Join the Story Weaver for an Introduction to Storytelling Workshop
10 & 11 August 2015 in Prince Albert during the Winter School
What is storytelling?
Storytelling happens all around us all the time!
We are all storytellers.
We tell each other stories about our days and our dreams.
We tell each other stories about our homes, our travels, our beliefs and fears.
We tell each other stories about things we remember and things we have been told.
Some stories are very, very old - part of our tradition and history.
Some stories are sparklingly new - part of the life we are living.
Some stories are true, some are glorious creations.
Yet we have forgotten that we are storytellers…
In days gone by families gathered of an evening and shared their tales of the day’s events, of news received in letters,
they sang stories in songs and kept the storytelling craft alive and vibrant.
Today we sit in front of a screen - TV or tablet - and stories are told to us: gruesome news reports, sit-coms,family Facebook posts or tweets.
We hear and see and write our stories, rather than telling them.
We have forgotten how to convey stories with our voices and eyes, with gestures and smiles.
My Introduction to Storytelling workshop during the Prince Albert Winter School
is designed to re-awaken your skills as a storyteller.
Join me for two days of fun and learning as you discover how to tell a story of your choice.
Skills we will develop include
How to craft your story
Beginnings and endings
Using your voice and body
Fun with simple props
and you will develop and tell a story you have brought with you.
Woven into the course are hints on storytelling for children,
telling environmental stories and local tales.
The workshop will be run in English
Notes will be provided
Tea and coffee will be served during the morning break.
Introduction to Storytelling
9h00 to 15h30 with tea and lunch breaks
10 & 11 August 2015
St John’s Church Hall, Bank Street, Prince Albert
R650 per person ~ limited spaces available
enquiries: Ailsa Tudhope, the Story Weaver
Tel: 023 5411211 e-mail: story@storyweaver.co.za
Book and pay online at: http://www.paonline.biz/tickets/
An Introduction to Storytelling
with
Ailsa Tudhope
The Story Weaver
10th & 11th August 2015 at St John’s Hall, Bank Street, Prince Albert
Monday
9.00 - 9.30 Storytelling ~ we all do it!
9.30 - 10.00 Toolbox for storytelling ~ magic questions and our six senses
10.00 - 10.30 The shape of a story ~ beginnings, middles and endings
10.30 - 11.00 Tea break
11.00 - 12.00 Sharing a story ~ setting the scene
12.00 - 12.30 Family stories ~ creating your characters
12.30 - 14.00 Lunch break
14.00 - 15.00 Family stories cont…
Stories of place ~ descriptions and atmosphere
15.00 - 15.30 Summing up ~ what’s next?
Tuesday
9.00 - 9.30 Warming up exercises ~ moulding the voice
9.30 - 10.30 Children’s stories ~ structure and effect
Environmental stories ~ facts are fun
10.30 - 11.00 Tea break
11.00 - 12.30 Work on your story with assistance from Ailsa
12.30 - 14.00 Lunch break
14.00 - 15.30 Telling our stories and a Story Walk with Ailsa
Ailsa Tudhope
023 5411 211
