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  • Lucia Luckett-Kelly and Creating Safety

    Lucia Luckett-Kelly and Creating Safety
    Apr 17 2025
    Lucia L. Luckett-Kelly , solopreneur, the founder and owner of Phantasy Staircase Education is an Educator, Creative Dramatic Instructor and Storyteller.She has been teaching students of all ages and backgrounds for over 30 years and has been performing for even longer.Lucia has made appearances at schools, park districts, libraries, churches, museums, bookstores, restaurants, private family homes, and art festivals, in person and virtually on Zoom.She is a former Board member of the ITA (Illinois Theatre Association), a member of NSN (National Storytelling Network), and on the Board of Directors for (BlessingsBalanceBreathYoga).She is an artistic, sociable and enterprising individual who enjoys sharing stories that span the ages and cultures from the United States and Around the World.Home | Phantasy Staircase Education
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    55 min
  • Donald Smith and generosity of spirit

    Donald Smith and generosity of spirit
    Apr 3 2025
    Donald Smith is a storyteller of Scotland. Inspired by his time at the School of Scottish Studies in Edinburgh, Donald became Director of The Netherbow Arts Centre and founding Director of the Scottish Storytelling Centre. He is a longstanding activist in Earth Charter International, and co-founder of The Earth Stories Collection. Donald is currently Director of the Scottish International Storytelling Festival but also a busy supporter of Scotland's national storytelling network. In 2023 he received the Hamish Henderson Award for lifetime service to the Scottish arts. donald@tracscotland.orgOffice: 0131 652 3271Scottish Storytelling Centre, 43-45 High Street, EH1 1SR
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    58 min
  • Michael Harvey and Social Storytelling

    Michael Harvey and Social Storytelling
    Mar 20 2025
    Michael has told stories both as a solo performer and with other artists throughout the UK and Europe as well festivals in North and South America. Most of his work is in either English or Welsh and he specialises in bilingual delivery of stories.

    He is a familiar performer in the UK festival and club scene and draws particular inspiration from the Welsh oral heritage and landscape. He combines depth of material with lightness of delivery which is timed and paced to perfection and minted fresh for every audience.

    Michael has devised and toured collaborative work with leading UK storytelling production company Adverse Camber, was awarded a Major Creative Wales Award, took part in the the 3rd Labo at La Maison du Conte in Paris and was a featured teller at the National Storytelling Festival in Jonesborough, Tennessee. A new collaborative show based on the Lady of the Lake legend is currently on tour with Michael as Artistic Director.
    www.michaelharvey.orgBando! Michael Harvey's new storytelling company https://www.bandowales.org/Links to articles etcSubstack - articles etc
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    54 min
  • Laura Simms and storytelling magic

    Laura Simms and storytelling magic
    Mar 6 2025
    Laura is an internationally acclaimed storyteller, writer, coach, and humanitarian. She combines traditional stories with personal narrative. She is artistic Director of the Hans Christian Andersen Storytelling Center, and served as a Senior Research Fellow for Rutgers University Peace Center under the auspices of UNESCO. Laura won the Sesame Street SUNNY DAYS AWARD for work with children worldwide, received the Hasbro September 11 Grant and a lifetime achievement award from the National Storytelling Network. She is a certified dharma art teacher, senior meditation instructor, and works with The Constellation. Her most recent book is Our Secret Territory: The Essence of Storytelling. Her new book The Story of Wild Rose: Summoning The Restoration of the World is being published by Sentient Books (TBA).See her website at Laura SimmsEmail her at: storymentor2010@gmail.com
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    1 h et 3 min
  • Melissa Min and sacred story medicine

    Melissa Min and sacred story medicine
    Feb 20 2025
    Melissa Min is one of West Australia’s most prominent storytellers. She works with language, myth and story to evoke a deep sense of connection, belonging and healing. Melissa is a passionate advocate for bringing creative and artistic practices to community spaces. She facilitates storytelling events, poetry circles and creative writing sessions throughout Perth and the South West of WA.
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    42 min
  • Kavita Shah and weaving the story

    Kavita Shah and weaving the story
    Feb 6 2025
    Kavita breathes stories and is a passionate professional storyteller. She facilitates storytelling experiences for children and adults utilising various storytelling techniques and art therapies methods. Her lively storytelling performances using different storytelling styles keep people of all ages spell-bound. Her repertoire of stories includes a wide range of Indian and other Asian folktales, European fairy tales, Personal and Family stories, True-life incidents, and modern stories from numerous cultures. Different Artforms like Oral Storytelling, Kamishibai (Japanese), Kawwad- DashaAvtara (Rajasthan), Musical Storytelling with Rhythmic Beats, Tandem Telling, Story Cards, Story Performances Solo and Tandem, Crankie Storytelling, and many more to be performed promoting Indian Art and Culture.InstagramFacebookWebsite : www.kathakahani.co.in
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    49 min
  • Brian Walsh and Irish tales and landscapes

    Brian Walsh and Irish tales and landscapes
    Jan 23 2025
    “Do Scéalaí Ceanadach le Scéalta Éireannacha!”
    “Your Canadian Teller of Irish Tales!”Brian Walsh is a professional storyteller specializes in Irish Folktales and Mythology as a source of wisdom and humor, discomfort and delight. Brian’s background is in Psychotherapy, World Religions, and Celtic Studies. He has told at diverse venues including the Toronto International Storytelling Festival, the Niagara Irish Festival, Schools/Universities, and around the campfire under the stars.Find him on Instagram at:https://www.instagram.com/brianwalsh.ca/
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    51 min
  • Brenda Berrisford and building confidence

    Brenda Berrisford and building confidence
    Jan 9 2025
    Brenda moved to Perth from England with her family in 1970. She wears many hatsincluding retired librarian, oral storyteller and writer of poetry and short stories.In the 70s she enrolled at WAIT (now Curtin University) in Library Studies. Duringthis time she worked in high school libraries and discovered the Storytelling Guild ofWA in 1983, of which she is a Life Member. After graduating she started her ownbusiness, combining libraries and storytelling.She has travelled widely – interstate and overseas – on holidays, or spreading thejoy of oral storytelling through her love of words and language. Storytelling andlecturing took her to many interesting venues, including Singapore, School-of-the Airand visits to prison! The experiences have been rewarding and many an unsuspectingtraveller has been the basis for a story.In 1998 she discovered the Writefree Women’s Writing Group at the KatharineSusannah Prichard Centre and has contributed to 26 anthologies put out by this group.She has had poems published and in 2008 launched her first book of short stories andpoems, Telling Tales and Weaving Dreams, and in 2018, she published her secondbook which includes a novella and other short stories, A Web Untangling.Brenda lived in Gooseberry Hill in Western Australia for 41 years and has recently downsized to a unit in Kalamunda.Email: brenb2024@gmail.com
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    46 min