Remember when you told... with Spark London stories from your life?

Spark London begun at Canal Café Theatre, first Monday each month (still is but spread now)

This is taken before one of my first performance there in 2009


2009 Spark London - when some just sit down and read at Canal Café - Joanna Yates directing


2010 Spark event "Faith" audience all around me, here some in the pause with Joanna Yates

Storytelling "Faith" with Spark London - the faith in politic (lost) of a 15th year old girl (Multifaith centre)

2010 Soho restaurant, then Manchester Town hall - we all three told stories (first we met at Soho's)


2011 Spark London "Fish out of water"

at Canal Café Theatre, London we each told a story
Mine was about the times of the Communist Terror,
my innocent father arrest when I was 16
in the middle of night, they came with heavy boots and black coats

My 16th were not sweet times, and we were looked as we had leper for month.

My father was detained 7 month with no papers against him and us not knowing where he was.
I have to find the recording of that tale or tell it again.

2012 March, Roadblocks, with Lewisham Toastmasters and Spark London

Our team with Joanna who came all the way to Lewisham speakers club to give feedback


2013 Hackney Attic, Spark London storytelling, Matt and Dave hosted the event, 2nd Monday's


2013 upstairs at Ritzy, with very convincing host Radcliff, 3rd Mondays of month


I told a story, about badly turned Vacation that time

He is not only great host, but excellent Storyteller and Workshop leader
Came to our Toastmaster club and proved it delivering a great workshop
This was taken I think in a Spark event in a Soho bookshop centre London

I presume, someone has taken a photo from this year event, where I told a story a week ago, north of London new place in a theatre of a Church inside Exmouth market.

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In GBA 102 we get better acquainted with Julie. She talks about becoming a stand up comedian in her 70's, living through political and personal tyranny, her relationship to ageing, telling stories, living all over the world, surviving three tyrannies, being part of the computer revolution, how Elena Ceaușescu stole her desk and more!

Julie plugs a great many things but ends up with:

"There is always something good that comes from bad."

"I don't mind a one night stand if you give me warmth. But don't call me in the morning. Google me." - Julie Kertesz

Julie recently appeared on Channel Four: www.4thought.tv/themes/what-does-…ife/julie-kertesz

Mentioned:

Spark London: sparklondon.com/

Stand Up Tragedy: www.standuptragedy.co.uk/

Mistaken Identity Story: vimeo.com/21642360

Leaving Home Story: www.mixcloud.com/sparklondon/leav…me-julie-kertez/

Now or Never Story: www.mixcloud.com/sparklondon/now-…er-julie-kertez/

Grants True Tales video "When I was 10 years old" : www.youtube.com/watch?v=9-JHZKFzoHE

Toastmasters: www.toastmasters.org/

Lewisham Speakers: lewishamspeakers.blogspot.co.uk/

Julie70's Flickr Account: www.flickr.com/people/joyoflife/

Julie on Vimeo: vimeo.com/user6441144

Julie's Diary: julie70diary.blogspot.co.uk/

Photo Blog: photoblogjulie70.blogspot.co.uk/

Video Blog: julie70video.blogspot.co.uk/

Il y a de la vie après 70 ans (French Blog): julie70.blogspot.co.uk/

Julie in London at 77: julie70inlondon.blogspot.co.uk/

Competent Communicator: competentcommunicator.blogspot.co.uk/

Logan Murray: www.loganmurray.com/ - Stand Up and Deliver

David Jones: www.stammering.org/news_toastmasters.html

Silver Comedy (silvercomedy.co.uk/) Best Newcomer 2012: www.flickr.com/photos/joyoflife/6908120513/

Cavendish Arms - Tiny Cup: competentcommunicator.blogspot.co.uk/2012/0…s.html

Facebook: www.facebook.com/julie.kertesz

GBA Episode 1: Gettingbetteracquainted – Gba-1-dave

Janys, I just met, "knew me" from flickr...

Janys took this photo of another photographer photographing me, a photographer.

She recognised my name from a group on flickr (50 plus) and was so happy we met face to face. 

Here is my photo of her, after we have spoken. She is warm and nice and you can see 'likes" me.

Less then 24 hours later, this photo of mine taken of Jenys enchanted to have met me, got into "bests of Flickr" and so far already 55 photographers favorited it, more then 8000 had seen it. It also brought me yesterday, 25,000 hits on my photos and new contacts to follow my images.

Visible - 60 Women at 60 - Jenny O'Connor

An image, speaks, 60 speak even better!

