The Petal Demon - a storytelling weekend with Shonaleigh in Dartington

Fri, 24 Oct, 2025 at 07:30 pm to Sun, 26 Oct, 2025 at 02:00 pm UTC+01:00

RegenWorks - co-working at Dartington | Totnes

The Petal Demon - a storytelling weekend with Shonaleigh in Dartington
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You are invited to a unique, immersive weekend of storytelling for adults with Shonaleigh, the world-renowned tradition bearer and storyteller.
'The Petal Demon' told over three days by Shonaleigh.
Friday 24th October - Sunday 26th October.
The stories will start at 7.30pm on Friday evening and finish around noon on Sunday.
You can join us for the full weekend, or for the Saturday night only.
Weekend tickets: £100
Saturday night tickets: £10
TICKETS:
https://buytickets.at/southdevonstorytellers/1775135
This will be a community event hosted by South Devon Storytellers, at Regenworks, Dartington.
It will take place within a relaxed atmosphere, please bring cushions and blankets to make yourself as comfortable as you can.
Refreshments of tea, coffee and cake/biscuits provided.
A light lunch will be provided on Saturday.
Please note, evening food will not be provided, please feel free to bring your own picnic dinners to the venue.
Suitable for adults and 14+ only.
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The Petal Demon is the story of a woman who is pursued by a mage. She is helped by Lilith to create a maze of flowers, that traps the mage and becomes a sanctuary for her. This woman becomes known as the Petal Demon, and through her wanderings she leaves legends behind her.
To men she’s a demoness,
to women she’s a heroine.
The Petal Demon belongs to the Cycle of Hillel, which is the first of twelve epic, latticed, interlinked cycles of stories passed down through generations of Jewish women.
Shonaleigh is the only known Drut’syla and the weekend will be a revival of a culture almost lost. Shonaleigh carries on a living unbroken oral tradition passed down from grandmother to granddaughter. She knows around 4,000 tales that she can recall on request, using the lost art of ‘stories within stories’.
This is a rare chance to hear these ancient tales on the tongue - stories untold for two generations and barely spoken of for decades.
TICKETS:
https://buytickets.at/southdevonstorytellers/1775135
Learn more about Shonaleigh here:
https://shonaleigh.uk/about/
This is an unmissable opportunity for anyone interested in stories or in oral and lost cultures to come and experience this tradition through listening, requesting stories, and asking questions.
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