Liz Weir is one of the most influential people in the storytelling revival. As well as being a master storyteller, she is a mentor to young talent and hosts regular barn sessions from her home in Ballymena, Northern Ireland.
She was the first winner of the International Story Bridge Award from the National Storytelling Network, USA, which cited her “exemplary work promoting the art of storytelling”.
She has told her stories to people of all ages on five continents – from pubs and prisons and hospital rooms to the stages of the mighty Vanderbilt Hall of New York’s Grand Central Station and in London’s Royal Albert Hall.
Joining John this week are Tithi Dani, poet, writer and broadcaster in Hindi and English; singer/songwriter Samia Malik; storyteller Deeptha Vivekanand and Amajit Singh, who will holding a Bangra dance workshop.
A fantastic line-up which promises to be a powerful and fun-filled evening. Don’t forget your dancing shoes!
So we’re coming to the end of the first series of Viking Myths. It’s been wonderful fun & many families have enjoyed the journey.
Chatting with the heroes in Valhalla Gylfi has learnt there are some tales that embarrass the Gods, Nervously, at his next meeting with High, Just As High & The Third, he asks…..
And he learns how Freyr, God of Fertility, becomes a fool for love & loses his magic sword that fights by itself & how Thor, desperate for a second encounter with the Giant King who made a fool of him before will do anything for a rematch. But does he really have to wear that dress???!!!!
Lightning, Lies & Unconvincing Drag Acts from Viking Myth. Come & join the fun for the last episode of this family storytelling series.
Hailing from the Wilds of Wicklow but now living in the East of England, Veronica has told stories for over 20 years, although still claims to only be 21. Co-host to Bards Aloud in Ipswich, she loves to enthuse audiences in her interests that include food and drink and let them walk away thirsting for […]
Viking Myth – telling & drawing for family audience with Giles & James
Join us every Saturday at 6pm BST. Giles Abbott tells & James Lythe illustrates live from magical Viking myth. Bring pen, paper then submit your own art to the Gallery at the World Storytelling Cafe!
IN THIS EPISODE
Gylfi gets talking to the heroes who live in Valhalla & learns how a frightened, feeble youth became a dragon slayer! And he sees one hero more mighty than all the rest, Sigurd, & so begins one of the greatest of Norse myths. It start, of course, with Loki doing something he shouldn’t…..
Adventure, magic, enchantment, large scaly monsters – come & join us!
Gilly loves telling stories that invite us to slow down and focus our awareness on the present moment. Join her for an evening of stories that inspire and nourish us and gently call us to a greater awareness, to live life more consciously and to deepen our connection with ourselves and each other.
Gylfi is still puzzled by Loki – so tricky, yes, mischievous, yes, but also so useful. So why do people insist that he is evil? His mysterious informants, High, Just As High & The Third, begin to show the darker side as they tell him of Loki’s evil children.
In this episode, hear the thrilling tale of the binding of the wolf, Fenrir & how one of the gods makes a terrible sacrifice. Hear about the worm whose body encircles the entire world & about a little girl, the two sides of whose face don’t match, who will grow to become a mighty queen. She is Loki’s daughter. Her name is Hel. She is Queen not of the living but of the Dead!
Magical stories with wonderful illustration drawn in front of your eyes! Draw your own & submit to the Gallery at World Storytelling Cafe & be part of the magic of Viking myth!
Giles will tell stories while James illustrates them in the moment, and we invite you to do the same. Bring your art materials and join us in creating story inspired art.
Like many long established storytellers, Paul has built up a rich repertoire of tales from some of the far edges of the world, particularly stories from north west coastal tribal groups such as the kwakitutl, Tlingit’s and Tsimshian along with beautiful Siberian tribal myths and wonderful Russian and European wonder tales. His style is often […]