My practice as a storyteller has been informed by my first encounter with oral storytelling some 40 years ago in a village in Cameroon, were I was moved by the power of the story to create a sense of community.
Drawing on that, the purpose of my storytelling today is to take people deeply into the world so that they experience being a part of it, in all its elements, both human and more than human. And from this to know our inter-connectedness, with all its wonder, mystery, grief and joy.
This applies, whether it be the written or spoken word, with school children or with adults, in workshop or performance. The endeavour to create a sense of connection with life and a belonging to place is rooted in the stories I tell.
“It was quite a terrific night, last night. I’m not sure you realise how powerful an experience it was for us all.”
Dr. Richard Young School of Education, Newcastle University
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A Twist in The Path
Gaze at the fissured trunk of an ash tree to where the branches sweep down like candelabras and through the lattice of leaves see one-eyed Odin and two ravens bringing […]
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Moor Tales at Cuthbert’s Moor
A look at what's beneath the surface. Exploring the stories of St Cuthbert's Moor, that exist in the imagination. Stories that cannot be measured or put on a database - and will […]
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Crick Crack Club, The Cube Bristol, 7pm. Read about Gone Cuckoo
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Gone Cuckoo in Stroud
St. Laurence, Stroud Centre for Peace and the Arts, 6pm tbc Read about Gone Cuckoo
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Matlock Storytelling Café, The Imperial rooms, Imperial Road, Matlock, DE4 3NL Read about Gone Cuckoo
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Owl’s Gaze in Alnwick
Charting the course from Dr.Crofton’s parasitic worms to a tree that talks and the unsettling gaze of an owl Malcolm Green will guide us on a quest from science to […]
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