Gav Cross: Storyteller

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Performing Arts

Performing Arts

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Performing Arts

Performing Arts

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Performing Arts

Performing Arts

Updated Feb 11

11/04/2025

Tell Me Your Story: Remona Aly

Remona is someone that I have admired since I met them. Fiercely smart, brilliantly curious and patently bunkers. These are all qualities in humans that I admire greatly. As we discussed we met at the mighty Bradford Literature Festival. Their writing is always thoughtful, honest, open and funny and as a regular contributor to the Radio Two section: Pause For Thought, they are constantly mining their own experience for their writing. You can find a great selection of their writing on their website: https://remonaaly.com/ And on the Guardian Website: https://www.theguardian.com/profile/remona-aly Remona mentioned the brilliant Katherine May and her book, Enchantment. https://katherine-may.co.uk/enchantment Stick around and maybe subscribe for some more brilliant conversations with incredible creatives and have a dig about the back catalogue: https://gavcross.substack.com/s/tell-me-your-story Gav November 2025 Thank you eejits, Judith Wilde, Claire Faulkes, and many others for tuning into my live video with Remona Aly! Join me for my next live video in the app. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit gavcross.substack.com

11/04/2025

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53 min
09/30/2025

Tell Me Your Story: Black Liver

What a delight talking to Black Liver. I'm so glad their roots are firmly in a good night out for their audience through variety. Between them they have such skills and performance, poetry, music, song and comedy. I use all of these to tell great stories and there is a reason why people want to book their shows They are good at what they do. Catch them on their tours: https://www.blackliver.co.uk/tour-show-dates And catch up with the times of the month… https://www.blackliver.co.uk/time-of-the-month Next Week it’s Robin Ince - with more to follow! It’s not homework but you could grab a copy of his new poetry book in prep! https://cosmicshambles.myshopify.com/products/ice-cream-for-a-broken-tooth-by-robin-ince-signed You can catch up on previous conversations Here, Youtube or audio only on Spotify: Find out about the stories I tell here on Substack and even in the real world… Thank you! Gav https://linktr.ee/gavcross Thank you to everyone who tuned into my live video! Join me for my next live video in the app. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit gavcross.substack.com

09/30/2025

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48 min
10/07/2025

Tell Me Your Story: Robin Ince. With Gav Cross

What a treat it was to share time with Robin Ince. I can genuinely listen to this man talk for hours. And I have! Literally and joyously. But this conversation was focused quite rightly on his new collection of poetry: Ice Cream for a Broken Tooth. Click that link and buy it signed from his website. A deliciously wide ranging conversation that touches on some complex and direct subjects and the Riyadh Comedy Festival. With a clarion call to write poetry and a genuinely top tip to get you going, you are sure to find lots to enjoy in this conversation! And if poetry bites you can catch up with KateFox and the time I asked them to “Tell Me Your Story” too! Amongst many suggestions Robin shares: Gracie Petrie - Such a good performer. https://www.gracepetrie.com/ Bobcat Goldthwait’s Film about Barry Crimmins https://callmeluckymovie.com/ Duo Ruut - a new to me Folk duo I’m enjoying as I type this! https://www.duoruut.ee/ Stay Close and Stay Subscribed for updates of the next guests. Catch Up: https://gavcross.substack.com/s/tell-me-your-story Stay You. You are lovely. Gav https://linktr.ee/gavcross Thank you eejits, Judith Wilde, Claire Faulkes, Josie Ray, and many others for tuning into my live video with Robin Ince! Join me for my next live video in the app. https://gavcross.substack.com/s/phantastic-stories-with-gav-cross Thanks for reading! Subscribe for free to receive new posts and support my work. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit gavcross.substack.com

