Through The Front Door – presented by Open Storytellers TICKETS ON SALE NOW!!!! A journey of dreamworlds, music hall, poetic histories, asylums and workhouses; laws of the land; hands in the earth and The Harmony Ball. We’re all waiting for the curtain to be parted, waiting for the overture to get everything started. Take […]
Through the front door Performance on 31st of January 2025 Read More »
A “Hullabaloo” – a noise or fuss made by people who are angry or excited about something. In collaboration with Green & Healthy Frome; OpenStoryTellers have bought together four local creative practitioners to work alongside a collective of talented artists with learning disabilities, to explore how the changing environment impacts on their world. This
An All Round Hullabaloo An Exhibition by OpenStoryTellers Read More »
We have recently started a new project all about self-advocacy in Somerset. We are trying to link together all the groups in Somerset who do self-advocacy and to find the right audiences to hear their stories. We have Clemma who is Special project Advisor, Ellie who is a Supported Intern, Joe who is also a
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We are looking for a Project Manager who will co-lead with 3 other people who have a learning disability. This role is part time (details at the end of this blog) We have prepared a short explainer film that talks about the main areas of the role and the kind of gifts, talents and experience that
We are recruiting! Read More »
Through the Front Door Project update- creative phase Here at Openstorytellers, we have begun to introduce the themes that we have been discovering through our research. We will share more of this as the project continues, but just for now we wanted to show you Joe’s work on his set design. Doors are featuring strongly
Creating our Heritage show is well and truly underway Read More »
Through the Front Door Project update- site visits! Using money raised by National Lottery players, The National Lottery Heritage Fund supports projects that connect people and communities with the UK’s heritage. Through the Front Door is made possible with The National Lottery Heritage Fund. Thanks to National Lottery players, we have been able to visit
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Using money raised by National Lottery players, The National Lottery Heritage Fund supports projects that connect people and communities with the UK’s heritage. Our heritage project ‘Through the Front Door’ is made possible with The National Lottery Heritage Fund. Blog about my thoughts and feelings about my set design for the heritage project ‘Through the
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Through the Front Door Project update- AprilLast week we visited the old Norah Fry hospital in Shepton Mallet. This heritage site is very important to us as we remembered our dear friend Brian, who we knew had lived in the Norah Fry hospital as a young man. We enjoyed reading his book and hearing his
Visiting Norah Fry Read More »
Me, Ellie and Katy, have been doing a lot of work towards the interviews and chatting to some of the artists who come to OST. We have also thought that the information has given us a lot of points to discuss to find out what people think about OST here. The sort of information people
OST and Me monthly blog (Friday 24th of May 2024) Read More »
OST and ME is a project which will help us understand what the artists like about Openstorytellers, and don’t like so we can support the artists to express their feelings about Openstorytellers. The team who will be running this project will be, Alex, Ellie and Joe. We are seriously excited that the talented Katy Brickley
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