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ramsgate's

true storytelling night

HOw it works

RAMSGATE’S ONLY TRUE STORYTELLING NIGHT RAN FROM APRIL ​2023 - 2024 AND WILL RETURN IN SEPTEMBER 2024


COME ALONG ON YOUR OWN OR WITH FRIENDS, GRAB A DRINK AND ​LISTEN TO REAL LIFE STORIES TOLD IN A RELAXED SETTING.


EACH STORYTELLING NIGHT HAS A THEME.

PREVIOUS THEMES HAVE BEEN: EXPERIMENTS, JOURNEYS, ​TEACHERS & HOLIDAYS.


IF YOU'RE UP FOR TELLING A STORY, PUT YOUR NAME DOWN ON THE ​NIGHT AND YOU'LL BE INVITED TO TELL IT IN WHICHEVER WAY YOU ​FEEL COMFORTABLE.


YOU DO NOT HAVE TO HAVE ANY WRITING OR PERFORMING ​EXPERIENCE, STORIES FROM ALL WALKS OF LIFE ARE WELCOME AND ​ENCOURAGED.

the rules

EVERYONE IS ENCOURAGED TO TELL A STORY.

IT CAN BE FUNNY, SAD, SILLY OR SERIOUS. BUT IT MUST BE:

1) TRUE


2) UP TO FIVE MINS LONG


3) LOOSELY LINKED TO THE THEME OF THE NIGHT

AND, OF COURSE,


4) YOU HAD TO BE THERE


DATES AND details

STORYTELLING NIGHTS

WILL RETURN IN SEPTEMBER 2024

LOCATION TBC

PAST STORY THEMES :

EXPERIMENTS, JOURNEYS, TEACHERS, ​ACCIDENTS, SURPRISES, CRUSHES, HOLIDAYS, ​BIRTHDAYS, SPOOKY, MISCHIEF & WILD

inspiration

PHOTOS BY Mark alexander

EVERYONE HAS A STORY WORTH telling

EVERYONE HAS A STORY WORTH HEARING

IF YOU'RE LOOKING FOR INSPIRATION CHECK OUT THE MOTH.


THE MOTH IS A STORYTELLING EVENT AND THEY ALSO HAVE A PODCAST.

CHECK IT OUT AND GET INSPIRED.


THIS STORYTELLING NIGHT IS A RELAXED AND INTIMATE AFFAIR, WITH TRUE STORIES WELCOME FROM ANYONE. THERE IS NO MICROPHONE OR STAGE. IT IS NOT A COMPETITION, IT IS AN OPPORTUNITY TO CONNECT WITH OTHER PEOPLE.

YOU MIGHT JUST WANT TO SHARE YOUR STORY WITH THE PERSON NEXT TO YOU, BUT IT WOULD BE BRILLIANT IF YOU WANTED TO SHARE WITH THE CROWD.


COME ALONG WITH A STORY IN MIND, OR JUST LISTEN AND SEE IF IT SPARKS ANY STORIES YOU'D LIKE TO SHARE.