This Year's Events
Activities in 2010 include work with :
January:
The Quakers, Wanstead, East London
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February:
Religion & Spirituality Residential for
young Inner London Secondary Pupils
in the Kent Countryside
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March:
Shared Futures - Schools Linking Project
Rosh Pina Jewish & Fairway Primary School, Edgware
Year 5 pupils share cultures through interactive
Storytelling activities (3 Faiths Forum project)
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World Book Day - Interactive Storytelling
Nightingale Primary School, Woolwich, London SE18
A Day ofInteractive Storytelling activities with Key
Stage 2 children as a way into World Book Day.
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April:
Sustainable Peace Network,
Glencree/Kippure, County Wicklow, Ireland.
Apri l9th-11th
The overall goal of this initiative is to cultivate a
growing network of leaders in sustainable peace work,
within and between the United Kingdom and Ireland.
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The Liberal Jewish Community (LJ Biennial Weekend)
Tortworth Court Hotel, near Bristol, 16 to 18 April 2010.
A weekend of learning and meeting .
Storytelling plus workshop
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The Guesthouse Storytellers, Newhaven
"The Here and Now of Telling a Story",
day-long skills workshop , Sun 25th April
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May :
'Exile' - research with Tony Haddad,
Palestinian-Israeli Storyteller
at Ajami, Jaffa, Israel and Yatta, Palestine.
In order to talk to each otherIsraeli and Palestinian Combatants For Peace
have to meet, with great difficulty,at checkpoints between zones in The West Bank
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Sustainable Peace Network,
Derrynoid, Draperstown, Northern Ireland.
May 28th-30th 'Continuing the Journey'
Continuing the initiative to cultivate a growing network
of leaders in sustainable peace work, within and between
the United Kingdom and Ireland.
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June:
‘Taking Liberties’ Newcastle upon Tyne City Library
Storytelling workshop with refugees on notions of what
it is to be free. Using the library's 'Heritage Collection'
in association with The British Library
Thurs 3rd June 12.00 - 2.00pm
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StoryNight at Torriano
'A Tale of the Middle Sea -
قصة من البحر الأبيض المتوسط - סיפור מהים התיכון
Un Kuento de la Mar del Çentro'
Sef Townsend & Raphael Rodan
Stories of bloody War and perfect Peace drawn from
the ancient Sephardic, Turkish & Arab romances of
the Middle Sea, with help from Italo Calvino.
Wed 9th June,8pm at:99 Torriano Avenue
London NW5 2RX - Contact Nell 020 8883 5682
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The Scottish International Symposium for
Storytelling as a Healing Art
"Refugees, Asylum Seekers and Exile"
Glasgow June 13th-19th, 2010
A week-long residential course for storytellers, teachers,
health and care professionals, communities and friends.
Workshops include:
1.Claire McNicol and Colwyn Trevarthern “ Child Communication"
2. Eric Maddern
3. Liz Weir “ Crossing The Divide “ Sectarianism"
4. Nancy Mellon “ The Eloquence of The Body"
5. Ruth Kirkpatrick
6. Sef Townsend and Tony Haddad
“ Refugees, Asylum Seekers and Exile"
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Three Heads in a Well Storytelling Circle
'A Tale of the Middle Sea
قصة من البحر الأبيض المتوسط - סיפור מהים התיכון
Un Kuento de la Mar del Çentro'
with Raphael Rodan & Rebekka Weddell - live music
prgramme details as above
Fri 25th June, 7.30pm St Michaels Church, Ewell
Surrey KT17 2AS - contact Richard 07766 475750
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Salusbury World Refugee Centre
Queens Park, London, June-July
Working in Salusbury Primary School, and its attached
Refugee Centre, Sef works with long time colleague
Sharon Jacksties and Pete Mona on an Inter Generational Storytelling and Retelling project, using Sharon Jacksties fabulous commissioned 'kavad' (follow link to -visual narratives - storyteller's portable shrine)
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July:
Kent County Youth Theatre Festival
Bedtime Stories for tired Festival goers
the festival theme is 'Welcoming the World' which celebrates different cultures and explores all types communication.
Sat 3rd July - 9.45pm Valley Park Community School, Huntsman Lane, Maidstone, ME14 5DT
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Lughnasadh Druid Camp
'A Tale of the Middle Sea -
قصة من البحر الأبيض المتوسط - סיפור מהים התיכון
Un Kuento de la Mar del Çentro'
Sef Townsend & Raphael Rodan
Sat 31st July Vale of White Horse of Uffington, near Highworth, Wiltshire
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August :
Various Venues in The Netherlands
including:
De Vertelschuur, Bloemendaal
'A Tale of the Middle Sea -
قصة من البحر الأبيض المتوسط - סיפור מהים התיכון
Un Kuento de la Mar del Çentro'
Sef Townsend & Raphael Rodan
Stories of bloody War and perfect Peace drawn from
the ancient Sephardic, Turkish & Arab romances of
the Middle Sea, with help from Italo Calvino.
Vrijdag/Friday, 20 augustus 20.00 uur Wolferinksweg 2, Gorssel ,near Zutphen
Zaterdag/Sat. 21 augustus 16.00 Atelier Ailanthus, Voert 15, Bergen (NH) , Met boomconcert door Hans Groeneveld
Zondag/Sun 22 augustus 15.00 uur, de Vertelschuur, Krullenlaan 3 Bloemendaal
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October:
Sef tells really scary, gruesome stories for Halloween
at
40 WiNKS
“Bold, romantic and fantastical”is how one American magazine described it... a little bit of understated opulence and a large dose of quirky style
Wed,20th & Thurs, 21st October
