Shonaleigh

Drut'syla, Storyteller, Tradition Bearer, Artistic Director at House of the West Wind, Life juggler, Dyslexic word spinner, based in the UK.

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You can make anyone scared in the dark, but making them scared in the sunlight takes skill. My new online course starts next week: 'The Ghost of a Chance' runs over four Thursday evenings on Zoom, 5th December - 9th January

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I’m so looking forward to going to Morocco next year, on a quest to the Sahara desert. So many stories I hold belong to desert landscapes… like the story of petrified lightning, which is the very first glass.
‘A Sky Full of Stories’ is 25th January - 1st February 2025.

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The traditional stories I tell are held in a beautiful labyrinthine structure, where one story flows into another and then into another... INTO THE LABYRINTH is happening on Wednesdays at 7.30pm UK time across four weeks in November. Join Dr Simon Heywood live on Zoom.

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Last year we finished recording the whole of the Menasseh cycle, just one of the twelve cycles I learned from my Bubbe. Since then Simon has been taking a very close look at the way in which a large story cycle in the Drut'syla tradition works. INTO THE LABYRINTH starts 6th Nov.

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When I came round from my hip operation, the Consultant said, "Have you any questions?"
And the burning question in my heart was, "How soon can I get on a camel?"
So I am thrilled that our magical Morocco adventure is happening 25th January - 1st February 2025...

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Working with techniques from my precious Drut'syla family tradition, stories become like memories that you have walked. That bleeds into your telling and then there’s an authenticity and a reality about the way you tell...... INTO THE LABYRINTH starts Wednesday 6th November.

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JUST CONFIRMED...
My dear friend Liz Weir will be hosting me to teach my introductory course WORD DANCING next year 12th-16th May.
I'll also be telling THE GLASS PALACE OF THE MOON MAID at a Tellers Tales Tradition weekend right after, 16th-18th May.

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✨ Come quest over the Atlas mountains...
✨ Sit at the edge of the desert under a night sky free of light pollution...
✨ Stare at the stars and unveil the story hidden in your heart...
My magical Morocco adventure is happening January 2025 ✨✨✨

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The Step Up Weekend continues today ...Our premiere at 7pm 'Waiting at Eldridge' is about about Monsters, about The Other, about being Trans, about Neurodiversity - and about how all of us can feel out of place in the world at times. Join on Zoom or in Dronfield.

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The Step Up Weekend starts today! Join us in Dronfield or on Zoom...
At 7-8pm we’ll hear Karin Lundengård’s wonderful new piece “When the Water Turns Blue.”
At 8.30-9.30pm we have a programme of Ghost Stories featuring Amy Douglas, Cath Edwards, Amelia Armanda and Simon Heywood

[Shonaleigh @ShonaleighQ]

The Step Up Weekend starts today! Join us in Dronfield or on Zoom...
At 7-8pm we’ll hear Karin Lundengård’s wonderful new piece “When the Water Turns Blue.”
At 8.30-9.30pm we have a programme of Ghost Stories featuring Amy Douglas, Cath Edwards, Amelia Armanda and Simon Heywood

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Got a story, poem or song you'd like to share? At the Step Up Weekend we have a relaxed Saturday afternoon space 2.30-4.30pm where are all welcome to join in. Our Step Up Cafe will be Mash up of cabaret and open mic... Book your spot: https://t.co/82YNOpu8IF

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"When the Water Turns Blue" is Karin Lundengård's show about memory and the plasticity of time, and how we treat information.
Catch this brilliant storytelling piece at the Step Up Weekend. Join us in Dronfield or on Zoom at 7pm on Friday 6th September.

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Our 2024 Step Up commission premieres Sat 7th Sept 7.30pm. Join us on Zoom or in Dronfield. 'Waiting at Eldridge' is about about Monsters, about The Other, about being Trans, about Neurodiversity - and about how all of us can feel out of place in the world at times.

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At House of the West Wind: College of Storytelling, we are all about helping creatives walk between the worlds. Our Step Up weekend 6th-8th September in Dronfield is a culmination of delightful offerings including performances, a workshop, a storywalk and a masked ball!

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The Step Up Weekend 6th-8th September is a celebration of the spoken word art form featuring storytellers, narrative artists, poets and writers. Join us at the Peel Centre in Dronfield to hear this year's premiere Saturday 7th September at 7pm BST: Waiting at Eldridge.

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LAST CHANCE to book in for the Glass Palace this weekend!
When Eben the Stonemason saves a lost baby from a river, and finds her a new home, he little suspects that it will lead him to the stars and beyond....

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The Glass Palace of the Moon-Maid is a magical wonder-tale spanning this world and the beyond, a tale of stars and comets and moons, life and death, love and betrayal, and, of course, the occasional goat.
My next Tellers, Tales, Tradition weekend is 16th-18th August... 🌛🌛🌛

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WORD DANCING starts Monday...
With the growing popularity of spoken word events, writers are often required to TELL their work. Similarly, storytellers often want to develop their tales in a written form. But to write and to tell are two very different art forms....

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DRAGONS BREATH is this Sunday 4th August at 10.30am UK time. In July we heard wild tales and memories inspired by Tractors, Suitcases, Flamingos, Underpants, Padlocks, and Beer Tankards… I can't wait to hear the tales this time around!