10/07/2025

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59 min
Apr 20 · Bonus

Haunted Book Club 006 - Part 1 The Story - The Red Room by H.G. Wells

We are back on the Tuesday train. Tuesday 14th of April is when we will have the chat for the next haunted book club. And of course it is: The Red Room by H.G. Wells If you click the title above it will take you through to a free version online for you to read all of course course you can listen to Gav read it to you. Not just here but also on the podcast apps. A hugely popular story and the genre I bet it is in the collection you have. This version is from Gav's previous project where he read supernatural stories on a Monday evening and anybody who has come over from that knows that HG Wells is an obsession for him. See you at the end of this post for details… Don't forget, we are very soon to be live at The Portico Library: Coming up on Substack and beyond we have: May 14th: Haunted Book Club Live LIVE - Portico Library, Manchester - The Old Nurse’s Tale by Elizabeth Gaskell May 22nd: Haunted Book Club Live LIVE - Blooming Skull Coffee - Link to follow soon. Now we have decided to continue with the haunted book club we need suggestions of stories and feedback. CLICK HERE! John Reppion & Gav Cross April 2026 Find all the places we haunt here: https://linktr.ee/haunted_bookclub Shairing this helps us bring our kinda wierdos to the Haunted Book Club! This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit gavcross.substack.com

Apr 20 · Bonus

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28 min
09/25/2025

Tell Me Your Story: Lamphouse Theatre

What an absolutely charming and insightful conversation with Becky and Tom from Lamphouse Theatre. I genuinely love people that embrace the clown that breaks the fourth wall and includes the audience. It has always enthralled me and I think that is what has drawn me to comedy as a fan. Be there in theatre, TV, film or stand up Two theatre makers that constantly push themselves forward. And I thing they are magic! I reckon you would too if went to see their work: JOURNEY TO THE CENTRE OF THE EARTH TOUR DATES . Next Week it’s Black Liver and then Robin Ince - with more to follow! You can catch up on previous conversations Here, Youtube or audio only on Spotify: Find out about the stories I tell here on Substack and even in the real world… Thank you! Thank you to everyone who tuned into my live video! Join me for my next live video in the app. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit gavcross.substack.com

09/25/2025

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39 min
05/21/2025

Tell Me Your Story: Sita Brand

When I started this project, I wanted to fill it with people. I find personally inspiring and people who I felt I could learn from. And Sita fits that requirement in every way. The breadth of their artistry, creativity, knowledge and skill combined with the dynamism of their thinking and action is not only inspiring. It is exhausting from the outside looking in! I cannot conceive of a time when Sita isn’t pushing storytelling forward into the 21st century whilst being so true to its ancient roots. I am envious (not jealous!) Of anybody that has the ability to create physical pieces of art on top of that and so it was brilliant to see how Sita can channel there creative core into something they find so rewarding and satisfying. I am envious (not jealous!) Of anybody that has the ability to create physical pieces of art on top of that and so it was brilliant to see how Sita can channel their creative core into something they find so rewarding and satisfying. Such an insightful conversation and I hope you feel the same way. .With more conversation conversations coming up, I’m enjoying this opportunity. Let me know what you think and if you could tell people about it, it would really help because I love the conversation at the end with people who have listened. And enjoy the questionsand would very much like to hear your thoughts and recommendations after we’ve listened to the guest. And would very much like to hear your thoughts and recommendations after we’ve listened to the guest. The truth is and I hope this shows, I’m doing this for me. To learn from those I look up to and who intrigued me and to practice some skills online and in myself. Namely listening I think… Next week! Tuesday 27th May - 8.30pm Mima Cornish. Mystic, meditation lead, artist, herbalist, counsellor, creative and coach every time I work with Mima there is a fizz and buzz of energy now I don’t recognise that as a deeper spiritual one but maybe Mima can see my cynicism and closed mind in the colours of my aura? I say this with great respect because I wish I had the more insights to the wider worlds like Mima and Sita. The live sessions are already cured and you can subscribe for a notification! The live sessions are already cured and you can subscribe for a notification! What are you reading? What are you watching? What are you enjoying? What do you recommend? Me? Thanks for asking! I’m reading Normally Weird and Weirdly Normal by Robin Ince . A fantastic insight into adventures in neuro diversity. insight into adventures in neuro diversity. I can relate… I’m slightly bereft after the end of Andor. Brilliant Star Wars but also brilliant storytelling. So contemporary and so agonising and examination of rebellion and resistance in the time of media manipulation and lies. I’m looking forward to reading Future’s End by Linnhe Harrison of this parish. Out now and available with the first book as an audiobook on Spotify premium. You can listen to the conversation I had with them on. Out now and available with the first book as an audiobook on Spotify premium. You can listen to the conversation I had with them on here. Gav Find out about the many things I do here: Linktree Tuesday 3rd June - 8.30pm Dickie Felton. Writer, author, PR, Journalism and promotions guru! Tuesday 10th June - 8.30pm Kat & Chris - Artistic Directors, Creators and dream weavers! This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit gavcross.substack.com

