A special storytelling event called “Crimes of Passion” was held on Thursday 16th February as an alternative to Valentine’s Day!  Pauline, Fiona Jane Brown of Hidden Aberdeen Tours and GAS’s Izzie Addison told gory, heartbreaking, amusing and sometimes true tales from Aberdeen’s history of Bloody Valentines!
This is a photo of Pauline telling a very old folk tale – a variant on the Robber Bridegroom called “Mr Fox.”

Stories of Science at the Strathearn Science Festival!

Have you ever wondered what the world was like when we didn’t know so much? Why were the stars in the sky and who made it rain? Why did the up stay up and the down stay down? Why did the owl not sleep at night and why did the frog always live near water? Why did we have night and day, winter and summer?
Stories have been passed down for thousands of years that explain the world around us and as we learned more over the centuries, they were still told alongside new discoveries in astronomy, zoology, physics, biology, weather and chemistry, maths and geology.
Join storyteller and scientist Pauline Cordiner for a fun look through some of these tales and the experiences of famous scientists – with a few famous hoaxes thrown in for good measure! Suitable for ages 3 to 103!

So yesterday I was telling stories at Arduthie Primary School and Nursery! It’s currently National Storytelling Week so the bairns heard all about the ancient tradition of telling stories – don’t you just love the setting that the P6s made for me to tell stories in!? Look at the giant haggis on the stool next to the fire!

The children heard stories about Kelpies, wicked lairds, a beautiful wee moosie, a volcano goddess, how the moon came to be in the sky and how the devil was defeated by Jack!

I know they say there’s no such thing as a free dinner, but in this case it’s really true!
The RGU Go Green cafe runs most Friday evenings at Ruthrieston Community Centre (Holburn Street) and uses food that is perfectly good but would other wise be thrown out – everyone is welcome (not just students) and the food is free 🙂

I’ll be singing for my supper this Friday though as I’ll be one of the entertainers doing a bit of Burns for the masses 🙂  Maybe a wee story and a couple of my favourite Burns songs.  Maybe see you there!
Pauline x

And now for another bit of news!
Spectra Festival – Aberdeen’s Festival of Light will be expanding on past years festivals with new installations, new areas to explore and another medium – Storytelling!

Pauline will be telling stories every night of the festival which runs from the 9th to the 12th February. She’ll be placed in a bell tent next to the steps from the St Nicholas Kirkyard up to the top of the St Nicholas Centre and will be telling stories of light with sessions starting every half hour from 6.30pm with the last session at 9pm.

Well Fizzy and I had a great time yesterday at Hill of Banchory Nursery!
We told the tale of the wee sleekit courin timrous beastie who fell in love with another beautiful fieldmouse, sang her a love song (he’d meet her on The Lea Rig), and then had to convince her parents that he was good enough to marry her
Then we all sang the Scottish version of Head, Shoulders, Knees and Toes! Can you all guess how that went ?
Thanks for having us along yesterday everyone! It was a wonderful day
Pauline and Fizzy xxx

Good morning everyone!
And Happy Birthday to our national poet, Robert Burns.
We’re a huge fan of Burns in this household and Fizzy and Fuzzy the fairies are no exception. Fizzy has been looking forward to reciting one of his most famous works for you and here it is!

It’s that time of year again – Scots around the world will be tucking into their traditional Burns Supper of Haggis, Neeps and Tatties (and maybe a wee thochty of whisky too!)

Fizzy has been busy recording her own Burns recitation which we’ll post on here tomorrow but I will be busy too!

Tomorrow I’m going to be visiting both of the Hill of Banchory Nurseries to tell the tale of Timrous the Mouse and sing a wee song or two and on Friday I’m going along to the RGU Go Green Cafe to do a “turn.”  The cafe follows the Zero Waste concept and provides free food from food that would otherwise be thrown away.

I’ve always been environmentally minded (my favourite book as a child was The Lorax) and enjoy telling stories that make us aware of our environment and how precious it is.  I studied Environmental Chemistry at university which prepared me for my work in the oil industry as an analytical chemist.  Now I’ve left that life behind to explore my favourite things – stories, songs, puppets, arts, face painting and the warmth and well being that come with sharing them 🙂

Pauline x

A wonderful photo from Sophia’s Minion party on Saturday!  What a brilliant bunch you were!
We heard the tale of 4 Minions lead by the brave Francois who stole the moon, we pinned the goggles on the minion, tried to burst eachother’s moons and then we made MINION SLIME! It was yellow. It was slimey. It was FUN! After food everyone got a bit of face painting or a glitter tattoo. What an awesome way to spend a Saturday morning!  x

NOW SOLD OUT!

When love goes sour it can be deadly! Following on from the successful “Corpse for Christmas” at the end of last year – come join us for some real horrors – true crime stories of angry wives, drunken husbands, jealous and jilted lovers, which all happened around the city and shire. From the 1960s “Kinky Cottage” scandal of the Garvie Murder to the mystery of Andrew Hosack’s involvement in the Auchanachie slaughter of 1798, if you’re a fan of true crime, then you’ll love this!

Featuring Pauline Cordiner and Izzy Addison with Hidden Aberdeen founder, Fiona-Jane Brown.

We are delighted that our new associates at Alzheimer’s Scotland are hosting our session – thus part of our ticket sales will be donated to them in grateful thanks!

All tickets £10.00 – book via email – info@grafttheatreaberdeen.co.uk
Limited spaces, so be quick!

Doors open 7pm – session starts 7.30pm, ends around 9.30pm with tea break half way through.

Age restriction – not for under 15s!
Venue is wheelchair accessible