A free community story sharing event celebrating the town of Sudbury!
Saturday 1st June, 10.30am-4pm
Come and spend a day with professional storyteller Justine de Mierre, finding your inner storyteller and learning how to let them shine!
Throughout the day there'll be exercises and techniques to help you master oral storytelling, and then a chance to craft your own tale of life in Sudbury which you'll be able to share on the day through our interactive phone box, perform live on stage, or share with a professional to perform. There'll also be the chance express yourself through collage as we create an artistic tribute to the town.
You can bring a favourite memory, anecdote or story you'd like to work on to share, or see what springs to mind on the day.
All welcome - no experience necessary! This event is Free.
Timetable of events:
10.30am-11.30am: Storytelling Workshop (ages 5+ with an accompanying adult)
Join our interactive storytelling workshop to tell your own or a new story about Sudbury.
Click here to book your place for the Storytelling Workshop (ages 5+)
11.45am-12.45pm: Storytelling Workshop (ages 14+)
Appropriate for ages 14+. Join our interactive storytelling workshops to learn how to tell your own story of Sudbury with experienced Storytellers.
Click here to book your place for the Storytelling Workshop (ages 14+)
1.15pm-3pm: The Stage is Yours!
Tell your story within Sudbury Arts Centre on one of our Mini-Stages.
3.15pm-4pm: Performance from Justine de Mierre
Professional Storyteller Justine de Mierre will take us on a journey from Sudbury, across the world and back again in a celebration of Sudbury.
Throughout the day:
10.30am-3pm: Sudbury TellUsPhone
Stop by our interactive Telephone Box, where you can leave your story on the phone. Throughout the day it will be magically turned into a sound collage by Sound Designer Jack Baxter, which can be listened to on our wireless headphone system.
10.30am-3pm: Sudbury Collage
An opportunity to create a collage in tribute to the Market Town of Sudbury. All materials will be available on the day for you to create an artistic tribute to Sudbury.
Sudbury Stories forms part of Eastern Angles Market Town Bound project featuring a series of community events in market towns across Babergh & Mid Suffolk, to celebrate the heritage of each location and bring residents together to enjoy communal activities. This project has been made possible thanks to funding from Babergh & Mid Suffolk District Council Community Development Grant.