Join us on ... Friday 17 June
After a cracking first session in March with Martin Maudsley's inspirational tribute to his grandfather Tom and his tales, Stroud Story Caberat is raring to go for its next session in June. If the March session was anything to go by, our June set promises to be a another cracker! We look forward as well to sampling more of Nick's lovely mezze snacks and drinks from Star Anise Arts Cafe who are as ever providing yummy refreshments - this time with an Armenian theme.
Our June performance is going to be an exciting night with two fantastic acts from Oxford, the storyteller Vergine Gulbenkian and the musician Matt Sage ... and YOU! Floor spots are available for storytellers, musicians and other word speakers and singers!
Vergine Gulbenkian is a rising star of the UK storytelling scene. She draws on her story-rich Armenian background, and has performed at venues as diverse as the South Bank Centre and the British Museum. She will be performing Fire, the 17th century love-epic of Kearam and Asli told by Armenian and Turkish bards and translated by Vergine herself.
“Mesmerising… I have never been so captivated.” Christina Patterson, South Bank Centre.
Matt Sage is an Oxford songwriter and founder of the legendary Catweazle Club (“Britain’s most intimate performance space” - THE TIMES), which now has branches in London, Brighton and New York. Last year BBC Radio 4 broadcast a documentary on Matt and The Catweazle Club. “Still The Machine”, from his new album, was the soundtrack to a Greenpeace and OXFAM film broadcast at Glastonbury and nine times Grammy winner Diana Krall personally invited Matt to open her London concert last Summer. He will be showcasing songs from his latest album Let The Music Out.
“Seriously gorgeous sounds” - Mike Scott (The Waterboys)
Remember - for all you performers out there this is event is also YOUR chance to shine. Floor spots welcomed – bring a story, song or poem – or just come to listen. Floor spots should be ten minutes or less, and the only rule is no reading allowed!
This time we're part of a Festival!
All four of this year's events are funded by the excellent Stroud Arts Festival (SAF), an organisation with a 65 year track record for supporting the arts in the District, we are really delighted that this June session is also part of one of Stroud's most exciting festivals - SITE festival. This festival has supported visual artists for several years bringing together a series of exhibitions and open studios, but has now formed a new partnership with the SAF which means that an all-new spoken word element has been added to the festival of which we are part! It's going to be an exciting June...
Lots of other events happening in the Festival to get excited about too - check out the brochure. Stroud Storytellers will also be performing in Garden of Awen: A Salutation to the Sun - the Summer Solstice Special featuring performers and writers associated with the Stroud-based 'Small Press with a Big Heart' Awen Publications.
So you want to come to the Story Cabaret ? Well, here are the details:
Friday 17th June
7.30 for 8pm £6 (concessions £5). The Hall, Five Valleys Foyer, Gloucester Street, Stroud. Refreshments will be available at Star Anise Arts Cafe.
Bookings: Star Anise Arts Cafe 01453 840021. Contact: Kirsty 01453 840887 or info@kirstyhartsiotis.co.uk
Stroud Storytellers are: Fiona Eadie, Kirsty Hartsiotis, Di Humphries and Anthony Nanson - a small contingent of the storytelling talent in this small Cotswolds town!
