Mystery in the mundane

The Alden Biesen festival in Belgium was brilliant. Weird, but brilliant.

We were sitting at the back of a theatre, waiting for Daniel Morden to come onstage and tell the Oddyssey, when Rachel leant over to me.

"We're being paid for this." She said.

And I suppose technically we were being paid to tell stories to the coachloads of Belgian teenagers, and were just watching other shows between our gigs. But in that moment it was true, and more than that, it was a dream made real.

On which subject, next Thursday is the first gig of my tour with Sir Gawain and The Green Knight, opening in Sheffield. If you have no plans for Thursday and are in the Sheffield area then why not bimble along to the Showroom Cinema, for this fantastic adaptation of the medieval text, in story, song, and the beat of drums. Tickets are £5 (£3.50 concessions) and can be purchased on the door or from the Showroom Box Office on 0114 275 7727. Doors at 7.30 for a prompt 8.00 start.

But enough of me. I can't help but feel that it's time for some new blood around here...

There were no seasons

Good Morning,

It has been long time, a long time, and I apologise whole-heartedly for my absense. These feet, they hardly touch the ground, you know?

Rachel and I are off to the Storytelling Festival at Alden Biesen in Belgium tomorrow. A wonderful example of the doors that Young Tongues open, we were booked after one of the organisers saw us perform at the Beyond The Border festival last summer.

Here are Rachel and I at this years Young Storytellers contest, looking shifty.



And if you listen here, you can here Rachel giving you a tantalising taste of the Persephone myth, recorded for BBC radio.

You can now find the gallery of photos from The Young Storyteller of the Year Award 2008 at our web page Here!

Enjoy!

from

Fiona

Young Storyteller 2008 results

What a great event on 8 March!
And the results can be found here.
Photos to follow - watch this space.

Young Storyteller of the Year Award 2008

It's this Saturday - 8th March .... 10.30 -5, in the Library Theatre, Paradise Place, Birmingham.

Bring your mates!  Bring your mum!  Bring your agent!

Come and hear young storytellers breaking the glass ceiling of indifference with the high note of youthful energy.

You'll be MCed by your all-time favourite Blogmeister, Tim Ralphs and the beautiful Rachel Rose Reid, Young Storyteller of the Year 2007 - about to pass on her crown, sceptre and Doc Martin boots to her successor.

Will they be good?  Will they be great?  Will they be fantastic? .... Is the sky blue?  Is the Pope a Catholic?  Of course they will!!!!

I must go and lie down.  I'm getting over-excited.

Fiona

See you there:  Directions and full info at www.tradartsteam.co.uk.

New blood

Storytelling has been around for a long time, but so have many storytellers .... as we veterans lose our teeth, our hair and our marbles, new young fresh blood is needed to keep the vampires of our audiences happy ..... 

Don't be backward in coming forward!  5 MORE young storytellers (aged over 18 and under 26) are needed for the Young Storyteller of the Year Award on 8th March.  It won't hurt a bit ....

Application forms can be downloaded from www.tradartsteam.co.uk.  Click on Young Storyteller of the Year 2008

Hope to see you there

Fiona

Young Tongues Project Co-ordinator

The SfS Gathering

Hello folks.
Looking forward to meeting you in a couple of weeks.
In the meantime, I thought I'd let you know a couple of links.

Firstly, the Society for Storytelling's Gathering, which is from the 4-6th April in Exeter.
It's a weekend of workshops and tale telling, facilitated by professionals and aimed at people who use storytelling professionally, and also those who are enthusiastic and want to learn more.

Here's the programme:
http://www.peopletellstories.co.uk/GatheringSat.htm

And, did you know that I made an SfS Facebook group? I do not work for them or represent them, but thought it would be a nice portal. Feel free to add posts.
Just search for 'Society for Storytelling' and look for the flying orange symbol!