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Public 2008 Dates

(page last updated Thursday, April 17, 2008)

Mike says: "Please remember that most of the storytelling I do is for schools, hospitals, prisons or private functions that won't feature on this page, however there are also some public performances you might like to attend..... here are some of the ones coming up in the near future"...

This page lists forthcoming (or just gone) events that are (or were) open to the public. HERE are some ones you really missed


March 2008

Saturday 15th March. Gosport Discovery Centre. http://www3.hants.gov.uk/gdc/gdc-events-detail.htm?id=19894

April 2008


Sunday 6th April. As part of the 2008 Society for Storytelling Gathering at Exeter (4 - 6 April), Mike will be running a workshop based around his storytelling residency at an infant school. http://www.fairbruk.demon.co.uk/SfS/menucontent.html


Friday 11th April. Titanic storytelling at Southampton Maritime Museum. http://www.24hourmuseum.org.uk/museum_gfx_en/SE000279.html

Sunday 27th April. Festival of Spring, Grange Farm, Gosport. http://www.gosport.gov.uk/sections/your-council/council-services/leisure--amenities/countryside

May 2008


Saturday 17th May. Storytelling for the BBC RaW ( http://www.bbc.co.uk/raw/ ) campaign at Newbury Races. Please see http://www.bbc.co.uk/berkshire/content/articles/2007/08/22/raw_racing_feature.shtml for details of the last time Mike was at the races (even the jockeys came to listen!)

Sunday 18th May. Catherington Lith Fair, Horndean
http://www.horndeanpc-hants.gov.uk/countryside.htm

July 2008

4th July. Come along to the Science and Industry Museum in Manchester (http://www.msim.org.uk/ ) to hear Mike tell stories to a thousand guides, as part of the celebrations for the Greater Manchester West Guides. (rescheduled from June)

Sat. 12th July; Warminghurst Church, Sussex. This booking, with local legends and folklore is for the Churches Conservation Trust. See http://www.visitchurches.org.uk/ and http://warminghurst.org.uk/

Sun 13th July; Bishops Waltham Festival. http://www.bishopswalthamfestival.com/

19th and 20th July, 2008 Overton Sheep Fair.

August 2008


Tuesday 19th August. Storytelling at the Alice Holt Woodlands near Farnham. http://www.forestry.gov.uk/website/recreation.nsf/LUWebDocsByKey/EnglandSurreyAliceHoltForest

Mon 25th August; Walford Mill Craft Centre, Wimborne, Dorset. http://www.walfordmillcrafts.co.uk/

Thurs 28th August - Sunday 31st August. Storytelling for the BBC RaW Campaign at the Bournemouth Air Show. http://www.bbc.co.uk/raw/

September 2008

Sat 6th September. Hilmarton Medieval Fair, Wiltshire.

Sun 20th September. Piratical** storytelling at Itchen Valley Country Park, near Southampton. (** as in"Avast there me hearties!!!") http://www.eastleigh.gov.uk/ebc-1477

October 2008


Friday 24th October. Fareham Library. http://www3.hants.gov.uk/library/library-finder/fareham-library.htm


Sunday 26th October. Pumpkin Fair, Grange Farm, Gosport.
http://www.gosport.gov.uk/sections/your-council/council-services/leisure--amenities/countryside

27th - 31st October, 2008. Halloween Storytelling at Queen Elizabeth Country Park.


Mike's Contact Details:

Email Mike at:

Phone Mike on 07733 326500

By Post: Michael O'Leary,PO Box 1603, SOUTHAMPTON, SO18 9FF.


 


You may ask....."What about Mikes hundreds of previous public engagements?

See the PDF cuttings scrapbook by year....2007 | 2006 | 2005 | 2004 | 2003 | 2002 | 2001 | 2000 | 1999 | 1998 | 1997 | 1996

A relatively comprehensive list of his past engagements is available as a "Webised" Excel file email him for this and other references, please note the Excel file was generated from many pages of handwritten notes, so some venues date back absolutely ages and some lines represent multiple bookings for the same venue

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What the Papers Said......Find out for yourself!

“Children take off their shoes and gather on the silk to be transported into a land of hobgoblins and genies, Old Nan or Green-fingered Jenny. This group were soon spirited away.”

Cutting from Alton Gazette and Advertiser (496k )

“Accompanying his words with the haunting lilt of wooden pipes, there was at one point a distinct resemblance to Hamelin’s Pied Piper.”

Cutting From Hampshire Chronicle (198k )

“Many of Michael’s tales may have their roots obscured by the mists of time but they are very relevant to the modern day.”

Southern Evening Echo

.....Find out for yourself!

 
 
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