Stories from 1001 Arabian Nights

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Friday, May 22nd, 2015
7:30 PM to 9:30 PM

Tales for the Telling, Stories for Adults, brings together three seasoned professional storytellers to tell a selection of stories from 1001 Arabian Nights. 

Tara Hartley, formerly of Ottawa, now of New Westminster, has been a performing storyteller for over 25 years.  She brings her love of old epic tales to the professional stage and will be joined by Rachel Dunstan Muller of Ladysmith, Co-ordinator of "Stories on Friday" for the Around Town Tellers of Nanaimo, and Marva Blackmore, the organizer of Tales for the Telling and president of the Storytellers of Canada.

The King plans to kill his new wife.  However, his new bride, Shahrazad, has a clever plan to save herself.  Her nighly stories are so exciting that King Shahryar finds himself postponing her execution -- again and again.

The storytellers can't tell you all 1001 stories, but they can tell you some of their favourites (and possibly yours).

Marva Blackmore first told an Arabian Nights tale with Tara Hartley at Rasputin's Café in Ottawa at the "Stories from the Ages" series.  They are delighted to perform this show again and to have Rachel Muller join them on the Tales for the Telling stage. 

This is the final event of this season's Tales for the Telling series.  The series will recommence on October 30, 2015, with a night of chilling ghost stories.

Storytelling evenings at the McMillan Arts Centre are very popular and people are encouraged to purchase their tickets in advance at the McMillan.  If you cannot get to the Arts Centre to purchase your tickets in advance, you may purchase them on-line at Eventbrite.com by clicking on the button below.