Wild Storytelling

I just came back from Bristol Festival of Puppetry. Starting from today, 30th August, until 8th September, there is an opportunity to explore different worlds through a puppet's eyes in the Tobacco Factory. The programme includes good quality performances between 10-15 pounds (ask for a student discount!) even though some performances are free. 

The venue: The Tobacco Factory is the last remaining part of the old Wills Tobacco site on Southville, Bristol. It was saved from demolition by the architect and current mayor of the city, George Ferguson, and through his vision has become a model of urban regeneration. It is now a multi-use building which houses Teoh's restaurant, animation and performing art schools, loft-style apartments, a café bar, offices and a theatre.

As I am not an expert of puppetry, I selected one of the performances from the programme: Wild Storytelling with Martin Maudsley. Martin is a professional storyteller based in the South West of England. He tells stories in theatres, festivals, schools, village halls, pubs, tents and outdoors. Basically everywhere! His repertoire of stories consists of fresh re-tellings of traditional tales using poetry, music and songs. BLABLABLA. He will repeat the performances tomorrow and the day after (1st and 2nd September) from 12.30-1.30pm, and it's for free!

LINKS
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Bristol Festival of Puppetry: http://www.puppetplace.org/festival/
Tobbacco Factory: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tobacco_Factory
Martin Maudsley: http://martinmaudsley.co.uk/