The Storytelling Diary
Miscellaneous Events, Concerts, Etc
Ruby and her Horses dates 2008
Sat 6 Sept Holme Hale, Nr Swaffham Tel: Sandra Keay 01760 756284
Sat 13 Sept Sproughton Tithe Barn
Tel: Rosalind Lavington 01473 748478
Sat 20 Sept Westhall Village Hall
Tel: Liz Hardy 01502 575218
Sat 4 Oct Orford Town Hall
Tel: Alison Keeble 01394 459172
Sat 11 Oct Occold Village Hall
Tel: Di Noller 01379 678198
Sat 18 Oct Theberton
Tel: Elis Pehkoen 01728 830531
Wed 22 Oct Halesworth Arts Festival
Tel: 01986 874264
Fri 31 Oct Swaffham Prior W.I.
Private Booking
Sat 8 Nov Ashen Village Hall
Tel: Graham Howard 01440 788025
Sat 15 Nov Walpole Pavillion
Tel: Zoe Mair 01986 784217
Sat 22 Nov Brandeston Village Hall
Tel: Jackie O'Brien 01728 685266
Wed 26 Nov Haverhill Arts Centre
Tel: 01440 714140
Fri 5 Dec Balsham
Tel: Andrew Westwood-Bate 01223 892430
Mon 8 Dec Walberswick History Group
Tel: Philip Kett 01502 723800
Tel: Rosalind Lavington 01473 748478
Sat 20 Sept Westhall Village Hall
Tel: Liz Hardy 01502 575218
Sat 4 Oct Orford Town Hall
Tel: Alison Keeble 01394 459172
Sat 11 Oct Occold Village Hall
Tel: Di Noller 01379 678198
Sat 18 Oct Theberton
Tel: Elis Pehkoen 01728 830531
Wed 22 Oct Halesworth Arts Festival
Tel: 01986 874264
Fri 31 Oct Swaffham Prior W.I.
Private Booking
Sat 8 Nov Ashen Village Hall
Tel: Graham Howard 01440 788025
Sat 15 Nov Walpole Pavillion
Tel: Zoe Mair 01986 784217
Sat 22 Nov Brandeston Village Hall
Tel: Jackie O'Brien 01728 685266
Wed 26 Nov Haverhill Arts Centre
Tel: 01440 714140
Fri 5 Dec Balsham
Tel: Andrew Westwood-
Tel: Philip Kett 01502 723800
For more info: Tel Alan Bumpstead 01440 704157
9th Annual National Storytelling Week 31st January – 7th February 2009
Storytelling is not just for the young but for all ages who share the creations of thought and the creativity of imagination. So join us! For the word is out and there is a store of stories to be told!
National Storytelling Week 2008 (our 8th) reached 12,000 plus people with nationwide storytelling events and performances in Schools, Arts Centres, Libraries, Theatres, Museums, Pubs, Book Shops, Storytelling Clubs, Retirement Homes and Prisons.
BBC Local Radio stations around the country joined in with storytelling broadcasts by SfS members as well as other storytellers who took part. We don't have listener figures, but this we know expands the 12,000 figure!
National Storytelling Week was used to tell stories in schools in other languages apart from English. La Jolie Ronde told folk stories in French in schools in Essex. In Wales stories were told in Welsh.An educational authority in the Lake District did video link-ups using the storyteller Taffy Thomas broadcasting to schools in the area.West London's Floating Classroom held 4 sessions on trips along the Grand Union Canal
Events were held in Luton Museums, Tyne and Wear Museum, North Somerset Museum, Lakeside Shopping Centre Waterstones in Plymouth and Plymouth City Museums, The RAF Museum Hendon, and The National Railway Museum in York. Museum in Docklands held family storytelling events, The Admiral's House Greenwich pesented an evening of Sea stories with The Greenwich Storytellers, Croxteth Hall and Country Park Liverpool staged a series of 7 storytelling events, Daisy Chain Nurseries invited inparents and grandparents to tell stories to their children, The Young Storyteller of Wales Festival was held as part of NSW.
300-plus new copies of The Society for Storytelling Guide to National Storytelling Week were requested by email or post.
We know that storytelling stretches from its simplest application in the nursery right through to personal stories and bereavement aids in hospitals, strengthening communication in the business sphere, and as an aid to learning in education. In its sharing between teller and listener it gives and receives time, it empowers, it creates and feeds the imagination from one generation to the next.
