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Posted on 25th Apr 2019 by tales111

Some of the lovely things people said about us:

Brilliant music and songs, love the pictures and instruments

I liked the show, I liked the genie the best. Some sounds made me scared, it was fun!

Beautiful production delivered with passion, wonderful pictures and very imaginatively presented. Great storytelling, loved the interaction from the audience and musical accompaniment

He really liked the show, he liked the crackle crack, he liked the quiet moments, it was great, thank you, well done,

Very absorbing, felt like I was actually in the forest

I liked helping

I really enjoyed it, it was really fun and I loved participating, I think everyone will love it!

Home again

Posted on 23rd Apr 2019 by tales111

Home after a fabulous day at the Retreat in Glen Esk on the hottest Easter Sunday on record – a timely reminder of the theme of our show, but what a glorious setting in the bowl of the glen, and lovely last two audiences in our puppet festival debut. We were keeping a record of the offerings for the most beautiful palace in the world: so far we’ve had libraries, and video games (of course!) gold, princesses, queens, gyms, spas, golden flags, theatres, chocolate bars, and today we got some mermaids – sparkling mermaids sitting in pools lined with pure marble listening to the fountains playing and whirlpool slides … a wonderful palace finale to our little tour

Dagba is resting now, until his next great outing in the Edinburgh festival fringe in August and possibly a slot in the Storytelling Centre in the Autumn if we can fit it in!

On to the next projects, which might include some fishy tales from Scottish mythology depending how our drawing skills develop!

Our Journeys Continue

Posted on 18th Apr 2019 by tales111

A great day ‘instagramming’ our way around our various transport links between the two Edinburgh Libraries – Oxgangs to Moredun where we told to VERY different audiences. I feel I’ve still a long way to go in captivating a free range audience, but the shows in dedicated rooms went excellently which is encouraging for the development of our little peice in the future!

First tellings at the Puppet Festival

Posted on 16th Apr 2019 by tales111

‘Animating’ the djinns at The Village Storytelling Centre as our little show reaches its climax! We’ve done three performances so far, and our skills in getting the trolleys on and off buses are growing exponentially. Its been fascinating how different audiences bring such different atmospheres to the tellings, and so far Dagba has stood up well to audiences from 10 to 3 year olds – Faced with a roomful of toddlers for our 5 plus show Maria and I decided not to compromise and see what unfolded: storytelling itself is such a primal thing it seems to touch the heart whether or not the language is at ‘the right level’ – and luckily we seemed to get away with it!!

Dagba’s DayTrip to Glasgow

Posted on 11th Apr 2019 by tales111

All the way from Edinburgh’s Tollcross to Glasgow’s Pollock with two trolleys by public transport to entertain the Easter Club at the Village Storytelling Centre : our first trip with the larger Kamishibai and Dagba’s Forest Tales. What an adventure. Obviously our first brush with stairs! and rain!