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December 2020
Hearth Songs
Heart-warming songs and stories for a winter’s night… Theatre, story-telling and group singing combine for a magical midwinter online celebration 13th December 2020 7pm, LIVE on Youtube! Hearth Songs brings together singers from the Mouthful Virtual Chorus with the wonderful storyteller, Malcolm Green. A new collaboration between singers from Mouthful and story-tellers’ collective a Bit Crack pushing at the boundaries of online group singing in theatrical ways, creating a magical midwinter online experience! Visit https://www.mouthfulway.co.uk/hearth for the link to…
Find out more »January 2021
Zoom into 2021 with A Bit Crack
Join us at the turning of the year - have we grown or been shrunken by 2020 and where will our dreaming lead us to in the New Year? Dust off your memories and leap into ’21 with stories to fire the spirit from Chris, Claire, Pat and Malcolm. Sane tales for mad times! Coming to a computer near you https://us02web.zoom.us/j/88926109699
Find out more »February 2021
Talking To Strangers – Dan Yashinsky
"In this time of wall-building and border-defending, I keep thinking about what stories - personal and traditional - teach us about how to talk to and welcome strangers. As we meet in zoomland on February 5, I will bring stories from the Yukon, from Iraq, and from my own remixed folktale rummage chest - all of which have to do with what happens when a stranger knocks at your door. And please consider telling me some of your stories, too! …
Find out more »March 2021
Crying Like A Fire In The Sun – Hugh Lupton
Demons and Angels contend in a rich interweaving of Apocryphal and Old Testament tales drawing from Jewish, Islamic and Christian sources. We are delighted to present this fabulous evening with renowned storyteller Hugh Lupton. As always, everyone is welcome to attend our events and there are no set ticket prices. For those of you with the means to pay, we rely on your donations to pay for the cost of putting on the evening, including paying our fabulous guest storytellers…
Find out more »April 2021
The World Tree – Lisa Schneidau
In a world of magic and miracles, Yggdrasil the ash tree holds all of creation in its roots and branches. Odin the Allfather hangs upside down from the great tree, waiting for wisdom to come. But what happens when the ash tree falls sick? Ash is one of our commonest trees, bringing many gifts: timber, fuel, tools, inspiration and protection. Now ash dieback is on the march through our countryside, and in ten years’ time most of our ash trees…
Find out more »Come Away With the Faeries – Malcolm Green and Mouthful Voices
Malcolm Green and Mouthful Voices invite you to come away with the faeries. Featuring Faerie Folklore and story telling by Malcolm Green - A Bit Crack, and songs written by Dave Camlin, Sharon Durant and Bex Mather, brought to life by Mouthful Voices Community Choir. We invite you into the mystical world of forests and faeries, of holding tight and fearing not, of border lands and becoming. Event details are here: https://fb.me/e/2env3sRoz
Find out more »May 2021
The Ostrich Feather and the Dove’s Egg – Laura Simms
Laura Simms, a pioneering and legendary storyteller from the USA, will weave together a performance of personal stories and myths within the frame of a Tibetan tale about listening. ‘I am enamoured with the veil between stories, dreams and our lives that seems be growing thinner in these times and summoning us to know we are of the earth and spirit.’ The title of the piece comes from Xsan myth of death and restoration together with a Hindu tale of…
Find out more »June 2021
Stories of Hope with Friends of A Bit Crack
Another special evening of mixed voices gathered from across the UK to give us hope and joy through the wonder of glorious stories. Our storytellers are gifting their stories to you without charge and in return we are inviting donations in response to the evening to go to Peace of Mind - a local charity supporting refugees and asylum seekers. Their funding page with more information is gofund.me/06576cf3. Storytelling is a wonderful exchange of giving and receiving so if you…
Find out more »July 2021
A Celebration in Stories
A celebration of life and all good things with local voices including Lara Gow, Richard Birmingham, Una Clay Wallers, Emily Hennessey and Pat Renton with Music from Renata Conors. Not that we need any more reasons to celebrate the season, the year, each other or our lack of lockdown, but we still have stories to sustain us and lift our spirits. Join us for a special evening with local voices, so you can eulogise about another evening of rich and…
Find out more »August 2021
Ramblings in the Mist – Michael and Wendy Dacre
We are proud to present Storytelling royalty in the forms of Michael and Wendy Dacre. Michael and Wendy Dacre have been telling and singing stories for a long time and are fascinated by other worlds and different dimensions. Pressed for a title for the evening, we’ve been thinking… 'The Ever Young' by 'The Rather Old'? Maybe not. 'Rumours of Immortality' perhaps. 'The Fair Folk and Us' maybe. 'Celtic Stories of Timelessness, Other Worlds and Reincarnation'? 'Intimations of Immortality in Timeless…
Find out more »September 2021
Story Medicine for the Madness
Where does it hurt? Stories can heal, they can also be poison. What stories have been keeping you alive in these extraordinary times? Ashley Ramsden with Brazilian guitarist, Ariel Gragnani with a little laughing gas, a shot of the right stuff in the arm and a provocative tale or two to slip under your tongue.
Find out more »Cracking On Story Sharing.
Cracking on sessions present an opportunity for a group of people to explore what a story means to them in discussion with others. The sessions are designed to be informal and relaxed. There are usually between 6 and 16 people at a session, so places are limited so contact us for a place and the zoom code.
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