The Little Festival Of Everything packs in almost 100 events over three days at the beautiful Fauconberg Arms pub in Coxwold. We have found the best people from near and far to come and set up shop in the pub. We have storytellers, theatre makers, poets, musicians, writers, cabaret artists, performers and some who fit in between them all.

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There is loads for families, more for children. There are things for the adventurous, for the daring, for the quiet and for the inquisitive. There are things that will surprise you, move you, challenge you and excite you but everything will welcome you with open arms.

The whole thing is being streamed live across the weekend by Pilot Theatre, so the world can watch too. This is more than just a rural festival, this is one of the best arts parties of the year with some of the best artists in the country coming to make work, try ideas and play.

The Fauconberg Arms is creating a special menu of food and drinks to offer over the weekend, so that you and can eat and enjoy the festival however you please. There’re no meal times, no off limits areas for drinks. We want you to be comfortable.

We want you to come and share all this with us. And we have made it as easy as possible. Every single event is 100% free. There are no hidden costs on the door. Nothing. It’s just free. Simple as that. Because we want you to come back again and again over the weekend. We want you to spend time with us and tell us what you think. Loads of the artists are testing out work, and we want everyone to have conversations, for everyone to engage together. The festival is about everyone, and we want everyone to sit and chat and eat and drink and share together.

So here’s how it works. Some events are ticketed, they are still free, but you have to put your name down. So if there is something you like the sound of then give us a ring and reserve your place. Other events are unreserved, so you can just turn up and join in. Once you are here you can buy whatever food and drink you like, anytime. There are no table reservations or meal times, just food when and where you want it.

What we’re going to do is put buckets out, operate a kind of ‘pay what you think’ system for all the events. So if you spend the morning with us and have had a good time, you might pop some change is a bucket. If you see a show and don’t like it, then you don’t need to give anything. There’s zero pressure, we just know that sometimes people like to show their appreciation.

So that’s that. Please do get in touch if you want to know more, if you fancy getting involved or if you want to sponsor us.

We very much look forward to welcoming you to the very first Little Festival Of Everything.

FRIDAY – A LITTLE OVERVIEW

A very big party to kick the whole Little Festival off. There will be strolling storytellers, a magician, some funny things and some surprising things. There will be plenty of secrets and lots of exploring. We will be overflowing with music and filled up with dancing. A wonderful evening of fun and frolics for everyone & anyone.

SATURDAY – A LITTLE OVERVIEW

With the morning filled with family theatre and storytelling from around the country, The Fauconberg Arms is a great place to start the weekend for families, culminating in a big Story Hunt.

The Afternoon is about playing and joining with a Ceilidh, Street Dance Workshop and Poetry Workshop & reading. There is more story telling and some more intimate pieces of theatre too. We also start our more surprising experiences here…you’ll need to explore.

And as we move in to the evening the intimate theatre continues as does the secret theatre. We get loads of local music and York Theatre Royal offer up a Shandy Bingo (you’ll have to come to see what that is). There’s some award winning cabaret as we get later, louder and rowdier before we have a damn good Knees Up with The Jim Jams to finish the night off.

SUNDAY – A LITTLE OVERVIEW

Sunday Morning is our Little Market Of Everything where the rules of trading are rewritten and anything can be traded for anything. Come armed with objects, stories, secrets and perhaps some money (just in case) and see what you can get for them all. And we still have all the family theatre and storytelling going strong for a busy winter morning.

On Sunday Afternoon it’s about being together. There’s a sing around of folk music, there’s ‘Sunday Lunch’ with rolling and strolling entertainment for the whole family. There’s even a stage combat workshop to join in with. There’s lots to share and take part in from hearing plays read for the first time, to making plays together or creating stories.

Sunday Night we have more music from pop to folk and probably some things in between. We continue the intimate encounters and we have some more surprises up our sleeve too. All through Sunday, Belt Up Theatre are installing themselves in a very small space for Dinner With Dr Higgs.

And how else could we finish off a festival other than having a jolly good sing song. Perfect. 

FRIDAY – THE BIG OPENING from 6pm
Everyone
A Big Party
Everywhere

Friday night is one big rolling party filled with music, magic, stories, sketches, characters and surprises. From 6pm you’ll entertained by Whitebone Productions, Rash Dash, Bush & McCluskey, Henry Raby, Wonder Phil and rounding it all off with Holey Moley & The Crackers. What better way to start the weekend?

SATURDAY – THE BIG EVENTS

2pm (1hr)
Everyone
An Adventure
Storyhunt

SATURDAY – THE LITTLE LONGHOUSE

11am (45mins)
The Flanagan Collective – Family Theatre (Ticketed)
William

12pm (45mins)
The Flanagan Collective – Family Theatre (Ticketed)
Polly

2pm (60mins)
Snickleways Theatre – Family Adventure
Storyhunt

3pm (1hr)
Dara Decogan – Music/Dancing
A Celeidh

4:30pm (1hr)
Dance – Workshop/Dancing (Ticketed)
Street Dance Workshop

6pm (1hr)
Article 27 Theatre Company – New Theatre Writing (Ticketed)
A Frail and Fragile Thing

8:00pm
Rash Dash Theatre
The Ugly Sisters

9pm (1hr)
Damsel Sophie – Cabaret (Ticketed)
Hot

10pm (1hr30)
J Harbourne and The Jim Jams
Music

SATURDAY – THE LITTLE TRAVELLER

11:30am (50mins)
Snickleways Theatre – Family Theatre
Storytelling Workshop

1pm (40mins)
Family Theatre
A Subjective Quiz

2pm (60mins)
Snickleways Theatre – Family Adventure
Storyhunt

4pm (45 mins)
Tucked In Productions – Family Theatre (Ticketed)
The Golden Cowpat

