A
event
held at The Arts House
on Wednesday 30th April. The event starts at 20:00.
Speak Easy is a Story Slam where people share true stories from their lives.
Our theme for the night will be'My First Time.' Our storytellers for the night will come from our audience! Anyone can put their name in the hat, and if it is pulled out they tell us a 5 minute story about the theme.
Whether it's about your first kiss, your first time away from home, or a first that was also your last we want to hear it!
How it works:
6.30-7.30: WORKSHOP
This is a laid back session to get to know people, chat about the theme and chat about your stories whether or not you want to perform them later.
7.30: SIGN UP
If you would like to tell a story at the main event, put your name in the Speak Easy hat. (No one has too!)
8.00 9.30: STORYTIME
We pull names from the hat at random, and whoever's name is pulled tells us a 5 minute story from their life! We laugh, we cry, we drink, we hear another one!
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The stories have to follow a few rules:
1. We want to hear *stories*! No rants, standup routines or monologues. We want a beginning middle and end (not necessarily in that order), and some change and conflict to occur.
2. It must be under 5 minutes
3. It has to be true (that time that you and Ghengis Khan went on a whirlwind adventure and loved and learned and cried? Not going to cut it.)
4. Genuinely 1st person. (None of this'this crazy thing happened to my friend's friend' stuff, who cares about that?)
5. No notes. This is about the good ol' fashioned art of storytelling. We want you to tell your story, not read it.
The rules are just there to make sure we get to hear as many awesome stories as possible. They're not meant to be restricting, so if you're unsure about anything just send us a message, talk to us at the workshop, or shout at us in the street.
The event will be taking place in the absolutely lovely cafe'The Arts House', in Stoke Croft. They sell a whole range of tasty drinks (alcoholic and non) and snacks (including Wheat free and Gluten free cakes and drinks).