Tales of Victorian Home Life

Join us for a special storytelling session woven into the Little Palaces exhibition. As visitors explore miniature Victorian rooms, this live storytelling experience will bring the hidden lives within these spaces to life.

Gather around as our storyteller transports you into intimate domestic scenes—an industrious governess weaving bedtime tales for children, a seamstress mending dreams in the workshop, or a family around the hearth sharing whispered secrets. Each tale is drawn from authentic Victorian diaries, letters, and home lore, creating an immersive narrative that breathes life into the tiny rooms on display.

Through rich dialogue, period accents, and sensory details, the stories will reveal the hopes, dreams, struggles, and daily rituals of ordinary Victorians. Perfect for families, history buffs, or anyone who enjoys being invited into another world, this session invites you to step closer… and listen in.

This event is part of our Shared Roots programme in association with Feile an Phobail. Shared Roots is part of the From Multiculturalism to Interculturalism project led by ArtsEkta, Kabosh and Cairde na Cille under the Belfast Local Community Action Plan, supported by PEACEPLUS, a programme managed by the Special EU Programmes Body.