True Stories Told Live Toronto

Thanks SO MUCH to everyone who came out to the Ghost Stories show last night!

Our next show will be Tuesday November 29th.

Here are links and things from last night, as promised:

Get ready for a teeeeeeeerrrifyyyyyyyyyyyiiiiiiiiing* night of ghost, Hallowe’en and spook-related (mostly) true stories!

It’s time for our yearly fundraiser, the wildly popular GHOST Stories Told Live!

Tickets: $10 advance from https://ti.to/true-stories-told-live/ghost2016
(a handful available on the door for $15 each)

Full details below, but if you’re on Facebook, please RSVP to (and maybe share!) the event page, here: https://www.facebook.com/events/171598849957098

This time we have NINE storytellers, telling (mostly) true stories about eerie things that happened to or near them (or to one of their relatives). Featuring some of True Stories Told Live’s favourite previous storytellers and a few new faces – including the Director of the Toronto Storytelling Festival!

Also, the return of the ever-popular singalonga Ghostbusters Theme Tune.

COSTUME OPTIONAL (which means: I’ll be in one, but you don’t have to).

Please join our Facebook Group: http://facebook.com/groups/truestoriestoronto

Sun Oct 30th @ The Garrison, Dundas St West @ Ossington Ave.

Doors open 6.45pm, stories start 7.30pm sharp.
(latecomers admitted very quietly)

Spoooooooooky Storytellers for this month:
Sage Tyrtle
Shawn Hogan
Dan Yashinsky
Jorrin Burns
Ben Soper
Heather Lynds
Dan Rosen
Laura Di Girolamo &
Zebulon Pike

Hosted by me, Marsha from Yes Yes Marsha.com

Tickets: $10 advance from https://ti.to/true-stories-told-live/ghost2016
(a handful available on the door for $15 each).

You’ll need to get there early to get a good seat (latecomers have to stand at the back).

For a reminder of this (and future shows), please join our very infrequent mailing list here: http://yym.ca/tstlto1

Seeeeeee yooooou theeeeeeeeere!

xxMarsha

PS here’s the ticket link again: https://ti.to/true-stories-told-live/ghost2016
Grab one before it sells ooooooooooooooooooout!

*somewhat eerie

Sweet True Stories Family!

Next show is Tues Sept 20th. Before then:

I have two big changes. Name change and price (/charging at all) change:

(1) NAME CHANGE.

When the show True Stories Told Live began, back in London in September, 2009, The Moth (the world’s biggest storytelling show) did not have a tagline. Now it does, and it’s the same as the name of our show. For a while, we soldiered on – legally, we were fine to use it, and we knew we hadn’t nicked it off them.

But people sometimes think we have. And that has become prevalent enough to be reason to want to change it.

From now on, we’re going to be called the name that is already our website address:

True Stories Toronto

There’ll be a small transition period, where you’ll see the words Told Live written small, or bracketed in places. Then, hopefully, it’ll stick.

(2) PRICE CHANGE

We ran as a free-entry show for years. Then we tried charging.

We liked – actually, LOVED – being able to pay our performers. We (and by “we”, I mean, I, me, Marsha) LOVED being able to pay our up-until-then-volunteers team.

But, for a variety of reasons, it’s not working for us.

So we’re going back to being a free show, with one exception:

Every year, our Halloween show, GHOST Stories Told Live Toronto, will be ticketed as a fundraiser for the rest of the year. There are a bunch of non-recuperable expenses in putting the show on (videographer, equipment, hours and hours and hours of unpaid work), so this’ll go some way to paying for those. In fact – tickets for this year’s Halloween show (on Sunday Oct 30th) are on sale now, HERE: https://ti.to/true-stories-told-live/ghost2016

See next post for details of the next show, which is Tues Sept 20th @ The Garrison!

xxMarsha

PS if you want to get free advice on telling compelling stories, find out more about the work I do, helping people tell their personal stories for their business, websites or stage talks – or be coached for a story and avoid the two year waiting list for this show – hop over to YesYesMarsha.com

Next show of ours is Tues Sept 20th – with details coming soon!

(and by “soon”, I most likely mean end of August)

In the meantime, enjoy this article about the origins of the Toronto Storytelling scene, with thanks to the ever-wonderful Dan Yashinsky of the Toronto Storytelling Festival

From Toronto Star 4 Mar 1979:

It’s beautiful outside – come and beautify your insides with some amazing stories. Five full storytellers (one who’s a musician) – plus, some three-minute stories from the storytelling stars of the Toronto Fringe, so you have a great taster!

