Join us at Shaibalaiba! Café, a cosy gathering of storytellers, every first Thursday of the month. There is an open stage for anyone who has a story to tell, as well as featured guest storytellers every month.
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Vuosaari Stories
Vuosaari Stories • Storywalk in Vuosaari
Welcome to a Story Walk in Vuosaari’s Aurinkolahti!
Have you been sitting in a metro thinking about what kind of stories people around you carry ? So have we! In our group there are people that have moved to East-Helsinki from all around the world. One of them is born in Paimio or Morocco, another one is from the Netherlands or Helsinki and the third one…
In the Story Walk we will move outside on nearby surroundings of Villa Lill-Kalvik and we will hear stories about life, dreams and also about Vuosaari.
Fri 29.9. klo 19.00
Sat 30.9. klo 15.00
Sun 1.10. klo 15.00
Free entrance / Reservations: 041 52 68 307
We speak Finnish and English and we can translate to many other languages.
Lähtö / Meeting point: Villa Lill-Kallvik, Juhannusruusunkuja 5 Helsinki
Säänmukainen vaatetus! / Dress according to weather!
Kesto / Duration: 2 h
Vuosaari Stories / Vuosaaren kesäteatteri
Group : Max Bremer, Tosha Einiö, Kajsa Ek, Tuula Hyryläinen, Seija Kitula, Markus Luukkonen, Zahra Sokangoo, Åsa Nybo, Hanna Pajala, Kai Rentola, Houda Wahbi, Willem Wilhelmus, Sarah Zarat.
Supported by Suomen Kulttuurirahasto, Universum
TARINAKLUBI Helsinki
Samova’s new storytelling club in Helsinki! Every third or fourth Thursday of the month, professional storytellers bring their stories to the stage in Theatre Ilmi Ö. Join us for some amazing performances from Finland and abroad.
Teatteri Ilmi Ö, Iso Roobertinkatu 10 B
(Always at 6pm)
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Autumn 2017
21.9. Antonio Van Cleave (USA) & Bhavani Kartik (India) (ENGLISH)
19.10. Kaisa Osola (FINNISH)
Priimus – nimensä mittainen isosisä
30.11. Markus Luukkonen & Mikael Öberg (Sweden)
(FINNISH & SWEDISH)
Vindmatel – Ilman viitta
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Midsummer @ Ireland
FEST CONFERENCE 2017
Stories in Borderlands (21-24/6)
International Storytelling Festival (24-25/6)
At Midsummer I’ll be joining the FEST Conference 2017– Stories In Borderlands. Finnish storytelling organization Samova Storytelling has been a member of FEST Inpo since 2013 and at this year’s conference we’ll represent Samova with my collague Ilkka Hautala. (At the same time I will represent Art in Integreation -project Story Sharing Universum and multilingual storytelling trio 3Troubadours.) The conference will be followed by a two-day storytelling festival in Northern Ireland, where I will share a stage with some great storytellers from different parts of Europe. Looking forward to meet old and new friends and to be inspired by conversations and new ideas for collaboration. See you at Ireland!
FEST (Federation for European Storytelling) promotes the mobility of ideas and collaborations in and across Europe. By offering mechanisms for sharing, learning, advocacy and relationship building, it wishes to empower the world of storytelling. FEST is an international non-profit organisation (INPO) based in Belgium but with membership all across Europe. www.fest-network.eu
Storytelling in Borderlands – PROGRAMME
Conference workshop topics will include: Storytelling and Education; Storytelling with Refugees and New Migrants; Storytelling in Minority Languages; Storytelling and Conflict Resolution; Stories in Translation; Storytelling and Contemporary Culture; Reminiscence Work and Story-collecting from Dementia Patients; Oral and Written Stories; and more.
Vindmantel – Ilman viitta
Something new! (Premiere Autumn 2017)
Vindmantel – Ilman viitta
Storytellers: Mikael Öberg (Swe) & Markus Luukkonen (Fin)
Production: Fabula Storytelling
Shaibalaiba! Story Café Spring 2017
Shaibalaiba! – Story Café
Join us at Shaibalaiba! Story Café, a cosy gathering of storytellers, every first Friday of the month. There is an open stage for anyone who has a story to tell, as well as featured guest storytellers every month. Some of the events will be hosted in Finnish and some in English.
