Past Event Archive

From our beginnings as a small group of seven storytellers to a community of over a hundred members, Ottawa StoryTellers has hosted a rich variety of events that showcase the art of storytelling in all its forms.

This archive offers a look back at past performances, projects, and collaborations - from monthly open stages and community gigs to special productions featuring both professional and non-professional tellers - capturing the stories and moments that have shaped our history.

2025

  • Sunday, May 22, 2025  Transformations Ottawa – Exploring LGBTQ2S+ Stories Jeffrey Canton.

  • Sunday, March 9, 2025 | The Music of What Happens: Stories of the Great Irish Hero, Finn Mac Cool

  • Thursday, October 10, 2024 7:30 pm ET | 9 Lives, 8 Near-Misses : life lessons from near-death events Paul Shanker de Tourreil

  • Sunday, November 17, 2024 | Memories are Made of This - And, of course, they’re always true Kathie Kompass and Mary Wiggin

  • Sunday, January 12, 2025 | Bringing Villagers' Voices to Life: Stories from Sierra Leone Nancy Edwards and Dauda Mansaray

  • Sunday, February 23, 2025 | Whispers from Tradition: Nigeria’s Untold Legends Alaukwu Anozie and Uchechi Ogbonna

2024

  • Good Grief - The Heart of the Matter with Heather Whaley and Janet LeRoy (January 25)

  • Of Ice and Fire: Stories from Norse Mythology with Jennifer Cayley, Daniel Kletke, Johanna Kuyvenhoven, Marie Victoria Robertson and Anne Schmitz, and musician Kluane Takhini (February 25)

  • Put the Dog in the Trunk with Kim Kilpatrick (March 28)

  • Stories by Golden Age Crime Queen Margery Allingham with Gail Anglin, Alaukwu Anozie and Paul Williamson (April 18)

  • 9 Lives, 8 Near-Misses : life lessons from near-death events Paul Shanker de Tourreil has nine lives but is down to his one after decades of bizarre, often comical misadventures. (Oct 10)

  • Memories are Made of This - And, of course, they’re always true Kathie Kompass and Mary Wiggin recall how family members came to Canada, found work, celebrated holidays, and coped with life. (Nov 7)

2023

  • Shape Shifting and Wild Dreaming: The Mabinogion, A Celtic Treasure Trove with Jennifer Cayley, Ellis Lynn Duschenes, Jacques Falquet, Daniel Kletke, and Johanna Kuyvenhoven (March 5)

  • Rostam and Me with Sahand Sahebdivani (May 7)

  • Tales from Abitibi with Claude Garneau (June 1)

  • Tales from the Odyssey with Daniel Morden (October 24)

  • Stories of Samhain: An Irish Storytelling Event with Niamh O’Brien and Erica O’Reilly (November 2)

2022

  • White Water Rafting Down the River of Indigenous Humour (No Pun Intended) with Drew Hayden Taylor (February 24)

  • Of Tyrants and Monsters: The Story of Perseus and the Medusa with Stéphanie Bénéteau (March 18)

  • Dangerous Touch: The Adventures of Being Blind in a Social Distance World with Kim Kilpatrick (June 2)

  • Rockabilly Heartbreaker with Gail Anglin, Dawn Xavier-Franklin, and The Barrow Gang Buskers (June 30)

  • Something Wicked This Way Comes: Stories to Chill and Lift the Soul with Vishesh Abeyratne, Mohamad Altesseh, Kate Hunt, and Marie Victoria Robertson (October 20)

  • Alright: Solving the Problem of Living with Nisha Coleman (November 27)

2021

  • Apse the Gate with Shawn Anthony (February 25)

  • Journey: A South African & Anishinabeg Collaboration with Jacqui du Toit and Emily Marie Séguin (May 27)

  • Me, Vivien Leigh and the Roller Rink with Lucy van Oldenbarneveld (June 3)

  • Bystanders: An Enviro-Cabaret with Tom Lips (October 28)

  • Stories Beyond Status: 40 Years of HIV in Canada (November 7)

2020

  • Being coloured/ful in a black and white world with Jacqui du Toit (March 4)

  • David Brennan Ghosts You with David Brennan (October 22)

  • Beowulf in Afghanistan by Laurie Fyffe, featuring Laurie Fyffe and Axandre Lemours (November 19)

2019

  • Stories of an Immigrant Child with Anna Kerz and musician Susanne Farrow (January 24)

  • Dracula, A Tale of Blood and Darkness with Dean Verger (February 21)

