The archaeology of a story – masterclass workshop

“The seeds of narrative dynamism are there, ready in the narrative elements, but it requires talented narrators to hit upon and make use of them.” Max Luthi, ‘The Fairytale as art form and portrait of man’

A playful and practical masterclass workshop digging into traditional stories – folktales, fairytales and myths, searching for the seeds that make them endlessly meaningful, tellable and alive!
Sat 21 Nov 10.30am – 4.00pm
Front Room, 13 Central Walk, Weston-super-Mare, BS23 2QG
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This workshop is for beginners or experienced storytellers alike – each working to their own level of experience. Pomme will take the group through a series of creative tasks, games and processes that explore both storytelling and stories, and help you make a traditional story your own.

Pomme has distilled her long practise as a performance storyteller into ’24 Story Seeds’ – narrative seeds that exist inside traditional stories that can guide tellers in shaping and creating their performances. The seeds range from genre to rhythm, structure to sound, dialogue to character. The ’24 Story Seeds’ exist inside all stories and are just waiting for storytellers to discover them and use them! Pomme will explore some of the seeds with you, using: writing; telling; improvisation; visualisation; movement; drawing; gesture; memory; sound; listening; discussion and sharing. You will break a story open, dig around in it and discover some of its treasures. You will not have a ‘finished’ story at the end. But you will have some approaches that you can apply to the whole story later on. You do not need to bring a story. But bring a notebook and pen, and comfy clothes. There will be breaks for drinks and lunch.
The little film below shares some of Pomme’s ideas about the ’24 Seeds’: