6pm Story

Join us at 6pm each day for a story, excerpt or poem chosen by you! Running from
Last event: Saturday 11 July 2020 at 6pm

Members get 10% off tickets at Storyhouse. Moonlight Flicks and Grosvenor Park Open Air Theatre. £4 month, no commitment, priority booking, no fees, instant access, two tickets per member.

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Familiar faces from Storyhouse, including actors, librarians and team members will read stories and parts of stories chosen by you! Fill out the form below or find us at @StoryhouseLive on Facebook, Twitter or Instagram to request a story, poem or reading.

Storyhouse actor Babs Hockaday (The Beggar’s Opera, Alice in Wonderland) reads Scars by R.M Drake.


Claire Redcliffe reads Hope Is The Thing With Feathers by Emily Dickinson.

Leigh Quinn, from The Crucible and A Little Night Music, reads Reading To You by Hollie McNish.

Baker Mukasa from The Beggar’s Opera, reads The Lightbulb by Rupi Kaur

John Young, director of The Jungle Book, reads Lockdown by Brother Richard Hendrick

Danielle Bird, Puck from A Midsummer Night’s Dream, reads Puck’s Epilogue.

Storyhouse Stage Manager Suzie Foster reads May You Be Brave by J.E Cano.

Mitesh Soni, Grosvenor Park Open Air Theatre and Storyhouse actor, reads Colour Blind by Lemn Sissay.

Victoria Brazier reads from The Cellist of Sarajevo by Steven Galloway.

Request a story/poem/reading for a 6pm story.

Cinema Loving Highsmith (12A)

1 hr 24 | A unique look at the life of celebrated American author Patricia Highsmith based on her diaries and notebooks and the intimate reflections of her lovers, friends and family

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Cinema Carol (15)

1 hr 54 | Therese, a shop assistant in a 1950s New York department store, becomes fascinated by a beautiful and enigmatic customer, Carol.

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Cinema Strangers on a Train (PG)

1 hr 37 | After a chance meeting on a train, Bruno suggest he murders Guy’s unfaithful wife, while Guy disposes of Bruno’s hated father.

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Cinema The Talented Mr Ripley (15)

2 hrs 20 | Ripley is sent to Italy to bring home his acquaintance, the errant playboy Dickie. Seduced by the glamorous and moneyed lifestyle, Ripley becomes obsessed and slowly infiltrates his life

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Cinema God’s Creatures (15)

1hr 40 | In a windswept fishing village, a mother is torn between protecting her beloved son and her own sense of right and wrong.

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Cinema The Super Mario Bros. Movie (PG)

1 hr 32 | AD | With help from Princess Peach, Mario gets ready to square off against the all-powerful Bowser to stop his plans from conquering the world.

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Activities Leadership and Employment Workshop
Garret Theatre

This workshop will explore leadership, identity, communication, and employability skills through discussion and participatory exercises.

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Cinema Mummies (U)

1 hr 28 | AD | Mummies is a fun family animated adventure that follows three Egyptian mummies who accidentally enter the modern world.

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On Stage Cinderella
Storyhouse Theatre

Let Storyhouse whisk you away to the ball this Christmas with a seasonal spectacular which celebrates the most famous fairy-tale of them all – Cinderella. 

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Activities Boardgames in the Den
The Den

Put down that device and join us for some old-fashioned fun with boardgames in The Den! Will you be the Scrabble Supremo, the Jenga Jubilant or the Card Game King?