a showstopping…
Scottish Storytelling Centre Event
DOORS OPEN DAY: JOHN KNOX HOUSE
Sat 23 Sep
Dating back to 1470, John Knox House is one of Scotland's greatest cultural treasures, associated with the most dramatic events in Scotland's turbulent history. Located in The Netherbow, the h…
Scottish Storytelling Centre Event
W-HAT ABOUT
Sat 30 Sep
A brand new, children's dance theatre piece by the enchanting Fuora Dance Project, celebrating grandparents who help us to grow up and teach us to be brave when life is difficult. An interacti…
Scottish Storytelling Centre Workshop
SCOTTISH DANCE WORKSHOP
Sat 23 Sep
It was not all doom and gloom after Culloden. Find out how Scots found fun on the dance floor in Enlightenment Edinburgh. This workshop will cover the period 1745 to the mid-1800s and explore …
Scottish Storytelling Centre Workshop
STORY-GUIDING
Sat 23 Sep
Story-Guiding is where tourism, interpretation and story meet. Explore key skills for bringing people and places to life, and enhance your guiding and storytelling technique in easy-to-apply w…
Scottish Storytelling Centre Workshop
STORYTELLING IN THE LANGUAGE CLASSROOM 1
Fri 22 Sep
A two-part workshop, for language teachers wanting to use storytelling in the classroom. Whether it's traditional folktales, myths and legends, or anecdotes, jokes and spontaneous stories, the…
Festivals
Explore, uncover and immerse yourself in traditional arts with TradFest and the Scottish International Storytelling Festival, coordinated by TRACS.
Storytelling
'The story is told eye to eye, mind to mind, heart to heart.' - Scottish Proverb
Traditional Music
'Music with all kinds of beauty, expressiveness, meaning, and, above all, potential.' John McGrath
Traditional Dance
Vigorous, light, joyous, stomping, elevating, vibrant, wild, precise. Scotland is alive with traditional dance.
Scottish International Storytelling Festival
Celebrate the creative connections between live narrative and place in a 10-day feast of storytelling and culture.
Language: English | Gaelic | Scots