Festival Program

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Username – MISF22; Passcode – Once upon a time

*all times are Moroccan Time ( GMT+1)

Saturday 12 Feb

12.00 p.m. Orientation walk at World Storytelling Cafe.

3.00 p.m. Onwards Storytelling at World Storytelling Cafe.

          *  3.00p.m. All tellers to introduce themselves and talk about their work.

           * 5.00 p.m. – 8.00 p.m. All tellers to tell 10-15 minutes stories

 

Sunday 13

12.00 a.m. Orientation walk from World Storytelling Cafe.

3.00 p.m. Stories with Baden Prince, Sef Townsend, Gary Cordingley, Mariam Cannan and Hajiba Al-Azzalia at Musee de la Musique

3.00 p.m. – 5.00p.m. Panel discussion: Where is Storytelling where you come from? at World Storytelling Cafe.

5.00 p.m. – 7.00 p.m. Worldwide StoryRound at World Storytelling Cafe.

6.00 p.m. – 8 p.m. Storytelling show at Al Muniya Storytelling School Marrakech

 

 Monday 14

All day Open mic Henna Cafe

11:00 a.m. Workshop with Sef Townsend at Musee de la Musique

12.00 p.m. Conference ‘Tradition and innovation’ with Amy Douglas, Zouhair Khaznaoui, John Row, at ESAV (Cinema School).

This first conference highlights the importance of tradition in our daily lives and how we can innovate without losing the connection with the past.

12.00 p.m. – 1.00 p.m. Storytellers: Baden Prince, Claire Goodall, Sara Kchirid, Juliana Marin at World Storytelling Cafe

1.00 p.m. – 2.00 p.m. Maria Gillen, Baba C, Mohamed Koucham at  Cafe Arabe

12.00 p.m. – 2.00 p.m. Education class at Henna Cafe

2.45 p.m. Formal formal opening of the festival by artistic Directors Zouhair Khaznaoui, John Row and President Mike Wood with members of the organising committee of World Storytelling Café – this event takes place at Al Muniya Storytelling School Marrakech

3.15 p.m. – 5.00 p.m. Panel discussion ‘Who’s Story?’ Abdessalam Damoussi, Colin Urwin, Riikka Palonen (continuation event Al Muniya Storytelling School Marrakech

We proudly say this story is from this place or that place when we find variations of the same story from around the world.This panel discussion will focus on how we can be proud of what our nations have put in the pot without marginalising other nations. Stories can be powerful and dangerous so how do we avoid promoting jingoism and racism.

3.00 p.m. – 4.00 p.m. Herbal stories. – Herboriste des Amis.

4.00 p.m. – 6.00 p.m. Education class at Henna Cafe

5.00 p.m. – 7.00 p.m. ZOOM session: Those who couldn’t make it to Marrakech at World Storytelling Cafe

7.30 p.m. – 9.00 p.m Moroccan storytelling and music at World Storytelling Cafe

 

Tuesday 15 February

All day Open mic Henna Cafe

12.00 p.m. – 2.00 p.m. Education class at Henna Cafe

4.00 p.m. – 6.00 p.m. Education class at Henna Cafe

11.00 a.m – 1.00 p.m. ZOOM session ACEnovation presents tribal storytelling and dance. Projected on the big screen at World Storytelling Cafe

1.00 p.m. – 4.00 p.m. Individual sets: Maria Gillen, Clare Goodall and Hakima Mardi at Cafe Arabe

1.30 p.m. – 5.30 p.m. Individual Sets: Norman Perrin, Gary Cordingley, Baba-C and Zouhair Khaznaoui at World Storytelling Cafe

3.00 p.m. – 5.00 p.m. Panel Discussion: The Challenge of Motherhood for Working Artists: Amy Douglas, Sarah Lloyd-Winder, Touria Iqbal and Halima Bousadik at Dar Bellarj

5.00 p.m.  – 8.00 p.m. Individual Sets: Riikka Palonen, Maria Credali, Sef Townsend, Abderrahman and Sara at Al Muniya Storytelling School Marrakech

5.30 p.m. – 7.00 p.m. Stories with Juliana Marin, Colin Urwin and Habiba Al-Azzalia at Riad Star 

