OAT CAKES AND HEARTACHES - Stories from Scotland
March
26th, 2018, at 7:30 at 1831 Fern St. Admission $15 at the door
Kathie Kompass and Mary Wiggin
Proudly
Presented by the Victoria Storytellers' Guild
What
listeners are saying about Oatcakes and Heartaches...
"Beautiful
stories, beautifully told."
(Audience
member, Ottawa)
Would not
have missed this for the world. We loved it!
(Audience
members, Ottawa)
"Och! I
approve!"
(A
listener who emigrated to Canada from Scotland)
"This
is amazing!"
(Young
teen listener, February 2018)
"How do
you do that? I could see pictures inside my head when you were talking."
(Grade
6 student, February 2018)
Our
Storytellers
Kathie Kompass
A
storyteller since 1983, Kathie enjoys the language
and images of older stories
as well as the brevity and
punchiness of a modern tale. The adventure, the
mischief and the countryside found in this concert's
Scottish tales tickle her
tongue as they unfold and
seem to tell themselves. She has told stories in
libraries, churches,
summer camps, private parties,
elementary and high schools, Concordia
University
and for Girl Guide Groups. Kathie is a regular at the
Ottawa
Storytelling festival and performed at the
Toronto Storytelling Festival and at
the National
Arts Centre in Ottawa. She co-leads the beginning
storytellers
course for the Ottawa StoryTellers.
Mary Wiggin
Renowned for her exquisite sense of language, Mary is a master
of literary works as well as folk and fairy tales. Her stories flash with
quicksilver wit and glimpses of hidden truths revealed in poetic turns of
phrase. She favours folktales and fairy tales
with strong heroines and sound plots. Her
rock-solid, no-nonsense delivery style is the perfect set-up for the
uncanny, the fantastic and the surprising.
For more than a decade, Mary has been a featured teller at the
National Arts Centre, storytelling events in the Byward Market, the Bytown
Museum, and at schools, seniors’ centres, festivals, libraries and conferences.
She has coordinated Ottawa storytellers' events for many years and with Kathie,
facilitates Welcome to StoryTelling: 10 Things You
Need to Know, the beginners' workshop offered by Ottawa StoryTellers.
