Westcountry School of Myth and Storywill be telling stories, asking audiences to feed the story; running taster sessions of their year course, (including tips on how to tell a story and short performances by students) and will host a symposium asking What is Myth? Top Festival storytellers will talk about how story has informed their lives and discuss how myth and story can help us to face the problems of the 21st century. Plus books, CDs and DVDs for sale in their tent venue, open throughout the festival for information and performances. www.school of myth.com
Embercombe will run taster sessions of their Storytelling for Change programme; celebrate their mission to inspire committed action for a truly sustainable world through song, theatre and story and tell tales that move from the archetypal, to the contemporary to the personal: looking at the transformative power of story, authenticity and leadership in the world today. Finding Earth, Finding Soul by Tim Macartney will be on sale along with CDs and free information about all Embercombe programmes. www.embercombe.co.uk
Transition Tales:The amazing Wynn Alice will arrive at the Festival as the 12th stop on her 6 month tour of Britain listening to, telling and collecting tales. At the festival she will co-create a tale of the land, the festival, the people: a Transition Tale; she will also run a Transition Tales workshop and tell a story (probably from her amazing journey!) and talk about Transition Tales. To find out more about this epic quest, follow the link below. transitionnetworknews.wordpress.com
Emerson College School of Storytelling: Founded in 1994 the School of Storytelling is the longest running centre of its kind where the craft of the storyteller is taught, practised, performed and honoured. Here stories come alive and serve performers, healers, teachers, the business world, the environment and the wider community. Whether an experienced teller or a novice to the art, everyone is welcome here. The School will offer taster workshops, stories and literature at the Festival. www.schoolofstorytelling.com
Other organisations helping to develop the festival include: Teignbridge District Council; Exeter City Council; Devon County Council; Dartmoor National Park Authority. We are also hoping to have pre-Festival performances in parks, libraries and the Phoenix Arts Centre, Exeter, and a post-Festival performance at the Great Hall, Dartington.
