National Storytelling Week (NSW)

The Society for Storytelling (www.SfS.org.uk) promotes storytelling in England and Wales, with a particular focus on National Storytelling Week. A Guide to National Storytelling Week is available - to request a copy please
e-mail using this link.

2012 National Storytelling Week

Date:  Saturday 28th. January to Saturday 4th. Febuary.

So whatever else you do that week - take time to tell a tale or two! Do let us know what you are doing - and whether it’s an open or closed event. It helps the Society for Storytelling to do more promotion, if they know what is going on and how many people were involved. In that week Guild members have at least three events in schools - all closed to the public but it means that there will be over 360 children and adults who will have had a taste of storytelling!

More details on the national scene at http://sfs.org.uk/nsw

The good news is that Surrey Storytellers Guild kicks off National Storytelling Week with a performance by Giles Abbot at “Three Heads in a Well.”  It will be a real treat as Giles is a very skilled performer and uses his voice to great effect. He will also be running a Voice Workshop for us in April - and we have already started to take bookings for it.

Past National Storytelling Week Events.

Events held as part of 2011 National Storytelling Week in Surrey included:

• 28th January. Winston Nzinga told “Veranda Tales” at Three Heads in a Well Adult Storytelling Circle. Winston, an African/Caribbean storyteller, percussionist and singer regaled us with the stories shared on the Jamaican veranda. We listened to the stories, joined in with the singing, played an instrument shaker, bell or drum and had some fun!

The 2010 National Storytelling Week ran from the 29th January to the
6th Febuary 2010.

Events held in Surrey during the 2010 National Storytelling Week included:

• Janet Dowling – Serendipity Storytelling workshop with year 6 at Tadworth School.
  
  
• Tim Ralphs - Serendipity Storytelling workshop with Young Storytellers at Beacon School.
  
  
• Tim Ralphs told “The Queen of Claywood Flats” at Three Heads in a Well Storytelling Circle.
  
  
• Janet Dowling - a workshop for “The Nuts and Bolts of Beginning Storytelling for Adults”.
  
  
• Alex Somerville at St. Paul's Children's Centre, Tongham.
  Family Learning storytelling and craft project working with parents/carers and children to develop literacy and communication skills.
  
  
• Alex Somerville and Janet Dowling – Serendipity Storytelling Project. Concert with Beacon Young  Storytellers and 3 local primary schools.
  
  
• RhymeTime with Tracey - a storytelling special - baby and toddler session at Guildford House Gallery.
  
  
• An evening of Storytelling with Kate Corkery.
  
  
• ‘The Twelve Swans’ by Hilary Watkins.
  
  
• ‘From the Arabian Nights to Arthurian Adventures’ by June Peters.
  
  
• ‘The Ancestors Footsteps’ by Hilary Watkins.

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