FAIRYTALES FOR GROWN-UPS: UNCANNY

Nell Phoenix
22 APRIL 2026, DOORS & BAR 7PM, STARTS 7.30PM

'I heard a whining voice but saw no body in the room'
'We saw her and we saw right through her'
'I blinked just once and he had changed his shape'

Nell Phoenix paces a path from dusty Mesopotamia, to Ancient Egypt, through London’s Bloomsbury, along a dingy road in Guatemala at dawn, and back to her own kitchen table – gathering up disturbing, unsettling, baffling, bewildering, sinister, UNCANNY stories.

These are not literary tales crafted to scare you. These are not folktales, bloody fairytales, or urban myths. These are spine-tingling tales told as true by one of the UK's most popular and dynamic storytellers.

Who are these witnesses of these other-worldly acts? Why did they tell their stories? And do we believe in ghosts?

'NELL PICKS THROUGH HER TALE LIKE A MOUNTAIN GOAT SKIPPING UP A CLIFF FACE' – London City Nights

'A MERCURIAL AND CAPTIVATING PERFORMER' – Dave Farnogli

where

Folklore, Hoxton
186 Hackney Road, Hoxton, London E2 7QL

when

22 APRIL 2026, DOORS & BAR 7PM, STARTS 7.30PM

ticket information

TICKETS: £13.50

SUITABLE FOR: adults (this an 18+ event)

RUNNING TIME: 75 mins (no interval)

DOORS & BAR: 7PM, STARTS 7.30PM

CONTENT: This performance contains references to the supernatural, threat, death and dying, contextualised within a paradigm of mythic narrative, archetype and metaphor.

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where

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186 Hackney Road, Hoxton, London E2 7QL

when

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ticket information

TICKETS: £13.50

SUITABLE FOR: adults (this an 18+ event)

RUNNING TIME: 75 mins (no interval)

DOORS & BAR: 7PM, STARTS 7.30PM

CONTENT: This performance contains references to the supernatural, threat, death and dying, contextualised within a paradigm of mythic narrative, archetype and metaphor.

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