"60 women at 60 in 60 seconds! Images from New Zealand photographer, Jenny O'Connor's 

new book 'Visible - 60 women at 60'.  Jenny photographed 60 women who were 60 in the year their photo was taken. She wanted to explore how women at 60 see themselves now, how society sees them, what's important to them and how they feel about what lies ahead. In the book the photographs are accompanied by words." 

Thanks for Lynda Abbit who published this interview through which I discovered these photos about 60 y women. http://seniorplanet.org/visible-60-women-at-60/ 

My french blog is all about a woman after 70 - now has ten years of running, I also proved what I set up, for myself and others "Il y a de la vie après 70" (there is life after 70) 

I do believe, everything is important to do, to prove to young and old that indeed, life does not end at... 50! nor 60 or 70. And, I hope now, at 80 either. Till there is a jest of life in us and we embrace the time that goes and whatever arrives with it.

My mother's grandmather, Paula

I was 12 and she was 92, when... Listen. Told at Canal Café Theatre, told at Blackheath Theatre. As I prepared it. When I told it, after each of three stories, I added "you see, something good comes out from the bad."

And of course, told to my grand children too.

True stories of my great grandma, Paula who told them to me when I was 12.

Some of my gigs, great places and audience!

Julie Kertesz, "Winner of Silver Comedy Best Newcomer 2012"
I have been to 77+ successful gigs including :

Pirate Castle, 1st showcase for Comedy School Workshop, March 2011, killed, video
Pirate Castle, returned 7' after 18 month: killed again with much new material
Amuse Mouse Covent Garden 1nd showcase for Stand &Deliver Workshop, end May, video
Laughing Horse's Showcase Sept. Brixton (120!!) and Green park (40) and Islington (5); video
Cavendish Arms, Stockwell 4 x (great, twice I killed, 1st price cup home
Comedy in Tooting 3 x, (Won a cup, next time I opened & warmed up, next 2nd)
5 Minutes of Fame, Camden Head near Angel in Islington (Back after 6 month, killed 40th)
Jester, Jester (inscription in place) a quiet Monday good welcome, video
Silver Comedy, 2x Leicester: Won "Silver Comedy Best Newcomer of 2012"
Up the Creek, Greenwich Birthday gig! 78... Killed
Stand & Deliver, Canterbury 10 ' Come back!
T Bird; Comedy Bin, N42DX - What a welcome!
Golden Jester , Semifinalist Belushi's Greenwich, in Camden Winner of Quater Final 3x
Lion's Den, 3x Rumba bar, Picadilly I killed! "Julie made my day!", 4th ann. and a special 10' invit
Touching Cloth, The dead comedian socs (A video taken) - went back for Hackers night, Great!
Alchemist Bar, near Clapton Jonction, 7' (Comedy bin) good welcome, few audience
Electric, Westminster Red Lion, Parlement str Mondays ("come back!") 3 x "come back"
Way out West Comedy in Brentford (Great welcome)
The Star of Kings, 126 York Way, near King Cross (8') "Come back soon!" 
Stag's Head, Huxton, Humorous Story, not "comedy gig" 10' went great 
Sitdown Standup, at the Plumbers Arms SW1W 0LN - great video taken, opening night
Pear Shaped my 30th Gig!!! The FITZROY Tavern, 16a CHARLOTTE ST, W1T 2NA
'New Yorker in Paris', Bld Bonne Nouvelle, great gig and welcome, in English, in Paris, 7 ' good!
Brianstorm, Greenwich, Brian is an new, very warm host and organizer
Monkey business, NW3 Chalk Farm,  97 Haverstock Hill NW& The Oxford, Kenning Town
Funnys Funny Heat for women, Comedy Knights@The Archangel, London, also Edinburg after
Funny's Funny Edinburgh Fringe Festival in August 2012, Edinburgh 7' great venue
T.R.A.M.P. Ravesburn Arms Comedy Lewisham Hight Street 10 minutes! Noisy pub...
Big N Comedy, 172 – 174 Uxbridge road W12 7JD, 7' Great audience
Club Kaleido Variety 10' the Pipeline 10' paid spot, E1 7DA Liverpool St. "Come back!" 
The Finsbury, Julian, Manor House tube station exit 7) 10' Humorous Story Killed "come back" Lion's Den : 10' Headliner "
Silver Comedy London, 10' 2013 'Old folks telling jokes'

"One year in comedy" with Alan Nelson, New Cross, The London Theatre, benefit Alzenheimer: 2x
The cult of comedy, West Ham, E16 4BJ Cranbery Lane, near Star Lane Station
Special Hackling night with Alex MC at Dirty Dicks, Liverpool Station (great gig!)
and many others, I stopped counting after 77 - as I begun at age 77...