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Beyond the Border 2005
Welcome To The Spoken World!
Beyond The Border Wales International Festival of Storytelling offers the largest celebration of the world’s oral traditions in the UK – 3 days, 8 venues (from a medieval tythe barn to a circus big top), and over 60 performances, a spectacular array of stories, storytellers, writers, painters and musicians drawn from the four corners of the globe.
THEMES FOR 2005 :
MONKEY TALES!
A different year, a different Totem Creature! Last year it was the Horse, this year it’s the turn of Monkey - be prepared for Monkey Tales from around the world!
SIGNS & WONDERS
As part of our Scholars and Tellers programme, we present Signs & Wonders : an exploration of The Wonder Tale.
Hear extraordinary stories from Russia , Germany , Sicily , Norway and Arabia , including the acclaimed ‘The Three Snake Leaves’ by THE COMPANY OF STORYTELLERS.
Relish the mystery of British Story Ballads sung by NICK HENNESSEY, HUGH LUPTON, STANLEY ROBERTSON
Listen to novelist and mythographer MARINA WARNER as she uncovers the link between oral Wonder Tales and the literary Fairy Tale …..
VOICES IN THE SHADOWS
A celebration of traditional stories, music, dance and paintings from SE Asia, including a spectacular midnight Javanese shadow puppet telling from the great Indian epic The Ramayana.
SPECIAL FEATURES
YOUNG STORYTELLERS 2005
Where is the next generation of storytellers? Will they be in the audience at Beyond The Border? Could it be you?On the last day of the Festival, we invite all young storytellers aged 10 - 20 to take the stage in the People’s Palace and compete to be BTB Young Storyteller of The Year 2005. There are cash prizes, plus the chance to appear at Beyond The Border 2006.
Meanwhile, we welcome back last year’s winner, WENDY BROWN, who will be performing on stage along side ANNA CONOMOS, winner of the 2005 Young Storyteller of The Year Award promoted by West Midland ’s Traditional Arts Team at Midland Arts Centre, Birmingham .
AR LAFAR AC AR GÂN
Sesiwn stori a chân bob prynhawn gyda ESYLLT HARKER, GUTO DAFIS.
Dewch â chân neu stori ac ymunwch yn yr hwyl!
Stories and Songs in the Welsh tongue. Feel the spirit!
NEW VOICES
For the first time at Beyond The Border, we welcome SERAP GUVEN ( Turkey ), JASNA HELD ( Croatia ) CHRISTINE MCMAHON ( UK ) - three distinctive new voices in the storytelling world.
EXHIBITION
‘DREAMLAND – VISIONS OF RAJASTHAN’
The vibrant, surreal paintings of SHAHID PARVEZ ( Udaipur ), the delicate miniature worlds of SAMDAR SINGH KHANGAROT (Jaipur)
Featured Artists this year include:
CHIRINE EL ANSARY ( Egypt )
Actress, storyteller, dancer, Chirine played to wrapt audiences at both Beyond The Border and The London Barbican last summer. She returns to give us three nights of Wonder Tales from one of the world’s greatest story collections, The Arabian Nights.
THE COMPANY OF STORYTELLERS (POMME CLAYTON, BEN HAGGARTY, HUGH LUPTON) ( UK )
‘The Three Snake Leaves ’
Three of the countries leading story performers revisit their inspired journey to the psychological heart of The Brothers Grimm. - “ a wonderful, intricate piece about storytelling and the possibilities of redemption” (The Independent).
“The Company of Storytellers have spearheaded the revival of storytelling in this country, helping to transform it from a moribund anachronism to a vigorous and contemporary form of entertainment.” (The Independent.)
BILLY TEARE ( N Ireland )
Billy Teare is an outstanding storyteller from Larne , Northern Ireland , with an international reputation. Stand up comedian, stage hypnotist, and bit part actor (you can spot him in Ken Loach’s ‘Hidden Agenda’), he has been in the entertainment business since his teens. Today he is actively involved in education projects in N Ireland , particularly with The Verbal Arts Centre, Derry .
TAFFY THOMAS MBE ( England )
With over 30 years of telling stories, from village carnivals to the Albert Hall, and with a repertoire of over 300 stories, tales and elaborate lies, Taffy Thomas is one the country’s most experienced storytellers. Currently artistic director of the Northern Centre for Storytelling in the Lake District , in 2001 he was awarded the MBE for services to storytelling and charity.
CATHERINE FISHER, DANIEL MORDEN ( Wales )
An acclaimed fantasy writer, Catherine is author of 13 books for children, including the highly praised 'The Oracle', short-listed for the 2003 Whitbread Children’s Book Award. She has published three award-winning collections of poetry, and for BTB 2005 reads from her new volume ‘Folklore’, inspired and accompanied by Gwent Storyteller DANIEL MORDEN.
