Powerful storyteller shares favourites from 20 years with Derbyshire audience

Love, life and death among topics covered in presentation at Matlock Storytelling Cafe’s monthly event

Esteemed storyteller Peter Chand will share his favourite tales collected over 20 years with an audience in Derbyshire,

Pete Chand delivers his Twenty Years a Teller show at the Imperial Rooms, Matlock on November 6, 2026. | Submitted

placeholder image — Pete Chand delivers his Twenty Years a Teller show at the Imperial Rooms, Matlock on November 6, 2026. | Submitted

Love, life and death and many a subject in between will be covered in his presentation at Matlock’s Imperial Rooms on November 6, 2026.

Ths will be followed by an informal Q and A session with Peter, who is regarded as one of Europe’s most respected and powerful storytellers and educators.

Peter left the world of retail management behind him to become a full-time storyteller and enter the deep, dark forest of the arts. As a working-class lad from Wolverhampton who came from a Punjabi family and spoke unlinke any other storyteller he had ever seen - things didn’t look too bright. That’s the thing with stories though, the really interesting ones at least. They have the power to surprise you...

Tickets cost £9 ( (including booking fee) for being live in the room and £7.50 (including booking fee for the livestream Zoom. Book at https://www.tickettailor.com/events/matlockstorytellingcafe/2455680

For those attending in person, soup, cakes, teas and coffees will be available in return for cash. Participants are invited to bring a bottle of alcohol or soft drink with them. All proceeds from refreshments sold in the kitchen help to fund Matlock Storytelling Cafe’s monthly events.