Relaxing before last week’s show at @butserancientfarm.co.uk
#Storyteller #storytelling #performancestorytelling
A thangka painting of Green Tara, a green-skinned female bodhisattva, seated on a lotus throne.
This Saturday I'm telling stories from Tāranātha's "Golden Rosary" (1604) as part of Tārā Day at #Southampton Buddhist Centre. Expect moon miracles, magic animals, and wild-eyed bandits.
#GreenTara #WhiteTara #FolkTales #Buddhism #PerformanceStorytelling #OralStorytelling #LiveStorytelling
A pale wooden lap harp, on a darker wooden background.
New toy! I bought this lovely lap harp as a way to enhance my #PerformanceStorytelling. Now all I have to do is learn how to play it. The neighbours may be in for a bumpy ride.
I just bought my weekend ticket for the East Anglian Storytelling Festival, oh yes I did! Cannot wait!
eastanglianstorytellingfestival.co.uk/index.html
#OralStorytelling #TraditionalStorytelling #PerformanceStorytelling
A photo of wood carving depicting a red demon draped in green cloth.
Today’s story prep to-do list has been all about this fella. Rum cove.
#OralStorytelling #PerformanceStorytelling #FolkTales
A 19th-century black-and-white image of the witch Baba Yaga riding her pestle and mortar through the forest.
Me at 2 pm: Ok, I've got four crackerjack Baba Yaga stories to choose from, I just need to decide which one I'm going to tell.
Me at 4 pm: I've emptied an entire bookcase and now have 20 stories to choose from and my house is sprouting chicken legs.
#performancestorytelling #oralstorytelling
A 19th-century painting showing a white woman with a halo riding a dragon across a body of water.
A shapeshifter outruns her pursuers. A demon princess leads an army across the sea. A girl learns how to conjure dreams. These are stories of women who stood no nonsense and kissed no frogs. Leave your glass slippers at home.
#performancestorytelling #oralstorytelling #traditionalstorytelling
Books, pens and yellow Post-it notes against a white background.
Adventures with Post-it notes, episode 527. Beavering away on on my Water Babies adaptation. It's a complex project, but I'm making headway. Beavering! See what I did there? #performancestorytelling #oralstorytelling
I've created a starter pack for #oralstorytelling. Please tell me who I've missed so I can add them. Let's grow the pack together so it won't take us hours of trawling to find each other ❤️ go.bsky.app/8PFSncD #performancestorytelling #traditionalstorytelling