The Initiation - Kestrel Morton - A GuestHouse Storytelling Performance

About

"Stories are spells"!  What happens when the hourglass of our life shatters into a thousand shards?  How can we pick up the pieces when the shape of the world is forgotten?

Old gods roam the streets of Bristol plotting revenge upon an aging empire, as mad prophets proclaim the end is nigh, and the hammer of misfortune breaks open a head filled with story, releasing deep myth to correct a timeline in crisis.

Kestrel Morton tells the true and unbelievable tale of their journey from mental breakdown, eviction and homelessness, into the underworld and beyond, in a perception-altering psychosis revealing the power of story to harm and heal our relationship with reality.  Words shall be forged into keys, the locked gateways of memory shall open, and the secret mysteries of the initiation shall be unveiled.

Kestrel Morton is a queer, non-binary storyteller based in South Wales and usually found bewitching audiences with spider-web tales spun from the echoes of the wild, blurring reality with myth and drawing the otherworld close.  They've performed on stages, in caves, at festivals and in raves across the UK including at Brighton Fringe, the Scottish International Storytelling Festival, Boomtown Faire and Beyond the Border, most recently touring their show Binderella with the Ragged Storytelling Collective.

"A dynamic and passionate performer with a unique vision." - Daniel Morden

"In all my life I've never heard anything like your storytelling before." - Audience Member

"I was so spellbound I didn't realise my beer had fallen over!" - Audience Member