Thursday October 12th, 8:00-10:00 PM Green Roads, Concrete Skies We had a great evening of tales and collaboration from our performers on this, our last online concert! Collaborating were Amy Boucher and Peter Carty, with solo acts from Zahra Afsah and Casey Bailey. We had, of course, our highly popular Cath’s Cupboard of Customs, too! […]
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An Interview with Karin Lundengård, commission winner One of the highlights of Get a Word in Edgeways festival 13th-15th October will be our commission premiere from Swedish storyteller Karin Lundengård. The Step Up Commission has been created by Gawie and the House of the West Wind: College of Storytelling. Claire Mace, our Festival Producer, asked
Introducing Amy Boucher Amy Boucher first came to us on our Wrekin Folklore Walk in September and is a performer in our October Online Concert. Amy is a writer and folklorist, who focuses on her native Shropshire. Her emphasis is primarily on the interplay between folklore, history and the paranormal, and perceptions of the past
Zakia Elyoubi confirmed! Zakia Elyoubi was born, raised and, she says, will die in Fez. Zakia would love to travel the world, but Fez will always stay with her. She is an English teacher, storyteller, and also president of the association Friends Of Fez Orphans (a voluntary job). Zakia has been a storyteller for more
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We are pleased to announce that ALL ticket types are now on sale! We have a great line-up, get your tickets HERE
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Our 14th September Concert News We are pleased to announce our performers for the September online concert – Glass Heart, Stone Skin Performing will be Despina Ariou, and Mary Keith & Martin Dawes for the collaboration. Of course, we will have our highly popular Cath’s Cupboard of Customs, too! Despina Ariou Despina was born and
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Performance-Specific Tickets Availablefrom September 1st We are pleased to announce that performance-specific tickets are due to be available from September 1st, So watch our Tickets page! These are a great way to see an individual performance without committing to a full weekend ticket. Note that only selected performances will have these tickets.
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Early Bird Ticket Deadline Extended 𝗚𝗲𝘁 𝗔 𝗪𝗼𝗿𝗱 𝗜𝗻 𝗘𝗱𝗴𝗲𝘄𝗮𝘆𝘀 𝗶𝘀 𝗽𝗹𝗲𝗮𝘀𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗼 𝗮𝗻𝗻𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁, 𝗼𝘄𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗼 𝗶𝘁𝘀 𝗽𝗼𝗽𝘂𝗹𝗮𝗿𝗶𝘁𝘆, 𝘄𝗲 𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝗲𝘅𝘁𝗲𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗱 𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗘𝗮𝗿𝗹𝘆 𝗕𝗶𝗿𝗱 𝗼𝗳𝗳𝗲𝗿 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗢𝗰𝘁𝗼𝗯𝗲𝗿 𝗧𝗼𝘄𝗻 𝗙𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗮𝗹 𝗼𝗳 𝗪𝗼𝗿𝗱𝘀, 𝗖𝗼𝗺𝗺𝘂𝗻𝗶𝘁𝘆 & 𝗠𝘂𝘀𝗶𝗰 𝘂𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗹 𝗔𝘂𝗴𝘂𝘀𝘁 𝟯𝟮𝗻𝗱! 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝘄𝗶𝗹𝗹 𝗯𝗲 𝗵𝗲𝗹𝗱 𝗶𝗻 𝘃𝗮𝗿𝗶𝗼𝘂𝘀 𝗹𝗼𝗰𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗹𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗹𝘆 𝘁𝗼𝘄𝗻 𝗼𝗳 𝗠𝘂𝗰𝗵 𝗪𝗲𝗻𝗹𝗼𝗰𝗸 𝗶𝗻
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𝗔𝗡𝗧𝗜-𝗥𝗔𝗖𝗜𝗦𝗠 𝗧𝗥𝗔𝗜𝗡𝗜𝗡𝗚 𝗢𝗻 𝗝𝘂𝗹𝘆 𝟭𝟵𝘁𝗵, 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗯𝗼𝗮𝗿𝗱 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗼𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝗽𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗶𝗲𝘀 𝗮𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗱 𝗮𝗻𝘁𝗶-𝗿𝗮𝗰𝗶𝘀𝗺 𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗶𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗶𝗻 𝗠𝘂𝗰𝗵 𝗪𝗲𝗻𝗹𝗼𝗰𝗸 W̲h̲a̲t̲ ̲i̲s̲ ̲R̲a̲c̲i̲s̲m̲?̲ The Cambridge Dictionary gives two definitions of this important subject: 1) policies, behaviours, rules, etc. that result in a continued unfair advantage to some people and unfair or harmful treatment of others based on race2) harmful
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𝑰𝒎𝒂𝒈𝒊𝒏𝒆, 𝒊𝒇 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒘𝒊𝒍𝒍 …. 𝗔 𝗰𝗮𝘁𝗮𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗼𝗽𝗵𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝘂𝗻𝗶𝗺𝗮𝗴𝗶𝗻𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗲 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗽𝗼𝗿𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 hitting humanity. An event so disastrous that it decimates the human race, leaving only a handful of survivors. Maybe global warming? All cultures seem to have a folk record of some ancient disaster. Maybe a great flood, or of the sky turning red. Did these
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