Folk Storytelling - Penzance
2024-05-14 19:30 - 21:00 (Europe/London) | Edge of the World Bookshop, 25/26 Market Jew Street, Penzance, Cornwall, TR18 2HR, United Kingdom
Come along to an intimate evening of storytelling in a unique, magical venue!
Featuring tales with themes of witches, ghosts and supernatural women. As always with our storytelling events, we’ll be combining Scary Little Girls’ finest performers and a welcoming environment with music, pathos, wit and song.
Tickets, £10, £7 concessions or pay what you can afford – book here!

Folk Storytelling - Tintagel
2024-05-15 19:30 - 21:00 | Witches in the Wilderness, Fore St, Tintagel, PL34 0DB, United Kingdom

Common Ground: Greenham on Film: Porthtowan
2024-05-15 19:30 - 22:00 | Mount Pleasant Eco Park, Chapel Hill, Porthtowan, Cornwall, TR4 8HL, United Kingdom
Join us at Mount Pleasant Eco Park, Porthtowan, at 7.30pm on the 15th May for an evening hearing all about life at the Greenham Common Women’s Peace Camp. Hear songs and stories that bring the camp to life as we reflect on the impact of the camp 40 years on.
Greenham child and author Rebecca Mordan will introduce her book ‘Out of the Darkness: Greenham Voices 1981 – 2000’ sharing the impact her early experiences of the camp have had on her life. A screening of Carry Greenham Home will transport you back to the early days of Greenham with Beeban Kidron and Amanda Richardson’s fly-on-the-wall masterpiece, shot whilst they lived at Greenham in 1982-83.
The evening will be a chance to see the Greenham movement in all its glory, grim, grit and enduring grandeur.
Everyone 12+
Tickets £10/£8
Book your tickets here

This event has been made possible by Carn 2 Cove – thank you!

Feminist as Folk Cabaret - Redruth
2024-05-16 19:30 - 21:00 | The Ladder, Redruth Former Library Cic, ClintonRd,, Redruth, TR4 7PH, United Kingdom
From the company that brought you Best of the Fest and A Madcap Mayven Cabaret, this one-off event combines folk music, spoken word and circus with Scary Little Girls’ trademark warmth and hilarity!
A jam-packed night with performances from queens of the scene:

Carolyn Francis with her range of instruments & loop pedal
Frankie Armstrong – ‘One of the most compelling and beautiful of the folk voices of Britain’ – The Telegraph
Angeline Morrison – ‘She masters the precision of storytelling as well as its poetry’ – The Guardian
Rising star Flo Perlin – ‘Utterly captivating and instantly endearing’ – BBC 6 Music
Claire Ingleheart – Multi-instrumentalist, folk singer, composer, theatre maker, choir leader and founder of all female Shanty group, Femmes de la Mer.
Local music legends forming new Nos Lowen band TANEK to get you dancing!

All hosted by Glastonbury’s Bunny Morethan (aka Rebecca Mordan) and suffused with poems, sketches, comedy and feats of the fabulous from Scary Little Girls’ Radical Rep and Cirque du Ciel in an unforgettable evening that’s Feminist as Folk!
Tickets £12, £10 concessions or pay what you can afford – book here!

Singing Workshop: The Voices of the Archetypes of Myth with Frankie Armstrong and Imogen Roux
2024-05-17 15:00 - 17:00 | Penlee Park Theatre, Morrab Road, Penzance, Cornwall, TR18 4HE
This workshop provides an exciting way to expand and liberate vocal colour, range and expressivity.
It uses movement, imagination and storytelling to access a wide range of vocal qualities and expression through exploring figures that inhabit the world’s mythology, such as The Huntress, The Trickster, The Child, The Mother and The Crone. These archetypes are not a character or caricature but a particular aspect or quality in all of us.
Frankie then guides you through a story (the journey) which gives you the opportunity to inhabit the larger-than-life world of the timeless figures of mythology and legend and to discover the vocal qualities that they evoke.
Tickets: £10, £8 concessions or pay what you can.

Feminist as Folk Cabaret - Penzance
2024-05-17 19:30 - 21:00 | Penlee Park Theatre, Morrab Road, Penzance, Cornwall, TR18 4HE
From the company that brought you Best of the Fest and A Madcap Mayven Cabaret, this one-off event combines folk music, spoken word and circus with Scary Little Girls’ trademark warmth and hilarity!
Expect performances from queens of the scene:

Carolyn Francis with her range of instruments & loop pedal
Frankie Armstrong – ‘One of the most compelling and beautiful of the folk voices of Britain’ – The Telegraph
Rising star Flo Perlin – ‘Utterly captivating and instantly endearing’ – BBC 6 Music
Claire Ingleheart – Multi-instrumentalist, folk singer, composer, theatre maker, choir leader and founder of all female Shanty group, Femmes de la Mer.
Local favourites Pagan Teapot and Nell Davies

All hosted by Glastonbury’s Bunny Morethan (aka Rebecca Mordan) and suffused with poems, sketches, comedy and feats of the fabulous from Scary Little Girls’ Radical Rep and Cirque du Ciel in an unforgettable evening that’s Feminist as Folk!
Tickets £12, £10 concessions or pay what you can afford – book here!

Open Doors Day for Arts Practitioners in Cornwall!
2024-05-18 13:00 - 16:00 | Helston Old Cemetery, A394, Helston, TR13 8JA, United Kingdom
Join us in Helston on May 18th for this exciting Open Door Day for Cornish arts professionals!
This Open Door Day will start with an industry round table event, followed by a warm, celebratory introduction to the Helston Old Cemetery Chapel.
Open Doors Day Part 1: Round Table event, 1-2.30pm
Are you an arts practitioner based in Cornwall? Want to discuss the issues that local artists face and make a change? Join Scary Little Girls for this industry event with ‘Owdyado Theatre!
You may have come across the recent Performing Arts Workers Survey, which was circulated through emails and on Facebook. We have been heartened by the overwhelmingly positive and candid responses from 72 artists who completed the survey. While the survey underscores the abundance of ambition, talent, and passion in Cornwall’s performing arts community, it also sheds light on the frustration, anxiety, and exhaustion that many artists face.
We held an event in November 2023 to begin addressing these challenges by coming together in person to brainstorm solutions for the issues causing these concerns.
Through small, informal group discussions fuelled by tea and cake, we will explore the issues identified from the survey (local funding, gatekeeping, artistic freedom, valuing artists and disconnectedness), discuss progress made since our last event and plan next steps to affect positive change
Please note that this event is not open for the public and is exclusively for artists in Cornwall.
Open Door Day Part 2: Fling Open the Doors! 2.30-4pm(ish)
From day one, Trevow Helston wants to fling open the doors of our new creative space, Helston Old Cemetery Chapel, and welcome artists, makers, creative producers, community project facilitators and cultural movers and shakers. Tell us what you need from this new space and hear about our plans so far.
From 3.30pm you’re invited to bring a guest along and fill the space with conversation about what the chapel could do to support the Performance & Creative Industries in Cornwall.
At 4pm Scary Little Girls and Helston-based circus performers, Cirk Hes, will perform selected highlights from our Mayven Festival to give an idea of what the space can do! This will be followed by more shared dreaming and collaborative conversations about the future of Helston Old Cemetery Chapel.
We’d love to see you – you’re very welcome.
​Register here!

Common Ground: Greenham on Film: Golant, Fowey
2024-05-18 19:30 - 21:00 | Golant Village Hall, Water Lane, Golant, PL23 1LG, United Kingdom
Join us at Golant Village Hall, near Fowey, at 7.30pm on the 18th May for an evening hearing all about life at the Greenham Common Women’s Peace Camp. Hear songs and stories that bring the camp to life as we reflect on the impact of the camp 40 years on.
Greenham child and author Rebecca Mordan will introduce her book ‘Out of the Darkness: Greenham Voices 1981 – 2000’ sharing the impact her early experiences of the camp have had on her life. A screening of Carry Greenham Home will transport you back to the early days of Greenham with Beeban Kidron and Amanda Richardson’s fly-on-the-wall masterpiece, shot whilst they lived at Greenham in 1982-83.
The evening will be a chance to see the Greenham movement in all its glory, grim, grit and enduring grandeur.
Everyone 12+
Tickets £10/£8
Book your tickets here

This event has been made possible by Carn 2 Cove – thank you!