JASNA HELD ( Croatia )
Came to storytelling during the bombing of her home city of Dubrovnik , in the 1990’s. Since then she has been an energetic and inspiring voice for traditional storytelling in a Croatia that has slowly been recovering from the trauma of war.
SERAP GUVEN (Turkey/Germany)
Has lived in Belgium for 14 years, where she has cultivated her passion for telling stories from her Turkish homeland. Her Stories of Nasruddin Hodja won the Belgian 2004 Storytelling Competition at Chiny’s.
PETE & GORG CHAND (India/UK)
Originally from the Punjab , Pete specialises in folk tales of the Sub continent, told with enormous relish and good humour, while his nephew Gorg disentangles some of the intricate yarns from The Mahabarata and The Ramayana.
THE CHIPOLATAS ( UK )
Welcome back the multi-talented musical clowns, firm favourites at Beyond The Border for over a decade. As well as performing their high-energy outdoor shows, The Chips will join elder statesman storyteller TAFFY THOMAS for a Saturday Night Cabaret show – ‘Alive, Alive Oh!’
“ Brilliantly diverse, mischievous and expertly coherent "  (The Scotsman, Edinburgh Festival Fringe)
NICK HENNESSEY (England)
Harpist, whistle player, singer, storyteller, Hennessey is a powerful and passionate performer who moves effortlessly between song and story.
“His fluid style, engaging presence and wicked grin is a winning combination” (The Times)
AJIT PANDYE & SUKHDEV PRASAD MISHRA (India)
Sukdev Mishra is a violin virtuoso from an illustrious musical family in the holy city of Benaras, on the banks of the Ganges. Ajit Pandye from Gujarat is a classical tabla player who also works with DJs, fusion groups and dance companies. Recently, both musicians have been working with storyteller Sally Pomme Clayton at London’s Unicorn Theatre.
MATS REHNMAN (Sweden)
A dynamic storyteller, educator, writer and artist, Mats seamlessly weaves together myth and autobiography in his telling, and is also organizer of the Fabula Storytelling Festival in Stockholm, and chairman of the Swedish storytellers association.
ATINUKE (Wales/Nigeria)
Born in Nigeria, brought up in the UK, Atinuke draws on her Yoruba background for her charismatic style of storytelling. A featured’ New Voice’ at BTB 2004, she returns this year with, among other stories, a programme of Monkey Tales.
STANLEY ROBERTSON (Scotland)
Born into a Scots Traveller family, singer and storyteller Stanley Robertson inherited a huge repertoire of ballads from his aunt Jeannie Robertson, to which he has added stories collected over many years working in the fish quays of Aberdeen. A marvellously relaxed, expansive storyteller.
HIDDEN IN THE WIND (UK)
Sculptors, musicians and circus artists unveil a brand new fire show for the Sunday night finale.
Plus: THE PEOPLE’S PALACE (Storytelling for the People by the People, including sessions hosted by Richard Berry and Cardiff Storytelling Circle), FESTIVAL BOOKSHOP, CRAFT STALLS, MARKET PLACE, MORNING STORYWALKS (led by Michael &Wendy Dacre), WORKSHOPS, WORLD FOOD, REAL ALE, CLIFFTOP CAMPING…..
Beyond the Border 2004
STORIES FROM THE ARABIAN NIGHTS
“Bawdy, colloquial and wondrously inventive, these tales have influenced such disparate writers as John Barth, DM Thomas, Jorge Luis Borges and Martin Amis, all of whom have embraced Shahrazad as the ultimate symbol of the storyteller’s art” – NY Times
International performers bring to life tales from one of the world’s literary masterpieces:
CHIRINE EL ANSARY (Egypt) - actress, storyteller, dancer, has performed stories from The Arabian Nights in Europe, USA and across the Arab World.
HANITA HENDELMAN & NISREEN FAOUR-ALI. (Israel) - Jewish and Arabic artists come together to tell one story in three languages: Arabic, Hebrew & English, accompanied by songs and live music on ud, daf, darbuka & flute.
Plus: Arabian Nights for Children – Devon-based, internationally renowned PUPPETCRAFT present ‘The Amazing Adventures of Sindbad’
THE STAR & THE CRESCENT MOON
Stories and music from the Arabic and Jewish traditions with:
PAMELA MARRE (UK)
Drawing first and foremost on stories passed down from her own family, tells stories from Jewish tradition, the Middle East and Eastern Europe.
PRALINE GAY PARA (Fr/Lebanon)
Beirut – born conteuse with a new programme of stories from her native city, including traditional and contemporary tales collected from Palestinian refugees.
HASSAN ERRAJI (Morocco)
Brilliant blind player of the instruments that form the very soul of Arabic music - el Ud (lute), Darbukah (drum) and Qanun (zither).
