The Mee Club

UNFORGETTABLE begins next week! Funded by the Arts Council, it’s a project that complements Death Awareness Week. There’s a cabaret show with me and the wonderful Ruth Graham, who is a comedian, musician and funeral celebrant. The show is true life stories from me, comedy from Ruth and I am singing some of the most popular funeral songs 😁 It will be great fun! Please come.

Every show has two free workshops attached to it, teaching how to create and share a story that celebrates and honours someone’s life. This is a skill you can use anytime - not just at a funeral! Weddings, special birthdays, retirement dos... anywhere there’s a gathering and you’d like to stand up and share something.

The project will be touring to Atherstone, Bedworth, Rugby, Worcester, Banbury, Birmingham (Smethwick) Codsall (near Wolverhampton) and Twickenham. See our website for full details (unforgettablestories.co.uk) There is also a page (Unforgettable with Cat Weatherill and Ruth Graham)

I know what some of you are thinking... Death? Isn’t that a bit morbid?? No... It will be great, I promise. Our publicity for the show promises you will go home smiling 😁😁😁

New workshops and shows coming up! Workshops at Swindon and Kenilworth in April. Full details here...

Upcoming Events Truth & Truffles Fancy listening to some true-life tales? Cat & Naomi are touring their true-life cabaret across the Midlands now. Full tour dates here: www.ents24.com/uk/tour-dates/cat-weatherill...

Tickets on sale now! www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/tell-me-on-a-sunday-workshop-tickets-36894279784

Plenty of true life events coming up! Workshops in Coventry and Kenilworth, plus a live show touring across the Midlands. Info here

Upcoming Events Snappy Tales! Coventry Life Festival 1/2 October ​ www.coventrylifefestival.co.uk We all have tales to tell. But who wants to listen to someone rambling on? Join Cat for a fascinating, inspiring...

High Spirits with The Mee Club: Part of the Festival of the Dead at the Herbert Art Gallery & Museum High Spirits with The Mee Club: Festival of the Dead : Events & Exhibitions at the Herbert Art Gallery & Museum

Our final workshop is coming up next Saturday! ‘Finding the Form’ will help you develop, revise or hone the structure of a seven-minute true life/memoir story. Find the right words for what you want to say. What will work best for an audience and maintain your relationship with them - from start to finish?

The workshop leader is Naomi Paul - a writer and performer of comedy, theatre, songs and spoken word. Her recent Edinburgh show Price Includes Biscuits received a 4 star review from the British Theatre Guide.

Venue: The Herbert Art Gallery, Coventry CV1 5QP

These workshops have been wonderful... Grab this last chance to attend one!

The Mee Club: Finding the Form | Events & Exhibitions | the Herbert Art Gallery & Museum The Mee Club: Finding the Form : Events & Exhibitions at the Herbert Art Gallery & Museum

THIS SATURDAY

Here it is! The one so many of you have been waiting for! Tom’s ‘Back to Basics’ workshop on BUILDING CONFIDENCE.

Tom Phillips, this workshop’s leader, isn’t a pro storyteller: he’s a working teacher who has come to storytelling through doing floor-spots at various storytelling clubs. So he knows exactly what it’s like to stand up in front of people, palms sweating and heart hammering! He’s also learned how to shape and tell personal stories. Like most story club tellers, he was telling traditional folk tales before he met me.

So his workshop will look at two aspects of confidence:
• Ordering and shaping thoughts until you have confidence in the story
• Finding the confidence to share it on the night

The workshop is this coming Saturday: SATURDAY 13 AUGUST at 12.30pm
Booking link: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-mee-club-workshop-5-back-to-basics-tickets-24341321548

Is it easy to tell a story? Mee Club video
Have you see our latest video? Here it is: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eil-oAqMTEc

One last Mee Club!

The Herbert is taking a summer break in August, which means the schueduled August show (‘Heat’) won’t be happening. This menas there is just ONE CHANCE to share your story at the Mee:

FRIDAY 9 SEPTEMBER at 8pm. Theme is Out of Time. So if you have a story you would like to tell, pitch me now via this page.

See you at the workshop!
Warmest wishes

Cat Weatherill
www.themeeclub.com

For those of you who feel you couldn't possibly tell a story at the Mee Club, here's one of our workshop participants to encourage you :-)

The Mee Club: Is it easy to tell a story? An interview with Peter 'Sweet Pea' Fitzgerald, filmed at a storytelling workshop at Hillz FM Community Radio Coventry

Please note tonight's Mee Club will not be happening! It's beyond our control. The Herbert Gallery will not be opening tonight, and that is our venue!

http://www.theherbert.org/whats-on/events-exhibitions/mee-club-workshop-4-being-human

The Mee Club Workshop 4: Being Human | Events & Exhibitions | the Herbert Art Gallery & Museum The Mee Club Workshop 4: Being Human : Events & Exhibitions at the Herbert Art Gallery & Museum

Happening this Friday night - 17th June...the Mee Club is proud to be part of the city-wide Positive Images Festival this month, where our theme is City of Faces.
We shall be telling new stories and hearing members of the public tell theirs... see below. If you want to join us in telling 7 min true-life stories see our website http://www.themeeclub.com/upcoming-events.html

Herbert Lates: Clay Dreaming feat. The Mee Club | Events & Exhibitions | the Herbert Art Gallery... Herbert Lates: Clay Dreaming feat. The Mee Club : Events & Exhibitions at the Herbert Art Gallery & Museum