True Storytelling workshop. We believe it’s important to share true stories. Too many amazing stories get lost, forgotten or overlooked. Your stories matter and Spark London is here to help you tell them. Spark London has four years experience of helping people to find and develop their true stories. What will we do in the workshop? A series of exercises to find stories, craft them and share them with the group. There will also be a chance to meet some new people. No experience of storytelling is needed. Is this for me? 1. Are you curious about storytelling generally and keen to learn more about personal stories? 2. Have you been to a Spark London show and wondered, fleetingly, what it would be like to tell your story? 3. Did you resolve to do something new, scary or different in 2012? This could be it. 4. Does speaking publically scare the #h## out of you? They say it’s feared more than death. This is a chance to face that fear with some support. 5. Do you want to tell the story of your business to clients and investors in a more convincing way?
Theme: Tell it as it is
Venue: Canal Cafe Theatre, Little Venice, London, W2 6ND, UK - Website - map
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The pressure to win can be considerable. Did winning come easy to you or did you have to pull out all the stops? Have you ever been driven to cheat in persuit of the top spot. Was it the race for a job, a medal or another's affections. What did you do and how did things turn out?
Theme: Winning
Venue: The Ritzy Picturehouse, Brixton Oval, Brixton Oval, London, SW2 1JG, UK - map
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Have you ever rescued someone from certain death? Did someone intervene to stop you doing something stupid? Or did you just take a summer job at the local pool?
Theme: Life saver
Venue: Canal Cafe Theatre, Little Venice, London, W2 6ND, UK - Website - map
Box office: 020 7289 6054 or Book online
Every family has their idiosyncrasies, what are yours and how did they play out on holiday? Where in the world were your clan unleashed and what was the fallout for the local community? What did you discover about your nearest and dearest.
Theme: Family Holidays
Venue: The Ritzy Picturehouse, Brixton Oval, Brixton Oval, London, SW2 1JG, UK - map
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What lengths did you go to in order to get your dream job? Or what did it take to lose your job? Did your dream job turned out to be less than you expected? When did your job, boss or work colleagus push you to your limits?
Theme: Tales from the work place
Venue: Canal Cafe Theatre, Little Venice, London, W2 6ND, UK - Website - map
Box office: 020 7289 6054 or Book online
Moments of adrenalin, embarrassment or high drama. What flashbacks to do you have and what's the story that created them?
Theme: Flashbacks
Venue: The Ritzy Picturehouse, Brixton Oval, Brixton Oval, London, SW2 1JG, UK - map
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Have you ever had a run in with the law? Were you wrongly accused or did you get what you deserved? Do you have an aversion to authority figures? Did this play out at school at home or in your relationship? What happened? Perhaps you have a story of what happened when you got into a position of authority at work or school.
Theme: Authority
Venue: The Ritzy Picturehouse, Brixton Oval, Brixton Oval, London, SW2 1JG, UK - map
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Who or what pushed you too far? Did you loose your cool spectacularly? Or is the cool and calculated approach more your style?
Theme: No more Mr nice guy
Venue: Canal Cafe Theatre, Little Venice, London, W2 6ND, UK - Website - map
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What lengths have you gone to in order to get to your destination? What made your journey tricky and who came to your rescue? Or was it always more about the journey than the destination?
Theme: Planes, trains and automobiles
Venue: The Ritzy Picturehouse, Brixton Oval, Brixton Oval, London, SW2 1JG, UK - map
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Sometimes only later on do you realise that something has in fact done you a service. What was your blessing and how was it, or they, disguised? Perhaps the disguise is deliberate, an Amelie style piece of generosity that brightened up your day…
Theme: Blessings in disguise
Venue: Canal Cafe Theatre, Little Venice, London, W2 6ND, UK - Website - map
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That twinkle in your eye that usually means a certain childlike mischief. Perhaps you are famous for it. Mischief is something all people are capable of, no matter how old. Or is it you who fell victim to someone else’s mischievous sense of humour?
Theme: Mischief
Venue: The Ritzy Picturehouse, Brixton Oval, Brixton Oval, London, SW2 1JG, UK - map
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Has timing played a big part in your life? Was it a chance meeting that lead to an unexpected outcome? Or was it your presence, idea or intervention that averted disaster?
Theme: Right time, right place
Venue: Canal Cafe Theatre, Little Venice, London, W2 6ND, UK - Website - map
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That paralysing fear of something no one else bats an eyelid at. Sometimes your phobia is to do with something understandable such as a great height or fast running water. But what about Koinoniphobia, -the fear of rooms? Or Omphalophobia, the fear of belly buttons? Or Tapinophobia, the fear of being contagious? It’s clear that phobias reveal the nervy, strange and paranoid side of us. What are you terrified irrationally of what happened the day your Phobia really took hold.
Theme: Phobias
Venue: The Ritzy Picturehouse, Brixton Oval, Brixton Oval, London, SW2 1JG, UK - map
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True stories told from the stage. Expect the unusual, the hilarious, the tragic and the heart warming.
Theme: Brithdays
Venue: Canal Cafe Theatre, Little Venice, London, W2 6ND, UK - Website - map
Box office: 020 7289 6054 or Book online
Did you miss read the signals or was the message deliberately confusing? Or did you send out mixed messages, what happened?
Theme: Mixed messages
Venue: The Ritzy Picturehouse, Brixton Oval, Brixton Oval, London, SW2 1JG, UK - map
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