SHE’KOYOKH (UK)
London-based She’koyokh play klezmer, the quintessential sound of the Jewish diaspora. Soulful, wild and abandoned.
THE HORSE IN MYTH & LEGEND
including the Celtic Horse Goddess Rhiannon, gypsy stories, Wooden Horses, magic horses from the Russian Steppes, Stories of the Plains Indians, Siberian Throat Singers, The Mari Llwyd and many more……Featuring:
‘RHIANNON’ - KATY CAWKWELL (UK)
From the great Welsh mythological cycle The Mabinogion, a spellbinding retelling of the extraordinary fate that befalls Queen Rhiannon…..
‘PSALMS FROM THE HORSES MOUTH’ – HUGH LUPTON/CHRIS WOOD (UK).
Critically acclaimed celebration of horse-magic, in poetry, story and song.
‘THE TERRIBLE ONE’S HORSE’ - MICHAEL & WENDY DACRE (UK)
Odin, the 'Terrible One', God of the North, rode his eight-legged horse Sleipnir, on his shamanic journeys through all nine worlds. A brand new telling of these ancient myths through words, song and shadow illustrations.
DOVIE THOMASON (American First Nation)
Native North American who draws on her Lakota and Kiowa Apache heritage to tell the Horse Stories of the Plains Indians.
CHIRGILCHIN with AI CHUREK (Tuva) plus Stephen Kent UK
Shamanic Singers and musicians from the Wild East of the Siberian/Mongolian borderlands, where good horse sense is still central to everyday life, and horse worship part of a living tradition.
JOE BAELE (Belgium)
From the steps of his horsedrawn gypsy caravan, this itinerant former clown delights in telling humorous stories whose heroes are the rebels and non-conformists who challenge conventional society.
A SPELL IN TIME (UK/Bulgaria)
The rich legacy of ancient Thracian horse culture revealed through storytelling, ritual and the thrilling open-throated style of Bulgarian singing.
TORETH - (UK)
Revitalising traditional Welsh music with passionate fiddle and punchy melodeon playing – Toreth will also play music for the Mari Llwyd procession on Sunday night.
FROM CANADA
DAN YASHINSKY – author, editor, Festival Director. In l978 founded 1,001 Friday Nights of Storytelling, the longest-running open session of storytelling in North America.
MIKE BURNS - Irish storyteller living in French-speaking Montreal, equally at home telling in Gaelic, English or French, and equally in demand at Hurley’s Irish pub or Montreal’s Maisons de La Culture.
WILLIAM BROWN - Toronto-born painter living in Wales, whose vibrant paintings celebrating the Welsh Mari Llwyd (The Grey Mare) are at the heart of our exhibition of images of Welsh mythology.
‘OVID’S METAMORPHOSES’
HUGH LUPTON & DANIEL MORDEN
Some of the Western World’s most enduring myths retold by two of Britain’s master storytellers. Ovid’s wonderful tales of transformation have had a huge influence on our culture, and still have the power to charm and chill today.
“The tale… stopped all our hearts, however hardened by age” The Guardian August 2003
Includes such well-loved stories as: Demeter and Persephone; Orpheus in the Underworld; Echo and Narcissus and many more.
AR LAFAR AC AR GÂN
Each afternoon, story and song sessions with MICHAEL HARVEY, GUTO DAFIS, ESYLLT HARKER. Bring a song or a story and join in!
AUTHORS TALKS
JEANETTE WINTERSON
“Two things significantly distinguish human beings from the other animals: an interest in the past and the possibility of language. Brought together they make a third: Art” The Award-winning author of ‘Oranges Are Not The Only Fruit’, ‘The Passion’ and ‘Sexing The Cherry’ on art, language, fiction and fairytale.
PROFESSOR RONALD HUTTON
One of the world’s leading authorities on paganism talks about Shamans and Siberian spirituality.
DOC ROWE
Writer, broadcaster, and celebrator of British vernacular art, talks about horses in British folk customs, drawing on his amazing collection of archive film.
NEW VOICES/YOUNG BLOOD
We welcome some of the new arrivals on the professional storytelling circuit – and launch our search for BTB Young Storyteller of the Year.
NEW VOICES:
GILES ABBOTT: Came to storytelling in 2000, after losing half his useful sight. “It was as if in losing something I took for granted, I found something I didn’t know I’d lost – the joy of story”
DAVE ROBERTSON: ‘Best of The Bunch’ award winner at Birmingham’s recent Storytelling Cafe Competition. He describes himself as “an urban storyteller”.
ATINUKE: originally from Nigeria, currently living in West Wales, tells stories from around the world, drawing on the traditional charismatic style of her Yoruba background.
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