Join us as we unstopper the life story of the Greek God of the Vine with the wonderful Amelia Ace Armande, pouring out heady tales of ecstasy, madness, conquest and resurrection.
Founder of Shoreham’s Ropetackle Storytellers club, Amelia Ace has been a key part of the local storytelling ecosystem for many years, most recently performing the classic Gothic horror ‘Jekyll & Hyde’ as a storytelling performance. They are a mentor for the Step Up Commission alongside Shonaleigh and Amy Douglas, and have worked as dramaturg for shows such as ‘When the Water Turns Blue’ by Karin Lundengård, ‘Promised Land’ by Jon Norman Mason, and ‘To Shame the Devil’ by Marina Evans. A non-binary performer, they brought the story of queer deity ‘Asu-Shu-Namir’ to Xanthe Gresham’s Goddess Lounge during lockdown, and worked with charity Global Learning London to create a teaching resource using storytelling to explore gender.
Amelia has toured nationally as an actor and internationally as a storyteller. Their plays and poems have won awards, and they are a talented artist and graphic designer with a flair for colourful and quirky designs. They are non-binary and asexual, and proud to represent the LGBTQIA+ community.
“Sublime” – Broadway World
“A sensational voice” – My Fair Theatre Goer
“Poised and sparkling” – Fringe Review
“This moving performance brought tears to my eyes” – Theatre Art Life
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This being human is a guest house. Every morning a new arrival.
A joy, a depression, a meanness, some momentary awareness comes as an unexpected visitor.
Welcome and entertain them all! Even if they’re a crowd of sorrows, who violently sweep your house empty of its furniture, still, treat each guest honorably. He may be clearing you out for some new delight.
The dark thought, the shame, the malice, meet them at the door laughing, and invite them in.
Be grateful for whoever comes, because each has been sent as a guide from beyond.
from Rumi: Selected Poems, trans Coleman Barks with John Moynce, A. J. Arberry, Reynold Nicholson (Penguin Books, 2004
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