15th May 2019
PRESS RELEASE
The East Anglian Storytelling Festival 2019 – 2019 Programme and Family
East Anglia - We are delighted to announce that our 2019 programme is now finalised! The 3-day festival takes place from the 14th to the 16th of June and showcases the best of storytelling from throughout the region and beyond. Special Guest storytellers this year include Liz Weir MBE, Taffy Thomas MBE, Baden Prince, Hugh Lupton, Sef Townsend, Paul Jackson and, and local amateur and professional storytellers from Suffolk, Norfolk, Cambridgeshire and Essex.
In the run up to the festival, storytellers from the area will be working in partnership with Elmswell Library to provide free special family storytelling sessions. The hour long sessions are on June 1st and 8th, at 13:30. The library will be specially opened for the sessions .The storytellers will delight and enthrall children and adults alike, all are welcome.
The East Anglian Storytelling Festival is holding its 5th annual festival in Elmswell this summer. The festival has something for everyone whether they be lifelong fans of storytelling or completely new to this wonderful art form.
In our ‘Story Rounds’, anyone has the chance to share a story, be they adults, children, professional or amateur.
Veronica Chambers, Chair of the East Anglian Fabulation, said:
“We are delighted to be holding the festival in Elmswell, the local community and Parish council are enthusiastic and an absolute pleasure to work with. Working with Elmswell library to bring storytelling to families is fantastic. Storytelling encourages creativity and curiosity – it’s fun and it makes children think. Once a child has sat breathless in wonder, we think they and their families will want to seek out storytelling again and again”.
Gerry Donlon, Programming Committee Member (Suffolk) said:
“The library was wonderfully receptive to our suggestion that they work with us host these sessions. The library understood the power of stories, and the potential for oral stories to change a child’s attitude and bring wonder and interest to their imaginations. We at the Fabulation are excited to be bringing our marvellous tales to families – and we hope they might even try it themselves”.
See our full full line-up on www.eastanglianstorytellingfestival.co.uk
Tickets are available from the 1st March at https://www.ticketgun.com/events/east-anglian-storytelling-festival-1
For further information e-mail info@eastanglianstorytellingfestival.co.uk
eronica Chambers
info@eastanglianstorytellingfestival.co.uk
from: The East Anglian Fabulation
Further information:
Editor’s notes
Festival Location: The Blackbourne Community Centre
71 Blackbourne Road, Elmswell
Suffolk IG30 9GY
Festival Dates: Fri 14th June to Sun 16th June
Main Contact: Veronica Chambers
Tel: 07967 606 056
E-mail: info@eastanglianstorytellingfestival.co.uk
PRESS RELEASE For 1st March 2019
East Anglian Storytelling Festival 2019 Launches Ticket Sales on 6th March 2019!
The East Anglian Storytelling Festival will be holding its 5th annual festival at Blackbourne Community Centre in Elmswell this summer. The festival has something for everyone whether they be lifelong fans of storytelling or completely new to this wonderful art form. The East Anglian Fabulation - a group of storytellers and supporters from East Anglia – are delighted to announce Elmswell as the venue for their festival this year, following on from the success of the annual festival since 2015 in various locations in East Anglia.
The 3-day Festival takes place from the 14th to the 16th of June and will showcase the best of storytelling from throughout the region and beyond. Special Guest storytellers this year include Hugh Lupton, Sef Townsend and Liz Weir MBE, from Northern Ireland, who will be telling alongside local tellers from Suffolk, Norfolk, Cambridgeshire and Essex.
There will also be ‘Story Rounds’, a chance for anyone to share a story, be they adults, children, professional or amateur.
Veronica Chambers, Chair of the East Anglian Fabulation, said:
“We are really excited to be bringing the art of telling to a new area. Every year we try to attract new audiences and new storytellers to the festival. Having held successful festivals over the last few years I am really looking forward to bringing stories and storytellers to a brand new area”
Gerry Donlon, Programming Committee Member (Suffolk) said:
“Fresh from receiving her MBE, I am looking forward to welcoming Liz Weir all the way from Northern Ireland. The line-up will showcase the best storytellers of the region, with lots of story rounds for new tellers to tell us a tale or two. Last year the story rounds were very popular so we look forward to meeting new tellers in Elmswell this year.”
The full line-up will be announced on www.eastanglianstorytellingfestival.co.uk and the first tickets to go on sale are full weekend camping tickets – one camping pitch plus entry for one to all of the late evening performances held in the community centre.
Tickets will be available from the 6th March at https://www.ticketgun.com/events/east-anglian-storytelling-festival-1
For further information e-mail info@eastanglianstorytellingfestival.co.uk
Veronica Chambers
info@eastanglianstorytellingfestival.co.uk
From: The East Anglian Fabulation
Further information:
Editor’s notes.
71 Blackbourne Road, Elmswell
Suffolk IP30 9GY
Festival Dates: Fri 14th June to Sun 16th June
Main Contact: Veronica Chambers
Tel: 07967 606 056
E-mail: info@eastanglianstorytellingfestival.co.uk vchmbers@gmail.com