True Stories Told Live Toronto

L-R: Christel Bartelse, Joanna Tence, Amish Patel, Brian Finch, Sage Tyrtle, Graham Isador, Marsha Shandur

Thanks so much for coming!

Here are the links from the Sept show. Thanks SO MUCH for everyone who came along – and to our wonderful storytellers and AMAZING Team TSTL.

Christel Bartelse​ (Thailand story) can be found here:
http://christelbartelse.com

Brian Finch​’s AMAZING storytelling show is Dare Storytelling​.
More here: http://www.darestorytelling.com

Sage Tyrtle​’s new storytelling show is here: http://storieswithstakes.com/

Joanna Tence​ has a Facebook page here:https://www.facebook.com/JoannaTence, and a Bandcamp (where you can hear THE ep!!), here: https://joannatence.bandcamp.com

Graham Isador​ runs the WONDERFUL Pressgang Theatre​ and Pressgang show at Handlebar: https://www.facebook.com/pressgangtheatre

Finally, Amish Patel​’s facebook page is Fade to Brown​, his website is http://fadetobrown.com, and the comedy show he mentioned (which is headlined by one of my favourite stand ups, Mark Little​) is Tues Oct 20th at The Drake, here: http://www.thedrakehotel.ca/happenings/2015/10/20/comedy-underground-feat-mark-little-k-trevor-wilso/

Thanks again for coming along! If you’d like to become a CHAIR MASTER, drop me an email to marsha@yesyesmarsha.com

Next show is Tues Oct 27th – GHOST Stories Told Live. Details here soon, or join the infrequent mailing list, here: yym.ca/tstlto1

See you then!

xxMarsh

We’re back!

Facebook event HERE if you’re on FB: https://www.facebook.com/events/484402918406625/484402925073291

It’s still kind of summer!! What a lovely way to spend the end of it, sitting in a cosy crowd, getting the feel the weird juju alchemy of being in a room full of people all getting to have the same experience, through hearing it in a story.

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

Tues Sept 22nd @ 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 (no tickets required)

Storytellers for this month:
Christel Bartelse
Brian Finch
Joanna Tence
Graham Isador
Amish Patel

Hosted by me, Marsha from YesYesMarsha.com

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.

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

If you want a reminder about this show (and future ones), join our very infrequent mailing list by clicking on this sentence.

See you there!

Marsha

PS if you’re curious to know what I do the rest of the time (and/or want to know how I pay my rent), want to find out how I can help you craft YOUR amazing story or just want some free advice and email templates, you can learn more about my views on how to tell a compelling story and do networking that’s actually FUN, over at YesYesMarsha.com.

We’re taking a little break for the Summer, but will be back on Tues Sept 22nd.

In the meantime, you can
(a) Check out some of the other AMAZING storytelling shows in Toronto (Sage Tyrtle has a very comprehensive list on her site, here: http://tyrtle.com

and/or

(b) Watch some stories from past shows, in the news feed below, or over on our YouTube channel, here:
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCVohgpFM6u3n__OUAXmPOpQ

If you’d like to get a reminder about the next show, you can join our (pleasantly infrequent) email list, here: http://yym.ca/tstlo.

For those who came along to the June 30th show, here are all the links:

Our musician Joanne Morra can be found at http://www.joannemorra.com, and her residency is 1st Thurs of every month at Gate 403 Bar & Grill in Roncy.

Jen Cook (badass MacGyver biker) is actually an incredible vocal coach, who works both with professionals and people who’ve just always wanted to sing, at: http://www.dirtroadvocalstudio.com

Thanks also to Waleed Kattan, Elliott Allen and Coco Zimmerman!

If you were inspired by my stories of volunteering at the Adult Day Centre at West Toronto Support Services, you can find out more about volunteering here (and please spread the word! We have a lot of outings in summer (WHICH ARE SO CUTE), so need lots of volunteers):
http://wtss.org/volunteer.