The Mayven
2024-11-23 19:00 - 20:30 | The Bread & Roses Theatre, 68 Clapham Manor St, London, London, SW4 6DZ, United Kingdom
After multiple sell-out seasons in Cornwall, the Mayven Festival hits London with a new regular event in association with Olive Gold, Emer O Connor Storyteller and Echo Chamber.
For our inaugural night, we will gather like witches around the flames of feminist festivity as winter draws near. Using songs and storytelling, we will create an evening exploring women’s experiences ranging from the sinister to the sensual, the divine to the downright daft.
Rebecca Mordan, Artistic Director said: “We’ve all had such a brilliant time making and sharing work together for multiple sell-out shows in Cornwall, and given that some of us live in London, it felt like a natural next step to grow this community here and celebrate each other.”
Radhika Aggarwal, founder of Echo Chamber, added: “It truly feels like we are creating something new together – something that holds the spirit and ethos of the original Mayven festivals, and also bringing our own injection of energy and values. The London event will be a continuation of the brilliant work started in Cornwall.”
Our aim is to host a quarterly Mayven event, keeping the theme seasonal, moving around London to connect with a wide variety of creative communities. We invite you to laugh and imbibe with us, and create a sisterly solstice where all kind souls are welcome. At this inaugural event, co-hosts Becca and Radhika will be joined by previous Mayven performers and emerging artists from Central Drama School and the Central St Martin fashion school including…
Max Turner and Funny Women finalist Suse Steed! Having returned from Edinburgh Comedy Festival with her solo show, Suse is soon to feature in the Netflix Documentary “The Spiders Web”.
Salma the Poet has been writing since she was 12. Her poems are based on life experience and she particularly loves sharing pieces focused on female empowerment. She has performed at Frieze Art Fair, Wilderness Festival, amongst many others and enjoys writing for the Poetry Takeaway.
Radhika Aggarwal has loved producing this event and working on the last couple of Mayvens in Cornwall, performing to sell-out audiences in theatres, eco-parks and gardens. Championing female led storytelling and making space for her fellow creatives and encouraging bold ideas is what she is all about! More @echochamberaudio too.
Alice Robinson/Olive Gold has been writing melodies since learning to hum. Her themes are myth, memory and matters of the heart, all with a strong core of feminism and joy. Her voice has been described as ‘like a cup of tea’, which she takes as the highest of the compliments.
Follow Emer on Twitter/X @EmerOConnorActs
A percentage of sales will be donated to the Palestinian Circus School.
A limited number of Pay What You Can tickets will be available on the door (suggested price £10)
Running Time: 90 minutes including a 15min interval
Content warnings: adult themes and strong language
Book your tickets here to join us in this legendary venue for a night of sisterhood, solidarity and downright silliness!

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The Mayven
2025-03-22 19:00 - 22:00 | The Muddy Puddle, 142 Albion Rd, London, London, N16 9PA, United Kingdom
Gather like witches for the Spring equinox and let’s bring life and light from the dark!
With the moon above us and the sun shining a little longer each day, it’s time to rise from the underworld of winter, through the rich soil of sisterhood and unfurl our creative buds forth as spring draws near.
Using songs, storytelling and comedy, we will create an evening exploring women’s experiences ranging from the sinister to the sensual, the divine to the downright daft. Join us in joy, rage and celebration as we rejuvenate and invigorate!
Artists:

Emer O Connor
Emer O Connor is an actor, comedian & storyteller. Emer was born in Belfast and grew up with the myths of the Ulster Cycle, she also collects tales from all over the world. As a storyteller, Emer has spun stories at Festival at the Edge, 40Winks Bedtime Story Nights, pubs (with her telling partner Rose Allwork – the Stokey Spinners had a two year residency in The Auld Shillelagh, Hackney), playgrounds, homes, graveyards and wild cabaret nights.
Working alongside her fellow Mayvens, Emer has created new tales hewn from old to fit the place of telling; as a Hackneyite of more than two decades she can’t wait to see what bubbles up for The Muddle Puddle.

