Scottish International Storytelling Festival: Gullrun’s Saga - She Built a Boat
An original story inspired by the Icelandic sagas, about a young Norwegian woman fleeing Norway in 980 AD and journeying to Iceland to find her freedom.
About Scottish International Storytelling Festival: Gullrun’s Saga - She Built a Boat
| 31st October 2024 | |
| 2pm - 3:30pm | |
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Scottish Storytelling Centre 43 - 45 High Street, Edinburgh Old Town EH1 1SR |
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| £5 | |
| Event organiser/part of Scottish International Storytelling Festival | |
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Created and performed by Svend-Erik Engh and Neil Sutcliffe, featuring traditional music, new poems and original musical compositions. An ‘In the Making’ work in progress sharing, followed by brief discussion.
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2024 marks the 35th anniversary of the Scottish International Storytelling Festival, coinciding with the 35th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall. Since 1989, SISF has been building bridges between cultures, artists and audiences all over the world through the power of storytelling – connecting past, present and future. This year’s theme is ‘Bridges Between’. At a time where literal, figurative and societal walls continue to be constructed, we invite everyone to look beyond these boundaries and to celebrate the last and the next 35 years of storytelling with us.
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