Teatteri Ilmi Ö, Iso Roobertinkatu 10 B, Helsinki
3.2. Uskomatomat sattumukset * Juulia Salonen
7.4. Music * Robin DeWan (USA)
5.5. Merkityksettömiä mielen muistoja * Yrjänä Sauros
2.6. Ancestors * Maria Vatanen (UK)
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More info: info.samovary@gmail.com / 050-5412077
TARINAKLUBI Helsinki
Samova’s new storytelling club starts in 2017! Every third Friday of the month, professional storytellers bring their stories to the stage in Theatre Ilmi Ö. Join us for some amazing performances from Finland and abroad.
Teatteri Ilmi Ö, Iso Roobertinkatu 10 B (Always at 6pm)
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Spring 2017
20.1. Markus Luukkonen
17.2. Christine Cooper (Wales)
17.3. Judith Black (USA)
21.4. Anna-Maria Toivonen
19.5. Mikael Öberg (Sweden) & Sarah-Liisa Wilkinson (Englanti)
16.6. Eppel&Peppel
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info.samovary@gmail.com / +358505412077
Mobile Dreams UK – News
Hey hey hey!
We have been working really hard to make our tour in the UK happen and finally all comes together. Our working period in the UK starts at 11th of April with Guest House Storytellers in Newhaven and ends at 29th of April at The Bureau in Blackburn.
Altogether we are planning to have twelve Mobile Dreams performances but some of them are still in the works. Stay tuned for the complete list of tour dates & venues!
Our work is made possible by Nordic Culture Point and the grant we did receive from them at the end of last year. Great thanks! We are ready to go.
Storey @ Lancaster
From the Woods @ Lancaster
Date and Time: Thursday 24th November 7:30pm
Venue: The Storey Auditorium, Meeting House Lane, Lancaster, LA1 1TH
Tickets: £9.50 full/£8 Concession – tickets available online here or In person/by phone: Lancaster Visitor Information Centre, The Storey, Meeting House Lane, Lancaster, 01524 582394 (Monday – Saturday 10am-4pm)
‘From the Woods’
Finland is a land of endless forests and thousands of lakes. The forest is sacred, but it’s the edge of the civilized area, an unknown and frightening place. The vast wilderness has always been full of strange beings. The Devil might be lurking behind the trees; other creatures are watching from the undergrowth. Which are good and which are bad? And how can you be sure?
Markus weaves these traditional tales from his native Finland with narratives from his own life. The result is a string of stories about love, about death, and about dreaming, told in Markus’ down-to-earth and dynamic style. He combines dark Finnish humour with beautiful imagery and a gentle finger on the pulse of the human condition.
http://litfest.org/markus-luukkonen-at-the-storey-this-november/
Inverness Storytelling Festival
Rekindling the Hearth.
Inverness Storytelling Festival returns for a second year with a mixture of tales, music, poetry and craic from Scottish Highlands and distant landscapes.
It will be a celebration of Highland ceilidh culture with stories from: George Macpherson, Bob Pegg, Dougie Mackay, Daniel Serridge, Carol Scorer, Lizzie McDougall, Markus Luukkonen, Alasdair Taylor, Ecopoetry from Helen Moore, Gaelic song from Christina Stewart and global music from Omar Bin Mohammed Afif (Morrocco), Sergio Zavayeta (Peru) and the Woodland Roots Band and folk sounds from Joe Hill’s Wake and Dougie Burns (with a few more surprise acts)
Timetable is as follows:
Fri 11th
@ La Tortilla assesena
7-8pm- Black Dog Days (Bob Pegg)
8.30-10 “Heart Is in The Highlands” Open Hearth session (George MacPherson, Dougie Mackay, Christina Stewart)
£5 each, £7 for both
Sat 12th
@ the Bike Shed, Grant Street
12-12.45pm “Tales of the Magic Drum”- Childrens Storytelling with Dougie Mackay
by donation
13.30-15:00pm River Ness Story Walk/ The Old Grey Magician with George Macpherson
by donation
3.30-5pm Tales of The Moray Firth with The Gold and Silver Darlings Story Quilt (Lizzie McDougall)
by donation
La Tortilla Asesina
19:00-19.45 Into The Woods (Tales from Finland with Markus Luukkonen)
20:00-21:30 International Wonder Tales & Tunes (Carol Scorer, Dan Serridge, Dougie Mackay, Sergio Zavayeta, Omar Bin Afif, George Macpherson)
9.45-11:30 Woodland Roots Music session and dance up!
£8 for full eve programme
Concession available on request
Sunday 13th
1-3.30pm @ The Sheiling Project
Gaelic in the landscape & Outdoor Story session
by donation
Check the program here: https://www.facebook.com/events/1115649585194342/
Bring your friends, bring your granny, bring a tune, tale or listening ear.
email deep.roots.community@gmail.com for more info
Markus Luukkonen 