Join us live from the Netherbow Theatre in the Scottish Storytelling Centre for an Open Hearth session of stories and music. Featuring storytellers Peter Chand and Erin Farley, and musician Beth Malcolm. All hosted in the flow by Donald Smith. Recorded live on the opening night of the Scottish International Storytelling Festival 2024. ~~~ You can find out more about TRACS and the Scottish International Storytelling Festival, which runs each October, at tracscotland.org and sisf.org.uk.
We are joined in this episode by Storytelling Festival Director Donald Smith, Chair of the Scottish Storytelling Forum Beverley Bryant and National Development Officer Joanne Urwin. We chat about the storytelling scene in Scotland over the years and look back over 35 years of the Festival, whilst also getting excited about the future! ~~~ If you are interested in getting involved in the Scottish Storytelling Forum there is more information here. ~~~ You can find out more about TRACS and the Scottish International Storytelling Festival, which runs each October, at tracscotland.org and sisf.org.uk.
Our episode today is a wide ranging conversation with three different storytellers working across two projects in the 2024 Scottish International Storytelling Festival, both using historical tales to explore connections between Scotland and India. Niall Moorjani presents their new show Kanpur: 1857! on Sat 26 Oct whilst Kirsten Milliken and Neel Paul discuss Torn from the Same Cloth, which will be first performed on Sat 19 Oct. ~~~ Tickets and information about both shows can be found in the links above. ~~~ You can find out more about TRACS and the Scottish International Storytelling Festival, which runs each October, at tracscotland.org and sisf.org.uk.
In this episode we talk with storyteller Jacqueline Harris and musician Maja Bugge who tell us about their upcoming show Slowing Down to the Speed of Light. The show explores adult ADHD diagnosis through a playful and provocative tale of a woman untangling a lifetime of stories and will feature at the Scottish International Storytelling Festival on Sun 20 Oct 2024. ~~~ Tickets and information about the show and workshop can be found here. ~~~ You can find out more about TRACS and the Scottish International Storytelling Festival, which runs each October, at tracscotland.org and sisf.org.uk.
In this episode we talk with Helen Mill and Dan Serridge from the Village Storytelling Centre whose festival of contemporary and community storytelling runs from the 25-30 June 2024 in Glasgow. We were also joined by Arjen Barel, Director of the Storytelling Centre in Amsterdam, who has created a storytelling and dance piece called Saffron alongside Palestinian performer Hala Salem. ~~~ You can find out more about TRACS and the Scottish International Storytelling Festival, which runs each October, at tracscotland.org and sisf.org.uk.
We begin Season 2 of Another Story by sharing a conversation between two fantastic artists, Shona Cowie and Neil Sutcliffe, who discuss their new project, a storytelling and music show about Scotland’s land, called Rickle O Stanes. This conversation was originally broadcast in May 2024 by Edinburgh’s online radio station EHFM. With thanks to them, we're delighted to share this episode with you. ~~~ You can find out more about TRACS and the Scottish International Storytelling Festival, which runs each October, at tracscotland.org and sisf.org.uk.
Our final episode in this first series is something a bit different from the previous five and a little bit special... We are delighted to share a full recording of the Open Hearth from the Scottish International Storytelling Festival 2023, recorded live from the Netherbow Theatre in the Scottish Storytelling Centre. These sessions are relaxed and welcoming as storytellers and musicians share with the audience in the ceilidh tradition. Across this episode you’ll hear from storytellers Dougie Mackay, Fiona Herbert and Tim Porteus, as well as beautiful music and song from Rachel Newton. We really hope you enjoy this and that it inspires you to come along to some live storytelling yourself some day soon. ~~~ You can find out more about the Scottish International Storytelling Festival, which runs each October, at sisf.org.uk.
This week we explore storytelling's reach with two storytellers, Ailie Finlay and Claire McNicol, who have centred their work around community storytelling, especially with intergenerational and additional support groups. ~~~ You can find out more about Ailie's sensory storytelling via My Kind of Book and more about Claire's work here. The Scottish International Storytelling Festival runs each October across Scotland sisf.org.uk.
In this episode we meet storytellers Svend-Erik Engh and Alice Fernbank. Two international storytellers, both living and working together in Edinburgh now. As you can imagine from the title, this chat explores some personal experiences of illness, and we are grateful to Svend-Erik and Alice for talking so candidly with us. ~~~ You can find out more about the Scottish International Storytelling Festival, which runs each October, at sisf.org.uk.
Join us this week as we catch up with two of the UK's leading young storytellers, Ailsa Dixon and Ffion Phillips, to hear about their journeys so far and some of the stories they love to tell. ~~~ You can find out more about the Scottish International Storytelling Festival, which runs each October, at sisf.org.uk.
In this week's episode we chat with two storytellers, Anna Conomos-Wedlock and Gauri Raje, who had never actually met before, but are both doing interesting work in similar areas of storytelling, exploring stories of migration and sanctuary. Both storytellers will feature in the Scottish International Storytelling Festival 2023. ~~~ You can find out more about the Scottish International Storytelling Festival, which runs each October, at sisf.org.uk.
In our first episode of Another Story we chat with two of the world’s leading storytellers, Peter Chand and Ruth Kirkpatrick who tell us about their passion for storytelling and their upcoming joint project, Shadow Walking, a storytelling performance with live music which seeks to excavate stories which are not often told, out of the shadows and onto centre stage. ~~~ You can find out more about the Scottish International Storytelling Festival, which runs each October, at sisf.org.uk.
Welcome to Another Story, a new series of stories and conversations brought to you in friendship by the Scottish International Storytelling Festival. Across the next 6 episodes we will be chatting with some wonderful storytellers, hearing their tales, and exploring different areas of storytelling in Scotland and beyond. So, settle down, or speed on up, to join us for another story...