Introduction to Performance Storytelling || Workshop

We've been sharing stories for as long as we've been human.

Stories have both the power to unite, entertain and educate, and to divide and spread hate.

Performance storytelling is an exhilarating portal that honours this ancient art form in all its magnificence.

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Inside everyone is a storyteller longing to engage, empower and entertain, and a listener longing to be engaged, empowered and entertained.

In this 3-hour workshop, we'll begin by introducing key storytelling techniques through playful practices, to warm up our minds and bodies.

We'll learn:

→ why storytelling is so fundamentally important;

→ what storytelling is, and how it translates into performance;

→ where and how to find stories that speak to us at our core;

→ how to lift stories off the page and personalise them;

→ how to reimagine and reignite old stories, to make them relevant;

→ how to shape and mould a story, ready for a performance;

→ key performance storytelling skills and secrets.

This workshop is for anyone who is interested in storytelling and how it weaves into our daily lives, but especially those who are intrigued by the performance aspect of it, for private, personal or professional use.

Lonan will guide you through storytellers' secrets in a fun, liberating and expressive way, with the aim of setting you up to share your own stories with character, compassion and confidence.

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Lonan co-runs The Embers Collective: a London based storytelling and music group, who have been sharing myths, folktales and live music to festivals and events around the world for 5 years.

Lonan is a storyteller, teacher, performer, writer, workshop facilitator, and Humanist wedding celebrant. Narratives, intimacy and human connection are always at the heart of what he does.

Lonan has a BSc Degree in Psychology and a MSc Degree in War and Psychiatry. Lonan uses both his qualifications, and his personal experiences of regular psychotherapy, to hold a safe, inclusive space for those sharing their stories, with a therapeutic tone throughout.

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Date: 28.03.21

Time: 14:00 - 17:00

Tickets:

£30* (standard)

£40.00** (donation)

*Nobody will be turned away for lack of funds. If you wish to attend, but are struggling to afford it, please do get in touch.

**If you're earning, and you're able to donate a little something towards an artist during these challenging times, please choose the £40 option.

This event will be an LGBTQIA+ safe space and is welcoming of all sexualities and gender identities.

"I loved being in the workshop! Very clear and simple ideas that have beautiful effects in storytelling!! I loved it."

"Thanks so much Lonan, it was wonderful to connect with how these everyday occurrences can be the seeds for wonderful stories - there is so much richness in life if you are open to experiencing it fully and this workshop reminded me of that."

Photo credit: Sam Cooper

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Links:

The Embers Collective

Lonan Jenkins || Humanist Wedding Celebrant

Solo Story Sessions

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Upcoming events: Bedtime Stories

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