  • From the Mountains to the Sea: Family Stories from Palestine Spanning 150 Years with Sarah Abusarar (March 28)

  • Canterbury Tales’ Lusty, Long-suffering, and Devout Women with Gail Anglin, Daniel Kletke, Phil Nagy, and musician Femke Bergsma (April 25)

  • One Métis Man's Life Growing Up in Saskatchewan with Bruce Sinclair (October 24)

  • Blame it on Zeus’ Thunderbolt: The REAL Origin Story of the Trojan War with Jeff Wright (November 21)

2018

  • Landscapes of Silence with Marta Singh (January 18)

  • Under the Palm Tree: Sankofa Stories with Kahmaria Pingue and Hamid Ayoub (February 22)

  • The Norse Gods: Battle, Betrayal and Death with Colette Laplante (March 22)

  • An Evening with Gcina Mhlophe (March 28)

  • Tales and Tunes of Malicious Enchantment with Betty Bennett and Angelica Ottewill (April 19)

  • The Tour: A Trip Through Ireland with Bob Woods, Mary Wiggin, and Niamh O'Brien (May 24)

  • Celebrate! Life Changing Stories with Alan Shain, Jennifer Cayley, David Brennan, Adrian Harewood, and Pat Moore and Roland Doucet (May 31)

  • Utsän Män – Old Woman Lake with Louise Profeit-LeBlanc (June 21)

  • You, Me, and the World Makes 3 with Liz Baron, John Cotrocois, and Francesca Esguerra (September 19)

  • Curses: Destiny or Delusion? with Colette Laplante and Cecilia Blanchfield (October 18)

  • Home to Many Voices: Tales from the Maritimes with Rob Cloney (November 15)

  • Hidden in Plain Sight: Uncovering Queerness in Story with Eden Nameri and Lynn Torrie (December 13)

2017

  • Monkey Queen, Journey to the East with Diana Tso and Marjolaine Fournier (January 27)

  • Letters Have Souls: The Tragic Correspondence of Heloise & Abelard with Phil Nagy, Naomi Tessler and Femke Bergsma (February 23)

  • Voices from the Adoption Files with Lesley Parlane, Sage Cardinal, Steafan Hannigan, Beverley McKiver, Louise Profeit-LeBlanc, Neal Shannacappo, and Olivia Tailfeathers (March 16)

  • Coalmines, Council Houses & Corsets: The Life & Times of a Scottish Granny with Norma Cameron (April 27)

  • In the Room by Cellar Door Project, with Megan Carty, Mariah Horner, Nick Leno, and Nicole Titus (May 18)

  • Laugh! With Leacock with Gail Anglin, Mary Wiggin, and Tom Lips (June 1)

  • Self-Exile with Nisha Colman (September 28)

  • The Adventurous: Stories of French Canada with Capitaine Bonnefemme (aka Nicole Fournier) and Janet LeRoy (December 14)

2016

  • The Wizard & The Dragon with Nicole Lavigne, Marie Bilodeau, and Jason Sonier (January 11)

  • Living Titanic with Rosalee Peppard (February 11)

  • The Voice of the Seanchai with Mike Burn (March 17)

  • How to Make Love in A Canoe 2 with Jeff Wright (April 21)

  • Turn Your Radio On with Marva K. Blackmore, Brian Lecky, and David R. Miller (May 19)

  • The Final Hour with Leigh-Anne Kehler (June 16)

  • The Inventor of All Things with Jem Rolls (May 6)

  • Boxes Buried Deep with Sage Tyrtle (September 14)

  • Gilgamesh with Jan Andrews, Tom Lips, and Armin Rahmanian (October 19)

  • Oat Cakes and Heartaches with Kathie Kompass, Mary Wiggin, and Marta Singh (December 15)

2015

  • Flying in the Dark with Kim Kilpatrick (January 17)

  • Beyond the Railroad: Black History in Canada with Ruthanne Edward and Greg Frankson (February 21)

  • Harpers in the Hall: Irish Myth with Gail Anglin, Daniel Kletke, Nicole Lavigne, and Acacia Lyra (March 21)

  • Granddaughters Speak with Sherri Yazdani and Marta Singh (April 18)

  • Walking the Camino with Phil Nagy and Anne Nagy (May 16)

  • Revolution Begins Within with d'bi young (June 13)

  • Murder, Mystery and Mayhem with Daneil Kletke, Mary Wiggin, Sherri Yazdani, and Fiona Armstrong (December 12)

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