ToW #18 - March Hair - this Wed 13th!

Call out for events, festivals, etc

We’ve long been toying with the idea of gathering up a few of our past storytellers and taking this show on the proverbial - well, and literal, to a significant extent - road.

With this in mind, we’re dead keen to get ourselves involved in some away day activities this year - meaning (but not limited to) arts events, festivals, weekenders, launches, community initiatives, bake sales, after-dinner shindigs, audio/video recordings, urban demolitions, raided parties, spitting contests, declarations of war…basically, anything that would be vastly improved by a handful of inordinately wonderful people telling true stories and audience-interacting their butts off to the feverish delight/horror/amusement/schadenfreude of your captive (restraints optional) listener group. Which, let’s face it, covers pretty much every scenario in the world ever. Except maybe spitting contests.

So, if you know of something we should be applying to or enquiring about, or you’re running/planning something you want to talk to us about getting involved with, then please feel free - there’s a very good chance we can sort something fun out. As ever, direct emails to talesofwhatever@gmail.com, Tweets to @talesofwhatever, and Facebaggy things to facebook.com/talesofwhatever.

Thanks! x

Update imminent!

This site is being rejigged and fancied up, so in the meantime I’ve removed most of the previous posts for now. I’ve left one of our (longer than average!) mp3 recordings up (here) for anyone curious about what sort of thing goes down on the night. For any wandering newcomers, the general format info over there *points to column on far left* is more or less everything you need to know.

We’ll get this page sorted and looking indecently sexy very soon. In the meantime, follow us on Twitter (@talesofwhatever), like us on Facebag (/talesofwhatever), or drop us an email (talesofwhatever@gmail.com) if you’ve got any queries about either telling a story or just coming along for a listen.

Cheers, back in a jiffy! x

Wed Feb 13th sneak peek…

The one-line synopses I’ve received so far for stories being told this Wednesday include, in no particular order…

- “Evidence that the course of true love never did run smooth…especially while on the run from the police.”

- “It concerns a scientific research centre in a converted gothic manor, and a shy apparition at the foot of the stairs.”

- ”My worst ever Valentine’s Day. Or possibly keeping silkworms in a shoebox.”

- “My first ever gig, in the year 2000, and how it changed my view of music indefinitely.”

- “A sweeping romantic gesture that went horribly wrong, involving cross-dressing and a pantomime cow.”

- “I’m going to tell a story about a mean old lady who died. But that’s not the punchline.”

- “A stuffed rabbit, a three-hour game of pool and a girl who never spoke to me again.”

…aaaaand there’ll be more besides. Some of it coming from you lot. So, uh, there y’go. COME! (7.45pm, The Castle, Oldham St.)

We are the news!

Big thanks to Metro for sticking a lovely mention of us in their national round-up of weird things to do circa Valentine’s Day. They’ve put us in the middle of a whole bunch of scantily-clad people, which makes our Feb 13 event (join up to the event listing on Facebook to get automatic reminders and suchlike! Or don’t!) look precisely as sexy as it DEFINITELY WILL BE.

Storytellers on the 13th will include Tom Mason, Ruth Clemens, Zach Roddis, Jennifer Gaskell, Dermot Glennon, Kate Ashley and Lee Moore. (Here’s a Twitter post linking to a few of their profiles if you want to scope them out beforehand.) Slots for the one after - March 13th, as it goes - are filling up fast, so drop us a line if you’re interested in performing either then, in April, or any other time.

Cheers, seeya next week! x