Back to All Events

4-week writing circle - Intro to Personal Storytelling


  • Mississippi Mills Public Library 155 High Street Almonte Canada (map)

Facilitated by Emily Pearlman

Rate for 4-week course: $120.00

THURSDAY - March 7, 14, 21, 28, from 1:00 to 3:00 p.m. at the Mississippi Mills Public Library


Registration through Tickets Please

<Click here>


Overview

How do the events in your life sit beside each other to lend insight into something bigger? In this course/participatory lecture series, vulnerability, humour, and connection are guiding values as participants dive into personal moments big and small. Working from creative prompts to accumulate material, participants will learn storytelling structure and performance techniques to help them deliver their own story with a sense of confidence and play. Perfect for anyone interested in telling stories.

What will we do in the series?

  • Accumulate personal storytelling material through writing and telling exercises and prompts

  • Explore how narrative structures, multi-sensory recall and editing for performance can build confidence in your material and ability to tell it

  • Receive one-to-one feedback with the instructor

  • Share your story with the group in a supportive environment

Who is this series for?

Everyone is welcome. This workshop aims to build confidence in your ability to speak your own words out loud and take ownership over shaping your own narrative. 

Who is the teacher?

Emily Pearlman is an award-winning theatre artist and educator who makes live experiences that bring together intergenerational groups of people and develops their relationships to place and each other. She has co-created over 30 performance works in collaboration with theatre makers, dancers, musicians, audio-makers, schools, and communities. She is an Artistic Associate at the Ottawa Children’s Festival, has taught new play development and solo theatre creation at The University of Ottawa and Algonquin College, and has toured four of her own solo storytelling shows across Canada.

Presented with support from the Mississippi Mills Public Library, and partially funded by the Municipality of Mississippi Mills.

Previous
Previous
February 28

Book swap

Next
Next
March 10

Write-in for March