The Snug Storytelling Sessions: Creature Comforts' - A storytelling session with Moth & Butterfly (5pm)

Join us at The Snug Storytelling Session at Wicklow Wolf Brewery for an evening of eclectic line of up storytellers Moth & Butterfly with special guest Daniel Galvin.

About The Snug

The Snug is an experimental participatory design project exploring the place and places of conversation in contemporary Ireland. Led by international arts collective Unqualified Design Studio (Architecture Project Award 2023/24), the project invites communities to come together in the unlikely privacy of a 6x6m popup snug - giving life to a momentary, real-world ‘chat room’. The Snug debuted in June 2024 at Carlow Arts Festival, hosting a curated talk series examining the relationship between the stories we tell and the spaces where we tell them - and asking what it is that makes us feel connected to each other and the world around us.

Moth & Butterfly

Moth & Butterfly is a storytelling and arts collective based in the West of Ireland. Their hugely popular bi-monthly events feature different styles of oral storytelling, including personal, fictional, and completely improvised tales. Contributions come from the Moth & Butterfly ensemble, guest artists, and sometimes even audience members! They host an annual festival in Galway as well as guest appearances around the world. www.mothandbutterflystories.com

Órla Mc Govern

Órla Mc Govern is an award-winning Storyteller, performer and writer. She is Artistic Director of the Moth & Butterfly Festival of Storytelling & Improvisation in Galway, Ireland, she performs, tells stories and leads workshops at venues small and large around the world. Órla's plays have been produced globally and she has written two books of stories ‘Dublin Folk Tales For Children’ & ‘Wild Waves & Wishing Wells’. As well as theatre and storytelling performance, Órla also acts for film and TV & loves to swim in the sea! She is a member of Connemara Arts Collective Interface Inagh, the Ohana Improv Collective, and a founder of The Galway Improv Space. She’s delighted to be back at the wonderful Yarn Festival. www.orlamcgovern.com

Niceol Blue

Niceol Blue is a storyteller in song and spoken word. A singer, songwriter, storyteller & performer, she grew up in the Pacific Northwest of the US; an environment that helped to shape all of her artforms. Niceol’s award-winning music and written work has been published and performed globally. Recent appearances with her songs and stories include Grapevine Kinsale, Moth & Butterfly, Galway, Crinniú na nÓg, & IFOO Finland. She is thrilled to be back again at the Yarn Festival in Bray. www.niceolblue.com

Daniel Galvin

Daniel Galvin is a writer and storyteller. His work has been published in The Moth, Channell, Honest Ulsterman, A New Ulster, ROPES, Skylight 47, Acumen, The West Texas Literary Cork Words Anthology, and elsewhere. He received the Arts Council Agility Award in 2022 and 2023, and holds an MA in Creative Writing from UCC. Daniel works as a host with the international storytelling night Seanchoíche and is founder of Grapevine, a platform for contemporary Irish storytelling, with regular nights in Co. Cork. Daniel is excited to make his first appearance with the Moth & Butterfly ensemble at Yarn Festival!