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Three Sounds

Sound recording, game; Three Sounds, played as part of The Grand Storytelling Festival Celebration, at The First International Storytelling Festival at Battersea Arts Centre, London, 2nd February 1985

Comments before an interval by Ben Haggarty, followed by an introduction to the game by Ben Haggarty and Daisy Keable, played by volunteers from the audience, including Sally Pomme Clayton. A game involving improvised role play. Three characters are given a sound which identifiies them. When they hear their sound they begin an improvisation which the other two have to participate in.

audience:- adult
    recording quality
condition:- fair; poor
completeness:- complete
duration:- 0 hours, 12 minutes, 43 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 game:- storyteller: Sally Pomme Clayton
female / British

storytelling game:- storyteller: Daisy Keable; Georgiana Jerstad; Georgiana Keable
female / British / Norwegian

storytelling game:- storyteller: Ben Haggarty
male / British / born 30.11.1958


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Festival poster

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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 game:- 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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