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Welcome to the online home of MoonShadow Stories! To find out more about us, please click on the links above. To find out more about our public events, please see below. Thank you!
What's New...
For 2010, MoonShadow Stories has a whole line-up of exciting programmes at The Substation and beyond! Please check this page often for updates:
• Stories Day and Night: A Celebration of Storytelling
Come ignite your imagination and warm your hearts!
MoonShadow Stories invites you to an intimate and exclusive afternoon and evening of oral storytelling for children and adults. MoonShadow Stories is celebrating its 5th anniversary with this Storytelling Marathon held on International World Storytelling Day (held each year during the Spring Equinox).
Stories Day and Night has tales for the young, the young-at-heart, and mature listeners in five different programmes held back-to-back within seven hours. This unique storytelling marathon, the first of its kind to be held in Singapore, is a special event not to be missed...
Date: Saturday 20th March 2010
Venue: The Substation Theatre, 45 Armenian Street, Singapore 179936
Children's Storytelling Sessions @ $26/person/session:
NB: These sessions are not recommended for babies and toddlers.
• 3 to 4 pm: Small is Smart by Kamini Ramachandran & Verena Tay
Stories of little creatures with BIG ideas that get them what they want
(Suitable for ages 4 to 6 years)
• 4.30 to 5.30 pm: I Dare You! by Kamini Ramachandran & Verena Tay
Stories of bravery and mischief
(Suitable for ages 7 to 9 years)
Storytelling for Adults @ $30/person for all 3 sessions
NB: These sessions for ages 16 and above only. Light refreshments will be served between sessions.
• 7 to 8 pm: Dark Love: Tales of Twisted Hearts by Kamini Ramachandran
• 8 to 9 pm: Mind Games: Tales of Wit & Wonder by Verena Tay
• 9 to 10 pm: Over the Moon: Tales of Lunar Enchantment by Kamini Ramachandran & Verena Tay
Stories Day and Night: A Celebration of Storytelling is a co-presentation by MoonShadow Stories and The Substation.
• Awakenings: Stories of Transformation & Redemption ~ Storytelling for Adults
Downcast and dispirited? We have the solution for you! Come listen to our stories and join our hero(ine)s on their journeys as they find reserves of strength and wisdom they didn't know they had. Be awakened by the courage and beauty of these tales and discover that life does give second chances.
Featured Tellers: Kamini Ramachandran & Verena Tay
Special Guests: Juriah Atan, David Bok, Ignatius Ng, Kordial Kor, Kala Sundaram & Tan Joo Hymn
Date/Time: Fri 9 & Sat 10 Apr 2010, 8 pm
Venue: Classroom 2 (2nd Floor), The Substation, 45 Armenian Street
Price: $12 per person (pay at the door)
Seating is limited. To reserve a place, please refer to our booking information section.
Booking Information for MoonShadow Stories'
Awakenings: Stories of Transformation & Redemption ~Storytelling for Adults
@ The Substation
1. To reserve seats, please email bookings@moonshadowstories.org with the following information: your full name, the date of performance that you wish to attend, the number of seats to be booked, and your mobile contact number. She will email you back to confirm your booking as soon as possible.
2. Please note that payment is at the door on the night of the performance and all payment is on CASH terms only.
3. Please arrive by 7.45 pm to claim your reserved seat/s. The venue is free-seating and has limited seating capacity.
4. Waiting List: Sometimes when response is overwhelming, we operate a Waiting List, which is on a first-come-first-served basis. The Waiting List will be opened for seating at 7.55 pm. If you have made a booking and have not arrived by 7.55 pm, those on the Waiting List will be allowed in to occupy whatever vacant seats available.
5. Our Storytelling for Adults series is for those 16 years and above. Please do not bring children.
6. Please note that photography and video/audio recording of our performances are prohibited.
7. Please also note that our performances usually last around 90 to105 minutes (inclusive of a short interval of about 10 to 15 minutes). Simple refreshments will be served during the interval.
8. For additional enquiries, please call Kamini at 92732383.
Storytelling Workshops for 2010
• Timeless Tales: Bringing Yesterday's Stories into Today
Ancient folk tales, fables, myths and legends are excellent stories to retell in themselves. Yet the impact of these stories on some of your listeners may increase if you could somehow reset the story in a modern context. Using selected Aesop's fables as a starting point, Timeless Tales (a two-part workshop) aims to share with you some tips and tricks of how to adapt yesterday's stories into tales that you can tell with flair for today's audiences.
