adversecamber.org http://adversecamber.org Sun, 25 Jul 2010 12:48:55 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 Opening the Gate workshop http://adversecamber.org/opening-the-gate-workshop.html http://adversecamber.org/opening-the-gate-workshop.html#comments Sun, 25 Jul 2010 12:24:36 +0000 naomi http://adversecamber.org/opening-the-gate-workshop.html Opening the Gate workshop with Nick Hennessey and Alison PiaseckaNick Hennessey and Alison Piasecka are running a two day workshop allowing participants to review and renew the stories of their lives, and in doing so rediscover themes they may have lost or forgotten. The workshop may also find the gate opening into stories that speak of the future.

When we are asked to describe ourselves, we often find that we use the same sentences, the same jokes, the same stories over and over. The stories we tell of our lives can either trap us in a narrative that is outlived, or release our potential for the future. The workshop will use song, music, traditional storytelling in an inspirationl venue, where a natural, unspoiled landscape meets more than two thousand years of history.  For more information visit www.movingthrutransitions.com

10 to 12  September at The Othana Community in Essex: www.bos.othona.org
For more information contact Alison Piasecka on 07971 088710

]]> http://adversecamber.org/opening-the-gate-workshop.html/feed 0 Folktale Writing Workshops http://adversecamber.org/folktale-writing-workshops.html http://adversecamber.org/folktale-writing-workshops.html#comments Tue, 20 Jul 2010 12:21:10 +0000 naomi http://adversecamber.org/folktale-writing-workshops.html Simon Heywood Writing Workshop Folktales

Simon Heywood

Simon Heywood (Twisting Field/Middle Yard) is leading a series of writing workshops at Nottingham Contemporary over the summer on forms of the folk tale, European and World folk tales and telling your own tale.  Tickets are £20 for all three sessions. Call 0115 948 9750 for more information.

]]> http://adversecamber.org/folktale-writing-workshops.html/feed 0 Beyond the Border Storytelling Course http://adversecamber.org/beyond-the-border-storytelling-course.html http://adversecamber.org/beyond-the-border-storytelling-course.html#comments Wed, 23 Jun 2010 22:07:14 +0000 naomi http://adversecamber.org/beyond-the-border-storytelling-course.html Storyteller Michael Harvey workshop

Michael Harvey, storyteller/trainer

Michael Harvey (Hunting the Giant’s Daughter) is leading a three day storytelling course in the run up to the 2010 Beyond the Border Storytelling Festival.  The course is intended for those who want to tell stories as performance or in workplace or community settings. The course will be practical, focusing on the key skills and attitudes required to tell stories effectively and develop a unique voice. There will be ample opportunity to work on individual stories and tell in small and large groups as well as receive constructive feedback.

The course runs on Tuesday 29 June to Thursday 1st July, from 10am to 5pm each day.

Venue: St Donats Arts Centre, St Donats Castle, Vale of Glamorgan, CF61 1WF
Book by phone at the St Donats Arts Centre Box Office on 01446 799100 or book online at www.stdonats.com

]]> http://adversecamber.org/beyond-the-border-storytelling-course.html/feed 0 Get in Touch http://adversecamber.org/get-in-touch.html http://adversecamber.org/get-in-touch.html#comments Tue, 02 Mar 2010 22:48:18 +0000 zander http://85.92.82.55/~adverse0/?p=284 helo?

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]]> http://adversecamber.org/get-in-touch.html/feed 0 Hunting the Giants Daughter CD http://adversecamber.org/hunting-the-giants-daughter-cd.html http://adversecamber.org/hunting-the-giants-daughter-cd.html#comments Mon, 01 Mar 2010 16:23:51 +0000 zander http://85.92.82.55/~adverse0/?p=7 A young man called Culhwch, cousin to King Arthur, is destined to fall instantly in love with Olwen, a woman who nobody knows how to find.  The seemingly impossible odds draw Arthur and his knights into the magical quest to find and then win her from one of the most fearsome giants in the land – her father!  The stakes are raised and the tension mounts as Culhwch, having already proved his strength and skill, faces a lengthening list of increasingly difficult and dangerous tasks if he is ever to claim the hand of the woman he loves. As the story romps through the landscapes of Wales the South West and Ireland, Arthur himself joins in the quest, facing some of his greatest challenges and putting his own leadership and manhood to the test.

]]> http://adversecamber.org/hunting-the-giants-daughter-cd.html/feed 0 The Middle Yard http://adversecamber.org/the-middle-yard-2.html http://adversecamber.org/the-middle-yard-2.html#comments Thu, 25 Feb 2010 23:18:04 +0000 zander http://85.92.82.55/~adverse0/?p=203 Lugh Lamfhota is one of Ireland’s greatest heroes. He’s brought into the world by a prophecy, that he’s the only man capable of defeating Balor, the people’s greatest enemy. He returns to Ireland from fosterage to take up this mantle of leadership, but becomes drawn into a bitter vendetta with three brothers, the sons of Tuirenn.  Against an apocalyptic backdrop of rising tension, a very personal story of revenge unfolds. Can Lugh avenge a brutal murder and still do what is right for his people?  The story sweeps across land and sea, from confrontations in the court of the Irish king, to a gripping, magical quest which travels to the four corners of this world and the edges of the next.   Filled with drama, passion, twists and tragedy, the story leads to final confrontation on the Hill of Miochaoin.

Two of the UK’s finest professional storytellers Nick Hennessey ‘a fine voice, pure and unforced’ (The Times) and Simon Heywood ‘a gifted wordsmith’ (Ben Haggarty) lead us on a finely woven journey of loyalty, mystery, choice and fate through skilled storytelling original music and songs, played on harp and guitar.  Suitable for adults and older children 12+

]]> http://adversecamber.org/the-middle-yard-2.html/feed 0 Hunting the Giant’s Daughter http://adversecamber.org/hunting-the-giants-daughter.html http://adversecamber.org/hunting-the-giants-daughter.html#comments Thu, 25 Feb 2010 21:35:28 +0000 zander http://85.92.82.55/~adverse0/?p=188 A young man called Culhwch, cousin to King Arthur, is destined to fall instantly in love with Olwen, a woman who nobody knows how to find. The seemingly impossible odds draw Arthur and his knights into the magical quest to find and then win her from one of the most fearsome giants in the land – her father! The stakes are raised and the tension mounts as Culhwch, having already proved his strength and skill, faces a lengthening list of increasingly difficult and dangerous tasks if he is ever to claim the hand of the woman he loves. As the story romps through the landscapes of Wales the South West and Ireland, Arthur himself joins in the quest, facing some of his greatest challenges and putting his own leadership and manhood to the test.

Storyteller Michael Harvey ‘mesmerising’ (The Times) weaves Welsh poetry into an imaginative telling of the tale, around a delicious mix of traditional Welsh and jazz influenced music created by Stacey Blythe (accordion, piano, harp) and singer Lynne Denman.

An evening to savour, offering an intoxicating mix of lively storytelling and music.

Suitable for adults and children aged 12+

]]> http://adversecamber.org/hunting-the-giants-daughter.html/feed 0 Simon Heywood and Tim Ralphs, Gilgamesh – New Commission http://adversecamber.org/gilgamesh-new-commission.html http://adversecamber.org/gilgamesh-new-commission.html#comments Thu, 25 Feb 2010 21:24:09 +0000 zander http://85.92.82.55/~adverse0/?p=182 Simon Heywood (The Twisting Field/The Middle Yard) is teaming up with fellow Sheffield storyteller Tim Ralphs in March to present a new version of the ancient Sumerian epic Gilgamesh for the Huddersfield Literature Festival. Tim Ralphs was launched into storytelling as an award winner at the 2007 Young Storyteller of the Year award in Birmingham and has performed at Festival at the Edge and The Barbican as well as storytelling clubs around the country. The commission premiere is on Sunday 14 March in the Sygenta Cellar at Lawrence Batley Theatre, tickets £5 (£4 concessions) available from Lawrence Batley Theatre on 01484 430528

Visit www.litfest.org.uk for more information

]]> http://adversecamber.org/gilgamesh-new-commission.html/feed 0 Regional shortlisting for Festival at the Edge http://adversecamber.org/festival-at-the-edge.html http://adversecamber.org/festival-at-the-edge.html#comments Thu, 25 Feb 2010 21:20:23 +0000 zander http://85.92.82.55/~adverse0/?p=172 Festival at the EdgeFestival at the Edge is an undoubted highlight in the UK storytelling calendar, commissioning new work, creating platforms for emerging tellers and showcasing some of the finest national and international talents alongside a packed programme of folk music. The festival takes place on a gorgeous site just outside Much Wenlock, the third weekend in July. It’s been shortlisted for a regional prize in a scheme to recognise the country’s most unusual tourist attractions. The festival is pitted against three other Shropshire events but if they win, they’ll go forward to the national heats. Festival at the Edge has presented all of Adverse Camber’s shows and we love them! If you can, vote for the event by January 31st to help increase the festival’s profile and bring storytelling to the wider world!

Email heartofengland@europe.mccann.com Put Enjoy England-where else but England in the subject line and in the main box put ‘voting for Festival at the Edge, Shropshire area’

]]> http://adversecamber.org/festival-at-the-edge.html/feed 0 Ffynnon – Adar Gwyllton http://adversecamber.org/ffynnon-adar-gwyllton.html http://adversecamber.org/ffynnon-adar-gwyllton.html#comments Tue, 02 Feb 2010 21:18:53 +0000 zander http://85.92.82.55/~adverse0/?p=272 “Ffynnon are a four-piece band from South Wales who play traditional music with jazzy and bluesy inflections. On this album they endeavour to draw out the connections between people, history and the nature of place and language. It begins with a recording of a young girl asking her grandmother to name all her brothers and sisters, she was one of ten children and so her reply is a beautiful litany of Welsh names. There is a grandmother in the second track as well. ‘Cherries’ is a poem by Janet Dubé sketching the life of her grandmother, who had to leave her home and abandon her language to find work. Set to Stacey Blythe’s accordion, Matthew Lovett’s bass and Emma Trend’s violin, it is sung lucidly and straightforwardly by Lynne Denman.” Songlines

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