Artists appearing
at Festival at the Edge 2024
Artists already confirmed are listed below.
We are now in talks with plenty more exciting artists so keep checking back as more are confirmed and added to the programme.
Andy Harrop Smith
Andy Harrop Smith has been telling stories for over 20 years and for most of that time he’s been on the FatE organisation team. He’s told tales to toddlers and spun stories to seniors from Aberystwyth to Edinburgh and has seldom been pelted with rotten vegetables. He’s been a ‘storyteller in residence’ for Harry Potter Tours and at National Trust properties, and has spooked out audiences in haunted houses and ‘nights at the museum’. His story telling style is quirky, quaint and often liberally lacquered with dark humour. Andy loves dressing up and often sets the scene with home-made props (that usually fall apart). He’ll tell you anything from an epic to a mucky joke and if you’re very unlucky he’ll sing a sea shanty.
‘WIDECOMBE FAIR’ or Poor Old ‘Oss is a re-telling of the
sad tail of horse overloading and ghostly goings-on around
Dartmoor. This show was planned for 2023, but a severe throat infection meant that Andy was unable to perform it, but we didn’t want you to miss out, so we are delighted that Andy will perform this at FatE 2024. Join Andy Harrop-Smith and Tom Pierce’s old
grey mare for half an hour of Tom Foolery and any other
Toms you can think of.
We’ll need plenty of audience involvement including singing
(this is a ‘horse opera’), music (from an improvised
‘orsechestra’) and lots of horsing around.
Dan Walsh
Linda Moylan
Linda Moylan is a London-based, Irish-born singer-songwriter. Originally hailing from Waterford, Linda’s family migrated to England in 1980s. A natural singer, songwriter and storyteller, her songs explore a wide array of themes from forgotten stories to her experiences of growing up in a tough Irish household near the East End of London docks.
Her 2018 EP ‘London Irish’ was recorded and produced by Gavin Glass in Orphan Studios, Dublin and received critical plaudits.
In 2020 Linda released a duet with the late, great folk legend Julie Felix – recorded and released just before the sad loss of Julie.
Linda’s second full album ‘The Merchant’, released in 2021, has a distinctly folk flavour and was produced by English folk royalty in the form of Show Of Hands’ Phil Beer. The album is a reflection of folk life today from the working class streets of London – a perspective that Linda is at at home in and an authentic narrator of. It garnered some great reviews and plenty of airplay – including from several BBC shows. Linda is currently working on her third album.
“…one of the finest roots music collections that you’ll be likely to come across in this or any other year. ****”
– Kevin Bryan, Morning Star
“Linda is very much a story teller…and a dispenser of wisdom from the streets.”
– Mike Davies, Fatea
Peter Chand
British Indian storyteller Peter Chand is one of Europe’s most renowned storytellers and is constantly in demand for his Indian tales of family, love, and the supernatural. He has shared his tales across Britain and has also performed in Norway, Lithuania, Austria, Canada, USA and Singapore, amongst other countries.
He is also a trainer of some repute, leading workshops with teachers, librarians, budding storytellers, university students, business leaders, health professionals, and anyone trying to find their voice and gain confidence when performing in public.
In 2023 Peter became an Honorary Fellow of Wolverhampton University for his services to storytelling, and was previously awarded as one of the 100 Masters for his storytelling work and building community cohesion in his local area in the West Midlands. He was also Storyteller in Residence at the unique Story Museum in Oxford- where he is the voice of the Whispering Wood, an interactive story experience which enthrals listeners from all around the world.
“Peter transports the listener into his world with remarkable energy and great expression… I was spellbound” Kim Normanton Producer BBC Radio Four.
