Couch Stories
COUCH STORIES
NELSON
NEW ZEALAND
  • Welcome!
  • About
  • PAST SHOWS
    • 2016 to present >
      • Tales of a Pandemic - 24 Apr 2021 @ Nelson Centre of Musical Arts
      • After Hours - 23 Oct 2019 @ Nelson Arts Festival
      • How We Met - 21 June 2019 @ Nelson Centre of Musical Arts
      • Anything Goes - 16 Oct 2018 @ Nelson Arts Festival Show
      • Encounters - 17 Oct 2017 @ Nelson Arts Festival
      • Story Slam - 21 Jun 2017 @ The Boathouse
      • Call of the Wild - Feb 2017 @ Tahuna Leisure Park
      • Crossroads - Oct 2016 @ Nelson Arts Festival
      • Gamechangers - Apr 2016 @ Old St Johns
    • 2012 to 2015 shows >
      • Heavy Petting - Oct 2015 @ Nelson Arts Festival
      • The Theory of Everything - June 2015 @ The Boatshed
      • 9 to 5: Stories about Work - Oct 2014 @ Nelson Arts Festival
      • Anything But Politics - Mar 2014 @ Old St John's
      • Stranger in a Strange Land - Oct 2013 @ Nelson Arts Festival
      • Wrecks & Wreckage - Mar 2013 @ The Boatshed
      • The Big O.E. - Oct 2012 @ Nelson Arts Festival
      • Parents & Parenting - Mar 2012 @ Suter Theatre
  • CONTACT US/TELL A STORY

Put your feet up & listen to a story

​Click on a photo below to listen to a story recorded live at a Couch Stories show

CLICK A PHOTO : HEAR A STORY

Theme: Encounters: Stories about meetings with people & animals

Brendon Turnàge
Hilma Schieving
Tony Downing
Anjelika Barnes **
Jimu Grimmett
Gaye Bloomfield
Glenn Bisdee **
Jo Ann Firestone
Frank Schieving
Ro Cambridge
Simon Duffy

Theme: Anything but Politics

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Ali Boswijk
While a Nelson City Councillor, Ali Boswijk also worked as a TV producer. Here she tells a story about filming in a merino sheep shearing  farm. 

Theme: Stranger in a Strange Land

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John Pinel
John Pinel is a long-time teacher of ESOL.
​He tells a story about several varieties of linguistic and cultural confusion.

Theme: 9-5 Stories About Work 

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Ange Palmer
Ange Palmer tells many stories in one about making a documentary film in the Congo - the "broken heart of Africa.

Theme: Call of the Wild: Stories about outdoor adventures

Jo Ann Firestone
Jenny Hunter
John Dainty
Annie Henry & Mike Milstein
Pene Greet
John Pinel
Michael Bortnick
Kerry Sunderland
Peter Kortegaast
Heather Lindsay

Theme: Crossroads: Stories about choices

Phillip Reay
Jill Alexander www.madcatdesign.co.nz
Luke Acland
Hilary and John Mitchell
Laura Irish
Charles Anderson
Annette Milligan
Dot Kettle
Tony Fitzwater
Sonya Leusink-Sladen
Ro Cambridge
Jo Ann Firestone

Theme: Game-changers: Stories about Crossroads, Epiphanies and Choices

Bill James
Gaye Bloomfield
Dr Bruce Rudge
Dr Victoria Metcalf
Dr Jean Roche Nader
Dr Vladimir Golokov
Ro Cambridge
Dr Dave Warren
Dr Toshi Foster
Dr Deborah Stevens

Theme: Heavy Petting:  Stories about Pet Animals, Pet Projects and Pet Peeves​

Heather Lindsay
Nich Campbell
Pene Greet
Peter Kortegaast
Margaret O'Connor
Mike Rutledge
Hudson Dodd
Dianne Kilpatrick
Lindsay Wood
Leanne Pressman
Brendan Hickman
Hosts Jo Ann & Ro