Exeter Storytelling Club

NEXT STORY CLUB

AND AN EXCITING NEW VENUE

Exciting news,
we have a splendid
NEW VENUE. which is...

Cellar Bar, CITY GATE Hotel,
Lower North St. Exeter. EX4 3RB

Next STORYCLUB Weds 7th March
Doors: 8pm , Start: 8.30pm
...an evening of tale telling in a friendly informal atmosphere!
No one has to tell a tale, its fine just to come and listen!
Stories are told from memory, not read, so...
Experience the power of the ancient oral tradition
A bargain for just £3.
Story Tellers get an even better bargain ...as for them it's free!

THIS MONTH:
the entirely optional theme:
Celebration of the fruit of the vine and
the ancient Feast of Dionysus

LAST WAS WEDS Feb 1st!

Tales of Candlemas, bringing the light, and LOVE!

Before the Last STORY CLUB: WEDS Jan 4th.

New year tales...

Before that:: Weds DECEMBER 7th

Christmas, Midwinter and Yule

tales of midwinter Christmas, Yuletide. Ho Ho Ho...

we had a sackfull
of tales from around the world in a friendly informal atmosphere!

HALLOWEEN SPECIAL

Ghoulies and Ghosties and long legged beasties....

In November we enjoyed the entirely optional and rather spooky theme:
HALLOWEEN Tales,
Ghoulies and Ghosties and long legged beasties.... and things that go BUMP! in the night

Before that was: Weds 5th OCTOBER

HARVEST HOME

we had the entirely optional and rather jolly theme:
THE HARVEST HOME
a bumper crop of tales from around the world in a friendly informal atmosphere!

Last before the LAST STORY CLUBwas: WEDS SEPTEMBER 7th

TRAVELLER'S TALES

Thanks to you all who came along to "TRAVELLER'S TALES"
Thanks to those with ears, and those who told tales
What a great evening!

Previously on Story club was:

a banquet of stories! MONTH AFTER MONTH

There was July, June,
Weds 4th may, Beltane and the rites of spring,
before that April 6th, Fools and foolery
and before that
WEDS 2nd March
tales to celebrate the month of March, the Vernal equinox, the rising of the sap!

THANKS TO EVERYONE WHO CAME, TOLD STORIES, OR LISTENED!

AND BEFORE THAT: ... WEDNESDAY 2nd FEB

...IT was GROUNDHOG DAY!

Last story club of 2011: a few great tales to celebrate Love! Valentines Day! the ancient Celtic festival of Imbolc, Candlemas or even GROUNDHOG DAY!

Thanks if you came along, thanks if you told a tale!

A REGULAR CLUB FOR LISTENING TO AND TELLING STORIES

NO ONE HAS TO TELL A STORY! Its fine just to come along and listen!

If you want further information about taking part, and cannot find what youneed below, do get in touch! just scroll down to find our E-mail address.

LAST STORY CLUB of 2010 was : WEDS 1st DECEMBER

'TIWAS THE SEASON TO BE JOLLY!

We sure did Deck the halls with boughs of holly!

Stalwart story fans came along to hear some tales to celebrate
YULE, The Long Dark of Midwinter, and of course CHRISTMAS!

What is Storytelling?

CELEBRATING THE ANCIENT ORAL TRADITION

Storytelling is, quite simply; the ancient art of telling a good story.

It isn't reading a story, its telling a tale from memory... such tales are never the same twice!

It is a performance skill, perhaps one of the oldest performance skills of all.

Like all kinds of performance, it requires an audience. Listening to stories is a skill too, and it requires practice!

What is Exeter Story Club?

Under a variety of different names, and in several different venues a group of people have been regularly meeting in the Exeter area over the last few years to tell and listen to stories. Exeter Story Club is the latest incarnation of that tradition!

Who Goes to the Story Club?

All kinds of people enjoy telling and listening to stories, as we meet in a pub, Exeter Story Club is for Adults.

No one at the Story Club has to tell a story. Some people come to the club because they have a story they want to tell, others come just to listen.

There is plenty of room for both tellers, and listeners. Some of our storytellers will be telling a story for the very first time, others may be telling an old favourite. Some of our regular tellers are professional, most are not.

All are welcome.

What kind of stories might I hear?

All kinds of stories are told at the club. Ancient and traditional tales from around the world are popular subject material, but you will also hear modern stories, ghost tales, urban legends, rumours and shaggy dog stories. Some are original and others will be as old as the hills.

You can hear all kinds of stories told in all kinds of ways. Some may be as long as twenty minutes in length others may just be a minute long. Some may make you laugh, some may make you cry. The style of telling will vary a lot. Some tellers sit and tell their tale as a narrator; others will move around and act out the part of different characters in the story. Some people may play a musical instrument or sing part of their story.

There is no "right" way to do storytelling.

When Does It Happen?

FURTHER INFORMATION

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