EXETER STORY CLUB
Everyone loves a good story. So why not come along to Exeter Story Club which meets every month Upstairs at The Globe Inn, Newtown, Exeter, Devon, England, to enjoy an evening of Stories in a friendly and welcoming informal venue.
A REGULAR CLUB FOR LISTENING TO AND TELLING STORIES
NO ONE HAS TO TELL A STORY! Its fine just to come along and listen! NEXT STORY CLUB: WEDNESDAY AUGUST 5th
SUMMER TIME
THERE IS NO STORY CLUB IN JULY, Boo Hoo...sorry about that...but enjoy the sunshine anyway!SO:
NEXT CLUB
WEDNESDAY 5th AUGUST
Upstairs at THE GLOBE INN
NEWTOWN
EXETER
Doors Open 8pm
Stories from 8.30pm
ONLY--£3
LAST MEETING OF STORY CLUB was --- JUNE 3rd
recently on Exeter Story Club....
The Last Story Club was:
WEDS 3rd JUNE
Last month we had a evening of Midsummer Tales
Thanks to all who turned out to tell stories or listen.... we do hope you will come again! Why not bring your friends along?
WEDS 3rd JUNE
Last month we had a evening of Midsummer Tales
Thanks to all who turned out to tell stories or listen.... we do hope you will come again! Why not bring your friends along?
TYBURN JIG Theatre Latest
SHAMELESS MERCHANDISING...
TYBURN JIGDave and Jon of TYBURN JIG Theatre, and hosts of -Exeter Story Club- are currently recording a pair of CDs of their "Tales Of King Arthur and Merlin" with wonderous music by Paul Whittall.
In due course you will be able to check out the details on the TYBURN JIG Theatre page:
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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?
The club meets every month on the first wednesday of the month.
The club starts at 8pm stories usually start by 8.30 and usually run on until around 11pm.
Any changes to the schedule will be posted here.
The club starts at 8pm stories usually start by 8.30 and usually run on until around 11pm.
Any changes to the schedule will be posted here.
FURTHER INFORMATION
TO FIND OUT MORE ABOUT EXETER STORYCLUB:
e-mail enquiries to Jon:
foolserrand@hotmail.co.uk
Telephone Enquiries to Dave:
01392 215441
DO GET IN TOUCH IF YOU WANT TO BE ADDED TO OUR REGULAR E-MAIL LIST, or taken off it!
foolserrand@hotmail.co.uk
Telephone Enquiries to Dave:
01392 215441
DO GET IN TOUCH IF YOU WANT TO BE ADDED TO OUR REGULAR E-MAIL LIST, or taken off it!
Great Stuff on Amazon
Want to know more about Storytelling?
Adventures of Odysseus
Amazon Price: $15.59 (as of 07/11/2009) 
Storytelling and the Art of Imagination
Amazon Price: $12.21 (as of 07/11/2009)
Storyteller's Start-Up Book
Amazon Price: $10.17 (as of 07/11/2009)
Storytelling Links
want to know more? Check out these websites:
- TYBURN JIG Theatre
- Dave and Jon who currently help to organise Exeter Story Club travel across England with their own eccentric brand of storytelling theatre!
- Rattlebox Theatre
- and then there is Dave's website for his world of puppet and storytelling theatre.
- Clive Pig's Webpage
- Clive is another exciting Devon Storyteller and a regular at the WOMAD festival
- RavenTales
- Michael Dacre of RavenTales who used to organise Exeter Story Club is a regular on the storytelling scene.
- The Cartwheels Collective
- The Cartwheels Collective is an eclectic mixture of artists and thinkers, who investigate in different ways, both practical and theoretical, strategies by which humans can have productive and even enjoyable existences, within the bounds of an earth that is not only finite, but could also very easily do without mankind at all.
- DUMNONNI CHRONICLES LIVE-ROLEPLAY
- Check out the Dumnonni Chronicles LARP club... interactive celtic live roleplaying events, it is like storytelling, only with dressing up, swords, and YOU get to be the characters in the stories!
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