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Storytelling Services
I tell both Adults and Children if I'm somewhere outdoors, such as a festival, I have a Gazebo and cushions for Children to sit on as well as chairs, which can accommodate small groups or it can be opened up for a much bigger audience.
Storytelling is suitable for museums, libraries, Schools, universities, Colleges, Care homes, Festivals, Parks, and much more.
I'm also a member of the Society for Storytelling and a member of Equity with public liability insurance and an enhanced DBS.
Timing
If bookings are made for an event, storytelling can be between 10, 20 and 45 minutes long and repeated throughout the day; one-hour performances are also available.
I take bookings for
1 hour,
1- 3 hours (half a day)
3-6 hours (full day)
Each story is 5-10 minutes long, and the occasional longer story is 30 - 45 minutes long.
A storytelling show for adults is either an hour or 2- 45 minutes, with a selection of stories with an interval in between.
I am based in Sutton Coldfield, North of Birmingham, but I travel as far as London for a storytelling visit, so please do not hesitate to get in touch.
Family Storytelling
Fantastic Beasts & Mythical Creatures
Fantastic Beasts & Mythical Creatures
Suitable for the whole family, a selection of traditional stories of farmers, animals, giants and kings. Suitable for Children 3 yrs+, fun and interactive.
Fantastic Beasts & Mythical Creatures
Fantastic Beasts & Mythical Creatures
Fantastic Beasts & Mythical Creatures
Listen to tales of mythical creatures from the British Iles and why they are important in folklore and history.
Tales of Leprechauns, Unicorns, Dragons, Boggarts, Selkies, Mermaids Giants, Fairies and much more.
Camp Fire Tales
Fantastic Beasts & Mythical Creatures
Camp Fire Tales
No campfire is complete without a Storyteller. Perfect for campsites, parks and outdoor events. A mixture of spooky stories and woodland tales.
Ideal for families, older Children and adults.
Festive tales for Christmas
Festive tales for Christmas
Camp Fire Tales
Festive fun for all the family, a selection of Christmas and winter tales about Snow bears, Elves, Christmas Cats and even Father Christmas himself.
Winter tales for adults also available.
Nature and Animal Tails
Festive tales for Christmas
Nature and Animal Tails
Stories of animals all around the world, and stories of nature, this set of stories are examples of how important and loved the natural world is.
Tales of Cats, Dogs, Foxes, lions, nature and many more.
Stories from Middle Earth
Festive tales for Christmas
Nature and Animal Tails
COMING SOON
Spooky tales for Halloween
Ghost Stories
Ghost Stories
Very popular at Halloween, this is a selection of stories from around the world about ghosts, vampires, skeletons, and even how a man outwitted the devil.
Available for young Children ages 5-7 and also available for Children ages 8 and above.
Ghost Stories
Ghost Stories
Ghost Stories
This set of stories is suitable for adults, listen to local stories of ghosts and and folk tales.
Perfect for spooky settings such as old buildings and story walks.
Also available for cold winter nights, Christmas and Winter Ghost stories.
Storytelling
What is Storytelling?
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.
Where do the Stories come from?
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.