Tim Ralphs

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Author: Tim Ralphs

  • The Story Forge featured on Sheffield Live!

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    Way back in October we had one of the most crowded Story Forge open floor sessions yet. In part, this was because the Off the Shelf festival was ramping up and the city was buzzing with excitement about spoken word events. Sheffield Live sent Laurence Peacock who listened, made some recordings, interviewed me, some tellers…

  • Rebranding Beelzebub: What Superman and The Devil have in common

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    I was tweeting about my latest show, Rebranding Beelzebub, and poet Sarah Thomasin replied to say: @TimRalphs I'm so excited about this. It's worrying how well you do "devil". — Sarah Thomasin (@wordgeeksarah) June 12, 2013 So I thought I’d take a quick moment to unpack exactly how I approach Old Nick in my stories,…

  • The Pentamerone: Part 1

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    The Pentamerone is a collection of fifty folk tales written by Giambattista Basile in the Neopolitan dialect. It’s based on oral stories he collected while he was traveling around Venice, Crete and wherever he’d find people who would tell him a tale. It’s a phenomenal collection, containing just about every major motif of the European…

  • The Drama Instructor

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    There’s a story I’ve heard about a drama instructor. He was berating his students one day for failing to grasp the most basic points of theatre. “You!” He said to one of his students. “Walk onto that stage, say ‘Look at that moon!’ and point upwards.” And the student did. And when she had finished,…

  • Society for Storytelling’s featured teller

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    Amy Bell from The Society for Storytelling interviewed me, and you can read about it here. It was really nice to see the SfS giving memberships to winners at Young Storyteller of the Year as well, that sort of support is grand. For those of you who missed Young Storyteller of the Year, you can…

  • Gilgamesh receives epic nominations!

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    Simon Heywood and I are really excited because our collaborative performance of Gilgamesh has received nominations for the British Awards for Storytelling Excellence. I’m not sure yet if we’ve made the nomination shortlist and I’ll keep you informed. Suffice to say that I am chuffed to bits that we’ve been nominated at all. You can…

  • In which Tim mostly talks about robots…

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    Slowly but surely I’m building the Booking Information page. There should now be details up for my performance of The Court of the Queen of Claywood Flats. It is one of my favourite shows and I’m hoping that I’ll still be able to tour it for years to come. On an unrelated note, I’ve been…

  • What’s been keeping Tim Ralphs busy?

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    Things have been pretty quiet around here. I’ve finally got around to putting a show description up under the “Booking information” page. You can see that here. This year I’ve got some crazy storytelling projects on the go. I’ve started running lectures and seminars for Sheffield University in the use of narrative techniques for presenting…

  • Vicky Ellis reviews “From the Odd” at Lancaster Litfest

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    Here is a review of From the Odd at Lancaster Litfest by Vicky Ellis of Lancashire Writing Hub. It was a pleasure to perform next to Joanne Blake again, who I’ve not seen in ages. Enjoy reading! http://www.lancashirewritinghub.co.uk/2011/10/windows-and-doors-a-review-of-litfest-at-the-storey

  • Audience comments from Larmer Tree Festival

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    I’ve just had a particularly moving e-mail from someone who saw my Queen of Claywood Flats show around the fire at Larmer Tree Festival. It was a wonderful environment to tell in and I’m pleased they found the story to be fitting for the space. “I really wanted to let you know how much me…

  • Review: The Nothing Show

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    I was at Larmer Tree Festival telling stories. It was magical, but I’m not here to tell you about that. I’m here to tell you about Stewart Wright’s “The Nothing Show”, a half-hour performance piece that was so good I saw it twice. http://stewartwright.wordpress.com/category/nothing-productions/ It’s hard to describe the piece without spoilers. It’s a mime,…

  • Storytelling featured on Ideas Tap

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    Recently, I was interviewed by Kirstie Swain of Ideas Tap on the subject of Storytelling. The resulting article has been published and, along with my ramblings, there’s some good stuff from storytellers and people working in storytelling across the country. Read it here! http://www.ideastap.com/magazine/all-articles/storytelling-revolution Oh and she doesn’t get credit on the site, but it’s…