Guarantee entry (and save $) buy getting your advance ticket HERE:https://ti.to/true-stories-told-live/june16

Facebook event here: https://www.facebook.com/events/1624093474572981https://www.facebook.com/events/1624093474572981
Please join our Facebook Group: http://facebook.com/groups/truestoriestoronto

Tues June 28th @ The Garrison, Dundas St West @ Ossington Ave.

Doors open 6.45pm, stories start 7.30pm sharp.
(latecomers admitted very quietly)
We’ll finish around 10pm

Buy tickets HERE: https://ti.to/true-stories-told-live/june16

Storytellers for this month:
Tawn Haas
Lex Lamey
Alex Rukashevsky
Anto Chan
Helder Brum

PLUS Fringe-Teaser Stories from storytelling stars of the Toronto Fringe: Graham Isador, Arianne Shaffer,Rhiannon Archer and Christel Bartelse

Hosted by Marsha from YesYesMarsha.com
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It’s a really lovely night, friendly and warm. There is a 20 minute interval, but quite a few people come on their own with a book or something, so if you fancy doing that, you won’t be the only one.

If you want to come early and grab some food, The Lakeview diner (est 1932) is a few steps away, with the best shakes (I love banana-vanilla) and sweet potato fries in Toronto. Also, The Garrison has tacos. TACOS.

Guarantee a ticket – buy in advance here:
https://ti.to/true-stories-told-live/june16

See you there!

Marsha

Next show – the last for the Summer – will be Tuesday, June 28th.
Want advance tickets now? Here you go!

https://ti.to/true-stories-told-live/june16

More details as they are confirmed!

xMarsha

Next show is in one week! I’ve finished sitting down with the storytellers and the stories this month are AMAZING. I’m super-excited.

The show is Tuesday May 31st at The Garrison – tickets are $8.50 advance from THIS LINK HERE! Full details below.

First: we were in the bloody newspaper! It was very exciting. Journalist Zoe McKnight has (or maybe now had?) a crippling fear of public speaking, so she came and told a story, and then wrote about it. She said that the experience was “like a hit of dopamine” and that she “felt like [she] had won the lottery”, which is nice.

You can read the whole article, here:

https://www.thestar.com/life/2016/04/05/conquering-a-fear-of-public-speaking.html

and you can watch her story, here:

Below are full details for the show. See you on Tuesday!

Marsha

PS if you’d like help crafting your own story – or get some free tips for how to be better at telling stories in general – this is what I do. I’ve just finished a 5-part blog series on how to tell better stories, over at yesyesmarsha.com

TRUE STORIES TOLD LIVE MAY

Tues May 31st @ The Garrison, Dundas St West @ Ossington Ave.

Doors open 6.45pm, stories start 7.30pm sharp.
(latecomers admitted very quietly)
We’ll finish around 10pm

$8.50 advance. Buy tickets HERE.
If we don’t sell out, they’ll be $10 on the door.

Storytellers for this month:
Faisal Butt
Rico Rodriguez
Chris Gostling
Marilla Wex
Kevin Venus

Hosted by Marsha from YesYesMarsha.com

Facebook event: https://www.facebook.com/events/1327362943944154

To join our very infrequent mailing list, go to: http://yym.ca/tstlto1

If you’re interested in telling a story, look at truestoriestoronto.com/tell

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Tickets: https://ti.to/true-stories-told-live/true-stories-told-live-may-show

It’s summer! Or it will be by the time this show arrives.

Come and celebrate with some wonderful stories

Please join our Facebook Group:http://facebook.com/groups/truestoriestoronto

Find the Facebook event here: https://www.facebook.com/events/1327362943944154

TRUE STORIES TOLD LIVE MAY

Tues May 31st @ The Garrison, Dundas St West @ Ossington Ave.

Doors open 6.45pm, stories start 7.30pm sharp.
(latecomers admitted very quietly)
We’ll finish around 10pm

$8.50 advance. Buy tickets HERE.
If we don’t sell out, they’ll be $10 on the door.

Storytellers for this month:
Faisal Butt
Rico Rodriguez
Chris Gostling
Marilla Wex
Kevin Venus

Hosted by Marsha from YesYesMarsha.com

To join our very infrequent mailing list, go to: http://yym.ca/tstlto1

If you’re interested in telling a story, look at truestoriestoronto.com/tell