Alice Robinson
Since graduating from RADA, Alice has worked as an actor, writer, producer, and podcast maker.
Credits include ‘Peter Pan‘ (Minack Theatre for Scary Little Girls), ‘From Rushmere With Love‘ (Eastern Angles), and Muffin in the original UK cast of ‘Voldemort and the Teenage Hogwarts Musical Parody‘.
For the Greenham Women Everywhere project, she has edited over 100 interviews with women who lived at and supported the Greenham Common Peace Camp, and created the narrative podcast ‘Greenham Uncommon‘. She is a member of the Radical Rep Company for the Mayven Festival.

Radhika Aggarwal
Passionate about new writing and ensemble, Radhika is an award-winning actor, working across film, theatre, television, games, and audio. She is approaching 20 years as a member of Equity and Spotlight and is a member of Bafta.
Screen credits include THE SPLIT (BBC), THE CHILDREN ACT (BBC FILMS/STUDIOCANAL), FOUR WEDDINGS AND A FUNERAL (MGM/UNIVERSAL/HULU), CASUALTY (BBC), NEW TRICKS (BBC). As a voice actor, she has featured in numerous video games and radio plays.
Theatre credits include: The Lovely Bones (Birmingham Rep/UK Tour), Satyagraha (Improbable/ENO/LA Opera), and touring her one-woman show, ‘An Arrangement of Shoes’ written by Abhishek Majumdar (Tara Theatre, Edinburgh Fringe, Vancouver Fringe winning ‘Pick of the fringe’).
Over lockdown, she founded Echo Chamber, primarily providing creative audio output including GPS triggered audio quests and sound installations featuring local stories and artists. Recent projects have been funded by Heritage Lottery and Arts Council England. Echo Chamber also loved working with Scary Little Girls on their Caravan of Stories and are loving co-producing The London Mayven events.
A multi-instrumentalist, Rad drums with anti-folk band ‘Extradition Order’ and protest collective ‘Orchestrated Discontent’. She currently co-coordinates and participates in Soho Theatres Alumni Writers Lab.
Instagram: @madradster

Rebecca Mordan
Rebecca Mordan is Artistic Director and the beating heart of Scary Little Girls.
After graduating from Sheffield University with a BA in English Literature, Rebecca spent 3 years at Bristol Old Vic. She has worked as an actor in film, theatre and television, and founded award-winning production hub Scary Little Girls, to create roles and opportunities for women and populate stories with diverse female characters.
With SLG, Rebecca has written, directed, produced and performed while working with a wide range of partners including the BFI, Glastonbury Festival and Hall for Cornwall (for whom she is an Associate Artist). She recently co-wrote and presented The Greenham Effect for the BBC’s Archive on Four, drawing on the 200 plus testimonials she helped gather from Greenham Women as part of the Greenham Women Everywhere project she co-foundered.
2021 has also seen the publication of her first book, Out of the Darkness: Greenham Voices drawing on these interviews. Her first piece of fiction for radio was featured in The UK Project, in which she was asked to represent the Cornish voice, out this year.
She is a founder member of KerPow, Cornish female artists tackling sex and gender discrimination and has been a campaigner against male violence for over 25 years. Thanks to this she is often a ‘rent-a-feminist’ guest for BBC Radio, including You and Yours, 5 Live and Women’s Hour, and Sky News.
Booking now!

Night of the Mayvens
2025-08-12 | The Muddy Puddle, 142 Albion Rd, London, London, N16 9PA, United Kingdom
Join us for the Night of the Mayvens!
Gather in a summer garden for Loafmas, a celebration of growth, wheat and nature’s life force!
With the moon and the sun above us in the long evenings, it’s time to bask in the golden glow of summer, enjoy the rich soil of sisterhood and turn our creative blooms towards the sky and each other.
Using songs, storytelling and comedy, we will create an evening exploring women’s experiences ranging from the sinister to the sensual, the divine to the downright daft. Join us in joy, rage and celebration as we rejuvenate and invigorate!
Artists:
EDIT Tuesday 5th August – new special guest – Ada Campe!

