Meeting on Zoom with about sixty other people to listen to old folk tales isn’t everyone’s idea of how to spend a Friday night, but it sounds pretty good to me.
I’ve never met most of the folk that gathered …
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Thoughts from Una, Gwen and Holly
Thoughts after The Good, the Bad and the Uglier
Stories from Emily Hennessey and music from John Dipper on June 5th 2020
Reflections from Una, aged 9
I was excited by the magical forests and the weird trolls.
I …
Geoff and Cherry Forrester’s Reflections on The Old Woman and The Pilgrim
What joy it was to hear Vergine telling her stories. She wove tales within tales transporting her listeners from ordinary to extraordinary lands then into the fantastic and back again. She used the Zoom medium to particular effect in order …
Reflections on Story Medicine for the Madness from Norma Arthur
In these strange and troubled times, the soothing balm of Ashley’s voice and Ariel’s guitar helped those of us thirsty for connection to drink our fill. We sat at the feet of a master of tales, both naughty and nice. …
Ramblings in the Mist: Reflections on the evening by Pam Duesbury
There is always an anticipatory hush as we settle into a session of A Bit Crack Storytelling, and none more so than at the August 2021 meeting, when we were honoured to experience the supreme powers of Michael and Wendy …
A Celebration In Stories – Reflections from Gill Davison
Hello Everyone, a big thank you to all who joined our “Celebration of Stories” on Friday 2nd July, and, if your new to A Bit Crack storytelling events, welcome, I hope you will be able to join us at an …
‘The Ostrich Feather & the Dove’s Egg’ – A Personal Review by Neil Diment
At its heart, this was an evening of stories about regeneration, and the relationship and interdependence between animals and humans. It was a beautiful, very moving collaboration between two artists at the top of their respective fields. It was heartfelt, …
The World Tree – Jim’s Reflections
Thank you to Lisa Schneidau for an evening of Ash Trees! A fascinating
weave of the Mythology and Biology of the tree Yggdrasil, which holds
together the many worlds, seen and unseen. We travelled from the
beginning in worlds of …
Pascale’s Reflections on Crying Like A Fire In The Sun
Underpinned by extensive research and deep understanding of the material, Hugh Lupton gave us a powerful, unsanitised telling of stories from The Old Testament, all of them interwoven with song lyrics from Bob Dylan and Leonard Cohen. From a folktale …
Talking To Strangers – Martin’s Reflections
Dan Yashinsky at “A Bit Crack” on Zoom, 5 February 2021. Definitely one to remember!
I have known “A Bit Crack Storytellers” for over 26 years and the meetings, live or, more recently, on Zoom have always been places where …