​

​​​

​

​

​

​​​​​​​​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

 

 

Saturday 17th May

Opening ceremony // 10am-10:40 Ruskin Hall

Sharing of final projects // 11:00 - 16:10 Ruskin Hall & Storytelling Hut

16:45-17:45  Community singing together with Naamah in Ruskin Hall

Celebration Ceilidh // 19:30 -21:30 Ruskin Hall - 

​

A fabulous fundraising dance party to raise money for the Storytelling Beyond Words Bursary Fund.

Doors open at 7pm. Dancing from 7:30-9:30pm. 

Live music from magical local ceilidh band and calling! No dance experience required - the caller will explain all the dances on the spot. Expect laughter, energy and plenty of joyful chaos as you swing you partner and gallop the night away.

​

Sunday 18th May

Sharing of final projects // 10:00 - 12:30 Ruskin Hall & Storytelling Hut

Farewell ceremony to the storytelling hut * // Sunday 14:30 Storytelling Hut

 

The evening dance ceilidh is the only ticketed event in this free weekend, to help us raise funds for the school (click this link to buy your ticket )

 

​

​

Please join the graduates of the three month storytelling course who will share their individual projects in a festival of performances, workshops, discussions, stories and songs. These projects were created in response to a variety of personal, social & environmental challenges of these times. 

​

 

 

 

 

Come for a single presentation or the whole weekend!                                

Some recommended age restrictions may apply on specific performances.  

​

If you would like to stay on site at Emerson College or to enjoy catered meals from the wonderful Emerson kitchens during the festival, please call reception on +44 (0)1342 822238 to book.

​

* As some of you may already know, in the Autumn of 2024, the Emerson college association members voted to merge with the Ruskin Mill Land Trust, who now holds responsibility for the assets and liabilities of Emerson College Trust. As part of the development of the campus and long term reshaping of the grounds and programmes, we have been informed by the chair of the new board of trustees that the much loved yet worn out Storytelling Hut, home for the School of Storytelling over many years, is currently planned to be demolished in June 2025.  The walled garden where it stands will be used by the college for new purposes.

 

We wish to hold a parting ceremony from the hut in honour of the many memories and stories it holds on Sunday 18th May 2025 at 14:30pm. This will take place during the Storytelling Beyond Words graduation weekend and we hope that many of you will wish to join us for the whole weekend or just for the ceremony. 

 

​