5pm (1hr)
The Flanagan Collective – Theatre (Ticketed)
Beulah

7pm (45mins)
David McCaffrey
Music

8pm (45 mins)
Sophie Mac
Music

SATURDAY – THE LITTLE WINTERHOUSE

11am (45mins)
Whitebone Productions – Family Theatre (Ticketed)
A Whitebone Story

1pm (30mins)
The Flanagan Collective – Theatre (Ticketed)
The Fastest Train To Anywhere

2pm (60mins)
Snickleways Theatre – Family Adventure
Storyhunt

3pm (50mins)
The Flanagan Collective – Family Theatre (Ticketed)
William

5pm (45 mins)
Hannah Davies - Theatre (Ticketed)
Within This Landscape

6pm (30mins)
The Flanagan Collective – Theatre (Ticketed)
The Fastest Train To Anywhere

7pm (30mins)
Hannah Nicklin – Theatre (Ticketed)
A Conversation With My Father

7:30pm (30mins)
Hannah Nicklin – Theatre (Ticketed)
A Conversation With My Father

8:00pm (30mins)
Hannah Nicklin – Theatre (Ticketed)
A Conversation With My Father

8:30pm (30mins)
Hannah Nicklin – Theatre (Ticketed)
A Conversation With My Father

9pm (45mins)
Tucked In Productions – Theatre (Ticketed)
The Epic And Wonderful Tale Of The Pink Gorilla

SATURDAY – LITTLE BACK BAR

1pm (1hr)
Helen Cadbury - Workshop/Poetry (Ticketed)
Eat My Words

4pm (1hr)
Helen Cadbury & Joanna Ezekiel – Poetry Reading\
Open Mic Poetry Readings

SATURDAY – THE LITTLE SECRETS

From 4pm
Shady Jane – Installation
Sailing On

From 7pm
Six Lips (Ticketed)
Speed Dating

From 8pm
Shady Jane – Installation
Sailing On

SUNDAY – THE BIG EVENTS

10:30am (2hr 30min)
Everyone
Adventure Trade
The Little Market Of Everything

SUNDAY – THE LITTLE LONGHOUSE

1pm (2hrs)
Liam Evans Ford – Workshop/StageCombat (Ticketed)
Stage Combat Workshop

3:15 (30mins)
Gemma Allred – Theatre (Ticketed)
Left Luggage

4pm (1hr)
The Flanagan Collective – Theatre (Ticketed)
Beulah

5:15pm (45mins)
Hunting Bears (Ticketed)
Music

6:30pm (30mins)
Rash Dash Theatre – Cabaret
The Ugly Sisters

8pm onwards
Alun Nixon – Music
A Blooming Big Folk Night

SUNDAY – THE LITTLE TRAVELLER

11am (45mins)
Tucked In Productions – Family Theatre (Ticketed)
The Golden Cowpat

12pm (45mins)
The Flanagan Collective – Family Theatre (Ticketed)
Polly

1pm (45mins)
Family Theatre
Party Games

3pm (90mins)
Forward Theatre Project – Play Reading (Ticketed)
The Life Of Stancliffe Riley

5pm (1hr)
York Theatre Royal – Interactive Theatre (Ticketed)
Shandy Bingo

6pm (30mins)
Hannah Nicklin – Theatre (Ticketed)
A Conversation With My Father

6:30pm (30mins)
Hannah Nicklin – Theatre (Ticketed)
A Conversation With My Father

8pm (45 mins)
Hannah Davies – Theatre (Ticketed)
Within This Landscape

SUNDAY – THE LITTLE WINTERHOUSE

Every 45 minutes for 30mins
Belt Up Theatre – Theatre (Ticketed)
Dinner With Dr Higgs

SUNDAY – THE LITTLE FRONT BAR

10:30am (2hr30min)
Everyone
Adventure Trade
The Little Market Of Everything

1pm (60mins)
Jonny Greenwood, Classical Guitar
Music

3pm-ish
A Surprise…

In addition, throughout the day, some unread work from Chris Thorpe will be told/read/sneaked or otherwise communicated throughout the day.

SUNDAY – THE LITTE BACK BAR

1:45pm (90mins)
Alun Nixon – Music
Sing Around

3:30pm (30mins)
ShadyJane Theatre (Ticketed)
A Few Minutes With A Mitford

5pm (30mins)
ShadyJane Theatre (Ticketed)
A Few Minutes With A Mitford

6pm (1hr)
Henry Raby – Theatre
Letter To The Man (From The Boy)

7:30pm (1hr)
Alan & The Bennetts – Music
Music

SUNDAY – THE LITTLE SECRET

11am
Six Lips
A Parking Meter

4pm (30 mins)
Six Lips – Theatre (Ticketed)
Hands Off

4:30pm (30 mins)
Six Lips – Theatre (Ticketed)
Hands Off

5pm (30 mins)
Six Lips – Theatre (Ticketed)
Hands Off

5:30pm (30 mins)
Six Lips – Theatre (Ticketed)
Hands Off

We will also have a programme of short films being screened in a very special, unique boutique cinema from the Aesthetica Short Film Festival…a full programme will be up in the Fauconberg Arms and online during the festival. Films will start from7pm.

Your Master Of Ceremonies for the weekend shall be none other than the legendary Old Peculier.

All the events are free, but some have limited capacity. So to reserve your spaces please call 01347 868214

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