Monday, September 26, 2011

review: storytelling

Yesterday three of us went through the drizzle to hear stories told at 5 Eliza Street, behind Zanzibar in Newtown.  It was, you guessed it, part of the Fringe, and really pretty cool (in at least two senses ...).

It was a very relaxed, casual atmosphere with sofas and chairs and such to sit in as we were regaled by four storytellers and an MC with some pretty good tales of his own.  The stories ranged from amazingly romantic (girls, always write boys who offer to make you tea notes ... they might find them 19 months later and ask you out!) to gangster-y to funny ("My bike got a flat tire.  I am not mechanically inclined.  I got a new bike.") to slightly sketchy (leave it to your imagination).  All in all, we loved it.

Afterwards it was very rainy and we were very cold so we dashed inside the nearest cafe we could find and spend the next several hours concocting haikus out of scrabble letters.  Here's a sampling for you:  (sorry, blogger's spacing is driving me crazy ... the essence is here ...)

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