On her first day of a new job as a registered music therapist in a nursing home, Raelene meets Janet. Janet doesn’t talk and she relies on a PEG feeding tube to eat. Right now, she’s asleep, so Raelene tries some soft flute music, then some guitar and the song I’ll take you home again Kathleen. Janet opens her eyes and says, “Keep singing.” 

Barefaced Stories are told live on stage at a tiny pub in the huge state of Western Australia.

Host: Andrea Gibbs (@AndreaGibbs) 

Storyteller: Raelene Bruinsma. 
Raelene explores intersections between story, song, music, and poetry in both her performances and her work with students and clients. To check out what she's up to, you can find her on Facebook @FindYourVox / @Tea&Whiskey / @VocalAwakeningPerth

Producers: Katie McAllister, Amber Cunningham & Andrea Gibbs

Facebook:@BarefacedStoriesPerth

Instagram:@BarefacedStories

Twitter: @BrutallyFranko

SPONSOR:Old Young's Distillery 

MUSIC BY:Odette Mercy & Her Soul Atomics

On her first day of a new job as a registered music therapist in a nursing home, Raelene meets Janet. Janet doesn&rsquo;t talk and she relies on a PEG feeding tube to eat. Right now, she&rsquo;s asleep, so Raelene tries some soft flute music, then some guitar and the song&nbsp;I&rsquo;ll take you home again Kathleen.&nbsp;Janet opens her eyes and says, &ldquo;Keep singing.&rdquo;&nbsp;
<a href="http://www.barefaced.com.au">Barefaced Stories</a> are&nbsp;told live on stage at a tiny pub in the huge state of Western Australia.
Host: Andrea Gibbs (<a href="https://twitter.com/AndreaGibbs">@AndreaGibbs</a>)&nbsp;
Storyteller:&nbsp;Raelene Bruinsma. Raelene explores intersections between story, song, music, and poetry in both her performances and her work with students and clients. To check out what she's up to, you can find her on Facebook <a href="https://www.facebook.com/findyourvox/">@FindYourVox</a> / <a href="https://www.facebook.com/Tea-and-Whisky-255539988508964/">@Tea&amp;Whiskey</a> / <a href="https://www.facebook.com/VocalAwakeningPerth/">@VocalAwakeningPerth</a>
Producers: Katie McAllister, Amber Cunningham &amp; Andrea Gibbs
Facebook: <a href="https://www.facebook.com/barefacedstoriesperth">@BarefacedStoriesPerth</a>
Instagram: <a href="https://www.instagram.com/barefacedstories/">@BarefacedStories</a>
Twitter:&nbsp;<a href="https://twitter.com/brutallyfranko">@BrutallyFranko</a>
SPONSOR: <a href="https://www.oldyoungs.com.au/">Old Young's Distillery</a>&nbsp;
MUSIC BY: <a href="https://www.facebook.com/odettemercyahsa/">Odette Mercy &amp; Her Soul Atomics</a>

Barefaced Stories is a platform for those who surrender to the chaos of being human.  Raw, honest, self-aware – our storytellers wear their bloody beating hearts on their sleeves and are some of the bravest folk you’ll see.

Stories are told live onstage, without notes in Australia.

Barefaced Stories is a platform for those who surrender to the chaos of being human.&nbsp; Raw, honest, self-aware &ndash; our storytellers wear their bloody beating hearts on their sleeves and are some of the bravest folk you&rsquo;ll see.
Stories are told live onstage, without notes in Australia.

BAREFACED STORIES

REFRESHINGLY HONEST. BOLD. AND BRUTALLY FRANK.

You wouldn't believe what happens in a state that's four times the size of Texas but with less than 3 million people rattling around in it. All that space, where no-one can hear you scream, or laugh, or cry. Shit happens here (with a very Australian accent). Barefaced Stories are the true stories told by people raised under a chroma blue sky, on powdery white beaches, in aqua-clear waters and occasionally, deep down in the dirt - some are humourous, some are sad and some downright perverse.

Created in 2010 by performers Andrea Gibbs and Kerry O’Sullivan (“the Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers of Australian storytelling” – Richard Fidler ABC Radio), Barefaced Stories is honest, risk-taking, refreshing entertainment that hits the spot.

www.barefaced.com.au

REFRESHINGLY HONEST. BOLD. AND BRUTALLY FRANK.
You wouldn't believe what happens in a state that's four times the size of Texas but with less than 3 million people rattling around in it. All that space, where no-one can hear you scream, or laugh, or cry. Shit happens here (with a very Australian accent). Barefaced Stories are the true stories told by people raised under a chroma blue sky, on powdery white beaches, in aqua-clear waters and occasionally, deep down in the dirt - some are humourous, some are sad and some downright perverse.
Created in 2010 by performers Andrea Gibbs and Kerry O&rsquo;Sullivan (&ldquo;the Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers of Australian storytelling&rdquo; &ndash; Richard Fidler ABC Radio), Barefaced Stories is honest, risk-taking, refreshing entertainment that hits the spot.
www.barefaced.com.au

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