Ada Campe is a variety artiste, cabaret performer, comedian and magician with an eclectic portfolio.
A member of The Magic Circle, Ada is also a sought after MC, cabaret performer, and comedian across the UK circuit. Her interactive, playful style appeals to audiences of all ages, and as well as late night cabaret shows in London’s West End, she regularly hosts and performs for Comedy Club 4 Kids, Variety Club 4 Kids, and the Glee Club family shows, and is the proud owner of a Little Giggle badge from Girlguiding UK. She has also hosted and performed at corporate events, Museum Lates and festivals across the UK.
Instagram – @ada.campe

Emer O Connor
Emer O Connor is an actor, comedian & storyteller. Emer was born in Belfast and grew up with the myths of the Ulster Cycle, she also collects tales from all over the world. As a storyteller, Emer has spun stories at Festival at the Edge, 40Winks Bedtime Story Nights, pubs (with her telling partner Rose Allwork – the Stokey Spinners had a two year residency in The Auld Shillelagh, Hackney), playgrounds, homes, graveyards and wild cabaret nights.
Working alongside her fellow Mayvens, Emer has created new tales hewn from old to fit the place of telling; as a Hackneyite of more than two decades she can’t wait to see what bubbles up for The Muddy Puddle.
Instagram – @storytelleremer

Alice Robinson
Since graduating from RADA, Alice has worked as an actor, writer, producer, and podcast maker.
Credits include ‘Peter Pan‘ (Minack Theatre for Scary Little Girls), ‘From Rushmere With Love‘ (Eastern Angles), and Muffin in the original UK cast of ‘Voldemort and the Teenage Hogwarts Musical Parody‘.
For the Greenham Women Everywhere project, she has edited over 100 interviews with women who lived at and supported the Greenham Common Peace Camp, and created the narrative podcast ‘Greenham Uncommon‘. She is a member of the Radical Rep Company for the Mayven Festival.
Instagram – @veryalicerobinson

Radhika Aggarwal
Passionate about new writing and ensemble, Radhika is an award-winning actor, working across film, theatre, television, games, and audio. She is approaching 20 years as a member of Equity and Spotlight and is a member of Bafta.
Screen credits include THE SPLIT (BBC), THE CHILDREN ACT (BBC FILMS/STUDIOCANAL), FOUR WEDDINGS AND A FUNERAL (MGM/UNIVERSAL/HULU), CASUALTY (BBC), NEW TRICKS (BBC). As a voice actor, she has featured in numerous video games and radio plays.
Theatre credits include: The Lovely Bones (Birmingham Rep/UK Tour), Satyagraha (Improbable/ENO/LA Opera), and touring her one-woman show, ‘An Arrangement of Shoes’ written by Abhishek Majumdar (Tara Theatre, Edinburgh Fringe, Vancouver Fringe winning ‘Pick of the fringe’).
Over lockdown, she founded Echo Chamber, primarily providing creative audio output including GPS triggered audio quests and sound installations featuring local stories and artists. Recent projects have been funded by Heritage Lottery and Arts Council England. Echo Chamber also loved working with Scary Little Girls on their Caravan of Stories and are loving co-producing The London Mayven events.
A multi-instrumentalist, Rad drums with anti-folk band ‘Extradition Order’ and protest collective ‘Orchestrated Discontent’. She currently co-coordinates and participates in Soho Theatres Alumni Writers Lab.
Instagram: @madradster

Rebecca Mordan
Rebecca Mordan is Artistic Director and the beating heart of Scary Little Girls.
After graduating from Sheffield University with a BA in English Literature, Rebecca spent 3 years at Bristol Old Vic. She has worked as an actor in film, theatre and television, and founded award-winning production hub Scary Little Girls, to create roles and opportunities for women and populate stories with diverse female characters.
With SLG, Rebecca has written, directed, produced and performed while working with a wide range of partners including the BFI, Glastonbury Festival and Hall for Cornwall (for whom she is an Associate Artist). She recently co-wrote and presented The Greenham Effect for the BBC’s Archive on Four, drawing on the 200 plus testimonials she helped gather from Greenham Women as part of the Greenham Women Everywhere project she co-foundered.
2021 has also seen the publication of her first book, Out of the Darkness: Greenham Voices drawing on these interviews. Her first piece of fiction for radio was featured in The UK Project, in which she was asked to represent the Cornish voice, out this year.
She is a founder member of KerPow, Cornish female artists tackling sex and gender discrimination and has been a campaigner against male violence for over 25 years. Thanks to this she is often a ‘rent-a-feminist’ guest for BBC Radio, including You and Yours, 5 Live and Women’s Hour, and Sky News.
Book your tickets here! Check out some of the photos from our previous Mayven events 👇
