Date and time: Saturday 18 October 2025, 11.00–19.00
Location: Palace Court Theatre, Bournemouth
Come and celebrate the power of storytelling through film, craft and textiles at AUB’s Palace Court Theatre in Bournemouth.
Curated by Dr Emma Shercliff (AUB), this very special event brings together felted animations produced by Jessica Jacobs’ AHRC-funded Storytelling for All project with Kirstie Macleod’s internationally acclaimed Red Dress project. Throughout the day, you can enjoy a series of shorts featuring Bedouin stories told in felt, alongside an exhibition and workshop that reveal how stories of life and work are stitched into fabric. The day will end with a lively panel discussion featuring Sinai Stories collaborators, artist Kirstie Macleod, and cross-cultural textile craft experts, exploring how textiles carry stories of labour, heritage and identity.
Programme
- 11.00–16.00: Exhibition – The Red Dress and artefacts from the Storytelling for All project. Located in the Club Room – please note, this room is down a series of steps.
- 11.00–13.00: Workshop – Meet the cast of Sinai Stories in person and have a go at making and animating your own felted character, with textile artists Emily O'Mara and Andrea Morreau and filmmaker Vitor Hugo Costa. No experience required. Participants must be aged 10 or over. Under-18s must be accompanied by an adult.
- 15.00: Film screening of Sinai Stories – Short, felted animations telling stories of everyday life in South Sinai, made by Bedouin women for the Storytelling for All project. With introduction, Q+A and discussion with the filmmakers Mai Hussein, Vitor Hugo Costa and Jessica Jacobs, and textile artists Emily O'Mara and Andrea Morreau.
- 16.00: Panel discussion – Convened by Dr Emma Shercliff, with Kirstie Macleod of The Red Dress, Selema Gabaly of FanSina from South Sinai, Jessica Jacobs, Emily O'Mara and Andrea Morreau of the Storytelling for All project, and cross-cultural design practitioner Seher Mirza, to explore the labour of narrative, representation and heritage expressed through textiles.
- 17.30: Drinks and informal discussion – Continue the conversation over refreshments. The bar will be open for drinks.
- 19.00: Doors close.
Find us
Hinton Road, Bournemouth
Dorset
BH1 2EN
United Kingdom
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