Festival of Storytelling

Judy Preece

WORKSHOP – Making Stories Come Alive

22 August, 11.30am-12.30pm, Bedfont Library

Adults (aged 18+)

Want to improve your storytelling skills? Whether it’s using a book or just using your voice, this workshop explores a range of techniques to help make a story come alive and hold the attention of those listening.

STORYTELLING – Chicken Licken

26 August, 11-11.30am and 12.30-1pm, London Museum of Water and Steam

Families

Chicken Licken thinks the sky is falling down, so he sets off to tell the king. What will happen to him and his friends Henny Penny, Little Red Hen, Turkey Lurkey and Goosey Loosey?

Bronia Evers

STORYTELLING – A Necklace of Raindrops

23 August, 10.30-11am and 11.30am-12pm, Gallery 3, Musical Museum

Families

Stories performed with original live music, spoken word, shadow puppetry and a crankie theatre with scrolling paper scenery.

STORYTELLING – The Patchwork Quilt

23 August, 2-2.30pm and 3-3.30pm, Gallery 3, Musical Museum

Families

A fantastic tale of wonder and magic, featuring enchanting shadow puppetry, a ‘crankie theatre’ with moving scenery, storytelling and sparkling live music.

WORKSHOP – Make your own mini crankie theatre and story-scroll: a workshop for adults.

24 August, 2-5pm. The Arts Centre Hounslow

Adults (aged 16+)

A ‘crankie’ is a miniature theatre box with scrolling scenery  and is a form of pre-cinematic moving image, dating back to Victorian times. Come explore your creativity and learn a new skill! Crankie making is a fun, accessible art form, with plenty of storytelling potential. No prior experience is necessary, just a willingness to learn as you go along.

Michele Eastmond

WORKSHOP – Telling Stories Connecting Generations

23 August, 11am-12:30pm, The Hub, Feltham Library

25 August, 11am-12:30pm, The Salopian Garden

Families (aged 12+) and adults

Think of your favourite story. Who told it to you and what makes it so special/memorable? Was it the content or was it the teller of the tale spinning and combining words and phrases to magically mentally draw you into a different place.

STORYTELLING – Caribbean Folklore

23 August, 2 – 2.30pm and 3 – 3.30pm, The Hub, Feltham Library

25 August, 2 – 2.30pm and 3 – 3.30pm, The Salopian Garden

Everyone

An exploration of the stories, characters and tales that have transcended through generations and painted the landscape of Caribbean traditional storytelling. Learn more about the folklore characters and whispered mysteries attached to the most iconic beaches, churches and popular destinations.

Xanthe Gresham-Knight

STORYTELLING – Kitchen Kundalini

22 August, 7 – 8:30pm, Kitchen Garden at Chiswick House and Gardens

Adults (aged 18+)

In the Kitchen Garden of Chiswick House, storyteller Xanthe Gresham-Knight brews herbs, blends sweetmeats and tells tales of Goddesses, Buddhas and Holy Herbs. Warning: recipe contains nuts.

STORYTELLING – Goddesses and Heroines

24 August, 2 – 3.30pm (w/ 20-minute interval), Concert Hall, Musical Museum

Interactive storytelling for families (aged 7+)

Since ancient times, goddesses and heroines have given shape to the wonders of our world. Explore the desert with the snake of Inanna, surf the spray to play with Aphrodite’s dolphins – be feisty, be fearless and become a legend.

The Crick Crack Club

Pandvani 108

25 August, 10.30am – 12.30pm, Heston Library Garden

25 August, 3 – 5pm, Hounslow High Street

26 August, 10.30am – 12.30pm, Feltham High Street

26 August, 3 – 5pm, Feltham Green

28 August, 11am – 1pm, Shrewsbury Walk

28 August, 3.30 – 5.30pm, Brentford Lock

A high voltage mythological mash-up is coming to a street corner near you! Storytelling & music ensemble Crick Crack Club brings all the very best bits of myth & epic poetry from the world’s four quarters. No need to book tickets, just show up!

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