2016 Events
Storytelling Events for Adults UK include:
- Crick Crack Club at Soho Theatre, London; Little Red Riding Hood and Other Lost Girls
- UK Storytelling Clubs: Swansea, Cumbria, Shropshire, StoryJam, London
- Rich Mix; This thing Called Love for CCC
- 40 Winks How To Find Your Perfect Partner traditional Stories for Grown-Ups
- Rich Mix, London Tricksters traditional stories for grown-ups, a CCC event
- Earthouse, Cranborne, Dorset, Bawdy Folktales and Myths for grown-ups; a CCC event
- The Party Field, campfire stories
- 40 Winks: Little Red Riding Hood… Bedtime Stories
2016 School and Community Work Sessions include:
- The Engine Room, Tottenham
- World Book Day events throughout London Primary Schools
- Storytelling markets in Haringey Primary Schools
- Woodcraft Folk, Stoke Newington
- Patron of Reading for Belmont Primary School, Haringey
2016 Museums…
- British Museum, storytelling sessions for Olympic Sleepover
- Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, storytelling for families based on Two Pigeons, ballet
- Hampton Court Gnomes Unearthed: 2 groups – primary and Young Adult Refugees / research and writing project for community engagement
Festivals 2016…
- Alden Biesen Storytelling Festival, Belgium, performance storytelling for teenage students and adult public
- Aldeburgh Sea of Stories Festival
- Fireside Festival. Hertfordshire
- MC at Beyond The Border
Workshops
Dynamo Theatre Workshop (currently running): A weekly creative drama workshop for juniors (13 years!)
Character Mask Workshops for Juniors
Mentoring
Continuing to support students from Storytelling For Beginners and Beyond Beginners storytelling courses
Training
Goldsmiths’ College: Theory and Practice of Drama, Acting and Directing BA Hons. Major project directing
Subsequent physical theatre / voice training/ workshop influence…
Desmond Jones, Phillippe Gaulier, Monica Pagneux, John Wright, Frankie Armstrong, Ben Haggarty, Abbi Patrix
Skills
Music: Piano, accordion (basic), strong singing voice. Good ability and experience in mask and puppetry work: full mask, half mask, commedia; shadow and rod puppets. Strong impro’ and devising skills. Experienced storyteller and workshop leader. Clean driver’s licence.