True Stories Told Live Toronto

Thanks to everyone who came along to our Ghost Stories show!

Our last show of the year is impending on Tues Nov 27th @ the Garrsion. More details as they come — or to get them emailed straight to you, sign up for our very infrequent mailing list at http://www.yym.ca/tstlto1

xx (Yes Yes) Marsha

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/ghost2018
(a handful available on the door for $15 each)

This time we have NINE storytellers, telling 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 Sage Tyrtle, Chris Graham, Arianne Shaffer and Dan Yashinksy — the Founder 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

Tues 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:
Erin Rodgers
Jonathan Ramoutar
Tara Maher
Sage Tyrtle
Salma Hussain
Chris Graham
Dan Yashinsky
Arianne Shaffer
Hosted by me, Marsha from Yes Yes Marsha.com

Tickets: $10 advance from https://ti.to/true-stories-told-live/ghost2018
(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

*somewhat eerie

PS here’s that ticket link again — grab one before they sell out: https://ti.to/true-stories-told-live/ghost2018

Buy tickets here before they sell out: https://ti.to/true-stories-told-live/ghost2018

More details coming soooooooooon!

xxyyMarsha

More info coming soon!

Last show of the Summer, and we’re celebrating by, instead of having a MUSician, having a MAGician!!! Who, fyi, is amazing.

Facebook Event page: https://www.facebook.com/events/485045955242164

Weds August 15th @ 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

FREE ENTRY

Featuring:

Naiomi Perera
Shahrin Shawkat
Diwali Luharia
Matt McLaren
Plus a story and a MAGIC TRICK from the amazing magician Scott Hammell!

Hosted by me, Marsha from Yes Yes Marsha

The show is 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.

FREE ENTRY

To join our very infrequent mailing list, go to: yym.ca/tstlto1
SEE YOU ON WED Aug 15th! Spread the word!

xMarsha

Dear ones!

Next show will be Weds August 15th at The Garrison – details coming soon but save the date!

In the meantime, the videos from the (amazing, AMAZING!!!!) last show are up. If you were there, you’ll know how it was a bit magical, one of my faves we’ve ever had. THANK YOU to everyone who came along!

If you weren’t there go and watch the videos online! To start you off, here’s (double Canadian Comedy Award-winner) Sam Mullins with  a story that made me laugh so hard I sounded like a guinea pig, shaking and squeaking:

If you’d like an email reminder before the next show, you can join our very infrequent mailing list by clicking here: yym.ca/tstlto1

More details about August 15th as they come in!

xxyyMarsha

PS want to learn more about how to tell compelling stories? Tons of information over on my blog, here: yesyesmarsha.com/blog or if you’d like to hire me to help you – I’d love to! Have a look here: yesyesmarsha.com/workwithme

To celebrate the show The Sunshine Eaters, come and hear a specially curated line-up of storytellers speak about nature and escaping the ills of the world, at this off-site show at OCAD’s Onsite Gallery (199 Richmond St West)

FB event here: https://www.facebook.com/events/1728802213808549

Weds April 11th @ 7 p.m.
True Stories Toronto
@ Onsite Gallery,  199 Richmond St. W.

Free event
Cash bar available

Inspired by themes in The Sunshine Eaters, storytellers share true, personal stories of their experiences with comfort through nature. Part of the True Stories (Told Live) Toronto event series. Organized and hosted by Storytelling Coach Marsha (of Yes Yes Marsha –
YesYesMarsha.com).

Storytellers are: Sage Tyrtle, Hisham Kelati, Keira Loukes and David Keystone.

The Sunshine Eaters is an original multi-sensory exhibition that highlights how artists and designers look to the land and its plants, flowers and trees as a means to imagine and conjure hope in the face of local and global crises.

Featuring work by: Shary Boyle, Nick Cave, Robert Holmes, Jim Holyoak, Brian Jungen, Jessica Karuhanga, Alexandra Kehayoglou, Nina Leo and Moez Surani, Tony Matelli, Alanis Obomsawin, Ebony G. Patterson and Winnie Truong. Curated by Lisa Deanne Smith.

Exhibition runs January 10 to April 15, 2018.

About True Stories Toronto – https://truestoriestoronto.com/
True Stories Toronto is the city’s biggest free storytelling show. For five years, hundreds of Torontonians have enjoyed the format of four storytellers and one storytelling musician, making intimacy in a big room in West Toronto.

“Toronto’s best storytelling show. Still haven’t been to True Stories Toronto? DO IT”
– She Does The City

About Marsha Shandur – YesYesMarsha.com
Marsha Shandur is the producer and host of True Stories Toronto, and a Storytelling Coach. As the founder of YesYesMarsha.com, she shows professionals and entrepreneurs how to make an INSTANT emotional connection with their dream clients, through storytelling on stage and screen. She has been featured on Forbes, the BBC, Mashable

About Onsite Gallery – www.ocadu.ca/onsite
Onsite Gallery is the flagship professional gallery of OCAD U and an experimental curatorial platform for art, design and new media. Visit our website for upcoming public events.

Thanks to everyone who came along to our 5th bday party – and thanks to the Storytellers!

L-R that’s Kevin Breathnac, Diwali Luharia, Graham Isador, Marilla Wex, Zebulon Pike, Erin Rodgers and Me, Marsha. Not pictured but also on the bill were Sage Tyrtle, Paul Hutcheson and Rhiannon Archer.

Our next show is part of the Toronto Storytelling Festival, and is on March 20th @ The Garrison. It’ll be FREE ENTRY and we’ll have more details soon, or just turn up on the night!

More as it comes,

xxyyMarsha

PS want to know more about how to tell powerful stories yourself? Tons of info on my website (that’s what I teach for my job!) at YesYesMarsha.com