STORYTELLING & TRADITIONAL TALES WORKSHOP
With Dave Tong, 'The Yarnsmith of Norwich'
Two-day practical workshop in the Headley Lecture Theatre
Booking is essential. Tickets are £175. Book below
With Dave Tong, 'The Yarnsmith of Norwich' storyteller
Join this practical workshop to discover the techniques needed to help you hone your storytelling skills.
Storytelling expert and medievalist Dave Tong will focus particularly on how stories from 1,000 years ago can be modernised whilst still maintaining some of their original narrative.
During the sessions, you will:
- use objects from the Ashmolean collections as inspiration and examples of medieval narratives, looking at their messages and meanings to inform your creative thinking
- explore how, just like the stories, the objects themselves can be made more relevant to a modern viewer because of the story you tell about them
- delve into the past and the storytelling traditions in literature, such as Chaucer, pilgrimage in many lands, rulers and subjects, and the everyday life of the Medieval world.
Folio (detail) from an early 15th-century lluminated manuscript of Geoffrey Chaucer's Canterbury Tales, owned by the Huntington Library, San Marino, California. Image public domain
All materials will be provided.
This is part of our Create & Transform season of events.
BOOKING
This event is in-person only in the Headley Lecture Theatre at the Museum
Tickets are £175 for the two-day workshop
If you have any questions, please email us at publicprogrammes@ashmus.ox.ac.uk