TO BE INVOLVED CALL : Del Reid 020 8866 4232 (National Storytelling Week Organiser) or
Tina Bilbe 0118 9351381 (SfS Office Director)
Alan Woollard 01840 211268 (Cornwall)
Richard Berry(Wales) 029 2022 9009
Carl Merry(Essex) 01268 767770
Storytelling is not just for the young but for all ages who share the creations of thought and the creativity of imagination. So join us! For the word is out and there is a store of stories to be told!
National Storytelling Week 2008 (our 8th) reached 12,000 plus people with nationwide storytelling events and performances in Schools, Arts Centres, Libraries, Theatres, Museums, Pubs, Book Shops, Storytelling Clubs, Retirement Homes and Prisons.
BBC Local Radio stations around the country joined in with storytelling broadcasts by SfS members as well as other storytellers who took part. We don't have listener figures, but this we know expands the 12,000 figure!
National Storytelling Week was used to tell stories in schools in other languages apart from English. La Jolie Ronde told folk stories in French in schools in Essex. In Wales stories were told in Welsh.An educational authority in the Lake District did video link-
Events were held in Luton Museums, Tyne and Wear Museum, North Somerset Museum, Lakeside Shopping Centre Waterstones in Plymouth and Plymouth City Museums, The RAF Museum Hendon, and The National Railway Museum in York. Museum in Docklands held family storytelling events, The Admiral's House Greenwich pesented an evening of Sea stories with The Greenwich Storytellers, Croxteth Hall and Country Park Liverpool staged a series of 7 storytelling events, Daisy Chain Nurseries invited inparents and grandparents to tell stories to their children, The Young Storyteller of Wales Festival was held as part of NSW.
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We know that storytelling stretches from its simplest application in the nursery right through to personal stories and bereavement aids in hospitals, strengthening communication in the business sphere, and as an aid to learning in education. In its sharing between teller and listener it gives and receives time, it empowers, it creates and feeds the imagination from one generation to the next.
TO BE INVOLVED CALL : Del Reid 020 8866 4232 (National Storytelling Week Organiser) or
Tina Bilbe 0118 9351381 (SfS Office Director)
Alan Woollard 01840 211268 (Cornwall)
Richard Berry(Wales) 029 2022 9009
Carl Merry(Essex) 01268 767770
Archive of Performance Storytelling
The London Centre for International Storytelling, the umbrella charity of the
Crick Crack Club, has compiled an archive of contains over 900 recordings
1983 to 2007. The Archive is hosted by the English Folk Dance and Song
Society in London (www.efdss.org), by Mythstories Museum in Wem,
Shropshire (info@mythstories.com), and at the Central Library in
Gateshead (01914 338 430, or libraries@gateshead.gov.uk). In the future it
will be available at the British Library Sound Archive in London
(www.bl.uk/collections/sound-archive/nsa.html). For more information
please visit www.thelcis.org.uk/LCIS/ARCHIVE.HTM.
The London Centre for International Storytelling, the umbrella charity of the
Crick Crack Club, has compiled an archive of contains over 900 recordings
1983 to 2007. The Archive is hosted by the English Folk Dance and Song
Society in London (www.efdss.org), by Mythstories Museum in Wem,
Shropshire (info@mythstories.com), and at the Central Library in
Gateshead (01914 338 430, or libraries@gateshead.gov.uk). In the future it
will be available at the British Library Sound Archive in London
(www.bl.uk/collections/sound-
Scottish Storytelling Centre
Until Sat 27 Sep, 10am-
Illustrator Stephanie Black exhibits re-
Visual arts
Wed 10 Sep, 7pm (2hrs)
Storytelling Café: Birds and Beasts
Join storyteller Ewan McVicar for a relaxing evening of traditional oral storytelling, songs and poetry. Come along to listen or join in fine tales and fine company. The licensed Café serves light snacks and drinks from 6pm.
£3
Storytelling/literature
Sat 13 Sep, 2.30pm (90mins approx)
Family Story Circle
Hear some new stories and share your own tales and songs with storyteller Ruth Kirkpatrick. Join in at Edinburgh's family story club with some bird stories for autumn.
For children aged 5-
Storytelling / days out
Tue 16 Sep, 11am (50mins approx)
Tiny Tales
Get singing, clapping and moving with stories for wee ones to join in with! Led by a professional storyteller.
Age 6 months to 3 years
£3 per child, accompanying adult free
Storytelling
Fri 26 Sep, 7.30pm (2hrs 30mins)
Guid Crack at the Waverley Bar
The first date of the autumn season at Edinburgh's famous storytelling club with guest storyteller Gerry Durkin.
