Have you been telling stories for some time already and wondered how you can improve your storytelling skills? If yes, then Beyond Storytelling 101 is for you! Beyond Storytelling 101 aims to enhance participants’ ability to adapt stories for telling and to hone their delivery skills over 12 hours of coaching.

Facilitator: Verena Tay of MoonShadow Stories

Areas Covered:

• How to choose and adapt stories for performance
• Telling for children vs. telling for adults
• Vocal skills: speech clarity, projection, expressiveness
• Presentation skills: awareness of body language, use of gestures, working with props/visual aids

Storytellers often tell from the point of view of the omniscient narrator, and prefer not to enter the realm of telling their chosen story in the first person. If you wish to broaden your storytelling repertoire and techniques, let experienced storytelling coach and playwright Verena Tay share with you practical tips on how to change your storytelling perspective, infuse suspense in your style and bring your story to life.

Facilitator: Verena Tay of MoonShadow Stories

Areas Covered:

• Plan and develop your chosen story from the first person perspective.
• Rehearse and tell your story in the first person.

The secret behind any dynamic performer is often his/her ability to command the body’s core muscles to support the performance. If you wish to become a more vibrant and animated storyteller, let experienced storytelling coach and theatre veteran, Verena Tay, share with you some practical tips on how to activate and utilize your physical centre so that you can speak, move and perform with a power and strength you never knew you had.

Facilitator: Verena Tay of MoonShadow Stories

Areas Covered:

• Discover your core muscles and how to connect to them.

StoryLab Evenings are open to all SAS members. The evenings are divided into two Parts. Part One (7.00-8.30pm) is a more informal time of food, storytelling games and stories open for everyone to participate in. Part Two (8.30-10.00pm) is a structured time for only StoryLab Members to tell and critique prepared stories. Other SAS members are welcome to remain and observe the process. This is a great opportunity for beginner storytellers to learn new skills through observation.

Date: Thursday 8th March 2012

Time: 7.00 – 10.00pm

Venue : The Substation, 45 Armenian Street

Full details about StoryLab: http://storytellingsingapore.com/events/storylab 

Contact: secretary@storytellingsingapore.com