September Fabled Nights in Newport

In the September Fabled Nights, we have a special visitor - Jeremy Leong from Singapore.

Jeremy is the recipient of a professional development grant enabling him to visit Melbourne and he is an Associate Artist and Young Storyteller with The Storytelling Centre Limited, Singapore. Under the mentorship of Singapore's pioneer storyteller, Kamini Ramachandran, Jeremy has performed for adult audiences and young audiences of different abilities.

In September, he will share with us the story of Badang, an orphaned slave boy who worked for a rich farmer in the island of Singapura.

Please join with us in making Jeremy welcome and of course bring a story to share so his basket goes home full of tales from Australia.

Photography by Ahmad Fikri

Fabled Nights in Newport is an open-hearted space for people who want to learn to craft true tales, traditional stories, tall tales and yarns; heart to heart and without notes. We welcome beginners and experienced folks. So come and strut your stuff, share what you know, try out a new story or tell a tale for the first time.

There's room for around 10 storytellers and we ask that stories be no longer than 10 minutes, give or take. We ask that stories be said not read.

We reserve 2 - 15 minute places for people who want to try out longer stories.

Let kind hearts and commonsense prevail: racist and homophobic stories hurt people so please don't bring them to Fabled Nights.

WHEN: Friday 21September 7.30pm - 10.00pm
WHERE: Newport Community HUB 13 Mason Street, Newport
COST: $5.00 or $3.00 (Storytelling Vic and Newport Fiddle and Folk Club members). No Booking required.

*WHEEL CHAIR ACCESS
* FABLED NIGHTS is an inter-generational event. Children welcome at parent/carers discretion

Fabled Nights in Newport is a partnership event with Hobsons Bay Libraries and is supported by the Newport Fiddle and Folk Club.

PARKING: There is free parking at the rear of the building. Coming from Mason Street, turn left at Durkin Street then left into the car park. Entry to the HUB is from the park.

Jan Wositzky hits the road: September - October

No, I haven't retired. If I did I'd just be doing what I do now anyway. I've had this recent winter off, to give myself space to have a decent dose of the flu, read a few books and watch too much iView, Netflix etc.

The news is that as of the first day of Spring - or as the Dja Dja Warring calendar here in central Victoria has it, the season of Poorneet, when the temperature rises but the rain continues - I'm on the road again with BILARNI starting close to home (Barfold, Harcourt Nth), then the Northern Territory (hooray!) and in October with NSW south coast dates for the new show FIE UPON PUSILLANIMITY!, all about the 1851 Monster Meeting of Diggers.

All the details are below.

And for those into furniture, that seat in the header photo ... a beautiful piece of work, with several of them around the base of Uluru. I'd just woken from a sleep on this one and got a Japanese tourist to take this photo.

Cheers, and say hello if you come to a show.

Jan.

September

BILARNI
Sat. 1 @ 7.30 pm
Barfold Hall
Kyneton - Heathcote Road, Barfold
$25 incl. supper afterwards
Book: www.trybooking.com/XAEU  
Enquiries: Sandra 0412 224 315 / 5423 4225

Presented by Barfold Hall Committee      

BILARNI
Sun. 2 @  2pm
House Concert at Keith & Jenny McKenry's
Dandura Alpacas
Fenton Drive, Harcourt Nth
$25 incl. afternoon tea
Book: 5439 6525

BILARNI
Sat. 15 @ 2.00 pm
GYRACC - Godinymayin Yijard Rivers Arts & Culture Centre
328 Stuart Hwy, Katherine, Northern Territory
$20/25
Book: http://www.gyracc.org.au (under What's On)


A STORYTELLER'S GUIDE TO STORYTELLING
Workshop
Thurs 20 @ 7.00pm
Red Hot Arts,
67 Bath St, Alice Springs
$20 ($40 for workshop & BILARNI)
Book:  https://redhotarts.com.au/event/a-storytellers-guide-to-storytelling/

BILARNI
Sat. 22 @ 7.30 pm
Totem Theatre
8 Wills Terrace, Alice Springs
$25
Book:  https://redhotarts.com.au/event/bilarni/