By donation (suggested £3)
Storytelling/days out
Sat 27 Sep, 11am-
A special chance to visit the Storytelling Centre , hear some stories and visit the bell tower. Live storytelling and music, plus family craft activities.
Free
Days out/storytelling/activity days
Sat 27 Sep, 2.30pm (90mins)
Bird Stories workshop
Come and hear some tales of birds and other flying creatures, then make your own bird chapbook, inspired by Stephanie Black's exhibition.
Families and children aged 6+
£4/£3
Storytelling/family activities
Box office 0131 556 9579 or www.scottishstorytellingcentre.co.uk
Especially family friendly
Eleanor Weir
Marketing Officer
Scottish Storytelling Centre
43-
EH1 1SR
Tel 0131 652 3272
or 0131 556 9579
eleanor@scottishstorytellingcentre.com
www.scottishstorytellingcentre.co.uk
ZIPANG
Mesopotamian Storytelling Workshops led by Fran Hazelton, June peters and tara jaff
held the first saturday of every month 3.30-5.30pm at the poetry cafe, 22 betterton street, covent garden, london wc2 (nearest station Leicester Sq or Covent Garden)
£5. to book e mail: zipang03@btopenworld.com
Mesopotamian Storytelling Workshops led by Fran Hazelton, June peters and tara jaff
held the first saturday of every month 3.30-
£5. to book e mail: zipang03@btopenworld.com
St Ethelburgas near Liverpool Street Station, hold regular storytelling events covering all faiths and cultures (including the SFS faith and culture group). It is worth looking up their website to see all their diverse events. stethelburgas.org/storytelling
The Irish Cultural Centre in Hammersmith has regular storytelling events run by Kate Corkery. the Irish Cultural Centre, Blacks Road, Hammersmith W6 (2 minutes from Hammersmith Underground stations)Kate > katesay@hotmail.com <
Storytelling Night at Torriano, meet once a month on a Wednesdays at 8pm at: Torriano Meeting House, 99 Torriano Avenue NW5 2RX Nearest tube: Kentish Town £6 Incl. a glass of wine and a handful of nibbles Tellers and Listeners welcome10 minute tales from the floor as usual!! Contact: Nell 07813 988280 ore mail : nell.phoenix@blueyonder.co.uk
Storytelling in Hope www.storytellinginhope.com
is the name of a group of people who love to listen to and tell stories from all around the world, in a friendly club atmosphere Storytelling in Hope Club Nights at the Old Bakehouse Theatre, behind the Reminiscence Centre, Blackheath Village, London SE3 9LA. Entrance via Bennett Park.
is the name of a group of people who love to listen to and tell stories from all around the world, in a friendly club atmosphere Storytelling in Hope Club Nights at the Old Bakehouse Theatre, behind the Reminiscence Centre, Blackheath Village, London SE3 9LA. Entrance via Bennett Park.
Chris and Jo
WildWise Events Ltd
Foxhole
Dartington
Totnes
Devon TQ9 6EB
Tel: 01803 868269
Mobile: 0781 349 2825
Email: enquiries@wildwise.co.uk
Website: www.wildwise.co.uk
September 26-28th 'Deep Story and the Wild Earth': Myth, Wilderness and
the Road Back to Belonging.
Join mythologist, storyteller, author and award-winning rites-of-passage
guide Martin Shaw in exploring the relationship between story and wild
landscape. For thousands of years humans have been nourished by the
movement of a Hawk, the curling of a river…We will be taking our place at
this archaic fireside and asking 'How do we cultivate this nourishment in
the 21st century?’ We will work with 2 stories over the weekend, Celtic
and Siberian, plus enjoying a ribald treasure chest of poetry eg. Mirabai,
W.B. Yeats.
'Shaw presides over an astonishing flow of language.' Robert Bly, author of
'Iron John'.
Cost: £175 Adults inc. evening meals. Moretonhampstead, Dartmoor.
see http://www.wildwise.co.uk/deep-story.html
September 21-25th Highland Canoe Adventure
An incredible 5-day paddle in open canoes down a remote Scottish Loch
to the open sea. Wild camping, bushcraft and beautiful mountains!
Cost: £375 Adults.
see http://www.wildwise.co.uk/highland-canoe.html
We accept bookings either over the phone (by card) or through the post
(by cheque). Please give us a call in the office on 01803 868269 if you
would like any more information about these or any other of our events.
