HILDEGARDeners - by Adderstone
Arts Barge, YORK, YO10 4AB
Saturday 11th July 2026
Hildegard of Bingen: visionary, composer, scientist, healer, proto-ecologist, rebel. Inventor of 'greening power' and bane of the corrupt. Not what you'd expect from a 12th century nun with migraines.
In this storytelling performance, threaded through with songs and illuminations, Just 17 quizzes and general good craic, Adderstone take you inside her incredible life - and invite you too to join her legacy and become a Hildegardener!
Fresh from a sold out debut at rise@Bluebird, Hildegard is ready to take to the water aboard the Arts Barge, as part of the Yorkshire Fringe Festival.
For ages 13+
Adderstone are storyteller-musicians Cath Heinemeyer and Gemma McDermott.
"We loved it! Your collaboration was inspiring, your love of Hildegard - infectious, the original songs are so beautiful and your storytelling really captivating. Thanks for a great night out". (Audience member at HILDEGARDeners)
Story aficionados on Adderstone's past shows:
"One of my most memorable and moving experiences of Beyond the Border 2023. A sublime interweaving of song, spoken word and myth." (Tim Ralphs, Beeston Tales)
"We were somehow dropped into their story... I was totally riveted. People cried and laughed and sighed a lot." (Beth Guiver, Story Forge)
For ages 13+
Adderstone are storyteller-musicians Cath Heinemeyer and Gemma McDermott.
"We loved it! Your collaboration was inspiring, your love of Hildegard - infectious, the original songs are so beautiful and your storytelling really captivating. Thanks for a great night out". (Audience member at HILDEGARDeners)
Story aficionados on Adderstone's past shows:
"One of my most memorable and moving experiences of Beyond the Border 2023. A sublime interweaving of song, spoken word and myth." (Tim Ralphs, Beeston Tales)
"We were somehow dropped into their story... I was totally riveted. People cried and laughed and sighed a lot." (Beth Guiver, Story Forge)