BILARNI
Sun. 23 @ 1.00 pm
Totem Theatre
8 Wills Terrace, Alice Springs
$25
Book: https://redhotarts.com.au/event/bilarni/

BILARNI
Thurs. 27 @ evening
Tennant Creek
Details TBC


October

FIE UPON PUSILLANIMITY!
A new show about the 1851 Monster Meeting of Gold Diggers
Sun. 7 @ Steiglitz
In the Brisbane Ranges (b/w Ballan & Geelong)
this is a Greens Fundraiser and semi-private
but if any of Jan's contacts want to come contact Jan directly.

FIE UPON PUSILLANIMITY!
A new show about the 1851 Monster Meeting of Gold Diggers
Thurs 11@ 7.30 pm
The Muddie
Malacoota
$25
Book: TBA

FIE UPON PUSILLANIMITY!
A new show about the 1851 Monster Meeting of Gold Diggers
Sat 13 @ TBC
Montreal Gold Mine
Bermagui
$TBC
Book: TBC
www.montrealgoldfield.org.au

A STORYTELLER'S GUIDE TO STORYTELLING
Workshop
Sun. 21 @ 10am
Stories of Influence
Tyers Beach Hall
1 Mill Point Rd, Toorloo Arm (near Lakes Entrance)
$60 for weekend

Fabled Nights in Newport August 17

Fabled Nights in Newport is an open-hearted space for people who want to learn to craft true tales, traditional stories, tall tales and yarns; heart to heart and without notes. We welcome beginners and experienced folks. So come and strut your stuff, share what you know, try out a new story or tell a tale for the first time.

There's room for around 10 storytellers and we ask that stories be no longer than 10 minutes, give or take. We ask that stories be said not read.

We reserve 2 - 15 minute places for people who want to try out longer stories.

Let kind hearts and commonsense prevail: racist and homophobic stories hurt people so please don't bring them to Fabled Nights.

WHEN: Friday 17 August. 7.30pm - 10.00pm
WHERE: Newport Community HUB 13 Mason Street, Newport
COST: $5.00 or $3.00 (Storytelling Vic and Newport Fiddle and Folk Club members). No Booking required.

*WHEEL CHAIR ACCESS
* FABLED NIGHTS is an intergenerational event. Children welcome at parent/carers discretion

Fabled Nights in Newport is a partnership event with Hobsons Bay Libraries and is supported by the Newport Fiddle and Folk Club.

PARKING: There is free parking at the rear of the building. Coming from Mason Street, turn left at Durkin Street then left into the car park. Entry to the HUB is from the park.

Digital image by Rex Smeal

RAW Garden Storytelling: September 2nd

RAW Garden Storytelling is a partnership event with Mariam Issa and the RAW Garden and Storytelling Vic. The Garden celebrates the uniqueness and aspirations of multicultural women through gardening, storytelling, crafts and cooking.

Durgah Devi Palanisamy (Dee) from Storytelling Vic is our host. Dee will have a mix of special guests and story games and there is always a space for friends to tell a tale.

THEMES: Sometimes we have a theme but we are not strict about this and will let you know if there is something in particular we would like to explore.

We value listeners and storytellers equally and take pride in welcoming newcomers to RAW.

WHERE: 325 South Road, Brighton East
WHEN: September 2nd 12.00pm - 3.00pm
COST: Free Bookings are not necessary. Enter by the drive way gate.

*photographs supplied by Tatiana Scott 

EXPRESSION OF INTEREST: Peace of Heart 22nd September

Hello Storytellers,

I live in Macedon and have long coveted the lovely 100-seat Mountview Theatre just up the road from me, as a great venue for stories. Recently the Mount Players Theatre kindly agreed to allow Storytelling Australia Victoria (SAV) to host a storytelling evening at the theatre on 22 September.

This is a call for expressions of interest from storytellers to participate. The idea for the evening is that half the tellers will be local to the Macedon Ranges and the other half will be from SAV membership.

