Tapestries, arrows in the eye and conker gags for the whole family! *

It’s the history bit that everyone knows…or do they?*

King Edward the Confessor of England hasn’t got  any kids…but think about all the spare time he must have…well kind of….he’s dead…

WHO’ll BE KING?!

William Duke of Normandy says King Edward pinky promised him the gig…but there no proof of that…Harold Godwinson reckons it’s *him…there’s no proof of that either…

Only one way to settle it…FIGHT!

Let us take you back to that faded primary school carpet…and tell you the most famous story in all of English History!*

With all the shrieking, sword fights and Silly Voices you could shake a tapestry at!

A score of Saxon Manors for Scott Buckley for the use of his music.

The Spoils of a Generation of Disinherited Jarls to the nice people at Zap Splat for all their music and sounds!

Papal Immunity to do anything he pleases for Dan Danny Bradley of Danny Bradley Music.

*not the BBC** apparently haw haw what larks! 

*alright he probably didn’t get an arrow in the eye. Call off your dog, we’ve got to sell this thing to the norms you know!

*his family actually own already England so why would they give it to some French Viking b####?!

*unless you’re still in school, do you sit on the carpet still? Or do you all sit on a big iPad? 

**Someone should just tell the poor people who make TV that the history nutters will never enjoy anything! So it’s best not to bother!

Grab your knotted bedsheets! Cook that file into that cake! Dig out your Get Out of Jail FREE card from childhood! Coz the Boys are Escaping again!

Join the Silly History Boys and a special famous history guest for their next instalment of the Greatest of Great Escapes! 

Early parole for ZapSplat for wet dungeon and clanking chains sounds (and music!)

Lord Fast Fingers gets to Shawshank it through over a mile of poop and pee for his intro sting.

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The Silly History Boys most Dear Uncle is off on tour with the Story Forge Show!

And YOU are invited…on an hilariously unique family-friendly theatrical adventure! 

Join the ludicrously learned (and undeniably loopy) duo, Professor Doctor Lee Hithersay and Doctor Professor Robert Rhys Bond, as they embark on a quest to forge three brand-new myths live on stage!

Will your adventure unfold on the sun-drenched shores of Ancient Egypt, amidst the icy fjords of Viking legend, or in the inky depths of Neptune's ocean?

The choice is yours! Shape the narrative, suggest the world, and even take centre stage as the hero of your very own myth (participation entirely optional, shy souls still welcome!).

Forge your own unforgettable story and become a legend – you'd be mad to myth it!

Nice Things People have said about Story Forge...

TICKET LINKS and Venues all Below 

Suitable for ages 7+

Derby Theatre September 20th, 11am and 2pm

https://derbytheatre.co.uk/event/story-forge/

Maesteg Town Hall November 6th at 1.30

https://awenboxoffice.com/whats-on/the-story-forge-make-your-own-myth/

Hoole Community Centre in Chester September 21st at 1.30pm

https://www.ticketsource.co.uk/whats-on/chester/hoole-community-centre/rubbish-shakespeare-company-silly-history-boys-the-story-forge-make-your-own-myth/e-lellam

Chelmsford theatre, Saturday the 27th of September 

11.30 and 14.30

https://www.chelmsfordtheatre.co.uk/event/the-story-forge-make-your-own-myth

Farnham Maltings, the Great Hall, Sunday the 28th of September. 11am and 2.30

https://farnhammaltings.com/events/the-story-forge

Friday the 3rd of October, 6pm

https://www.ticketsource.co.uk/whats-on/chester/tarvin-community-centre/the-story-forge-make-your-own-myth-the-rubbish-shakespeare-company-silly-history-boys/e-xokpvr 

Gosforth Civic Theatre, 4th of October, Newcastle 11am and 2pm

https://www.gosforthcivictheatre.co.uk/whats-on/the-story-forge-make-your-own-myth

Queens Hall Hexham, 5th of October, at 2pm

https://www.queenshall.co.uk/whats-on/the-story-forge-make-your-own-myth

The Stables Milton Keynes, 11th of October at 2pm 

https://stables.org/event/rubbish-shakespeare-company-the-silly-history-boys-the-story-forge

Story Forge Warwick Arts Centre, October 12th. 11.30 and 2.30

https://www.warwickartscentre.co.uk/whats-on/nvO-the-story-forge-make-your-own-myth/

Story Forge Armly/Leeds, St Bartholomew church, for Red Ladder Theatre Company 

https://www.redladder.co.uk/whatson/story-forge/

Dorman Museum November 9th. 11.30 and 2.30

https://online1.venpos.net/ConsumerSite/VisitDateTime?LID=936&PID=440cf6d7-e6ee-48c9-aee5-b0e31a1d3d1a&LNG=en&VD=2025-11-09T00%3A00%3A00

The Story Forge was banged together with the molten talents of these nice people…

Performed by Lee Hithersay, Robert Rhys Bond and Oliver Wilson, Ryan Byrne and Daniel Bradley 

Props and costume design by Alice Rowbottom

Set design by Alex MacDonald

Lighting Design by Beccy Hillam

Written by Robert Rhys Bond and Lee Hithersay

Directed by Mark Smith

That's right folks! Captain America is old, Black Widow is pancaked and Tony Stark puts something in my eye! It's the end of our soft reboot sequel franchise cash grab that was THE PRETENDERS

Find out what happens to the fake Richard of York and wannabe fake King Richard IV of England 

York Will Sail, The Cornish Will Rise and Tudor will play his cunning games. 

