Welcome to my website. I’ve been an award-winning storyteller for 20 years. I started storytelling at the National Portrait Gallery after being spotted performing in Northern Stage Ensemble’s production of Grimm Tales.
Storytelling with Whispering Wood Folk
My passion is blowing the dust from old stories, unwinding them so that the original wisdom can flow through.
I went on to become Storyteller In Residence at Seven Stories, The National Centre for Children’s Books. I then performed and ran workshops in hundreds of schools, theatres, museums, National Trust properties and ancient Woodlands until 2008, when I was lucky enough to be appointed Storyteller In Residence for the Roald Dahl Foundation.
—Ziggy Slingsby, aerialist
For the last few years I have been telling stories with Whispering Wood Folk, an outdoor theatre and circus group, as well as creating my own work and recording many stories.
In 2015, I sailed across the Atlantic with an all-female crew as part of eXXpedition, creating stories embedded with environmental science, love of the earth and adventure.
Storytelling at sea as part of eXXpedition
—Participant of Remembering the Handless Maiden retreat at Chalice Well, 2024
In 2016, I was appointed Bard of Glastonbury – a yearly competition for poets, storytellers and songwriters who live within walking distance of Glastonbury Tor.
For all the latest updates on my activities, be sure to bookmark my Facebook page, where I upload a new story – either audio or video – each month.