05/21/2025

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38 min
05/27/2025

Tell Me Your Story: Mima Cornish

If this is your introduction to Mima Cornish and their work then this is a perfect primer for someone with a wealth of skills and talents and a drive to express who they are through their connections with the world around them and the worlds before and beyond. Informed by stories they create beautiful artwork and connections with their community. With regular meditations, readings and the guiding through the Labyrinth at Norton Priory. Have a peep here: https://labyrinthlocator.org/labyrinth/norton-priory-museum-and-gardens/442/ Also make sure to check out the new website - going live soon - here: Www.hedgerosehealing.com Thanks for joining in and taking part too! Feel free to leave your own currents fave reads and recommendations in the comments. And pop back next week for Dickie Felton and in two weeks time Kate & Chris from A Place For Us Theatre Company. If you would like to see what I do then you can get free tickets for my family show show “Tell Tale Twit” in Blackburn on the 14th of June. Part of the Children’s Literature Festival: https://spotonlancashire.co.uk/events/tell-tale-twit/ Gav This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit gavcross.substack.com

05/27/2025

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47 min
06/03/2025

Tell Me Your Story: Dickie Felton

I find other peoples joy and passion for something they love powerful. The energy of happiness is something we should all seek perhaps. The flipside of that is i’ve always hated the ramking of other people’s passions. That it it is seeemingly ok to spend time and energy following a team and yet to follow an artist or a band at the same level is an outsider activity. That passion for sport is held in greater societal regard than the need to see as many gigs as you can in tour. No. No. I’ll never not be a fan of fans. And Dickie captures that in his books. “The Day I Met Morrissey” and the recently published “I Am Hated For Loving.” An engaging conversation across PR and 80 year old movies. Dickie is enthusiatic and has a clarity that a career in writing perhaps brings? I hope you enjoy our chat. Let me know! Find more about Dickie Felton here: https://dickiefelton.com/ Thank you! Gav I have a summer of the Bradford Literature Festival and Shakespeare. You can hear more about that with Kate & Chris Tues 10th June - 8.30pm If you would like to see one of my family shows for free and are anywhere near Blackburn on the 14th of June, I will be performimg “Tell Tale Twit” in the Hornby Lecture Theatre. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit gavcross.substack.com

06/03/2025

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40 min
04/09/2025

Tell Me Your Story: Linnhe Harrison

An absolute treat of a chatter with Linnhe. (Pronounced like the Loch.) The value of Writing Groups and Google Maps for inspiration and encouragement. Recorded live with contributions from the live audience, seek out Linnhe in all the Linktree places: linktr.ee/linnheharrison There is time to read book one before the sequel lands! Next Week - Tuesday 15th April 8.30pm Francis Todd Writer and Illustrator of Caribou Hope to see you there! This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit gavcross.substack.com

04/09/2025

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35 min
04/23/2025

Tell Me Your Story with Kate Fox

A wonderful conversation with this genuinely inspiring writer and performer. Too many potential titles for what they do - but only one Kate Fox! I got some messages after to say that there were some technical problems with the live broadcast and your comments and questions couldn’t get through. I got some messages after to say that there were some technical problems with the live broadcast and your comments and questions couldn’t get through. We are on the frontier of the new Substack video Revolution and it’s quite exciting and I’m sure these bugs will iron out but you have a chance to follow Kate. We are on the frontier of the new Substack video Revolution and it’s quite exciting and I’m sure these bugs will iron out but you have a chance to follow Kate. Sign up to their mailing list. And be inspired by them directly in their writing workshops: https://katefoxwriter.wordpress.com/ Thank you KateFox, Gav Cross, Josie Ray, Guy, and many others for tuning into my live video with KateFox! Join me for my next live video in the app. Next Week: Helen Jeffery - Playwright, Poet, Performer and more! 29th April - 8.30pm https://open.substack.com/live-stream/24169?r=gqsqk&utm_medium=ios This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit gavcross.substack.com

04/23/2025

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44 min

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