National Storytelling Week
Telling stories and celebrating the oral tradition National Storytelling Week runs from January 26th-February 2nd and was created by Storyteller and Folklorist […]
Category: Festivals
Photos of Wendy performing at Family festivals across the United Kingdom.
My Guyanese heritage
Furzedown Summer Festival At the weekend, I took part in a Garden Gig as part of the Furzedown Summer Festival with my […]
Life and Death in storytelling
Last night I went along to watch Hannah Need, the Storyteller of Southfields in her show ‘Life, Death and Dreams along the […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Sharing Caribbean folktales
This weekend I’ll not only be telling a couple of my favourite Caribbean folktales, but children will be able to record their […]
Winter stories at Southbank
The gift of giving It’s been a wonderful lead up to Christmas 2015 telling magical winter stories at Southbank. I was really […]
Night of Festivals
Storytelling in Barking Last weekend Abbey Green and Barking Town Centre was transformed for the Night of Festivals. There was a vibrant […]
Guyanese folklore stories in Crouch End
Storytelling at the Crouch End Festival The Crouch End Arts Festival began on Friday and I couldn’t wait to get stuck in […]