A storyteller brought up in Stroud is touring her new show Troubled Waters.
Corinne Harragin will perform at Ruskin Mill on Friday, March 20 and Cotswold Playhouse on Friday, May 1.
In Troubled Waters, storyteller Corinne draws ancient river lore into conversation with the urgent issues shaping our lives today. Blending myth, humour and environmental imagination, this contemporary spoken-word performance explores our connection to waterways, wetlands and their inhabitants – human and more-than-human.
With over 4,000 miles of polluted waterways across Britain and Ireland, the stories we tell about rivers matter more than ever.
“Troubled Waters will inspire people to re-establish their connection with our rivers, helping to protect them. It’s a brilliant example of people taking action for nature.” — Avon Wildlife Trust
Described by audiences as “delicious, captivating, funny, sexy and brilliant”, the show balances sensuality and scholarship, humour and mythic depth. Backstage Bristol calls Harragin “genuinely very funny… A masterful storyteller.”
The show has already completed a 15-date UK tour with multiple sold-out performances, with a further tour scheduled this spring. In 2026, Harragin will make her Edinburgh Fringe debut with a full-month run at the Scottish Storytelling Centre.
A storyteller touring nationally for over a decade, Harragin reanimates folklore for adult audiences, centring marginalised voices and silenced histories. As a Research Associate at the University of Bristol, her project Storying the Avon explores connection to water through storytelling.
Troubled Waters invites audiences beneath the surface — where story, ecology and agency converge.
20 Mar | STROUD Ruskin Mill Gallery
https://www.tickettailor.com/events/ruskinmilltrust/1948037
1 May | STROUD Cotswold Playhouse
https://www.ticketsource.co.uk/whats-on/stroud/cotswold-playhouse/troubled-waters/e-dlkgby
