Storytellers' Getaway

5 summer days of storytelling workshops, skills shares, walks, games, creating, making, writing, dreaming and exploring.

~ For anyone who feels inspired by storytelling: whether you have been telling tales for years, or are yet to share your first story 

The Storytellers' Getaway: A creative summer holiday for your imagination

Mon 10 - Fri 14 August 2026

Rock Meadow, Herefordshire

Organised by Hannah Moore and storyteller/facilitator Marcus Pibworth

PRICES:

£400 (including camping and food) - Early Bird: available until 30 June

£500 - Standard

£550 - Supporter

£450 - Low income

Additional luxury accommodation options available 

At the stunning Rock Meadow retreat in Herefordshire, the Storytellers' Getaway is a playful, sumptuous week of story magic for anyone who loves storytelling - whether you've been telling for years, or are just at the beginning of exploring what it could mean to share stories yourself. This will be a week of playing in the waters of story magic and imagination, with other story lovers, story makers, storytellers and story adventurers.

~ Come to enjoy the stunning meadows, woods, gardens and river.

~ Come to spend time with others who love the creativity of storytelling.

~ Come to nourish your imagination  and transport yourself into the story realms for a few precious days this summer

~ Come to play, experiment, discover and deepen your practice with story 

> this week is designed to meet you wherever you are at, and to support your storytelling to flourish with fresh blooms, whether you are highly experienced and would like held space to focus on your craft, or are just at the beginning of your story-journey and looking for a welcoming community to encourage your first explorations.

What To Expect: 

• Sessions to explore and hone your storytelling skills, craft tales and develop your practice as a storyteller

• Workshops to write, reflect and create, inspired by the wisdom and provocation in traditional tales

• Imagination games, exercises and making activities 

• Fireside storytelling

• Beautiful walks

• Nourishing shared meals

• A community of storytellers

• Nature connection

• Time to reflect

• Confidence to go into the world and share stories

What does the ticket include:

• The week-long holiday with all workshops and activities

• Camping and facilities

• Food throughout the week

Additional accommodation options:

If you’d like to bring your own tent then you can do that at no extra cost. 

Alternatively, we have various options to suit different budgets - please select when booking:

~ Space in a shared bell tent: £30 per night (max. 3 people per tent) Please bring your own sleeping matt and bedding. 

~ The Garden Room: a cosy double room with its own private entrance looking out into the garden - £200

~ The Bow-Top Roma Caravan: a traditional travellers caravan with a small double bed. £200

~ The Writers Cabin: a wooden cabin with a small double bed, writing desk and its own secluded secret garden £200

(Check out pictures of the Garden Room, Caravan and Cabin on the Rock Meadow website)

Location:

Rock Meadow, Newton St Margarets, Hereford, HR2 0QW

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Facilitators:

Marcus Pibworth - is a storyteller based in the foothills of the Black Mountains in rural Herefordshire. He tells folktales, myths and wondertales that speak to timeless truths, the challenges of our times and the magic of being human. He has honed his craft under the guidance of many experienced mentors including Jan Blake, Daniel Morden, the School of Storytelling and many more. Marcus has performed across the UK and internationally, including at the Oxford Storytelling Festival and Buddhafield Festival; he is the founder of the Grey Wolf Story Cafe; and he runs applied storytelling workshops, including the Mythic Fathers Dads Circle, Rewilding the Story and many more from his storytelling yurt in Rock Meadow.

Hannah Moore - is a storyteller, facilitator, theatre-maker and restorative justice practitioner whose work centres on connection, creativity and wellbeing. Trained by the School of Storytelling on their flagship programme Storytelling Beyond Words, she has since taught, performed and facilitated with the organisation while bringing her storytelling practice into a wide range of creative and community contexts. With a background in theatre-making and event production, she specialises in creative workshops and social dance experiences that foster participation, connection and joy. Alongside this, her work as a restorative justice practitioner and mediator focuses on creating safe spaces for meaningful exploration, supporting restoration of connection, resilience, hope, emotional capacity and collective wellbeing.

Contact hannahmoorestoryteller@gmail.com with any enquiries.

Bookings close at the end of July.