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Sound recording, story; a Jewish folk tale based on a joke told by Ben Zimet, as part of The Grand Storytelling Festival Celebration, at The First International Storytelling Festival at Battersea Arts Centre, London, 2nd February 1985

A short story or joke told by Ben Zimet, about a man wearing odd shoes and commenting to a friend that he has another pair just like them at home.

audience:- adult
    recording quality
condition:- fair; poor
completeness:- complete
duration:- 0 hours, 0 minutes, 34 seconds

The First International Storytelling Festival took place at Battersea Arts Centre, (Venue Director Jude Kelly) London, in 1985, and was the first international festival of storytelling held in the UK. It ran for 7 days, from Monday Jan 28th to Sunday Feb 3rd. The festival was initiated and directed by Ben Haggarty who had been involved in running the West London Storytelling unit and Storytelling Unit Clubnights since 1982/1983. It was funded by a guarantee against loss from the GLC. The festival programmed included performances for adult audiences, talks and lectures, school sessions, a festival 'clubnight' and a teacher's conference on Storytelling in Education.

storytelling:- storyteller: Ben Zimet
male / Canadian / Belgium / Polish / Jewish

origin:-
Jewish


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images of Ben Zimet delivering a talk during the festival

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publicity for Ben Zimet at the festival

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Festival poster

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biography for Ben Zimet printed in festival flyer

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festival flyer front cover

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festival flyer showing introduction

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festival flyer showing festival timetable

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festival flyer full page spread showing artists biographies

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festival flyer back cover showing booking and access details for the festival advertisments and acknowledgments

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additional festival flyer in orginal format ready for photcopying

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programming:- Festival Artistic Director: Ben Haggarty


storytelling:- Lavender Hill, London, England: Battersea Arts Centre
02 Feb 1985
festival: The First International Storytelling Festival
The Grand Storytelling Festival Celebration
The Festival Clubnight


gift from:- storyteller: Ben Haggarty


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