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Confabulation#68 The Shortest Story XIII (part 2)Stories: quick as we can tell them! More!Our annual Shortest Story extravaganza took place at the Centaur Theatre on January 13, 2023The storytellers in Part 2 are:Mike PellegrinMichele Luchs Julia Haney Ariel Shirker Yigal Judah Nisha Coleman Francesca Esguerra Myriam Ennajimi Sherwin Tija Jimmy ChowAmanda Perry If you want to watch the show, you can do that right hereAnd while you're on our page, please subscribe to our YouTube channel for more stories @confabulationstoriesStay in the loop with all of our upcoming live shows by subscribing to our newsletter www.confabu...
2023-07-2633 minConfabulation#67 The Shortest Story XIII (part 1)Stories: quick as we can tell them!Our annual Shortest Story extravaganza took place at the Centaur Theatre on January 13, 2023Follow along, guess the storyteller! Here's the show order for part 1: Matt Goldberg Claire Sherwood Zahraa Chorghay Vadim GranErica SchmidtDeb VanSlet Alexia Cote Myke Wilder Johanne Cadorette Lukas RowlandJohanne Pelletier Naika JosephEmma Lanza If you want to watch the show, you can do that right hereAnd while you're on our page, please subscribe to our YouTube channel for more stories @confabulationstoriesStay in the loop with all of our upcoming live shows...
2023-07-1239 minConfabulation#66 Good Date / Bad Date 2This episode features a story by Lea Beddia from our Good Date/Bad Date show in March 2022 at the Centaur Theatre in Montreal. Stay tuned after the story for an interview with Lea about, among other things, the intersection of her writing life and her storytelling life. Lea is a high school teacher and the author of two young adult novels. She is a compulsive reader and coffee drinker, and loves stories of family and childhood. You can follow her on social media and check out her website at www.leabeddia.comFor more stories, p...
2023-06-2720 minConfabulation#65 En-FabulousThis episode features Juliana Léveillé-Trudel, host and producer of Enfabulation, a French-language storytelling show in Montreal. Juliana also produces the Enfabulation podcast. Her featured story was told live on the Mainline Theatre stage in 2017.From June 22, 2023 to February 16, 2024, six Enfabulation shows will be part of the CAM on Tour program, a program that has been spreading the arts across the island of Montreal for 40 years.For a schedule of Enfabulation's summer tour, check out www.enfabulation.ca or go to their FB page.Check out their podcast, wherever you do your listening.
2023-05-2428 minConfabulation#64 The Song that Saved my LifeThis episode features a story by, and an interview with, Keith Serry. The story is from our Summer Love event — and Keith uses this theme to reflect not on romantic love, but that temporary, fleeting feeling of a youthful moment.Keith Serry is a father, husband, performer, teacher, producer, host, journalist, and, when called upon, lawyer based in Montreal.Since 2020, Keith has produced and hosted The Volume Knob (www.volumeknob.net), a podcast where some of North America's most talented storytellers share stories about the way music makes us feel.Ke...
2023-05-0822 minConfabulation# 63 InheritanceThis episode features a story by, and an interview with, Gracia Dyer Jalea about channelling the stories of our ancestors. Gracia is an award-winning change leader, founder, and mother of twins. Her work as an artist and researcher focuses on transnational learning and storytelling as a means for community building, connection, and personal and social transformation. Gracia has a podcast called Meet Me in the Square, which you can find on various platforms.Gracia told this story live on the Centaur stage in May 2022. You can watch it hereAnd while y...
2023-04-2523 minConfabulation#62 PerspectivesIt's all in how you look at it, where you're standing, or just who you are. In this episode, we'll hear a story by Michele Luchs, and then talk to her about perspective and what it means to get at a truth -- not the whole truth, just one of so many.Michele Luchs is a storyteller, media-literacy specialist, teacher trainer and curriculum writer. She is a producer at Confabulation, where she also teaches StoryLab, Confabulation’s storytelling workshop.And here's another perspective: watch Michele tell the story at our March 2023 show at the Phi Ce...
2023-03-2822 minConfabulation#61 Déjà VuThis episode, Déjà Vu, explores just how personal that feeling of familiarity really is through two stories from our live show.These two fantastic storytellers, Taylor Tower and Nathan Elliott, graced the Confabulation stage at the Mainline Theatre in April 2022. Taylor Tower is a storyteller and communications professional based in Montreal. Her work has appeared on Public Radio Remix and CBC's WireTap with Jonathan Goldstein.Nathan Elliott writes fiction and nonfiction, teaches literature in colleges and universities, and provides a bit of commercial editing. He grew up in the...
2023-03-2827 minConfabulation#60 Good Date/Bad DateSeason 4, Episode 2 features Maryam Ganni telling a story at the Centaur Theatre in Montreal, in March 2022. It was our first live show in two years, and what a thrill it was to be back in front of a live audience. Maryam's story is a study in courage, humility and humour. Stay tuned for the conversation afterwards between Maryam and Deb about what it means to be a storyteller.Maryam Ganni is a motivational speaker and disability advocate. Her background as a professional makeup artist inspires her with not only her storytelling, but also h...
2023-03-1421 minConfabulation#59 Signs and SymbolsSeason 4 of the Confabulation podcast is back with a fresh batch of stories, interviews with storytellers, and just enough chatter to keep it all rolling.The first episode features two storytellers from our Signs and Symbols show at the Centaur Theatre, Montreal in May 2022. Julia Haney is an artist, designer and movement enthusiast currently based in Montreal. She tries to see the humour in life's more turbulent moments, because as Stephen Hawking noted, "life would be tragic if it weren't funny." Leigh Kinch-Pedrosa is a long time confabulator, lover of b...
2023-03-0120 minConfabulation#38: PerspectivesHey Confab fans! We're back -- with a new season of stories, true as we can tell them. This week, we have stories from our new co-hosts: Confabulation founder, Matt Goldberg and Montreal producer, Deb VanSlet! The stories explore the theme of Perspectives.Matt's story is from our October 2018 show, Awakenings; recorded at the Phi Centre, Montreal, QC. Matt Goldberg is a Montreal-based comedian, writer, actor and storyteller, as well as a founder and featured performer with Uncalled For -- an award-winning Canadian sketch and improv comedy troupe, based in Montreal and Toronto.
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