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Preserving personal stories of unique experiences of being LGBTQ2S+ is one of the most important ways that we can contribute to the history of the Queer community in Canada. This course offers participants techniques to take a memory or anecdote about their experience as LGBTQ2S+ and craft it into a polished performance piece. Participants will learn how to shape and enhance their story and give it the power it deserves as a contribution to our history as LGBTQ2S+. Participants will be encouraged to donate their stories to The ArQuives as well as participate in a final concert where participants will share with their guests.
This 4 day course is presented in-person at The ArQuives during the following dates and times:
Saturday, August 10, 2024 | 11:00 am – 4:00 pm
Sunday, August 11, 2024 | 1:00 pm – 4:00 pm
Saturday, August 17, 2024 | 11:00 am – 4:00 pm
Sunday, August 18, 2024 | 1:00 pm – 4:00 pm
Families are rich with material for storytelling, and telling family stories can bring you closer to your history, and your heritage and give you a new understanding and appreciation for your family. For this online course, you will choose a story that can be based on people from your family, from your own personal experience in your family, on important places in your family’s history or on particular events that happened in your family.
This course is presented online during the following dates and times:
Thursday, September 12, 2024 | 7:00 – 9:00 pm
Thursday, September 19, 2024 | 7:00 – 9:00 pm
Thursday, September 26, 2024 | 7:00 – 9:00 pm
Thursday, October 3, 2024 | 7:00 – 9:00 pm
On March 27th, 2024, the members approved new bylaws for Storytelling Toronto. These are called Bylaws 6, and they replace the previous bylaws, called Bylaws 3. (Bylaws 4 and 5 were draft
This two-session workshop will focus on guided improv exercises to help you build confidence in your storytelling ability and loosen your inhibitions. Through a variety of interactive games and exercises, you’ll gain inspiration to be more spontaneous, find your authentic voice, and as a result, develop a deeper connection with any story, personal or traditional, that you choose to work on in the future. You’ll learn how to take risks and fail–but gracefully, and with wild abandon. And you’ll have fun!
Saturday, June 15, 2:30pm-5:30pm Masterclass with Jan Blake: The Art of Immersive Storytelling Parish Hall, St. Michael and All Angels Church 611 St. Clair Avenue West Tickets: $100 (limit: 16
This course starts with a deep dive into the power of traditional stories to illustrate how the structure, imagery and language of folk tales can help us to frame and shape our own personal narratives of modern experience. Using stories brought by participants, we apply time-honoured techniques to charm and captivate contemporary listeners, be they in a theatre setting or across the kitchen table.
Are you interested in learning how to turn a memory or anecdote into a more substantial story about your life as a member of the LGBTQ2S+ community or an ally? Jeffrey Canton has been telling personal stories for nearly 30 years as well as teaching ways to give them the shape and power they deserve. Now you can join him for this “teaser” for his course, Voices Seldom Heard: Telling and Preserving LGBTQ2S+ stories that Storytelling Toronto will be offering later this fall. Participants should bring a photograph, a small object or piece of memorabilia that you connect with your being LGBTQ2S+
This two-session workshop will focus on guided improv exercises to help you build confidence in your storytelling ability and loosen your inhibitions. Through a variety of interactive games and exercises, you’ll gain inspiration to be more spontaneous, find your authentic voice, and as a result, develop a deeper connection with any story, personal or traditional, that you choose to work on in the future. You’ll learn how to take risks and fail–but gracefully, and with wild abandon. And you’ll have fun!
This course is open to anyone who has taken an introductory storytelling course, from Storytelling Toronto or elsewhere.
Marylyn Peringer has been telling traditional stories in Toronto and across Canada for over 40 years. Within her...
As a writer, performer, and director, Ginette works to motivate a more conscious, compassionate community through imaginative, participatory...
Goldie Spencer has been weaving her tales for over 25 years. She has performed in storytelling festivals across...
