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A local storyteller is having trouble remembering the Wakefield Legends.


They’re around here somewhere though and, with your help, we’ll be able to solve the riddles and free the stories!


Join Story Trails for this fun, interactive storytelling performance and discover the giant dog of Upton, the Horbury Boggart, local witches, donkeys that lived in kitchens and wells that would transport you to the land of the faerie!


Hello, Can You Hear Me? performances are suitable for all ages.


‘People often think that legends and fairytales are for children, but that’s not true, they’re for everyone. And if we don’t tell them, then we don’t hear them, and then we lose them…’


It’s time to tell the old stories again.


It’s time to dial the past…


This fun, accessible event, imbued with Makaton, has been developed by Beccy Dye from Story Trails and is funded by a Culture Grant from Wakefield Council as part of Our Year – Wakefield District 2024.


Dates & Venues


Nostell, National Trust | Wednesday 7 August, 10am


Appletree Community Garden | Friday 9 August, 10:30am


Pontefract Library | Saturday 10 August, 11am


Featherstone Library | Saturday 7 September, 11am


Normanton Library | Saturday 14 September, 11am


Horbury Library | Saturday 21 September, 11am


Westgate Studios, part of Artwalk | Wednesday 25 September, 5:30pm – 7pm *- UNFORUTNATELY THIS PERFORMANCE WILL NO LONGER GO AHEAD DUE TO ARTIST ILLNESS


Ossett Library | Saturday 5 October, 10:30am


The Ridings Shopping Centre | Sunday 6 October, 11am (held in conjunction with Age UK on Silver Sunday)


Castleford Library | Saturday 12 October, 11am


Airedale Library | Saturday 19 October, 11am


Hemsworth Library | Saturday 26 October, 11am


Anglers Country Park | Friday 1 November, 11am


South Elmsall Library | Saturday 9 November, 11am


Minsthorpe Leisure | Thursday 14 November, 10:30am – 4pm *


Stanley Library | Saturday 16 November, 11am


Sandal Library | Saturday 23 November, 11am


Westgate Studios, part of Artwalk | Wednesday 27 November, 5:30pm – 7pm *


Sun Lane Leisure | Thursday 28 November, 10:30am – 3:30pm *


Wakefield Library | Saturday 30 November, 11am


* Live storytelling performances will be drop-in and  throughout these times.