SHAGGYDOG STORYTELLERS
Storytelling at the Stubbing Wharf Pub, King Street, Hebden Bridge
WHAT WAS
TIM RALPHS
"THE QUEEN of CLAYWOOD FLATS"
FRIDAY 25 NOVEMBER 2011
A block of flats is about to be pulled down. Death stalks the concrete steps, dragons coil on mildewed mattresses, a knarl of knitters
complete an ancient conspiracy and in a damp basement the Queen of Claywood Flats convenes her last court. Your Storyteller is the
innovative and compelling Tim Ralphs, a vibrant performer who has entertained audiences around the world with his sharp narrative wit. Listen as he drags six plaintiffs before the ragged Queen to tell their stories, each a compelling hybrid of urban energy and
traditional folktale; all debts must be settled before the night is through!
”Chaucer, Gaiman and Grimm poured into a silicon chip... the images burn themselves into your memory...” Helen Frances, Flying Donkeys
"A work of pure and utter genius." Mai Lin Li, Stories from The Tree of Life
MATTHEW BELLWOOD
"THE UNQUIET GRAVE"
FRIDAY 28 OCTOBER 2011
£5 admission
In keeping with the Halloween season "The Unquiet Grave" is an evening of ghost stories and ballads rooted in the Victorian tradition told in Matthew's distinctive style.
Matthew describes the stories as "macabre rather than miserable", and we're sure there will be a few laughs thrown in!
URSULA HOLDEN GILL & ELIZABETH DEVER
"THE HANDLESS MAIDEN"
FRIDAY 30 SEPTEMBER 2011
£5 admission
The Handless Maiden (a Shadow Story) & other Tales of Transformation is an adaptation of the Brothers' Grimm fable featuring the original artwork and music of Elizabeth Dever & Ursula Holden Gill.
Once more The ShaggyDog Storytellers are privileged to be able to present an original work of storytelling to the people of the Calder Valley....This time we include shadow puppetry!
STORIES FROM THE FLOOR
FRIDAY 26 AUGUST 2011
£5 admission
Listen to stories from the very talented bunch of tellers from the Calder Valley. This is another opportunity for you to tell the story that you have been dying to tell for ages. If you just want to listen, that is also fine. You never know what you will hear; stories of heroes and heroines, strange creatures, devils and maybe just ordinary people. Whatever happens, it promises to be an entertaining evening.
CHRISTINE MCMAHON
"GOOSEWING"
FRIDAY 29 JULY 2011
This year (and not before time) our own internationally renowned Christine McMahon was specially commissioned by Festival at the the Edge to produce and original work of storytelling. Goosewing is her resulting creation and ShaggyDog Storytellers are proud and privileged to be the first outside the festival to present the piece. Told with Christine's characteristic wit and warmth, Goosewing is a bittersweet tale of loss, hope and redemption. And there are mice involved...
You may even discover what is a goose!
CLARE MUIREANN MURPHY
"A PLAY ON WORDS"
FRIDAY 24 JUNE 2011
ShaggyDog Storytellers proudly presents... all the way from Galway... fresh from a tour of Canada... renowned Irish storyteller,
Clare Muireann Murphy.
“A lie can travel halfway around the world while the truth is putting on its shoes.” Mark Twain.
From Nasruddin the Hodja to the wise Scheherazade, words have often been the way in and way out of trouble. Join performance storyteller Clare Muireann Murphy for tales of tricksters, fools and liars.
WHAT IS
MANCHESTER WORD of MOUTH
"LIFE, DEATH and DIVINE INTERVENTION"
FRIDAY 27 JANUARY 2012
In October The Shaggy Dog Storytellers told stories at the Briton's Protection, a pub in Manchester that is home to the Word of Mouth Storytelling Club.
Now Helen Stewart and Honor Giles from Word of Mouth travel to Hebden Bridge to bring us:
A portmanteau of tales from all points of the compass. Arrogance out-thought by womanly wit; gods with lustrous pedigrees and cleaning fetishes; death by dreaming; love, despair and cryogenics.
Add to that Armageddon averted by a surfeit of beer and the most arrogant parrot in the history of feathered impostors and you've got:-
Life, Death and Divine Intervention
WHAT WILL BE
SHONALEIGH
"LIFE, DEATH and DIVINE INTERVENTION"
FRIDAY 24 FEBRUARY 2012
Details of SHONALEIGH'S set will be published shortly.
love, despair and cryogenics.
AUTUMN / WINTER PROGRAMME
September - Ursula Holden Gill & Liz Dever
October - Matthew Bellwood
November - Tim Ralphs
January - Manchester Word of Mouth
February - Shonaleigh
March - Simon Heywood
"Tell me a fact and I'll learn. Tell me a truth and I'll believe. But tell me a story and it will live in my heart forever."
The Shaggy Dog Storytellers provide storytellers for any performance or workshop.
Contact Richard at postmaster@shaggydogstorytellers.com