A event held at The Wardrobe Theatre on Sunday 20th August. The event starts at 14:00pm.
Hear people's amazing true stories, told live on stage. All stories are told by volunteers from the audience. Put your name in the hat for a chance to tell your story, or just enjoy everyone else's!
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This month our theme will be School's Out. The summer is in full swing and school is out for the summer. Students are off on their holidays and school children are back at home with the parents and siblings. Come join us in August for stories of summer, release and freedom. Stories or running away, childhood adventures and quitting jobs. Whether it's finishing school, completing your degree, leveling up or escaping, come tell us about it next month!
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The Story Slam is held on the third Sunday every month. We are back in our usual time slot of 2PM. Doors open at 1PM.
This month's slam will be hosted by Becky Pickets.
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We are a Pay What You Want event, with a suggested contribution of £4, but this is totally not mandatory! It can be more or less than this or nothing at all. We'd way rather have you here sharing stories than at home crying about capitalism
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HOW IT WORKS
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1.00: STAMPING
Our events tend to fill up early, so we open the box office to start stamping people's hands for entrance from 1PM.
1:00: DOORS OPEN
Doors then open and everyone is let into the theatre. If you would like to tell a story on stage, put your name in the hat! If not, just take a seat and enjoy everyone else’s.
2pm - 4.30pm : 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 have another one! (20 minute interval at some point in the middle of all of this).
After the slam people tend to hang around at the bar, have a drink, and chat about the stories they didn't have a chance to tell on stage. Our venue is attached to the amazing and affordable Old Market assembly, which is the perfect place for a pint or Sunday lunch!
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RULES
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The stories have to follow a few rules:
1. They must be *stories*! No rants, standup routines or monologues. We want a beginning, middle, and end, and some change and conflict to occur.
2. They must be told in 5 minutes.
3. They have to be true (that time that you and Kylo Ren went on a whirlwind adventure and loved and learned and cried? Not going to cut it.)
4. They need to be genuinely 1st person. You should be a major player in the story and we want to hear your perspective.
5. Preferably no notes. This is about the good ol’ fashioned art of storytelling. Tell it to us like we're round a campfire, or at a sleep over. (However you may use them feel this would be a significant barrier to sharing your story)
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 drop us a message or ask on the day.
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CONTENT WARNINGS
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In the interest of making the story slam a safer and more comfortable place, we give people the option of putting content warnings before their stories. We read them out before each story and give people a chance to leave the room. If you do want to leave the main room at any time please feel free! The Old Market Assembly is a comfy place to hang out and sells a variety of wonderful cakes and lovely roast dinners. :)
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ACCESSIBILITY
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We want our events to be as accessible as possible.
The venue has full step free access to the theatre and the stage. However, if you need to use it please let us know (via Facebook message) beforehand as we need a member of staff to open side doors etc.
You can also check out our photo album for details on the step free access, feel free to message us with any further questions: http://bit.ly/2eY8oR4
People tend to start queuing for tickets from about an hour before the show starts. If you are unable to queue for a considerable period of time please get in touch and we’ll arrange to have a spot saved for you.
If there’s anything else we can do to make the event more accessible to you, let us know and we’ll try our best!
Entry requirements:
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This month our theme will be School's Out. The summer is in full swing and school is out for the summer. Students are off on their holidays and school children are back at home with the parents and siblings. Come join us in August for stories of summer, release and freedom. Stories or running away, childhood adventures and quitting jobs. Whether it's finishing school, completing your degree, leveling up or escaping, come tell us about it next month!
*********
The Story Slam is held on the third Sunday every month. We are back in our usual time slot of 2PM. Doors open at 1PM.
This month's slam will be hosted by Becky Pickets.
*********
We are a Pay What You Want event, with a suggested contribution of £4, but this is totally not mandatory! It can be more or less than this or nothing at all. We'd way rather have you here sharing stories than at home crying about capitalism
*********
HOW IT WORKS
*********
1.00: STAMPING
Our events tend to fill up early, so we open the box office to start stamping people's hands for entrance from 1PM.
1:00: DOORS OPEN
Doors then open and everyone is let into the theatre. If you would like to tell a story on stage, put your name in the hat! If not, just take a seat and enjoy everyone else’s.
2pm - 4.30pm : 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 have another one! (20 minute interval at some point in the middle of all of this).
After the slam people tend to hang around at the bar, have a drink, and chat about the stories they didn't have a chance to tell on stage. Our venue is attached to the amazing and affordable Old Market assembly, which is the perfect place for a pint or Sunday lunch!
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RULES
*********
The stories have to follow a few rules:
1. They must be *stories*! No rants, standup routines or monologues. We want a beginning, middle, and end, and some change and conflict to occur.
2. They must be told in 5 minutes.
3. They have to be true (that time that you and Kylo Ren went on a whirlwind adventure and loved and learned and cried? Not going to cut it.)
4. They need to be genuinely 1st person. You should be a major player in the story and we want to hear your perspective.
5. Preferably no notes. This is about the good ol’ fashioned art of storytelling. Tell it to us like we're round a campfire, or at a sleep over. (However you may use them feel this would be a significant barrier to sharing your story)
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 drop us a message or ask on the day.
*********
CONTENT WARNINGS
*********
In the interest of making the story slam a safer and more comfortable place, we give people the option of putting content warnings before their stories. We read them out before each story and give people a chance to leave the room. If you do want to leave the main room at any time please feel free! The Old Market Assembly is a comfy place to hang out and sells a variety of wonderful cakes and lovely roast dinners. :)
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ACCESSIBILITY
*********
We want our events to be as accessible as possible.
The venue has full step free access to the theatre and the stage. However, if you need to use it please let us know (via Facebook message) beforehand as we need a member of staff to open side doors etc.
You can also check out our photo album for details on the step free access, feel free to message us with any further questions: http://bit.ly/2eY8oR4
People tend to start queuing for tickets from about an hour before the show starts. If you are unable to queue for a considerable period of time please get in touch and we’ll arrange to have a spot saved for you.
If there’s anything else we can do to make the event more accessible to you, let us know and we’ll try our best!
Entry requirements: