Matteo and the 'Titanic Dog'.

Vic Storytellers have many strings to their bows. Skilled with language and with remarkable abilities for connecting with children, our services are are often called upon to support other non- traditional storytelling projects. 

Matteo has lent his voice to this delightful animation conceived and scripted by Hazel Edwards, Titanic Dog.

2012 marks the 100^th anniversary of the sinking of the RMS Titanic which went down around midnight on April 14, 1912. This is a dog’s viewpoint, as there are legends about a Newfoundland saving passengers.

Enjoy the trailer 
More information about Hazel Edwards and Titanic Dog click: here

Matteo is a listed Victorian teller, click: here

Matteo: November 2012

November marks a change in the storyteller's calendar. The schools are hunkering down for the sprint to the end of year concerts and graduation ceremonies, summer festival planning is in full swing and requests for Christmas stories and end of year parties rise.

Storytelling Vic's Matteo has a busy November planned.

Mornington Regional Gallery

Tuesday 13 November Wow!
Time 10am-11am
$4/child, carer free
Venue: MPRG, bookings essential call 5975 4395 

A very popular program for 0-5 year olds, with storyteller Matteo and the Gallery’s Education Coordinator. Sing, dance, clap and stomp your feet with Matteo! Do an exciting activity with the Education Coordinator afterwards.

Click:  Mornington Regional Gallery for program of exhibitions and events and how to get there.

Matteo has been entertaining and educating children at the MRG for several years now. A trained artist himself, he has a special gift for working with young people in gallery settings.

Sunshine Library. 'National Year Of Reading Finale Party!'

Saturday the 17th of November     
and celebrating 100 years of library services in Sunshine! ... a sausage sizzle, face painting, balloonologist, roving entertainment, giveaways, competitions, a book shaped cake and more.  

Click: For more information and how to get there.

Matteo is a listed teller with Storytelling Australia (Vic) 
Contact: Matteo

Final Enchanted Evening: 25 November 2012.

You are all warmly invited to gather in the Bishop's Parlour at Abbotsford Convent for our seventh magical night of traditional tales, told by storytellers Niki Pidd and special guest storyteller, Clare Coburn, with music by Joanne Saunders  

Every month we create a new programme that responds to the season and this one will respond to the end of year, and a sense of celebration as we begin the festive season.

Do book early, as this is an intimate gathering in elegant surroundings and seating is limited. 

Our first six evenings have booked out quickly. If you miss out on a seat this time, perhaps you would like to come when we return with Enchanted Evening in March 2013. They will be happening on the fourth Sunday of every month next year. We will announce our guest storytellers as we go and we have a fabulous line up, all year long. Many of your favourite tellers from this year have already said they would like to join us again in 2013, as well as some wonderful new talented storytellers that we'd like to introduce to you.

Sunday, November 25th between 7-9pm.

Book Now!  http://www.trybooking.com/BPYR

  or  http://www.trybooking.com/28357

Workshops.Hearth Tales: Melbourne School of Storytellers. 16 - 18 November 2012

Hearth Tales in conjunction with Melbourne School of Storytelling presents it's first STORYTELLING Weekend WORKSHOP event.

Embodying Stories.
November 16, 6.30pm-9.30pm, November 17, 10am-4pm and Sunday November 18 10-1pm.

Lead by professional storyteller Niki Pidd. A workshop that enables you to physically explore storytelling, in a supported environment. Full of creative play and story craft. Held in the comfortable Bishop's Parlour, at Abbotsford Convent, the home of Enchanted Evening. Numbers are strictly limited to allow for more feedback to participants. You may want to begin developing or to hone your skills.

We will use traditional stories as a base for our explorations. The skills learned are applicable to telling all kinds of stories.

Enquiries: dracohearth@gmail.com
Bookings: http://www.trybooking.com/34793

Hearth Tales: Enchanted Evening. 28 October 2012

Truly magical evenings of story and music.

Arrive early and explore the beautiful grounds of the Abbotsford Convent.

Enjoy some companionship and a delicious meal at Lentils As Anything.


Limited seating so Bookings advised: here 

CONTACT DETAILS: Niki Pidd dracohearth@gmail.com

Oisín McKenna The Wasp Treatment: Italo Calvino’s Marcovaldo tales at the Swiss Italian Festa. 4 November 2012

Oisín 
McKenna

The Wasp Treatment: Italo Calvino’s Marcovaldo tales at the Swiss Italian Festa



I will be performing at the Swiss Italian Festa on 4 November in Daylesford, performing three of Italo Calvino’s exquisite Marcovaldo tales. The stories take place in a very poor industrial city in northern Italy in the early 1950s, the Italy of neo-realistic movies.

I enjoyed the Calvino stories … the gusto, vitality, bravado, spirit, passion that you brought to them, and admired the way you could also offer a certain restraint that allowed the ironic humor to prevail ... each story’s ending was nicely allowed to hang in the air, and your transitional “stage business” worked well to bridge the stories. Your show was a wonderful treat, and memorable. – Daylesford Words in Winter Festival 

“Calvino is surely among the handful of living writers that can be called, without hesitation, great … in the spinning of his simple, magical stories we are captured, delighted, informed, horrified, reprimanded and rewarded; we are afraid and we are given hope. Calvino’s only subject is the world and how we may live in it…” San Francisco Chronicle.

Daylesford-based storyteller and past president of the Swiss and Italian Festa (1995 – 2001), Anne E Stewart, will also wind her way through 20 years of of Swiss and Italian Festa history. Anne will tell of her involvement, including a visit by internationally renowned author / illustrator Tomie DePaola as well as recount some of Tomie’s classic folktales.

When

Sunday 4 November

2pm – 4pm

Cost
$15 (performance only)
$39 for High Tea available from midday until 4pm – includes home made scones, dainty finger sandwiches and petit fours, plus freshly brewed tea & coffee.
Bookings Essential
T: 5348 2271
Or in person at Grange Bellinzona

Where

Grange Bellinzona
77 Main Road, Hepburn Springs
T: 5348 2271 (Grange Bellinzona)
T: 0447 697 997 (Event Information)

E: info@swissitalianfesta.com

W: www.grangecc.com.au

Rocket Clock Story Slam: “Rites of Passage", November 14, 2012

Rocket Clock Story Slam: “Rites of Passage"
Rocket Clock returns with a night of stories on the theme of "Rites of Passage". Pre-register your intent to tell by emailing rocketclockss@gmail.com or register on the night. Everyone is welcome to come along and listen, laugh, drink, cheer & weep.

Wednesday November 14, 2012
Doors open 7.30pm; slam kicks off 8.30pm. 

Tickets: 
$5 pre-sale (+ $2 booking fee) or $8 on the door. Book tickets now via the Bella Union website: http://www.bellaunion.com.au/ticketing/show_367/.

Bella Union
Level 1, Trades Hall
Corner of Victoria & Lygon Streets
Carlton South

What is Rocket Clock?

Rocket Clock is a monthly story slam competition. Ten people each have five minutes to tell a story around a particular theme. Judges in the audience rate each story on both content and performance. Everyone has a great time.

More info:

rocketclock.com.au
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