Storyteller Nik Brooks, pictured above at a previous Art Garden event, held the fort (no pun intended) all alone for this event, recounting tales featuring tall towers and castle keeps, including:

The Doomed Prince

A story devised with the audience, involving: A princess trapped in a tower. A hero-eating dragon that "sicks up" the digested heroes to feed the princess. A knight with a pet tarantula, who fails to rescue the princess but gets her in the end as his spider bites the dragon's eyes out to distract him from an old blind woman who wanders in front of the dragon just as a pilot and two soldiers are about to shoot the dragon with a bazooka from an aeroplane. Which they do. Phew!

Stone Soup's other regular Storyteller, David Doyle, pictured below, was otherwise engaged but will be back with us again for next month's event, Tales of the Sea.

These events could not take place without the continued support of the following:

The Storytellers

Maggie Parker - for use of the Art Garden Cafe

Martina Rooney - for photography

Harlequins Party Shop - for assistance with Storytellers' costumes

Katie Tokus of MotionGrafik - for PR and Media support

Keith Collins - for venue preparation and additional photography