Author: Wendy Shearer

March 21, 2017March 21, 2017Folktales, Myths, Storytelling

South London Storytelling

Gingerbread and Stories I feel very fortunate to have a wonderful group of storytellers who I meet with regularly to tell stories, rehearse […]

January 16, 2017May 12, 2017Folktales, Storytelling

Connection with stories

Storytelling at Torriano Story Night I was absolutely delighted to be invited by Nell Phoenix to tell stories for her monthly Story Night […]

August 16, 2016August 31, 2019Anansi, Festivals, Past Events, Storytelling

Caribbean stories at the Museum of London

Hello London, Hello Barbados This year marks the 50th Anniversary of independence for Barbados and other Caribbean islands.  I was asked to tell […]

June 20, 2016May 1, 2017KS1 & KS2, Primary Schools, Storytelling

Storytelling techniques in the classroom

Innovate My School ideas I found out about ‘Innovate My School’ on Twitter.  They share and inspire innovative ideas in the education […]

June 2, 2016June 2, 2016Myths, Storytelling

Greek myths

Bringing ancient Greece to life There’s a fantastic exhibition on at the British Museum until November 2016.  It’s called: The ‘Sunken Cities’ […]

May 31, 2016June 2, 2016Myths, Storytelling

Storytelling at The British Museum

Telling ancient Egyptian and Greek myths I recently had the pleasure of storytelling at The British Museum during an exciting evening of […]

May 3, 2016May 3, 2016Storytelling, Storytelling Workshops

Multilingual Creativity Event

Free Word The Free Word Centre is the only international centre for literature, literacy and free expression.  In collaboration with the Culture […]

April 11, 2016April 11, 2016Festivals, Storytelling, Storytelling Workshops

The Theatre of Storytelling

The range of theatre As with theatre performances of plays, there are many different aspects of storytelling. I’m exploring in this post […]

March 23, 2016August 22, 2019Myths, Past Events, Storytelling, Storytelling at Museums

Preparing to tell Ancient Greek Myths

I was thrilled when the British Museum asked me to prepare a series of stories for one of their evening events coming […]

March 8, 2016March 9, 2016Festivals, Folktales, Storytelling

Storytelling moments – what can go wrong

Storytelling involves telling a story live to an audience.  Your performance is not memorised word by word, but you’ve worked out or […]