TYBURN JIG LUNCHTIME STORIES at THE EXETER FESTIVAL 

a chance to see Dave and Jon in ...a rare local gig!

NEXT MEETING OF EXETER STORYCLUB 

WEDNESDAY JULY 2nd

WEDNESDAY 2nd JULY
THEME:
"A MIXED BAG"
stories from around the world, and through the ages, tales ancient and modern,
WITH WORDS: ANYTHING COULD HAPPEN!
UPSTAIRS AT THE GLOBE INN, NEWTOWN.
Doors open 8pm
Tales from 8.30pm

LAST MONTHS CLUB 

Weds June 4th

Our last session had the theme of:

-Celtic Tales-

Thanks to all who made it happen. Tellers, listeners, the Globe, and everyone.

Get your friends to come along next time!

What is Storytelling? 

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

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.

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 

TO FIND OUT MORE ABOUT EXETER STORYCLUB:

Great Stuff on Amazon 

Want to know more about Storytelling?

Adventures of Odysseus

Amazon Price: $12.99 (as of 07/25/2008)

Storytelling and the Art of Imagination

by Nancy Mellon

Amazon Price: $14.36 (as of 07/25/2008)

Storyteller's Start-Up Book

by Margaret MacDonald

Amazon Price: $10.17 (as of 07/25/2008)

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!