
ELEPHANT TALES
Monthly Storytelling for adults (16+)
Elephant & Castle, London

What are Elephant Tales?
We are a friendly, welcoming storytelling group in South East London. We are a mix of storytellers & story listeners, all connected by the love of a good tale and the ancient art of oral storytelling. Everyone is welcome to tell a story, or simply to listen to the wonderful tales being told.
Our storytellers
Our storytellers are a combination of professionals, seasoned non-professionals and people telling their very first story - all levels of storytelling experience are welcome @ Elephant Tales! If you’d like to tell a story, please read our Storytellers Guidance - scroll down to ‘Questions’.
What Happens?
It's like an open mic. Without the mic. But with lots of friendliness & support! Each month a selection of storytellers tell short stories around a pre-selected theme. The stories may be combinations of folk tales, fairy tales, myth, fictional tales and autobiographical stories. Stories are usually told from the heart, though reading from notes is OK too.
When? Where?
We meet on the 1st Sunday of each month, 3-5pm, in Pullens Centre, 184 Crampton Steet, London SE17 3AE. Look for the green door! The centre is an approx 10 min walk from Elephant & Castle tube station and the area is well served with buses.
More story events
We don’t just love Elephant Tales, we love other people’s storytelling events too! Each month we compile a list of storytelling events for adults in London which we think will be great.
Access the list from our LinkTree
If you’d like the listings to be delivered to your inbox by the internet faeries each month then email us & ask to be added to our mailing list.
Do you organise adult storytelling events in London? If yes, then email us the details and we’ll happily add them to our monthly list.
Once upon a time...
In 2022 to be precise, one of this city’s leading storytellers, Vanessa Woolf of London Dreamtime, launched London’s Storytelling Co-Operative. Vanessa’s dream was to create an inclusive, welcoming, friendly and supportive storytelling space, where neither income nor level of experience would be a barrier. To this end, she organised a very successful crowdfunding campaign which fully funded the running of the Co-Operative for 18 months.
Vanessa stood back from running the Co-Operative in December 2023, and a new team stepped forward.


Meet the Herd
The Storytelling Co-Operative changed its name to Elephant Tales in January 2024, reflecting the area where we are based (London's vibrant Elephant & Castle) and a love of wonderful tales which bring us together.
Elephant Tales is currently under the stewardship of storytellers Aaron Oliver, Mary Honeybone, Jenny Doe & Emma Charlton who are committed to continuing Vanessa's ethos of inclusion, friendliness & support.
More about us...
Aaron: website & Instagram / Mary: Instagram / Emma: webpage & Instagram / Jenny: happily living an Insta-free life
Questions?
Hopefully you’ll find the answer here, if not drop us a line.
Contact us
Please note that, as a collective of volunteers, it may take a few days to reply to messages. Thank you for your patience.
