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Couch Stories Show # 14, in partnership with the Nelson Arts Festival 
17th October 2017, The Granary, Founder's Park

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Theme of the Night:   Encounters

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We had no trouble lining up the storytellers for this sold-out show at the 2017 Nelson Arts Festival. It seems everyone’s got an encounter story!

We heard true stories about encounters with animals, including a bull elephant in Africa, a python riding the London underground and a cute looking little penguin which turned into an absolute fiend. 

​We heard about encounters with human animals too - playground bullies, high school sex education class and a disturbing encounter in a campground shower.

Stories on the night provoked hilarity, anxiety, horror and appalled fascination.

If you didn't make it to the show, don't worry. You can listen to all of the stories (except one) by clicking on the individual storyteller photos below, including stories by Jo Ann Firestone (Producer and Co-host), and Ro Cambridge (Co-host). Enjoy!

Our Encounters Storytellers! 
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TO LISTEN TO A STORY - CLICK ON INDIVIDUAL STORYTELLER PHOTOS BELOW

Please Note: Stories marked with asterisk ** contain language or sexual references which may upset some listeners​​
Brendon Turnàge
Hilma Schieving
Tony Downing
Anjelika Barnes **
Jimu Grimmett
Gaye Bloomfield
Glenn Bisdee **
Jo Ann Firestone
Frank Schieving
Ro Cambridge
Simon Duffy

Producer and Host Jo Ann Firestone & Co-host Ro Cambridge
would like to thank the following:
 

Nelson Arts Festival    
John Pinel – Photographer
Nona Jackson Pinel - Ideas Consultant & Story Timer 
Suppliers of the couch for the night - Graham’s Trading Post