Storytelling Festival
ASHDOWN FOREST STORYTELLING FESTIVAL 2008
“Personal transformation can, and does, have global effects”
- Marianne Williamson
In the 8th National Storytelling Week 26 Jan - 2 Feb
FOREST ROW, EAST SUSSEX
SATURDAY 26 JANUARY 2008
Emerson College @ 8pm, tickets £6 (£4 concessions)
WHERE THE HEART IS
Stories of home and hearth to warm the heart on a cold winter’s evening from
The Faculty of the School of Storytelling, Emerson College -
Sue Hollingsworth, Ashley Ramsden, Roi Gal-Or and Liz Turkel
Ruskin Hall, Emerson College, Forest Row, East Sussex RH18 5Jx
MONDAY 28 JANUARY 2008
After school storytelling 4pm - 5pm @ Community Centre, Forest Row
EARTH FRIENDLY TALES
from Alethea Mifsud
Tickets £2.00 adults and children
The Forest Row Community Centre, Hartfield Road, RH18 5DZ
Forest Row Community Centre @ 7.30pm, tickets £6 (£4 concessions)
THE CALL OF FREEDOM - THE EARLY LIFE OF ST FRANCIS OF ASSISI
from Mark Bedford, followed by
BEOWULF
from Hannes Kaiser
TUESDAY 29 JANUARY 2008
After school storytelling 4pm - 5pm @ Community Centre
STORIES FROM THE EDGE OF EVERYWHERE
from Peter Morris
Tickets £2.00 adults and children
Forest Row Village Hall @ 7.30pm, tickets £8 (£5 concessions)
SPINSTER’S YARN
Tales of experience unravelled before your very ears
(there may be some *language….!!**)
from Louise Coigley
Large Village Hall, Forest Row Village Hall, RH18 5ES
WEDNESDAY 30 JANUARY 2008
After school storytelling 4pm - 5pm @ Community Centre
CATS AND HATS
from Mark Bedford
Tickets £2.00 adults and children
Community Centre @ 7.30pm, tickets £6 (£4 concessions)
MACBETH
dramatic storytelling from Simon Floyd
THURSDAY 31 JANUARY 2008
After school storytelling 4pm - 5pm @ Community Centre
THE BIRD OF ETERNAL YOUTH
and other tales from Livia Morvay
Tickets £2.00 adults and children
Meeshela’s delightful gallery! Address below @ 7.30pm £5 / £4
BRIDGET’S EVE
Goddess stories from Madeleine and Annette
With Celtic poems and songs
from Gabby, Warren and Hugh Meeshela Woodwork
Ashdown Court, Lewes Road, Forest Row, RH18 5EZ
FRIDAY 1 FEBRUARY 2008
After school storytelling 4pm - 5pm @ Community Centre
Brothers Grimm THE DRUMMER
from Connor Jordon
ADVENTURES OF WINNIE THE POOH
from Avihay and Shlomit
Tickets £2.00 adults and children
The Brambletye Hotel @ 7.30pm - donations in appreciation!
THE RIME OF THE ANCIENT MARINER
from Christopher Garvey, director of Artemis School of Speech and Drama
The Brambletye Hotel, East Sussex, RH18 5EZ
SATURDAY 2 FEBRUARY 2008
Ashdown Forest Llama Park @ 1.30pm, tickets £2.00 adults & children
STORIES AND ANIMALS FROM AROUND THE WORLD
Lunchtime storytelling from Gez Smith
at the Ashdown Forest Llama Park, Wych Cross, Forest Row, RH18 5JN
The Speech and Drama Hut, Emerson College @ 7.30pm, tickets £4.00
COMMUNITY STORYTELLING
An experiential evening for storytellers, environment lovers, vision seekers and all who are passionately concerned about peak oil, climate change and seeking models for living in harmony with our Earth. Bring a story, listen to others, and find those stories of transition together.
Evening facilitated by:
Madeleine Grove, Charlene Collison and Annette Armstrong
Emerson College, Forest Row, East Sussex RH18 5JX
In National Storytelling Week 2007 we had our first Ashdown Forest Storytelling Festival. We took storytelling into the shops, pubs, cafes and village halls of our community. In Forest Row we had after-school storytelling in the community centre, at the back of Seasons organic food shop, at Java and Jazz, at Bramble Corner Toy Shop and at the famous and fabulous Lenny’s Cafe.
In East Grinstead, tales were told at the museum, the library and the Jewellery Workshop. We had storytelling in the evenings with tales about the green man: Iron John and Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, and the greatest love story of all time: Psyche and Eros.
The Village Hall was packed out for a performance of the inspiring poetry and tales of Rumi, the 13th century Sufi poet. And who could forget the evening we heard ‘The Rime of the Ancient Mariner’ at the Ship Inn public house in East Grinstead? Perhaps the most heartwarming and memorable feature of the festival was the sense of community where young and old settled down to listen together to enchanting tales told in live performances by our very own local storytellers.
Well, in National Storytelling Week 2008 from Saturday 26th January to Saturday 2nd February the Ashdown Forest storytellers will be out in force again, delighting you all with stories in the shops and pubs and cafes, Village Hall and Community Centre. This time we hope to have storytelling in our local schools too. As with last year, there will be publicity, posters, programmes and details in the local press. So make a note of the dates in your diaries and keep a look out for our publicity. We hope you will join us.
The Storytelling Festival is organised by Madeleine Grove and Annette Armstrong - Storyteller, Writer, Speech and Drama Teacher and Arts Events Organiser.
For further information telephone 01342 826590, or email
Annette at winged_angel23@hotmail.com
or Madeleine at herestoyourhealth@hotmail.co.uk