Year: 2019
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Something for the Turning of the Year
After Bedevere’s second attempt to throw Excalibur into the lake, he returned to his King: ‘Lord, please. It’s impossible for me.’ ‘Seems impossible, sweet friend. Remember that Christmas morning the hawthorn flowered, the day we found Lancelot. Seemed impossible. But it happened, as if by giving ourselves again and again to the unknown we opened…
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Sharon Blackie on “Falling out of Myth” and the Mythic Imagination.
Sharon Blackie at TEDx talking about the Mythic Imagination. I love how her examples of “Post-heroic” stories are all old, old tales.
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Storytelling and the Body ~ Michael Harvey ~ Workshop, 12 Sept 2019
We’re being visited, in September, by the amazing storyteller Michael Harvey. You can read more about his Wednesday night show, Uncaged at the usual Beeston Tales page. Michael will be staying on with us for an extra day, and spending Thursday running his highly acclaimed training on Storytelling and the Body. Michael has trained extensively…
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Hand Pulled History
One of the most interesting projects of last year was a commission from The Walkley Historians to devise a show based around pub life in Walkley, Sheffield, during the Victorian period. My first thought was to bring on board the wondrous Roo Bramley to provide some music and song. Our grand endeavor culminated in three…