Storytelling is one of the oldest forms of entertainment, learning and teaching. At its most fundamental level it helps address needs shared by all humans, to understand the world around us and to carve some solid idea of our part in that world. Human beings think in narrative, remember through stories and find identity through shared experience. No wonder then that storytelling still plays a major role in the modern world, be it through books, television or computer games. And perhaps it is no surprise that experiencing storytelling in its purest form, in a group, listening and engaging with the telling, strikes sparks from an ancient core deep inside us all.
Tell me more about the Telling Space evenings.
Our aim is to keep the art of oral storytelling alive for both adults and children.
The Telling Space is on the first Thursday of every month.
Come join us for evening of paper-free stories in the round, join in or sit back and listen. All welcome, no membership. Small charge to cover room.
We also hold performance events and workshops from time to time.
We meet at:
The Function Room
The Lord Nelson
36 Trafalgar Street
Brighton
East Sussex
BN1 4ED
Accessibility: Through the main pub, room at the back.
But isn’t storytelling just about sitting round listening to someone speak?
Storytelling is all about participation. That might mean listening and allowing your imagination to take you on a journey with the story, but it can also mean being involved with how the story unfolds or even creating your own stories to share around.
Isn’t storytelling really just for kids?
It is true that many people think of it that way but really, storytelling is for all of us. If you like films, songs or books you like storytelling. If you laugh at comedy or cry at rom-coms then you are linking emotionally with stories and how they are told. A lot of storytellers’ work is with children, but when you consider the breadth of stories that abound in the world there is at least one there to be told for everyone, young or old.
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