Stage Door News
Stage Door News
LAUNCHING: Saturday March 16
at The Market Gallery, Bata Shoe Museum, Japan Foundation, Canadian Gay and Lesbian Archives, The Inner Garden
FIND OUT WHAT HAPPENS NEXT: Thurs March 21-Sun March 24
at Daniels Spectrum (585 Dundas St E) + Artscape Wychwood Barns
Bring your love of stories to the 35th Toronto Storytelling Festival, featuring the finest traditional and experimental storytellers from Toronto and around the world. Blasting off March 16–24. Find out what happens next! www.torontostorytellingfestival.ca
Featured Programs: include Grimm Remix, Village of Storytellers: Regent Park, The Women, and many more, plus several family-oriented programs.
Noteworthy Guests: Sandra Shamas, Jay O'Callahan, Corin Raymond, Louis Bird, Gayle Ross, Matthew Byrne.
March 16: Family storytelling at the Story Bop at Bata Shoe Museum; Toronto history as you’ve never heard it before at Fabled City, The Market Gallery; Katari Japanese Storytelling at the Japan Foundation; Queers in Your Ears at the Canadian Gay and Lesbian Archives; and a night of stories, music, and delicious food at A Caucaus Feast at The Inner Garden.
March 20: The Storytelling Teacher: Telling Tales in the Classroom and Beyond, with Dr. Kristin Wardetzky (Germany), Bob Barton, Jo Kuyvenhoven, and many more teachers, researchers, and storytellers (click here to register).
March 21–24: Storytelling at Daniels Spectrum, the new Regent Park arts and cultural centre. Featuring Jay O’Callahan, Sandra Shamas, Marta Singh, Corin Raymond, Louis Bird, Gayle Ross, Ron Evans, Matthew Byrne, Kristin Wardetzky.
March 23, family storytelling at Artscape Wychwood Barns farmers’ market.
For a taste of some of our special guests:
Sandra Shamas: video
Jay O’Callahan: video
Gayle Ross: video
Matthew Byrne: video
Eric Michaud: website
Plus four great storytelling programs:
Grimm Remix, new takes on Grimm in celebration of the 200th anniversary of the publication of their book of fairytales;
The Women, stories about women in history, legend, saga, and myth;
Lives of the Storytellers, personal accounts of lives lived as storytellers;
Village of Storytellers: Regent Park is a project that uses storytelling for community engagement, and the festival welcomes storytellers from the neighbourhood to share their stories with the whole city.
Admission:
Individual Events: Free or PWYC - $20
Festival pass: $50
Via www.torontostorytellingfestival.ca . Tickets may also be available at the door.
For More Info: www.torontostorytellingfestival.ca or 416-656-2445
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2013-03-06
Toronto: Toronto Storytelling Festival runs March 21-24