Storytelling Training

At some point in the near future some of the regulars at the Undercroft want to run some training sessions for those who are new to storytelling and/or those who wish to develop their skills further. In the meantime however one of our regulars and well known artist & teller of tales, Paul Jackson is running a one or two day course at Assington Mill in Suffolk. It takes place on the 23rd and 24th of June and the first day is for beginners, the 2nd day is, 'a much more shamanic approach for 'Tellers Who Tell', but don't yet have much confidence or are unsure of their Inner voice'.

Paul Jackson

Paul also writes,  I have been asked to create a new form of workshop that will include favorite approaches from earlier workshops, but with a different emphasis. I have chosen the theme of best loved East Anglian Tales. Including The Dark Moon, Potter Heigham Drummer Boy, Black shuck and The Green Mist. This workshop is a friendly way into storytelling. It's for both the beginner and those who have started on the path of the Storyteller. You can book for either the first day, the second day or for both days.  
 
The first day will retrace a couple of these East Anglian tales, uncovering and entering into their story so that you will never forget how to tell them.  We will find out what it feels like to be Black shuck, see the world through the eyes of the moon, or skate across the broads as a ghost and how, as you beat your drum, it beats to the rhythm of of the story.. I will use a number of group  techniques for this including: 

Lifting from the page - How to convert the written story into the oral.
Your story my story - We all have a story to tell.
Images and Landscapes - Stepping inside the stories of East Anglia and how the landscape helps create these stories

Finally we will see how the use of voice, movement, sound, silence, speed, clocking and of course preparation all play a major roll in this ancient art form.

For more on Paul's storytelling, check out his website at: www.pauljacksonstory.com/

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 For more information on the course contact Paul on 01692409036 

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Go to the Assington Mill Website

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