VOLUME IX: Port Eliot, At Dawn, At Dusk
August 17th, 2009 | Published in Volume IX: Port Eliot, At Dawn, At Dusk
After weeks of fashioning black apostrophe signs out of cardboard and sticky back plastic, reading the wealth of submissions from across the county, planning how to dress the tent and where to put it up, and sorting out a programme to knock the festival’s socks off, Friday 24 July arrived and we trekked up to St Germans with a car full of camping gear ready to make our mark on Port Eliot. And make our mark we did.
The Telltales tent hosted sets at dawn (11am) and dusk (7pm) with six performers reading out their work to a jam packed audience. From walking with nomads to slaying elephants, from desperate husbands to ugly babies, from gorilla suits to lost car keys, work ranged from the dark to the experimental, the hilarious to tragic.
And in between the Telltales sets we were able to take in the best of what the festival had to offer including: drooling at Jimmy McNulty, aka Dominic West, laughing at Ross Sutherland, being moved by Rebecca Leckiewicz and amazed by Jung Chang.
All in all, not a bad couple of days. Thanks to everyone involved in making Telltales the toast of the festival.
The next Telltales, Volume X will be back at our trusty Babahogs on the 25th August from 7pm. Check back soon for more details…
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