Facilitator: Verena Tay of MoonShadow Stories
Dates/Time: Tuesday, 2 March 2010 (7 to 10 pm) & Saturday, 6 March 2010 (2 to 5 pm)
Venue: Verena's home along Bukit Timah Road, near Newton
Cost/Participant: a) Associate Members of the Storytelling Association (Singapore): $180
b) Friends of the Storytelling Association (Singapore): $220
c) Non-members: $260
Registration/Enquiries: Please contact Verena Tay via verena@moonshadowstories.org or 91263835 (sms only) by Fri 19 Feb 2010.
• Beyond Storytelling 101
Have you been telling stories for some time already and been wondering how you can improve your storytelling skills? If yes, then this workshop 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. Beyond Storytelling 101 (2010) will be the third time that this intermediate course is being carried out after the two successful courses held during 2008 and 2009.
Facilitator: Verena Tay of MoonShadow Stories
Dates/Time: Tuesday, 4 & 11 May 2010 (7 to 10 pm) & Saturday, 8 & 15 May 2010 (2 to 5 pm)
Venue: Verena's home along Bukit Timah Road, near Newton
Cost/Participant: a) Associate Members of the Storytelling Association (Singapore): $300
b) Friends of the Storytelling Association (Singapore): $350
c) Non-members: $400
Registration/Enquiries: Please contact Verena Tay via verena@moonshadowstories.org or 91263835 (sms only) by Fri 24 Apr 2010.
Elsewhere...
• Bamboo Women, Grass Girls: Tales of Resilience (Storytelling for Adults @ AWARE)
Join Tan Joo Hymn and Verena Tay for a zesty hour as they share with you feisty folktales from around the world and reveal to you the power of storytelling to promote positive images of strong women!
Contrary to popular belief that damsels in distress are the only female protagonists in folktales, powerful heroines also exist in traditional stories that can serve as viable role models for one and all.
The oral storytelling tradition is almost as old as homo sapiens themselves. Every culture that has been known to exist had a strong storytelling culture. Stories were told around the fire for entertainment, but also to pass on old knowledge and wisdom. In more recent history, grandmothers were often the keepers and tellers of stories, passing them on to younger generations.
Stories are powerful. Some of the most successful corporations in the world use stories to inform and motivate their staff. A corporate manual is boring and didactic, but inspirational stories that illustrate the values and culture of the company spread like wild fire, passing from co-worker to co-worker with no effort on the part of the management.
Storytelling is hardwired into the human psyche. Children crave stories but as adults we forget that that is how our brains function. We listen to and tell stories many times a day, in so casual a manner that we hardly realise that is what we are doing. Recounting to a colleague the terrible delay due to an accident on the PIE, telling your spouse about the meeting when your boss finally admitted his mistake...
Stories can also be an effective springboard from which discussions on issues can be launched. Stories are disarming, they leave the interpretation to the listeners, and a richer, more textured dialogue can be built upon stories.
AWARE will be launching the Workplace Sexual Harassment Workshop very soon. The stories in Bamboo Women, Grass Girls relate to this theme. The one-hour storytelling session will be followed by an open dialogue. So, come and experience for yourselves the wonder and power of stories.
Featured Tellers: Tan Joo Hymn & Verena Tay
Dates/Time: Fri 5 Mar 2010, 8 pm
Venue: AWARE, Block 5 Dover Crescent, #01-22, Singapore 130005
Admission: By donation (to cover costs; proceeds will be donated to AWARE)
Enquiries: Please contact Tan Joo Hymn (97660527) or Verena Tay (verena@moonshadowstories.org).
• From the Heart: Stories of Compassion
(Storytelling for Adults on behalf of com.passion.sg)
To cope with a harsh, indifferent world, mankind has drawn inspiration from folktales for generations. Join a time-honoured tradition as you listen to storytellers Tan Joo Hymn and Verena Tay relate to you heart-warming tales of compassion from around the world. The storytelling session will be followed by an open discussion on the issue of how compassion is practised within Singapore. This evening is guaranteed to recharge your spirit and faith that goodness still exists despite the odds. So what are you waiting for? See you all soon...
Featured Tellers: Tan Joo Hymn & Verena Tay
Dates/Time: Fri 23 Apr 2010, 8 pm
Venue: Classroom 1 (2nd Floor), The Substation, 45 Armenian Street, Singapore 179936
Admission: By donation (to cover costs; proceeds will be donated to a charity chosen by com.passion.sg)
Enquiries: Please contact Tan Joo Hymn (97660527) or Verena Tay (verena@moonshadowstories.org).
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