Imagine something different. Imagine pasts, futures, or a timeless other. Dip into dreams and desires, old and new, lost worlds and worlds still to become. Imagine from the outside in, and the inside out. What would a different world look like in your dreams?
Our programme for the 2021 Scottish International Storytelling Festival is now live and on sale, with an eclectic mix of online events spanning across the globe and small-scale face-to-face events in Edinburgh and across Scotland.
Including the Community and Families programme there will be 190 live performances across Scotland. These involve over 100 musicians and storytellers from Scotland, and a further 30 from Europe, North America, Latin America, Africa, and the Pacific Islands.
For the first time SISF 2021 has extended an open invitation to storytellers, based or working in Scotland, to join the Festival’s creative process by submitting a proposal on the theme of ‘Imagine’.
Human connections will continue to thrive through stories, regardless of where we are in the world. Please come with us as we imagine what might be possible!
Follow us online @scotstoryfest #SISFImagine
If you had the opportunity to tell the real story, fill an empty plinth, set the story straight, spotlight history with warts and all, put the focus on those written out of history – who would be sculpted and why? Now is your time to imagine who should be on a plinth and tell their story.
The Scottish Storytelling Forum, as part of the Scottish International Storytelling Festival, invites you to:
Explore existing and imagined statues of Edinburgh through Mercat Tours fascinating walking tours, develop storytelling skills by telling the story of someone previously overlooked or forgotten and join the conversation online. Let’s start #TalkingStatues.
The Scottish International Storytelling Festival is one of the most admired storytelling events in the world and the largest of its kind – both from a programming and participation perspective - encompassing a wealth of cultures, traditions and styles. A world of stories within the Festival City.
‘Drift into exotic worlds as talented storytellers from all over the globe regale you with tales of derring-do.’ (Bristol Post)
TRACS (Traditional Arts & Culture Scotland SC043009) brings together the Traditional Music Forum (SC042867), the Scottish Storytelling Forum (SC020891) and the Traditional Dance Forum of Scotland (SC045085). TRACS is based at the Scottish Storytelling Centre, which is a partnership project between the Storytelling Forum and The Church of Scotland (SC011353).
