Couch Stories
COUCH STORIES
NELSON
NEW ZEALAND
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The 1st First Couch Stories Story Slam !

​Theme of the Night: Coincidence​​
​21 June 2017, The Boathouse

THIS COUCH STORIES STORY SLAM WAS A TOTAL EXPERIMENT 

We wondered what would happen if we created a completely spontaneous storytelling event.


What if we did none of the usual shoulder-tapping and coaching? What would happen if anyone could get up on stage and tell a story - as long it was true, personal and on-theme?

Well, on the night, eleven men and women signed up at the door to tell their story on the theme of "Coincidence"​ and to compete for the cash prize of $100.00 for the best story of the night.

Filling the warm ambiance of The Boathouse, Nelson were nearly one hundred people keen to listen to true, personal stories .

We heard about remarkable philanthropic coincidences, gumboots lost and found,
doctors and childhood accidents and finding old friends in the most extraordinary of places. 

​The night was such a success that we are already plotting the next Couch Stories Story Slam! 
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THANKS TO OUR STORYTELLERS ON THE NIGHT

 Jacquie Irwin
Anne Thoroughgood
Glenn Bisdee
Sophie Ricketts
Heather Lindsay
​Joseph Cimino
Doti Young
Kerry Sunderland
John Pinel
Stef Naldi
Sue Bateup.
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The cash prize of $100 for best story was shared by ​Sophie Ricketts and Anne Thoroughgood.