True Stories Told Live Toronto

Thanks to the INCREDIBLE audience at the November show, and to the Storytellers! I’ll post their links below. In the meantime, please block off your calendar for evening of

MONDAY JANUARY 27th, 2025

…when we’ll be back with a live show at The Garrison (Dundas W @ Ossington). Want a reminder in your inbox? Join our very infrequent mailing list at YesYesMarsha.com/truestories

Links from the show:

Brandilee MacMullan is on Instagram here: https://www.instagram.com/wiciltd

Abigail Conklin is a poet, and you can find her on Instagram here: https://www.instagram.com/akc_poetry_prints

Shqdel (musician) is on Instagram at https://www.instagram.com/siyqdel or other links here: https://linktr.ee/Shqdel

Zeus says he has no links!

Spencer West: ww.spencer2thewest.com find his socials here: https://linktr.ee/spencer2thewest

And you can find me (Marsha) at YesYesMarsha.com, where I teach Storytelling and Ethically Persuasive Communication to individuals and organisations.

See you in Jan! A reminder that you can join the mailing list to get a reminder here: YesYesMarsha.com/truestories

Our next upcoming show will be Tues, November 26th @ The Garrison, Dundas St West @ Ossington Ave!!

This is a FREE show, so just show up and enjoy!!

Here are all the details!

**The Garrison is wheelchair accessible, including washrooms**
Doors open 6.45pm, stories start 7.30pm sharp.
(latecomers admitted very quietly)
We’ll finish around 10pm

FREE ENTRY (just show up)
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Storytellers:
Spencer West
Zeus G
Abigail Conklin
Brandilee MacMullin
Musical storyteller: Shqdel

Hosted by Marsha from YesYesMarsha.com

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 and sweet potato fries in Toronto.

FREE ENTRY

SEE YOU ON Tues Nov 26th! Spread the word!

Want a reminder via email? Sign up to our infrequent mailing list, here: http://www.yesyesmarsha.com/truestories

Here’s the FB event: https://www.facebook.com/share/UZW38nbEYxRz1Qda

Please join our FB group! http://facebook.com/groups/truestoriestoronto

xMarsha

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***photo credit Layla FT via Unsplash

Thank you to everyone who came out for the Glad Day Bookshop fundraiser — WHAT a show!! WHAT an audience!!! And we raised a good chunk of money for Glad Day while having a great time!

Next show is our Halloween special, a fundraiser that helps to keep the usual TST shows free. You’ll hear some excellent ghost, spooky and halloween-related stories. I’ll be dressed as a 90’s pop star. And we’ll have our ever-popular “singalonga Ghostbuster’s Theme tune”!

Tickets are $15 advance, $20 on the door.

You can get your advance NOW tickets by clicking on this link!!

Storytellers:
Sage Tyrtle
Ananya Ohri
Jonathan Barrie
Sheila DeCuyper
Margarita Caropresi
Kesha Christie

Hosted by me, Marsha from YesYesMarsha.com

There is a 15-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 and sweet potato fries in Toronto.

You can get your advance NOW tickets by clicking on this link!!

Seeeee yoooooou theeeeeeereeee

xxyyMarsha

Photo: Oxana Melis via Unsplash.com

On Monday July 29th, we’re holding a fundraiser for Glad Day Bookshop, at the Bookshop itself (499 Church St). You get the chance to see five of your favourite queer storytellers from our 11 years of shows come and tell five of your favourite stories! Among them: CBC fave Ted Morris, Rico Rodriguez (telling a story you NEED to hear if you want to know your Toronto queer history), Sally Hakim (whose story is so good I made it the lead story on our channel) and MORE!!!

Glad Day is the oldest queer bookstore in the world​ (THE! WORLD!!) and is facing eviction. As big fans, we decided we wanted to do something, so we’re running this surprise show as a fundraiser. 

