Friday 2 May – 8.00pm – Ventnor Arts Club – Tickets £5.00

Gather round, get comfortable and experience some 100 year old tales, re-imagined for the modern world. When actor and story-teller Eltjo de Vries starts to speak, you will find yourself instantly transported into a magic, make believe world. With more than 200 stories by the brothers Grimm to choose from, which one will be chosen on this occasion?

Delivered by Eltjo without the benefit of script or notes, the improvised stories are never the same, but always worth listening to. Having graduated from the Guildford School of Acting in 1991, Eltjo has over 20 years of experience as a professional performer, director and workshop leader. Still acting, he is now getting known as an improvisational Storyteller as well, bringing to life old folklore and ancient tales from around the world

"There’s no script, no notes – De Vries speaks without hesitation for a full hour, an admirable and impressive commitment to preserving the oldest storytelling medium in existence." (Josh Pointing - Yoppul)