EXETER STORY CLUB
Everyone loves a good story. So why not come along to Exeter Story Club which meets first wednesday every month in the Cellar Bar of The City Gate Hotel, Lower North St. Exeter, Devon, England, to enjoy an evening of Stories in a friendly, welcoming and informal venue. A bargain for just £3!
In keeping with the ancient tradition of story telling, stories at Story Club are told from memory, not read from the page!
In keeping with the ancient tradition of story telling, stories at Story Club are told from memory, not read from the page!
NEXT STORY CLUB --- Weds 6th June
TALES OF MIDSUMMER and FORTUNA goddess of luck
THIS MONTH:the entirely optional theme:
TALES OF MIDSUMMER and FORTUNA goddess of luck.
Celebrate midsummer, St John's Eve and not forgetting St Gobnatt's day with a bumper crop of tales from around the world.
Doors: 8pm , Start: 8.30pm
dont forget we have a splendid
NEW VENUE. which is...
Cellar Bar, CITY GATE Hotel,
Lower North St. Exeter. EX4 3RB
...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!
Your Host: Jon Freeman, Current Bard of Exeter.
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.
What is Storytelling?
CELEBRATING THE ANCIENT ORAL TRADITION
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?
Who Goes to the Story Club?
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?
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
tel 0781 4994441
DO send and e-mail IF YOU WANT TO BE ADDED TO OUR REGULAR E-MAIL LIST, or taken off it!
foolserrand@hotmail.co.uk
tel 0781 4994441
DO send and e-mail IF YOU WANT TO BE ADDED TO OUR REGULAR E-MAIL LIST, or taken off it!
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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