F WORDS - book your Dial a Story slot

Grab a free 15 minute one-to-one telephone performance by poet ADRIAN B. EARLE, storyteller PETER CHAND, or musicians SAM FRANKIE FOX and RICARDO SANTOS ROCHA as part of F WORDS.

Black Country Touring join our F Words project with Dial A Story - there are three ways to book a performance:

Online at https://bctouring.co.uk/book-a-performance-with-dial-a-story/ 

Email: dialastory@bctouring.co.uk

Telephone: 07745 203 834

About the Artists:


ADRIAN B. EARLE is a Writer, Poet, and media maker from Birmingham, creating journeys through the written word for stage, film and radio under the name ThinkWriteFly. He writes and performs his own work alongside recitations of verse from other poets past and present. 

“Adrian B. Earle’s poetry demands your attention at its highest frequency and resonates through the body long after you have finished reading.” 

Roy McFarlane, Birmingham Poet Laureate 2010/11

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Adrian B. Earle Performance Dates

May:

  • Tuesday 4th - 10am, 10:45, 11:30, 12:15, 1:45, 2:30, 3:15, 4pm

  • Thursday 6th - 10am, 10:45, 11:30, 12:15, 1:45, 2:30, 3:15, 4pm

  • Friday 7th - 10am, 10:45, 11:30, 12:15, 1:45, 2:30, 3:15, 4pm

  • Tuesday 11th - 10am, 10:45, 11:30, 12:15, 1:45, 2:30, 3:15, 4pm

  • Weds 12th - 10am, 10:45, 11:30, 12:15, 1:45, 2:30, 3:15, 4pm


PETER CHAND is an award-winning international Storyteller, hugely in demand for his unique retelling of tales from his motherland, India, into English. He’s performed extensively in the UK and abroad including France, Norway, Austria, Croatia, Canada, and Singapore. Whether it is performing in a tiny classroom, or enthralling hundreds of adults in a theatre, he has a story for every occasion. 

Current Storyteller in Residence at The Story Museum, Oxford 

"Peter transports the listener into his world with remarkable energy and great expression... I was spellbound" Kim Normanton, Producer, BBC Radio Four

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Peter Chand Performance Dates

April:

  • Thursday 22nd - 10am, 10:45, 11:30, 12:15, 1:45, 2:30, 3:15, 4pm

  • Friday 23rd - 10am, 10:45, 11:30, 12:15, 1:45, 2:30, 3:15, 4pm

May:

  • Tuesday 4th - 10am, 10:45, 11:30, 12:15, 1:45, 2:30, 3:15, 4pm

  • Thursday 6th - 10am, 10:45, 11:30, 12:15, 1:45, 2:30, 3:15, 4pm

  • Friday 7th - 10am, 10:45, 11:30, 12:15, 1:45, 2:30, 3:15, 4pm


SAM FRANKIE FOX is a Welsh vocalist, harpist, theatre maker and sound designer based in the West Midlands. Sam has worked locally, nationally and internationally as: an actor-musician; lead vocalist of Kiriki Club; band member with Little Sister; as composer/sound designer;  as a vocalist with The Royal Shakespeare Company and as a soloist with Talking Birds & Orchestra of the Swan. 

“Fox’s humour and passion is unmistakable” THE GUARDIAN

RICARDO SANTOS ROCHA is a multi-instrumentalist, composer and sound designer from Portugal who’s been based in Birmingham since 2013. He has worked with, amongst others, Kindle Theatre/Kiln Ensemble, Graeae Theatre, and the Birmingham REP. His current portfolio of live performances includes BAM: Babies' Adventures in Music and Kiriki Club (live 6-piece band), and he co-produced the soundtrack to Água Mole (Drop by Drop), part of the Best International Short Animation Film selection, Cannes Film Festival 2017.

 

Sam Frankie Fox & Ricardo Santos Rocha Performance Dates

April:

  • Tuesday 27th - 10am, 10:45, 11:30, 12:15, 1:45, 2:30, 3:15, 4pm

  • Thursday 29th - 10am, 10:45, 11:30, 12:15, 1:45, 2:30, 3:15, 4pm

  • Friday 30th - 10am, 10:45, 11:30, 12:15, 1:45, 2:30, 3:15, 4pm

May:

  • Thursday 6th - 10am, 10:45, 11:30, 12:15, 1:45, 2:30, 3:15, 4pm

  • Tuesday 11th - 10am, 10:45, 11:30, 12:15, 1:45, 2:30, 3:15, 4pm


 Here’s what some people have said about the performances:

“What you're doing is a wonderful thing. And the singer, she was just marvellous. I haven’t sung in a long time.”

“So very beautiful. I felt like a child again, when my parents would tell me stories before bedtime.”

“I now live alone, my wife died in the last year. It’s nice to talk to you and hear your stories. I’m learning new things.”

This activity aims to reduce isolation by providing social interaction through a dose of short, live performance on your telephone. It is funded by Creative Black Country’s The F Word’s programme supported by Arts Council England.