The 22 September is not only the equinox, but it is also the International Day of Peace and so we have chosen this as the theme. Tellers are invited to:

• Tell us a story about peace.
• Tell us a story about a struggle for peace - the challenges, fears, and wars that rage when peace is gone.
• Tell us a story that looks peace in the eye - a story that asks the tough questions. Is this peace resting on justice? Does this peace negate another story? Does this peace lie?
• Tell us a story about where peace can be found—in the world, your country, state, community or family.
• Tell us a story with glimpses of peace, its beauty and love, as it swings by in our lives.
• Or tell us a story about the place it all begins—your heart. 

Selection of the storytellers will be based on the different genres of stories and the various styles of storytelling within our membership. You will need to be a current member of Storytelling Australia Victoria. Kindly ensure that your membership is active.  Membership HERE.

The story should be between 5 and 10 minutes long, (with 10 minutes being the strict maximum) and any genre of story - true and personal, folk or traditional, made up or historical.

If you are selected as a storyteller on the evening, you will need to be a member of SAV. However once you are a member of SAV, we can offer to pay you $50 as a token of appreciation for your efforts - we know this in no way represents adequate compensation for your time and talents.  SAV membership is $20, so after joining you would end up with $30, and a years membership of SAV. 

This promises to be a wonderful night of storytelling. We are really keen to showcase the rich and diverse storytellers within the SAV community and the Macedon Ranges.

Please do not hesitate to contact me with any queries and I will send you the EoI, full storytelling brief and promotion request. 

E: kate@storywise.com.au before Friday, 17th August 2018.
*Members, who wish to participate in Peace of Heart but are unable to send information via Internet, can call me (Kate) (on 0402 080 445).

Warm regards,

Kate Lawrence
Vice President
Storytelling Australia Victoria
 

Gael Cresp: Stories for Grown-ups Wonthaggi Library

August 8th was the final session in my current series of story sessions for grown ups held in Wonthaggi Library.

Gael Cresp (from the archives - library unknown)

I had an astonishing turnout: not only the majority of my usual listeners, there were several groups of people who just turned up out of the blue. All in all, there were 23 people (extra chairs had to be fetched more than once!) including one older man and three men in their twenties.

The topic I'd chosen was 'Politeness'.

The first story was 'The Lion's Whisker' an Ethiopian tale about a woman taming her step son.

Second, I told the 'Legend of Knockgarten' an Irish story about a man with a hump who had his hump removed by the faeries and a man who was rude and had his hump doubled.

Various versions of both of these can be found via a quick internet search.

The final story was 'The Toy Princess' by Mary de Morgan.
This story is about a country where everyone  'became so polite that they hardly ever spoke to each other. And they never said more than was quite necessary, as "Just so," "Yes, indeed," 'Thank you," and "If you please".'

No one spoke about feelings, likes or dislikes or anything of that nature.

When the King married, the new Queen died of a broken heart, but not before she'd given birth to little Ursula.

The crux of this story is that Taboret, the fairy god mother replaced the child with a doll who suited the kingdom most wonderfully well and took Ursula to a fisherman's cottage where she grew up with his sons and daughter.

Well you can guess the outcome - the eldest son and Ursula fell in love and when Taboret discovered it she endeavored to re-place the doll with the living princess.

She could not believe it when the entire kingdom voted to keep the doll, much to Ursula's relief as this left her free to marry her beau and live a normal life.

My version of this story came from 'The Hamish Hamilton Book of Princesses' first published in 1963. (This book came to me via the good offices of Susan Pepper when she was having a clean out - for this I thank her very much as I find much inspiration in its pages.)

What occurred to me last night as I did one final read though - just as I got to the end where they choose the toy who ALWAYS says the predictable thing -  is that the whole story could be seen as an analogy for the voters of the US and their choice of  their current president.
I didn't share this thought with my listeners but offer it to you all to ponder as it reinforces my belief that the old stories have so much to offer us as we attempt to make sense of our world.

Search and you shall find your stories....

Gael Cresp
w: HERE

Thank you Gael for this generous post on storytelling for adults in the Wonthaggi Library. Ed

TRENTHAM - WORDS IN WINTER: Peter Fernon 18 August

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