The amazing storytellers who did 1.5 min sets are doing Fringe shows, here
Graham Isador (“Happy birthday dear…Customer”)
https://www.facebook.com/events/1589692204651899/

Jon Bennett (tried to put the balls in too/acid in the parson’s tea)
https://www.facebook.com/events/766250106830055/

Sam S. Mullins (show he almost scrapped has been NOMINATED FOR A BLOODY COMEDY AWARD)
https://www.facebook.com/events/813723895376677/

No Lights No Lycra Toronto (dancing in the pitch black) is every Monday evening at Dovercourt House, find out more by joining the group here: https://www.facebook.com/groups/1374770642847403/.

Have a LOVELY Summer and we’ll see you on the 22nd.

xxyyMarsha

(this last photo by Connie Tsang, from her spectacular Instagram account, that you can find here: @conniemtsang)

Anna Willats talks about the ins and outs of creating a lesbian family, back in the bad old days of the 80’s.

Anna was invited to come and tell a story because she is involved with Groundswell Community Justice Fund. Thanks to all who donated on the night of the show. If you would like to find out more about the incredible, game-changing work that Groundswell does, look here:
http://groundswellfund.ca

Quick reminder that our next show is Tuesday Sept 22nd.

Please join our Facebook group:https://www.facebook.com/groups/truestoriestoronto

Musician Lisa Bozikovic’s story is about being the not-quite-bottom-of-the-pile-but-almost kid in school, who somehow makes friends with the beautiful, perfect-hair new girl.

You can hear more of Lisa’s (AMAZING) music and learn more about her here:
http://www.lisabozikovic.ca

Quick reminder that our next show (and our last until September) is Tuesday Sept 22nd.

Please join our Facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/truestoriestoronto

Naseem Hrab opened the April show with one of our most powerful stories yet. Just wonderful and so moving.

Next show is Tuesday Sept 22nd, 2015.

We (and by “we” I mean I) will be taking a break for the Summer. So this is the last show until September!

Facebook event HERE if you’re on FB: https://www.facebook.com/events/1444708889164322/

The last show until September! So, possibly the last chance to spend a balmy evening listening to cosy, moving, funny, thoughtful, prepared and really well told stories.

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

Tues June 30th @ 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 (no tickets required)

Storytellers for this month:
Jen Cook
Coco Zimmerman
Joanne Morra
Waleed Kattan
Elliot Allen

Hosted by me, Marsha from YesYesMarsha.com

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.

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

For more info, or to join our very infrequent mailing list, go to: www.TrueStoriesToronto.com

See you there!

Marsha

(photo above by Jake Givens, via the wonderful Unsplash)

http://www.TrueStoriesToronto.com

PS if you’re curious to know what I do the rest of the time (and/or want to know how I pay my rent), or just want some free advice and email templates, you can learn more about my views on how to do networking that’s actually FUN, over at YesYesMarsha.com.

Quick reminder that our next show is Tuesday June 30th at The Garrison.

Today’s videos are two stories that I re-tell all the time to friends who couldn’t make the show.

First up, comedian Rick Jones tells my favourite Customs story OF ALL TIME:

You can find out about Rick’s upcoming shows, hire him to MC, do stand up, and/or write your best man’s speech, and more at www.rickjonescomedy.com

Secondly, Wayne Hendry tells us the perils of trying to transport a cat on a several hours-long plane journey (hint: choose your pants carefully).

Our next show is Tues June 30th at the Garrison. If you want details sent to you in advance – and a short reminder on the day of the show (or the day before), then sign up to our (very infrequent) email list here: yym.ca/tstlto1

See you then!

xMarsha

PS if you want to find out more about what I do when I’m not running this show for free, you can at http://YesYesMarsha.com

When this story was told, it led to one of my favourite moments in the HISTORY of True Stories Told Live. In fact, I was so moved that I wrote an entire blog about it – in which I also detail the story-coaching process. You can read it, here:  Why You Should Ask Strangers Personal Questions You can watch the video of his (incredible) story on the page that links to, or here:

Our next show is Tuesday June 30th @ The Garrison. More details here – to get a notification a week before and then again a day before, sign up to our (very infrequent) email list here: http://yym.ca/tstlo1

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

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

FREE ENTRY (no tickets required)

Storytellers for this month:
Natalie Van Dine