Big thanks to ZapSplat for zaps and splats (and music)

Scott Buckley for his sweet music

Doug Maxwell for appropriate history music for regal types

Danny Bradley for his made to measure Delilah! 

Extra thanks to the history man, and all things WotR, Nathen Amin!

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“The Pretenders and their allies must be willing to sacrifice all in an attempt to defeat the powerful Tudor before his blitz of devastation and ruin puts an end to the country”

Now we have that vague logline out of the way we can get all “logged-down” in our next instalment of THE PRETENDERS.

Meet Perkin Warbeck, a handsome silk-merchant from the Low Countries. A handsome silk-merchant with a secret (GASP!) A secret claim to the Throne of England (GASP!). Who will stop at nothing until his secret is revealed, revealed and taken super seriously by the powers that be.  

Thanks to ZapSplat for zips zaps boings and music

Thanks as ever to Scott Buckley for his awesome music

Thanks to Kevin McLeod for his track 'Court of the Queen'

Thanks to Lord Fast Fingers for the theme music

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Finally (but definitely not leastally), massive thanks to all who have seen us over the summer. We have met some lovely people and everyone has been very nice to us. Thanks!!

PRETENDERS....ASSEMBLE!

We're Stoke-ed for this one...Stoke Field to be exact!

The Tudor Crown is in deadly danger from the dreaded Usurper-tron...well a small boy named Lambert Simnel who may not be 100% up for overthrowing the crown...but its too late to turn back now!

William DJ de la Pole and his good buddy Tom Fitz Gerald have invaded Lancashire...but waiting for them is a dastardly collection of Clifford's, Woodville's and Stanleys! 

The road leads west across the dreaded desert of Yorkshire to a Rampire infested hill in Lincolnshire!

Who will be victorious? 

You'll be RED GUTTER-ed if you miss it!

Join us for the tale of Lambert Simnel the boy who would/won't be King!

Find out in this weeks VERY silly telling of the Battle of Stoke Field.

You'll be gutted if you miss it....RED GUTTER-red!

There was an idea...to bring together a group of silly middled aged boys to make even the most dry bits of history...silly...that we never could...

The Silliest boys in history return for....Pretenders...ASSEMBLE!

We're plunged screaming and yawning back in the thorny history bed that is.

THE WARS OF THE ROSES again.

Henry Tudor smoked Richard the Third at the battle of Bosworth* to start the Tudor Dynasty.

But its only two years later and John de Pole Earl of Lincoln is already burying little presents in Henry Tudor's Rose garden...a little White Rose Present...has one of the Princes in the Tower survived?

Or is it just a no mark peasant twit called Lambert Simnel who has a passing resemblance to a dead Prince?**

Queue a mad dash to hire Irish Gallowgass, Antipodal Mercs with a great faith in the Schwartz (Martin) and massive swords!

Join us for the tale of Lambert Simnel the boy who would be King!

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Thanks to zapsplat for the SFX and music

Thanks to scott buckley for his incredible music

Thanks to Lord Fast Fingers for his music

Strings by Jonny Dyer

*alright actually he got his Mum on them!

**kind of but no

Geoffrey of Monmouth is once more put to the question by The Silly History Investigation Squad Department P.D.

Will he conclude the epic tale of Brutus, First King of the Britons?

...

Yes. He will.

Thanks to zapsplat for the SFX and music

Thanks to scott buckley for his incredible music

Thanks to Lord Fast Fingers for his music

For many centuries Geoffrey of Monmouth's book 'The History of the Kings of Britain' was considered the go-to reference for information on British kings, but in recent years doubt has been cast on it's reliability. Only one crack squad of investigators can get to the bottom of this mystery... The Silly History Investigation Squad Department PD!

Come and hear the tale of Brutus, first King of the Britons from Geoffrey of Monmouth himself!!

Thanks to Zapsplat for music and sfx

Thanks to Scott Buckley for his awesome music

Thanks to you for listening!

Apples yeah? Everyone LOVES apples. But imagine if they were GOLD! OMGeeees you'd never have to work again. 

Where was I? Oh yeah, HERACLES! 

Everyone's fave, yet troubled demigod has yet another labour. 

To steal the Golden Apples of the Hesperides.

We'll meet giant men at the space gym. A dude what is tied to a mountain, and yet MORE sons of Poseidon. 

Enchanted apple pie for ZapSplat for Music & SFX 

Burn your mouth off apple turnover for extra SFX by FreeSFX

and the whole run of the mythical garden and all the sin he can eat goes to Scott Buckley for his amazing apple (not apple) related music.

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