storytelling

On the Pitch

Confabulation YYC presents: “On the Pitch: Stories of curve balls, playing the game, and shooting your shot.” We’re looking for storytellers with a 6-8 minute, autobiographical story exploring this theme. Stories are told without notes, props, or gimmicks.   Whether you’re a seasoned storyteller or a nervous newbie, we offer work-shopping for all storytellers to […]

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Legendary

Confabulation MTL presents: Legendary “ Stories of epic evenings, urban myths, and people that are larger than life” We’re looking for storytellers with a 6-8 minute, autobiographical story exploring this theme. Stories are told without notes, props, or gimmicks. Whether you’re a seasoned storyteller or a nervous newbie, we offer work-shopping for all storytellers to

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Feast or Famine

Confabulation MTL presents: “Feast or Famine: Stories of secret sauces, expanding palates, and bringing home the bacon“ We’re looking for storytellers with a 6-8 minute, autobiographical story exploring this theme. Stories are told without notes, props, or gimmicks. Whether you’re a seasoned storyteller or a nervous newbie, we offer work-shopping for all storytellers to help

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Awakenings

Confabulation MTL presents: “Awakenings: Stories of breaking the spell, finding your people, and changing your mind.“ We’re looking for storytellers with a 6-8 minute, autobiographical story exploring this theme. Stories are told without notes, props, or gimmicks.   Whether you’re a seasoned storyteller or a nervous newbie, we offer work-shopping for all storytellers to help

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The Shortest Story

Confabulation MTL presents: The Shortest Story XVII “The Shortest Story: quick as we can tell them” Join us for a whirlwind of true-life stories, quick as we can tell ’em! We’ll be hosting a night of 2-minute stories, shared by up to 30 storytellers as part of Centaur’s WinterWorks festival!   We’re looking for storytellers

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Over It

Confabulation MTL presents: “Over it: Abandoned resolutions, holiday hangovers, and the art of giving up“ We’re thinking of stories where you realize that you can’t do something, when you need to let go of an idea, a dream, an ambition, or a person. Or maybe just moving on. We’re looking for storytellers with a 6-8

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Are we there yet?

Confabulation MTL presents: “Are we there yet?  Stories of missed connections, layovers, and all kinds baggage“ We’re thinking of stories about delays, detours,  getting lost, being weighed down, and sorting through our stuff. We’re looking for storytellers with a 6-8 minute, autobiographical story exploring this theme. Stories are told without notes, props, or gimmicks. Whether

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The Song That Saved my Life

Confab MTL and The Volume Knob are thrilled to collaborate for our annual story-meets-song event: “The Song that Saved my Life” We’re looking for stories that have a song as a character, a song as an ingredient in the story, one that marks the storyteller somehow – a turning point, an epiphany or the soundtrack

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Healing Out Loud

Confabulation MTL and Unsinkable present “Healing out loud: stories of not being okay and the road to recovery” Confabulation MTL is thrilled to partner, once again, with Unsinkable, a Canadian organization using stories to empower mental health journeys. We’re diving deep into mental health and looking for real experiences from all perspectives: Those navigating their

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The Song That Saved My Life

Confabulation Victoria presents: “The Song That Saved My Life: A night of stories and music. “ A night of true stories told on stage by the people that lived them – without notes, props or gimmicks! Co-hosts Carol-Lynne Michaels and Cassandra Togneri will introduce you to six people  with stories inspired by the theme “The

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