Please spread the word! Here’s the link: https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/queer-true-stories-told-live-toronto-tickets-945185654737?aff=oddtdtcreator

And here’s an image you can copy and share:

More details added to this post soon! SEE YOU THERE!!!!

xxyyMarsha

Next show will be Monday, October 28th, 2024. More details as they come!

In the meantime, join our very infrequent email list here.

Our next upcoming show will be Mon May 27th @ The Garrison, Dundas St West @ Ossington Ave!!

This is a FREE show, so just show up and enjoy!!

While we frequently have people who’ve never been on stage in their lives before, this month we have two Toronto celebrities in our midst: everyone’s favourite CBC host Ali Hassan, and Allyson McOuat, whose essay in the New York Times‘ Modern Love section got made into a TV show, and who’s just released an INCREDIBLE memoir (The Call Is Coming From Inside The House) that is getting rave reviews everywhere from Chicago Review of Books to Autostraddle to the Toronto Star (who names it one of their top 20 books to watch out for). In addition, we have a beautiful coming of age story from Tyvaughn Holness, music and memoir from Cyrus: A Brown Man With A Yellow Guitar, and our performer is Micha Happie Edwards, a person I once saw read out a list of people’s names in a register for a bus journey and it was one of the most engaging and entertaining performance pieces I’ve ever seen — Micha is THAT good.

Here are all the details!

**The Garrison is wheelchair accessible, including washrooms**
Doors open 6.45pm, stories start 7.30pm sharp.
(latecomers admitted very quietly)
We’ll finish around 10pm

FREE ENTRY (just show up)
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Storytellers:
Ali Hassan
Allyson McOuat’s
Micha Happie Edwards
Cyrus: A Brown Man With A Yellow Guitar
Tyvaughn Holness

Hosted by Marsha from YesYesMarsha.com

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 and sweet potato fries in Toronto.

FREE ENTRY

SEE YOU ON Mon May 27th! Spread the word!

Please join our FB group: http://facebook.com/groups/truestoriestoronto

xMarsha

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***photo credit Daria Honcharuk via Unsplash https://www.instagram.com/d.svc

PS for anyone who came via Insta, here’s the full version of that story:

Next show will be Monday, May 27th, 2024. More details as they come!

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If you’ve been to a Jan show before, you’ll know they are (without fail for 9 years) always a LITTLE BIT MAGICAL. This month includes stories from multiple Canadian Comedy Award and Ambie (aka the Oscars of podcasts) Award-winner Sam Mullins, stunning musician Shqdel, and journalist and author of CBC-favourite “The Syrian Ladies Benevolent Society”, Christine Estima!

Mon Jan 22nd @ The Garrison, Dundas St West @ Ossington Ave.

**The Garrison is wheelchair accessible, including washrooms**
Doors open 6.45pm, stories start 7.30pm sharp.
(latecomers admitted very quietly)
We’ll finish around 10pm

FREE ENTRY

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Storytellers:
Sam Mullins
Christine Estima
Lamia Gibson
Jonny Bent-Ford
and VERY special musical guest Shqdel

Hosted by Marsha from YesYesMarsha.com

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 and sweet potato fries in Toronto.

FREE ENTRY

SEE YOU ON Mon Jan 22nd! Spread the word!

Please join our FB group: http://facebook.com/groups/truestoriestoronto

xMarsha

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More details as they come, but it’ll be 7:30-10ish as usual, and free entry. Pop it in your calendar now!

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The last True Stories Told Live Toronto of the year!

Mon Nov 27th @ The Garrison, Dundas St West @ Ossington Ave.

**The Garrison is wheelchair accessible, including washrooms**
Doors open 6.45pm, stories start 7.30pm sharp.
(latecomers admitted very quietly)
We’ll finish around 10pm

FREE ENTRY

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Storytellers:
Adam Chen
Elaine Gold
Lara Wellman
Camille Cote
And very special musical guest, Danila Stone!

Hosted by Marsha from YesYesMarsha.com

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 and sweet potato fries in Toronto.

FREE ENTRY

SEE YOU ON Mon Nov 27th! Spread the word!

xMarsha

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