Storytelling
There is a small charge of £1 per person (child or adult) for each story.
Times: 11am, 12noon, 1.30pm, 3pm and 4pm daily.
Visiting the storytelling tent at Art in Action is always a magical and inspiring experience for all ages.
This year, we have a new storyteller, Alex Woods, telling a tale of medieval monsters and heroic deeds. He will be joined by Art in Action favourites Anna Beecher, Scott C. Durkin and The Nomadic Academy for Fools.
Times: 11am, 12noon, 1.30pm, 3pm and 4pm daily.
Stories are open to all ages, and will run throughout the day. Please see the timetable for further information. There will be a charge of £1 per person for each story.
Anna Beecher Working with words, performance and people, Anna Beecher’s work is intimate, magical and honest. Recent projects include, ‘Living Things’, a solo performance created with Battersea Arts Centre supported Arts Council England, ‘Dog Rough’, an audio work for parks nominated for Best New Writing at Buxton Festival Fringe and ‘Hans My Hedgehog’ created for last year’s Art in Action festival. This year at Art in Action Anna will be taking a sideways look at two Brothers Grimm tales, offering a warm, lyrical retelling. www.annabeecher.com
Scott C. Durkin is an Irish-American multi-media artist living and working in London. He acquired his love of storytelling in the Appalachian Mountains where, as a boy, he listened to the infinite campfires tales of summer nights. Both his father and grandfather were master storytellers and in fact his grandfather was fondly called ‘Shanachie’ (storyteller in Celtic Irish) by those who knew him. This year Scott will be telling an interactive story based on the true-life history of Americans who fought in the Canadian army during WWI. Scott is currently finishing his children’s book based on this history.
Christopher Murray and Joanne Tremaco are members of The Nomadic Academy For Fools. They will be telling their hilarious, improvised stories with voice, music, puppets…and you! An interactive storytelling treat for all ages, beautifully presented. They return to the tent in 2014 with their old favourite, Punch and Judy. Come and enjoy this traditional tale of conflict and trickery performed by live puppets. www.nomadicacademy.org
Alex Woods is a lawyer, writer and producer whose short film, ‘A Video For Patricia’, won him a BAFTA TAPS Comedy Nomination and led to a screenplay commission in Canada, ‘Lost in Montreal’. In this, his first year at Art in Action, he will be presenting his version of a traditional folk-story called, ‘The Lambton Worm’ about a Young Knight, a maverick and truant, who releases a malevolent eel one day whilst fishing in the local river and in doing so, unleashes an evil on the good folk of County Durham. Redwood Film, [email protected]