WildWise Events Ltd
Foxhole
Dartington
Totnes
Devon TQ9 6EB
Tel: 01803 868269
Mobile: 0781 349 2825
Email: enquiries@wildwise.co.uk
Website: www.wildwise.co.uk
September 26-
Join mythologist, storyteller, author and award-
landscape. For thousands of years humans have been nourished by the
movement of a Hawk, the curling of a river…We will be taking our place at
this archaic fireside and asking 'How do we cultivate this nourishment in
the 21st century?’ We will work with 2 stories over the weekend, Celtic
and Siberian, plus enjoying a ribald treasure chest of poetry eg. Mirabai,
W.B. Yeats.
'Shaw presides over an astonishing flow of language.' Robert Bly, author of
'Iron John'.
Cost: £175 Adults inc. evening meals. Moretonhampstead, Dartmoor.
see http://www.wildwise.co.uk/deep-
September 21-
Cost: £375 Adults.
see http://www.wildwise.co.uk/highland-
We accept bookings either over the phone (by card) or through the post
(by cheque). Please give us a call in the office on 01803 868269 if you
would like any more information about these or any other of our events.
The Gwydyr Storytelling Weekend/ Penwythnos Chwedlau Gwydyr :
12-14 September
A chance to experience the landscape of the beautiful Conwy Valley
in North Wales in ways you've never imagined!
Full details 01492 641 415 or www.golygfagwydyr.com
Friday 12th September, 7.30 £6 / £4: Betws y Coed Memorial Hall
Story Cabaret
Performers from Dartmoor to Snowdonia come together to create a
wild and heady storytelling brew! An evening of tri-lingual
performances (Welsh, English and Anglo-Saxon!) headlined by
Raventales with their shadow show Beowulf, featuring the brilliant
storyteller Cath Aran and the band Curiad y Drwm. Compered by the
inimitable Gwdihw.
Refreshments by Cafe Contessa. Not recommended for children under 12
12-
in North Wales in ways you've never imagined!
Full details 01492 641 415 or www.golygfagwydyr.com
Friday 12th September, 7.30 £6 / £4: Betws y Coed Memorial Hall
Story Cabaret
Performers from Dartmoor to Snowdonia come together to create a
wild and heady storytelling brew! An evening of tri-
storyteller Cath Aran and the band Curiad y Drwm. Compered by the
inimitable Gwdihw.
Refreshments by Cafe Contessa. Not recommended for children under 12
The Middle Yard Tour
Thurs 11 September, 2008 at 8pm
Wirksworth Festival, Derbyshire
Town Hall, Wirksworth
Tickets £8 (concessions available)
www.wirksworthfestival.co.uk
Fri 12 September, 2008 at 7.30pm
The Richard Attenborough Centre
Lancaster Road, Leicester, LE1 7HA
Tickets £10 (concessions/NUS/under 18s £7)
Box Office 0116 252 2455
Minicom 0116 223 1520
or email racentre@le.ac.uk
Saturday 11 October, 2008 at 7.30pm
Ilkley Literature Festival
Otley Courthouse Theatre
Tickets £7 (£5 concessions)
Otley Courthouse Box Office: 01943 467466
or email otleycourthouse@tiscali.co.uk
www.courthouseproject.org.uk
Sunday 12 October, 2008
Ilkley Literature Festival
Nick Hennessey and Simon Heywood in Conversation
Plus Storytelling Workshop for Adults and Older Children
Thursday 23 October 2008 at 8.15pm
The Sage Gateshead
part of Folkworks Programme
Tickets £10 (£8 seniors, £5 concessions)
Ticket Office: 0191 443 4661
or visit www.thesagegateshead.org
Friday 24 October, 2008 at 7.30pm
Off the Shelf Literature Festival, Sheffield
The Library Theatre, Sheffield
Tudor Square,
Sheffield S1
Tickets £6 (£4 concessions)
From Sheffield Theatre Box Office
Tel: 0114 249 6000
Weds 12 November, 2008
Village Ventures, Rural and Community Touring
Normanton on Soar
Thurs 13 November, 2008
Lincolnshire Rural and Community Touring
Bishop Greaves Theatre
Lincoln
Friday 14 November, 2008
Centre Stage, Rural and Community Touring
Hoton, Cotes and Prestwold Village Hall
Charnwood
Saturday 15 November, 2008
Centre Stage, Rural and Community Touring
Samworth Centre, at St Mary's
Melton Mowbray
Naomi
