I love exploring the Irish countryside, but being outside in any weather any where is fine by me...
Music
Mostly anybody who i bump into who has an instrument. I cannae play anything myself, or sing, but will croak merrily if given enough alcohol and encouragement
Movies
eh, probably Close Encounters Of The Third Kind or Bedknobs And Broomsticks. Basically anything I watched when I wiz a wean. There used ti be a cinema when I wis wee thit aw thi weans were corralled inty on a saturday morning. It showed the auld Flash Gordon serials and then cheapo B movies. The two I mind best were wan aboot a fella wae suction pumps oan his knees thit climbed up buildings, n another aboot a submarine thit could fly. Oh ay, n a love the auld black n white horror pictures - thi wans wae thi werewolf aye get mi a wee bit emotional....
Television
Ah dinnae watch much TV at all. But ah aye keep a look oot for FRAZIER and CSI:MIAMI. Personally I think FRAZIER should actually get a job in CSI:MIAMI, as a criminal profiler, perhaps.... Or maybe he could give counselling sessions to the scriptwriters who seemed to have went a bit mad lately
Acclaimed Storyteller Rab Swannock Fulton specialises in folktales, myths and urban legends from Ireland and Scotland, including many tales handed down through his family. These tales of magic, murder, romance, adventure and mayhem feature the full range of Celtic stories, from Warriors, Kings and Queens, Magical Creatures and Beings, Saints and Monks to Fisher Folk, Railway Workers, Boy Soldiers, Women in Wartime, Farm Labourers…
At the moment Rab is performing his 'Celtic Tales' storytelling shows every wednesday in The Cottage Bar - see blog for details. The Celtic Tales sessions have dark tales, humorous tales, bawdy tales, etc. The three videos on this site give an idea of what to expect during the show. Two of the comic pieces are below. The darker serious piece 'The Wicked Woman' can be viewed by going to the top of the page, clicking on 'Rab - Stor' and then clicking 'videos'. Recommended order of viewing would be: 'Toby's Wish', 'The Wicked Woman', and then 'Tale of Highland Terror'. Enjoy!
In 2007 he won a Deis Award from the Arts Council of Ireland to fund a six months storytelling project for Galway City Museum with fellow storyteller Clare Muireann Murphy. A video archive of these stories is now online at Storytellers Unlimited
In May 2008 he performed his mesmerising ‘Dark Tales’ in Galway’s Town Hall Theatre (see Blog).
At present Rab is working on his new novel ‘The Woman Who Was Not Adele’; and writing a new children's play to be performed in the Town Hall Theatre, Galway in November 2009. His children's work recieved a wonderful review in June 2009 in Children's Books Ireland
As well as a storyteller Rab is an accomplished writer, essayist and poet. He has worked as a columnist, book reviewer, magazine editor and independent publisher. In 2005 he won the Athenry Prize for his essay Rome’s Gift of Freedom to the East – Propaganda Versus Reality.
Rab’s written work can be read on the American fanzine Gey Gallus set up by Andrea Okrentowich. Gey Gallus includes Rab’s comic alternative tourist guide to Galway ‘The Chronicles of Rab’ and his novella ‘Transformation’, an erotic love story that slowly changes into a tale of darkness and terror.
Rab can be booked to perform or teach by contacting rabful@gmail.com / tel: 00353 (0) 87 654 5411. He does workshops and/or shows for adults, children or mixed groups.
The Arts Council of Ireland, Galway City Arts Office, the Arts office and the English Department of National University of Ireland, Galway have generously supported his work as a storyteller and a writer.
Toby's Wish
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Tale of Highland Terror
Who I'd like to meet: I'm happy to blether away to anybody, but i'm definetly looking to meet up with more storytellers, writers, creative people.
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Hi Rab, I hope you have a wonderful birthday! Haven't chatted in a while, but also wanted to let you know that while baby Sean and I were having family time with Alan in Ireland this summer, I saw you on an arts program. Great stuff! Wishing you and your family all the best, Heather
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ahhh oh my gosh i have not talked to you or claire in FOREVER!!!!!!
my teacher and i were talking about ireland the other day and how we were both in Galway at the same time last year and one of the only things that i remember from Galway obviously is you and claire and your stories!!
ahhh i miss you guys soo much! how is everything with you? how is your baby doin? let me know and keep in touch!!
I'm happy to inform you that my poetry collection Kairos will be at the forecoming international bookfair in Turin. I'm going to translating it into English. In the meantime, if you can read and understand Italian...
ta 4 invite rab though im across the waters so wont be able to make it ... great looking comments there on your website from the media ... fair play to you dear smiley yarnweaver ... wishing u all the best ... phili
how is your wee little one doing? i hope everything is going well for you
i am co-director of my school's theatre production and then i am heading off to jamaica this april vacation on a mission trip for a week! so i am quite the busy girl!
