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Enchanted Island – Savonlinna

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PROGRAM

PERRINE FERRAFIAT “Pulcinella -Tanssiva kutale”                                                            “The Great And Amazing Story Of Pulcinella” Ikäsuositus +12

SATU KIVISTÖ “Satu meni saunaan”

MIRA TAUSSI “Kätketyt hahmot”

MIKKO BREDENBERG “Kaislat vartioivat minua”

ANNA USCHANOV “Aidantakainen atlas”

Tarinankertoja MARKUS LUUKKONEN “Mun nimi ei ole Matti” Ikäsuositus +13

PITKÄT KORVAT -TYÖRYHMÄ “Poika, jolla oli pitkät korvat”

Con Trane

Lisäksi festivaalialueella: Karmalan Marionetit ulkoilevat!

More info: http://www.facebook.com/events/790161354432654/

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@ Mezrab, Amsterdam

10370369_10153141815238566_5782906404342438220_nThree storytellers from widely different storytelling backgrounds come together to entertain and delight you in our humble storytelling space.

All the way from Finland travels Markus Luukkonen with his Finnish stories. Our Amsterdam Brit Simon Hodges tells tells us the tall tales of Finn McCall And Mezrab’s own Irano-Dutch Sahand Sahebdivani tells stories of… of…. Dol-phins? Shark-fins? Fin-ishing last?
Come and find out!

Doors open at 19.00, stories start at 20.00 (don’t be late)

Mezrab, Veemkade 576, 1019 BL Amsterdam, Netherlands
Free entry – donations welcome!

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@ Milgi, Cardiff

11257764_828328423917395_2223565626984234065_nA special international night of high-class storytelling and live music at MILGI!
Featuring:Martin Maudsley & Fiona Barrow (UK) Markus Luukkonen (Finland)
Callie Hill & Nathan Brinklow (Mohawk Nation, Canada)

Milgi, 213 City Road, Cardiff, Wales
From 8pm (arrive early to grab a good seat!) FREE entry (donations in the hat)

Hosted by Guto Dafis & David Ambrose
Check out their links below:
www.martinmaudsley.co.uk/
www.youtube.com/watch?v=vOVWopVcw90
www.markusluukkonen.wordpress.com/
www.raisingthewords.com/nathan-thanyehtnhas-brinklow/

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3Troubadours

3Troubadours

Last week we were in a base camp in Gent (Belgium) and created the trio 3Troubadours. The trio and it’s perfromance “Mobile Dreams” will tour in Scandinavia from the 5th to 22th of August. The multilingual storytelling perfromance for adults combines folk tales, myths and personal stories with a pinch of magic, humour, poetry and song. (Languages: English, Finnish, Norwegian, Dutch and Finglish)

3Troubadours is a collaboration between the performance storytellers Markus Luukkonen (FI), Tom van Outryve (BE) and Torgrim Mellum Stene (NO). https://www.facebook.com/3Troubadours

Personal webpages:                                                                    http://www.kloverknekten.no/en (Torgrim)                                                http://www.tomvout.be (Tom)                                                               http://tarinoidenmaailma.fi (Markus)

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From the Woods @ Hague

10363371_343454625810605_1767681089146045953_nDISC is proud to introduce a storytelling show by Markus Luukkonen from Finland. 

From the Woods 

~Myths and folk tales from Finland with family legends~

Tuesday, May 26th                                                                                                        Oude Molstraat 37,                          2513 BA The Hague

Finland is a country of ten thousand lakes and an endless forests. It’s a country of Epic Kalevala and a land of heroe’s like Väinämöinen, Matti and Kullervo. Markus will bring stories from the Finnish woods to DISC!! The set of stories includes dreaming, more dreaming and some facts about reality.

“I looked at the endless ocean and I realised that I’m totally in a wrong place! I realised that the image of me and my soul is more like a forest and a small swamp lake”

AND there will be a special opening performance by the participants of our Beginner’s Course who will graduate in the very same day!!

DISC opens @18:30

The show starts @ 19:00

Entrance: €10,- (in cash please)

more detail from:http://bit.ly/1blbaZA

DISC – Dutch International Storytelling Centre

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Living Room Stories @ Gent

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Sat May 9th – Gent, Belgium 

Three storytellers, Torgrim Mellum Stene (NO), Markus Lukkonnen (FI) and Tom van Outryve (BE) are doing a showcase of their recently developed performance in a living room in Ekkergemplein in Ghent, Belgium. This is the pilot for the show they will be doing a tour with in Scandinavia in August this year.

Event in Facebook

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Weird and Wild @ London

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Photo Cheryl Simpson

Greetings Yellow Door Storytellers!

Come and find out what’s waiting for you behind the Yellow Door…

May 24th, Doors 6pm, Showtime 7-10pm

Behind the Yellow Door                              

232 Kingsland Road, E2 8AX London

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an intimate Sunday Storytelling experience in the cosy surrounds of Manero’s Private Members Club. Join us for a cheeky cocktail and a tale or two!

this month we are joined by                                                                                                   …a firm favourite of the storytelling scene Abbie Palache

+ fantastic tale telling talent from the Continent (Finland to be precise) Markus Luukkonen

+ gorgeous tunes from beautiful musician and all round good egg (or vegan alternative) – Kid Called Sorrow

Sit and listen, or tell a story with an… Open Door story telling spot! 6 mins Fairy and folk tales, true life and love, crass and comic, verses and vocal – we welcome every fable and yarn – and if it fits our theme then even better! This month it’s…Weird and Wild!! To be guaranteed a spot, message us via Yellow Door Storytellers or email yellowdoorstorytellers@gmail.com

..we’ll be staying up late with a whiskey or two…                                                                  see you there Storytellers!

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Bedtime Stories @ Brighton

11169933_1583705241900206_5473610649554449089_nBedtime Stories for Adults                                       18th May at 7:30pm                                            Healthy planet, North Street, Brighton, UK

When was the last time you heard a really good story?Join us for tales of myth, magic and wonder stricly for grown ups!

Storytellers: Alexandra Schunemann, Arthur Dyer, Abbie Palache and Markus Luukkonen

Tea, coffee and hot chocolate by donation

£4 tickets on the door

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May 8th @ Gent

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May 8th at 8pm 

In de Wolk, Warandestraat 13D 9000 Gent, Belgium 

The Flemish storytellers of the narrator group The Sore Knee will challenge themselves in an evening of improvisation and music together with two foreign guest storytellers, Torgrim Mellum Stene from Norway and Markus Lukkonen from Finland.

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Storytelling Arena III – Berlin

10861066_897657656952869_6181106743569514363_oSTORYTELLING ARENA III – WONDER WOMEN

March 27th at 8pm

DKT–Wassertum,                     Kopisch Strasse 7,            Kreuzberg, Berlin

Exit per donation (give as much or as little as you like)

Stories of fascinating, strong women, whose inspiring ideas are creating waves. Modern stories and timeless myths passed down the generations tell of women, who on a small or large scale have changed our world.

Told with power and poetry by professional storytellers Rachel Clarke, Janine Schweiger and Markus Luukkonen.

An OPEN MIKE for those audience members who wish to share a story rounds off this warm and sociable evening’s entertainment on a cold winter’s night. Audience of all ages welcome.

The Storytelling Arena is a brand new monthly Storytelling format – every last Friday of the month – in German and English, hosted by Berlin’s most Scottish storyteller, Rachel Clarke