From: JADowling_at_aol_dot_com

Date: 20 January 2009 21:26:37 GMT

Subject: Storytelling Events in Surrey for National Storytelling Week 31stJan-6th Feb 08

Hi Folks

 

Exciting News!!

 

We have 20 events in Surrey for National StoryTelling Week  - 13 of them are closed events in schools,  and 2 open events for children on 31st Jan  with  Bourne Hall Museum Club

 

There are two events for adults ( a powerful telling of "King Arthur"- by Jamie Crawford on 30th Jan, and beginners storytelling workshop for adults on 31st Jan) and there are another three events in Richmond

 

Details on all this are below.

 

Please feel free to pass onto your other networks!

On Friday 30^th January – Guest Storyteller Jamie Crawford  tells “King Arthur” at the “Three Heads in a Well”  Ewell Adult Storytelling Club  from 7.30- 9.30pm at The Sanctuary, St. Michael’s Church, Church Street, Ewell, Surrey, KT17 2AS  Price £5 (concessions £3 ) Contact Janet Dowling at 07834 194 215 or JanetTells_at_gmail_dot_com

Saturday 31^st January –  there is a  "Beginners Storytelling Workshop for Adults" with Janet Dowling - "How to learn a story, and how to tell a story"  from 10 – 4pm  £25  (concessions £20) at The Sanctuary, St. Michael’s Church, Church Street, Ewell, Surrey, KT17 2AS (please book in advance) Contact Janet Dowling at 07834 194 215 or JanetTells_at_gmail_dot_com

(This workshop is proving to be very popular- so please book your place asap!)

And in association with the Bourne Hall Museum Club, we are running two sessions for children aged 8-13 years with Alex Somerville.

Sat 31^st January- Beginners Storytelling Workshop for Children age 8-13 with Alex Somerville 11.30- 1pm Bourne Hall, Spring Street, Ewell, KT17 1UF £3  ( In association with Bourne Hall Museum) Contact  David Brooks at dbrooks_at_epsom-ewell_dot_gov_dot_uk  or 0208 394 1734

Sat 31^st January – Storytelling for families- Come and listen to Alex Somerville  tell stories of adventure!   £3 (or £10 for a family of 4)  2-3pm at Bourne Hall, Spring Street, Ewell, KT17 1UF    ( In association with Bourne Hall Museum)  Contact David Brooks at dbrooks_at_epsom-ewell_dot_gov_dot_uk  or 0208 394 1734

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And at the Guildford House Gallery (in Guildford), Tracey Mardles  offers

Wednesday 4 February 2009 - 10.30am to 11am
Free toddler session as part of National Storytelling Week
Rhymetime with Tracey for accompanied children aged 2 and under

A half hour of fun, nursery rhymes, stories, music and object handling.

Thursday 5 February 2009 - 10.30am to 11am
Free toddler session as part of National Storytelling Week
Rhymetime with Tracey for accompanied children aged 2 and under

A half hour of fun, nursery rhymes, stories, music and object handling.

http://www.guildford.gov.uk/GuildfordWeb/Leisure/GuildfordHouse/ChildrensActivities/

Guildford House Gallery
155 High Street
Guildford
Surrey
GU1 3AJ

Tel: 01483 444742 to book a place

Stories in Richmond for National Storytelling Week 2009

“Stories from the Land of Morning Calm”
“Earthy tales of fun-satire-&-instruction!”
by Sef Townsend
South Korea may well be the most ‘wired’ country on earth but
supercomputer-literate Koreans are still quite likely to believe that
spirits exist in every part of nature, and see nothing unusual in
seeking guidance from stories. From his recent research at The National
Centre for Korean Traditional Performing Arts, Sef Townsend brings
fables that are as Koreans told him they should be told.
Ham Library
Tue 3 Feb – 12.45 to 2pm
East Sheen Library
Tues 3 Feb – 4pm
Hampton Wick Library
Wed 4 Feb – 4pm
Free events
Refreshments will be provided
Booking recommended


“Fearless Girls and Wise Women”
who go on adventures, get into
scrapes, and don't need rescuing!
by Janet Dowling
Janet is a professional storyteller who specialises in stories to
inspire, to create and to make a difference. She tells tales with an
inspiring energy that comes directly from her heart!
Find out more about Janet and her stories
at www.JanetTellsStories.co.uk
Richmond Library
Little Green, Richmond TW9 1QL
Thur 5 Feb – 6.30pm
For further information or bookings
contact a member of staff, email promotions_at_richmond_dot_gov_dot_uk,
ring 020 8940 0981 or go to www.richmond.gov.uk/libraries.htm
Free event
Refreshments will be provided
Booking recommended

“Seeing Is Believing”
…is it true? Once you've imagined it,
how can it not be so?
by Mary Medlicott
Mary delights in telling stories. She started in the early 1980s and has
continued ever since. She is also an author of children's novels,
collections of stories and storytelling books and she's recently issued
her first storytelling CD.
Find out more about Mary and her stories
at www.storyworks.org.uk
Castelnau Library
75 Castelnau, London, SW13 9RT
Sat 31 Jan – 3pm
For further information or bookings
contact a member of staff, email promotions_at_richmond_dot_gov_dot_uk,
ring 020 8748 3837 or go to www.richmond.gov.uk/libraries.htm
Free event
Refreshments will be provided
Booking recommended

 

Further information can be found at
 http://www.richmond.gov.uk/home/leisure_and_culture/libraries.htm

 

 

Janet Dowling
Storyteller, Writer and Folk Animateur 
www.JanetTellsStories.co.uk
Member of Surrey Storytellers Guild, Society for Storytelling, Equity, NAWE & SEFAN