Birmingham Storytelling Cafe

Resident Storytellers

Sarah volunteered and performed floor spots at Birmingham Storytelling Cafe before becoming a committee member. She has been telling stories for two years at a variety of venues around the Midlands and is a member of the Storyteller's studio group. Sarah loves to tell a range of stories from the fun and humorous to those with a darker twist.

Hailing from the magic-haunted Isle of Man, Kit Bathgate brings to the Midlands its tales of mystery, danger and strange creatures of land and sea. She was a regular audience member at Storytelling Cafe for several years before first joining in with floor spots and then moving behind the scenes as an organiser. Now she can usually be found taking care of the box office! She also runs Tales and Ales, a monthly club for anyone who wants to share a story.

Catriona is a member of The Birmingham Storytelling Café who has supported the café for more than two years. She lives in Birmingham and tells stories in a wide range of settings: libraries, gardens, community centre, schools and nurseries. She facilitates workshops and has also directed three community festivals. She is currently experimenting with combining storytelling with visual media for Hand to Mouth productions.

Graham started Storytelling Cafe with Katrice Horsley in 1998 and has produced storytelling events both locally and nationally ever since. He has toured in Britain and abroad telling stories in 13 countries. He pretends to be retired but he still runs the Storytelling Gymnasium training group and is a member of the Cafe Crew.

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A Recipe for Hope

Tim Ralphs

Wednesday 20th January

Welcome back to a New Year of virtual tales at Birmingham Storytelling Cafe! As we welcome in what we all dearly hope is a much brighter new year we are also very proud to welcome our very first online featured guest! We are honoured to be hosting Tim Ralphs, a storyteller who has been a great friend to Storytelling Cafe over the years. Tim has told stories across the UK as well as abroad. Tim took part in the Young Storyteller of the Year competition in Birmingham in 2007 and was a British Award for Storytelling Excellence winner in 2012.

After Christmas Pudding and Turkey Leftovers, after a strange and disrupted year, Tim Ralphs lays out some stories which, if we can only figure out how to cook 'em up and simmer them together, might help nourish us through the coming Spring. In the dark cold of January 2021, gather around the virtual hearth. There'll be old chestnut stories ready for roasting and a few new ones, fresh from the wrapping paper and eager to be heard. Spring is here and it gets lighter.

With a top notch tale teller and a few floor spots from your very own Cafe Crew sprinkled into the mix, this is a sure-fire way to start your new year with some storytelling sparkle.

There is a £5 charge for this event. Please book at:

https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/birmingham-storytelling-cafe-tickets-132725093327

We'd love to hear your feedback so please leave your messages & reviews below!

COMMENTS FROM PREVIOUS ZOOM CAFES

I just wanted to thank you and all the tellers I was able to enjoy and listen in with yesterday. 'Twas lovely! Sorry I needed to depart mid Kit's story...I chanced it by not leaving before as I so wanted to hear it.

Grateful, Tracy

Storytelling Cafe was a most enjoyable evening. There was a good mix of myth, magic and mayhem.... nicely linked with chat which is always fun as are the little yellow clap symbols. For those that are quick with unmuting and re-muting it was good to hear a few hands clapping.

Carolyn

Doors open and food served from 6:30. Performances begin 7:30.

Entrance via Fletchers Bar