The Storytellers chat about their memories of the health service

Hive Storytellers have been working with Cultural Spring to record memories of the gig culture in South Tyneside from the 1950's to 2000's. These stories along with photographs of the time have been used to help inspire new music created and performed by young musicians. In this podcast you can hear the memories, the young musicians and some of their music telling the story of the Gig Culture project.

A visit of the Hive Storytellers to the Laing Art Gallery in Newcastle in September 2024 to see the Turner exhibition inspired our group to create stories based on art in the gallery and other art in the North East.

Inspired by the Seven Ages of Man speech in Shakespeare's As You Like It. Our group has written, or chosen poetry. prose or music that reflects each of the seven ages. In this episode we looked at The Lean and Slippered Pantaloon(Old Age) and Second childishness (Dotage and Death)

Inspired by the Seven Ages of Man speech in Shakespeare's As You Like It. Our group has written, or chosen poetry. prose or music that reflects each of the seven ages. In this episode we looked at The Justice, or as we interpreted it Middle Age.

Please Note, this podcast contains swearing at approx. 6m:30s

Inspired by the Seven Ages of Man speech in Shakespeare's As You Like It. Our group has written, or chosen poetry and prose that reflects each of the seven ages. In this episode we looked at The Lover and The Soldier.

In this special podcast, we commemorate the 6th Battalion of the Northumberland Fusiliers and 110th anniversary of the battle of St. Julien on April 26th 1915.

The podcast features Lost Letters of the Battalion who were part of the City Battalion, they were one of the first territorial battalions to be sent into action in the Great War 1914-1918.

It has taken over 100 years for this collection of letters to come to light. Discovered at a car boot sale by Robert Swan, they were passed to Hive storyteller John Caffrey, who has researched the men and their families. The letters give a unique insight into their thoughts and experiences.

Letters read by

Andrew Ball

David Bye

John Caffery

Christopher Gray

Michael Kean

Michael Taylor

Research and narration read by

Delphine Blenkinsop

Terry Quy

Ann Ridley

Music by Mike Ridley

Inspired by the Seven Ages of Man speech in Shakespeare's As You Like It. Our group has written, or chosen poetry or prose that reflects each of the seven ages. This first episode has pieces that reflect the first two ages, The Infant and The Schoolchild

Introduction on the Script in Hand Programme, where the Hive Storytellers did their first ever performance. Award-winning author Lorna Windham, working with Community Arts Project North East, has taken the St Hilda’s Pit disaster as an inspiration and created an audio play based on fact but is a fictionalised account. This moving drama will be performed by an amateur community cast who are part of The Hive Storytellers Audio Drama Group.

The Hive Storytellers founder members met through Hive Radio in 2013. Though Hive Radio is no more work that was created is now in held in the storyteller archive. This podcast brings you the first Audio Drama created when Hive Radio was based at Bede's World in Jarrow, and was the seed that has flowered into the group we have become. HISTORY – Hive Storytellers

Including The Life and Times of Archibald Dearlove and other short stories.

We present episode 5 of ‘Clarence' s Convoy’, Our story along the River Tyne, North East England, began in autumn 1999 with Clarence Kitchener Bell’s demise! This final episode sees the convoy makes their way to South Shields, leaving behind one member with special instructions.

We present episode 4 of ‘Clarence’s Convoy’. Our intrepid group have hauled and pushed their friend by handcart from Hebburn to Jarrow and arrived outside the Ben Lomond Hotel in full expectation of a good rest.

Our story along the River Tyne, North East England, began in autumn 1999 with Clarence Kitchener Bell’s demise! This episode sees the convoy reach Newcastle, Gateshead and Hebburn

Clarence’s Convoy’, a serial set-in North-East England in autumn 1999, based on an idea by Delphine Blenkinsop, developed & performed by The Hive Storytellers.

Episode Two takes us to Bardon Mill and Hexham on the River Tyne

Clarence’s Convoy’, a serial set-in North-East England in autumn 1999, based on an idea by Delphine Blenkinsop, developed & performed by The Hive Storytellers.

Episode One takes us to Slaggyford and Garrigill on the South Tyne river

Announcing our latest podcast - Clarence's Convoy Coming soon.

Episode One due 28th August 2024

For each podcast we select a theme and our group create and record fictional pieces for your listening pleasure, for this podcast we have looked at a Friendship. 

We have a special podcast this time as we celebrate the work of our Chris Jackson. We have selected just a few pieces that she either created or was part of. 

For this podcast we have a few stories based on the theme of Time and we have also select our top 3 stories of 2022