Dreamtime Theatre returns with a twist

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The Southeast’s only real time storytelling event is returning after a successful debut in December.

Dreamtime Theatre’s ability to relay a story in a compelling manner to audiences proved successful last year with an audience who came to hear the tale of Sir Gawain and the Green Knight. Now, in the theatre’s new season of tales, narrator Scot Moir is returning, but his tales will have a twist in that the audience will decide what stories he will tell with the help of a map of Europe and a dart.

“Wherever they stick their dart then we’re going to try to tell a story from that part of the world. It’s going to be a real work out for the imagination for me and for the audience also. Hopefully, that generates something really exciting that we’re all sort of together, we’re part of the big imagining together,” said Moir.

“I’m fairly confident that I can get most places. There’s a couple that I’m hoping that the darts won’t go and if they do go we’ll have to see what we can pull out from the deep recesses. There’s a pretty good library stashed away just over years of hearing things and working on memorizing them. I think it will be really exciting to see.”

With about 25 people attending the first performance, Moir said the nature of storytelling and live performance is that it’s a two-way street in that the energy you put out and is the energy the audience is projecting. This projection influences what is told depending on the energy in the room “that requires the ability to see faces and feel the emotional energy of that room. Intimacy is a good thing for storytelling and I think it’s exciting for the audience to feel like they are part of something,” said Moir.

“Although at the same time anyone who does performance art for a living is lying to say they wouldn’t be thrilled for big crowds as well. At this point we’re open to anything that comes,” said a smiling Moir.

Dreamtime Theatre’s storytelling will be held at the Steinbach Arts Council building on May 15 at 7:30 p.m. Tickets are available at the door for $10 and through lookingglasstheatre.ca. The evening is for audience members 13 years old and up.

“There’s lots of great storytelling for children (but) this isn’t quite that,” said Moir. “This will be PG-13 and up with some of the content.”