Art of Storytelling: What Makes a Story Stay With Us?

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Talks on Tuesdays is a live event series bringing big ideas, real experts, and curious minds together - at your favourite local venues. Think thought-provoking lectures, audience questions, and post-talk mingling over drinks and dinner.

This isn’t a uni lecture. It’s a social, intelligent night out.Come alone or with friends, leave with something to talk about.

Event Schedule:

At Brick Lane guest can arrive anytime from 5pm to order food or have pre-lecture drinks and mingle.

7pm Lecuture Starts

7.45pm Q&A

8pm Talk Concludes

8.30pm Event Closes.

*Please arrive close to 6.30pm

A La Carte menu and full bar available throughout the night - pay as you go.

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Art of Storytelling: What Makes a Story Stay With Us?

Stories have engaged us for as long as we’ve been able to share them. We grieve with characters, root for their success against impossible odds, and celebrate their triumphs.

But why do stories have that power? How do they move us and inspire us?

Les Zig talks about the different components of storytelling. From why we relate to characters who might be living the most extraordinary circumstances, to how stories are structured to engage us, to what we get from stories on intellectual, emotional, and spiritual levels.

And, beyond that, beyond the architecture of how stories work, why are they so important to us in whatever form they take?

Drawing from his experience as a published author, screenwriter, and director, Les will unpack the mechanics behind great storytelling across…