Storytelling Services

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The art of performance Storytelling is simply a Storyteller telling you or an audience a story. It’s using particular oral language, body language and engaging with the audience. It is different from simply reading a book, as the story can change with each telling, depending on the audience and the environment where the story is being told. It is not scripted, but the Storyteller owning the story as if it were their own.  

The stories are mainly folk tales, fairy tales, myths, and legends, which are traditional stories. They have been passed down by mouth (not books) for hundreds and sometimes thousands of years. We do not know who first told them, so they belong to everyone.

 Storytellers have travelled the globe and shared these stories. As they journeyed, the stories evolved, giving rise to different versions of familiar tales such as “Cinderella” and “Beauty and the Beast” in various countries. Despite the differences in titles, these stories are essentially the same, uniting us in a shared global narrative. 

Over the years, people such as the Brothers Grimm and Joseph Jacobs have collected these stories and written them down in books. Unfortunately, some oral traditions are not as popular as they once were due to technology being the main entertainment in households. 

Even as some of these stories are collected and written down in books, the oral tradition remains resilient. Storytellers, the custodians of these tales, keep the tradition alive, passing them down from generation to generation. This resilience reassures us of the enduring nature of these stories.