Mother Moon Shines Across the Irish Sea

How exciting! Tonight I am catching a ferry and sailing the Irish Sea to Bonmahon near Waterford to The Art Hand where, on the evening of Wednesday March 5th, I will be telling my new story Mother Moon at the launch of the 3rd edition of Zine at WORDS Writer's Group, The Art Hand.

Many thanks to the lovely Corcoran Family for inviting me to their beautiful Art Centre.

If you fancy coming along, contact Sean or Miranda Corcoran because we already have a full house booked. Sean is out and about hunting down extra chairs so t'is best you let them know if you are coming to make sure we can squeeze you in.

AM SO EXCITED!!!!

Will tell you all about it when I get back!

Mother Moon: A Little Book of Haiku

I've been busy all day making my Little Books of Haiku telling the story of Mother Moon.

Handmade especially for you

 in return for £5 plus p&p

Email: cherylbeermusic@gmail.com

Story Weaving Tour

Cheryl Beer is The Story Weaver: unpicking the threads of traditional fairytales to weave new stories into the fabric of folk. 

Living in an 1800's cottage in the West Wales hills, her stories are in tune with the pulse of the coastline. 

Following the launch of Mother Moon in Ireland at The Art Hand Bonmahon on March 5th, Cheryl will also be story weaving on the following dates:

March 8th International Women's Day: Feisty & Female, Lampeter

April 4th The Storytelling Symposium at George Ewart Evans Storytelling Centre (TBC)

April 5th The Powerhouse, Llandysul

April 27th Welsh Mam's Day, Cwmdonkin Park (for Florrie Thomas, Mother of Dylan)

May 3rd  Fundraiser for Women's Aid 
The Crown Inn, Llwyndafydd, Nr New Quay, Ceredigion. 

Please keep an eye out for extra dates currently in the pipeline! Diolch!

Mother Moon has WORDS!

PRESS RELEASE

Award Winning Storyteller & Songwriter Cheryl Beer is The Story Weaver: unpicking the threads of fairytales to weave new stories for folk of today.

At nearly 50 years of age she has been re-invigorating her craft, returning to the University of South Wales at Cardiff’s School of Creative and Cultural Industries, securing a Centenary Award to study an MA Drama, where she is putting her storytelling under the microscope. The result has been the beginning of a dynamic and exciting collection of new stories.

Mother Moon is based on an autobiographical character, Ceridwen Goch and her struggle to come to terms with menopause. Set on the West Wales coastline, Cheryl uses the fairytale format to teach the character how to believe in her inner self. The piece earned Cheryl a Distinction in her practical exam this month.  

Mother Moon will be weaving her way to Bonmahon, near  Waterford, Ireland,  to share with WORDS, a spoken word event at The Art Hand, having been kindly invited by Sean & Miranda Corcoran on Wednesday 5^th March 2014.

You can chat with the character Ceridwen Goch on facebook as she has her own page: https://www.facebook.com/ceridwengoch?ref=hl or you can look at Cheryl’s work at www.cherylbeer.co.uk

One Red Curl At A Time

With the arrival of Wiggy ... I find myself climbing into the central character of my new story Mother Moon. And in so doing, allow her to crawl her way out of me :)

I won't necessarily wear this for the Reflective Practice Assessment this month at Uni. I will be the storyteller. I am still deciding if the storyteller is me, a character in her own right, an extension of me, an extension of the character or the character herself. Whichever, I have decided that it is important to understand and stay true to the nature, history and form of storytelling, whilst pushing its boundaries a little. 

But I will wear Wiggy for a foto shoot on the beach, with blue contact lenses and a nude coloured vintage, victorian, silk slip, bare feet by the sea in New Quay, where the story is written. 

And in so doing will feel the character, will live her, breathe her. How very Stanislavsky of me! As my lovely friend, painter, poet & mask maker, Bríd Wyldearth said to me only yesterday, I will even know what she had for breakfast! 

And in knowing and being the character in this way, she can be fully present in the storytelling, whichever style of performance I choose, because I will know, deep inside, and I will be the window to her for the audience and those who share the story... well, that's the plan anyway!

Later, post assessment when the story lives on without the pressure of assessment, I want to then find an illustrator to use the photographs to make a beautiful piece of artwork based on these so that I and the character feature on the fliers/posters.

One red curl at a time!

The Call for Moons

                                                                                                              Foto by Eiona Roberts

Part of my MA Drama is Reflective Practice. We have 2 practical assessments as 'work in progress' and then a final BIG production at the end of the MA. I would really like to take my story The Tethered Fairy Ring through for my final piece & am working on developing it, but for Reflective Practice 1, I have written a specific story to take to production that will enable me to push my boundaries and try out some of the things we have been learning this term.

I won't tell you the story of my 'Mother Moon' because that would ruin it for you, should you come to see it live, but I would like to share here some of the stories that contribute to the end production.

The first being ... The Call for Moons!

I put a shout out on facebook for pictures of moons and would like to thank ...

Eiona Roberts
Rhian Roberts
Jo Day Lewis
Mike Richrads
Darren Boxer
Michelle Jones
Paul Adams

... who did not hesitate to send me their beautiful moon photographs. I was so excited to receive them that I have already made a projection film which will be central to the story 'Mother Moon' production. I would like it to be projected onto the floor but I don't think that this will be practically possible, so will probably use a screen. I can hear the music in my head and can't wait to get into my studio to compose and record it.

I am so touched by the generosity of these photographers to jump to help me with my assignment with their wonderful pictures of the actual real MOON!!!

Thank you Photo Gallery

 showcasing one picture each from 

of the photographers:

 Michelle Jones

Jo Day Lewis

Mike Richards

Eiona Roberts

Darren Boxer

Rhian Roberts

Paul Adams