In 2015, storyteller Katy Cawkwell and cellist Sarah Llewellyn-Jones toured The Kingdom of the Heart to theatres, story-clubs and arts centres across the UK, produced by Adverse Camber and funded by Arts Council England.
Katy is now offering a one-off solo storytelling performance of this show as a fundraiser for the storytelling element of Dream Festival, a city-wide community arts festival taking place summer 2022 to celebrate 40 years of Cygnet Theatre.
John Lewis Exeter have kindly agreed to host the event and there will be a free glass of prosecco on arrival for all supporters.
The Kingdom of the Heart chimes with Dream Festival's aspirations, as the story follows the magical adventures of a fisherman, a young king, a serpent queen and a boy with his talking horse, all searching for something beyond the everyday, guided by instinct, heart and dreams. Through a dark hole in the ground and an opening of the mind, lies a gleaming, golden land that's visible to those who know how to look - join us for an unforgettable journey towards The Kingdom of the Heart.
“It was great, it was superb, it was magical, it was enthralling"
- Ilkley Literature Festival Blog
Tickets must be booked via Kickstarter by Sunday 27 March
NB: If the Kickstarter does not reach the target, all pledges are refunded and this event will not take place.
Cost: £20 pledge
Accessibility statement: Entry to John Lewis Exeter is via a wide door level entrance at the front of the shop. The Place to Eat Cafê at John Lewis Exeter is on the 4th floor of the building, which can be accessed by the escalators to the left as you enter the building, or by one of three large lifts at the rear of the building. If ascending by escalator, you will alight on the 3rd floor and cross the shop floor for the escalator that ascends to the 4th floor. If ascending by lift, they go directly to the 4th floor.
Dream Festival 2022
Dream Festival is a city-wide community arts festival for Exeter to celebrate Cygnet Theatre's 40th Birthday. We want to make storytelling a big part of the festival.
The festival will open on 29 April 2022 with a stunning professional storytelling and music performance of The Ramayana at the Cygnet Theatre. Artemis Storytelling will then be offering six free storytelling workshops, open to all, where participants have the opportunity to be part of a celebratory public Story Blaze performance at St Nicholas Priory on 30 June in the closing week of the festival. We need your support to fund these events!
If we raise this funding target, all the money will go towards making the workshops happen and paying The Ramayana artists who are travelling across the UK to perform. If we raise more, we will offer further Finding Your Creative Path workshops for specific community groups that are keen to be part of the festival.
Definite dates and venues for all storytelling events are in place. We just need the funding to pay for the artists/workshop leaders to deliver them!
Katy Cawkwell, as Artemis Storytelling, has been working with Cygnet since 2018 bringing the best of UK performance storytelling to Exeter audiences, running regular workshops enabling people to develop their own storytelling skills and hosting Story Blaze events where local storytellers can share their work. She has a proven track record in supporting people who have never told a story before, into their first public performance, and also hosting brilliant professional storytelling shows in the theatre space. She has set up this crowdfunder specifically to support the storytelling element of Dream Festival. www.artemis-storytelling.co.uk