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Naomi Wilds
Adverse Camber
www.adversecamber.org
Tel: 01332 293301
Thurs 11 September, 2008 at 8pm
Wirksworth Festival, Derbyshire
Town Hall, Wirksworth
Tickets £8 (concessions available)
www.wirksworthfestival.co.uk
Fri 12 September, 2008 at 7.30pm
The Richard Attenborough Centre
Lancaster Road, Leicester, LE1 7HA
Tickets £10 (concessions/NUS/under 18s £7)
Box Office 0116 252 2455
Minicom 0116 223 1520
or email racentre@le.ac.uk
Saturday 11 October, 2008 at 7.30pm
Ilkley Literature Festival
Otley Courthouse Theatre
Tickets £7 (£5 concessions)
Otley Courthouse Box Office: 01943 467466
or email otleycourthouse@tiscali.co.uk
www.courthouseproject.org.uk
Sunday 12 October, 2008
Ilkley Literature Festival
Nick Hennessey and Simon Heywood in Conversation
Plus Storytelling Workshop for Adults and Older Children
Thursday 23 October 2008 at 8.15pm
The Sage Gateshead
part of Folkworks Programme
Tickets £10 (£8 seniors, £5 concessions)
Ticket Office: 0191 443 4661
or visit www.thesagegateshead.org
Friday 24 October, 2008 at 7.30pm
Off the Shelf Literature Festival, Sheffield
The Library Theatre, Sheffield
Tudor Square,
Sheffield S1
Tickets £6 (£4 concessions)
From Sheffield Theatre Box Office
Tel: 0114 249 6000
Weds 12 November, 2008
Village Ventures, Rural and Community Touring
Normanton on Soar
Thurs 13 November, 2008
Lincolnshire Rural and Community Touring
Bishop Greaves Theatre
Lincoln
Friday 14 November, 2008
Centre Stage, Rural and Community Touring
Hoton, Cotes and Prestwold Village Hall
Charnwood
Saturday 15 November, 2008
Centre Stage, Rural and Community Touring
Samworth Centre, at St Mary's
Melton Mowbray
Naomi
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Adverse Camber
www.adversecamber.org
Tel: 01332 293301
Grampian Association of Storytellers
Friday 5th September - Guest Teller - Michael Kerrins. Event at Christian Community Centre, Spademill Road, Aberdeen. Event is aimed at adults and starts at 7:30. Tickets cost £5.
Tuesday 16th September - Storytelling Event by GAS' Fiona-Jane Brown as part of the Sea Salt and Sound Festival in Aberdeen. Event titled "Sea Stories & Salty Tales" and begins at 7 at the Northern Lights Room in the Beach Ballroom in Aberdeen.
Friday 3 October - Guest Teller - Sheena Blackhall. Event at Christian Community Centre, Spademill Road, Aberdeen. Event is aimed at adults and starts at 7:30. Tickets cost £5.
Saturday 10th October - Storytelling in Doric Workshop with Sheena Blackhall. Event at Archeolink in Oyne, Aberdeenshire. Event is for adults and costs £20. It will run from 10am to 4pm including breaks.
Friday 31st October. Halloween Event at Archeolink in Oyne. Event is aimed for adults.
Saturday 15th November. Storytelling Workshop with Margaret Currie and Jackie Ross. Event at Archeolink in Oyne, Aberdeenshire. Event is for adults and costs £20. It will run from 10am to 4pm including breaks.
Warm welcome, guid craick an a bellyfu o stories tae tak awa wi ye…
Grampian Association of Storytellers
How to contact us
Email: gas_story@hotmail.com
www.grampianstorytellers.org.uk
Chairperson Phyll McBain (01569) 765616
Secretary Anna Fancett 07841 715 447
Friday 5th September -
Tuesday 16th September -
Friday 3 October -
Saturday 10th October -
Friday 31st October. Halloween Event at Archeolink in Oyne. Event is aimed for adults.
Saturday 15th November. Storytelling Workshop with Margaret Currie and Jackie Ross. Event at Archeolink in Oyne, Aberdeenshire. Event is for adults and costs £20. It will run from 10am to 4pm including breaks.
Warm welcome, guid craick an a bellyfu o stories tae tak awa wi ye…
Grampian Association of Storytellers
How to contact us
Email: gas_story@hotmail.com
www.grampianstorytellers.org.uk
Chairperson Phyll McBain (01569) 765616
Secretary Anna Fancett 07841 715 447