5.30 p.m. – 7.30 p.m. Hybrid (ZOOM and live): International Young Tellers from around the world. Live from Henna Cafe

8.00 p.m. Dawn Ellis – Nart stories part 1 at World Storytelling Cafe

 

Wednesday 16 February

All day Open mic Henna Cafe

12.00 p.m. – 2.00 p.m. Education class at Henna Cafe

12.00 p.m. – 2.00 p.m. Conference: Archetypes or Stereotypes with  Baba-C,  Eamonn Keenon and Mohamed Ait Laamim at Dar Bellarj

12.00 p.m. –  3.00 p.m. Individual sets: Zahra Afsah, Amy Douglas, Juliana Marin and Mariam Cannan at Musee de la Musique

1.00 p.m. – 4.00 p.m. Individual sets: Sarah Lloyd Winder, Dave Tonge, Baden Prince at Cafe Arabe 

1.00 p.m.- 2.30 p.m. Hybrid (ZOOM and live) International collaboration through new technology with Zouhair Khaznaoui, John Row, Colin Urwin at World Storytelling Cafe

2.00 p.m. – 4.00 p.m. Book launch: Yassine Adnane launches his latest novel at Dar Bellarj

4.00 p.m. – Gathering at Dar Bellarj

5.30 p.m. – 8.30 p.m. Storytelling in Halqa Djemma al Fnaa

8.30 p.m. Dawn Ellis Nart Stories part 2 at  World Storytelling Cafe

 

Thursday 17 February 

All day Open mic Henna Cafe

12.30 p.m. Artist Sabba Khan works with storyteller Gary Cordingley a collaboration with cartoonist (British Council) at Musee de la Musique

2 p.m. LUNCH at World Storytelling Café

3.00 p.m. – 5.00 p.m. Panel Discussion: Keeping the Tradition Alive: Zahra Afsah, Zouhair Khaznaoui, Maria Gillen and Jaafar Kansoussi at World Storytelling Cafe

5.00 p.m – 6.00 p.m. Session: ‘The stories we tell ourselves’ Lucie Anderson-Wood at World Storytelling Cafe

4.00 p.m. – 6.00 p.m. Education class inc Sarah Lloyd-Winder (other artists welcome) at Henna Café

7.00 p.m. Storytelling with Sef Townsend at El Fenn

8.00 p.m. – 9.30 p.m. Storytelling round finishing with Dawn Ellis concluding the session with a Nart story at All day Open mic Henna Café

 

Friday 18 February 

All day Open mic Henna Cafe

11.00 p.m. – 1.00 p.m. Conference:Women Reclaiming the Narrative: Jaafar Kansoussi, Amy Douglas, Zahra Afsah, Dawn Ellis and Siham Elmallas at Complexe Administratif et Culture MOHAMED IV des Habous.
The importance of women in the evolution of storytelling in Morocco and around the world

3.00 p.m – 4.00 p.m. Hybrid (ZOOM and live) International collaboration through new technology: Zouhair, John Row, Colin Urwin World Storytelling Cafe

5.30 p.m.-7.00 p.m. Mother Tongue stories with Juliana Marin, Riikka Palonen, Maria Gillen, Zahra Afsah, Habiba Al-Azzalia and Latifa Amghar at World Storytelling Cafe

7.00 p.m. Stories for children by Jasmanah on line event

 

Saturday 19 February

11.00 a.m. – 1.00 p.m. Hybrid (ZOOM and live) Australasian and Asian tellers plus festival tellers at World Storytelling Cafe.

2.00 p.m. – 6.00 p.m. Grand story round: Festival discussion where do we go here? all tellers at World Storytelling Cafe 

7.00 p.m  Irish, North American and Moroccan Storytelling at Les Yeux Bleus

 

Sunday 20 February

12.00 p.m. – 2.00 p.m. Education class at Henna Cafe

9.00 a.m. Essaouira Day trip

12.00 p.m – onwards Story-round: Where do we go from here? at World Storytelling Cafe

7.00 p.m. – 9.00 p.m. Hybrid (ZOOM and live) Worldwide Story round at World Storytelling Cafe.

 

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