Andy Wright

NZ

Andy Wright is a fourth generation storyteller, descended from three blind matriarchs; his mother, grand-mother, and great-grandmother. Although he is sighted,from them he acquired ability to truly see the world through our imagination.

Barry Stewart Mann

USA

A rich variety of voices, expressive movement, colorful props, puppets and costume pieces, and opportunities for audience participation abound as Barry draws on his theatrical training and experience to bring stories to life!

Brian "Fox" Ellis

USA

Brian "Fox" Ellis is an author, storyteller, historian, and naturalist. In addition to telling folktales, Fox portrays three different friends of Abraham Lincoln to give his audience a more intimate view of the president who fought to free African Americans from slavery.

Clive PiG

UK

Clive PiG is a storyteller and children's author. He likes nothing better than to take his words off the page and put them on the stage. His storytelling style combines music and song, rhythm and rhyme.

Karen Golden

USA

Karen Golden began telling stories at the dinner table at the age of three and playing the saxophone at the age of eight. She tells Jewish and multicultural tales both old and new, many blended with music she plays on her saxophone.

Keith Donnelly

UK

Keith is a storyteller and guitarist. He specialises in highly interactive stories and songs for children, inviting their participation, stretching their imaginations and stimulating creativity, with every tale and tune.

Nell Phoenix

UK

Nell has the skills of both an actress and a storyteller. She has an open and engaging manner, always ready to respond to a gasp or sigh in the audience or to use an audience member as a character or prop in the telling of the tale.

Priscilla Howe

USA

Priscilla’s mouthy hand puppets come along to shows for young children. She tells more sophisticated stories to grownups and older kids. She performs primarily in English, though she has also told stories in French and Bulgarian.

Ursula Holden-Gill

UK

From her stunningly characterised adaptations of traditional folk and fairy tales to her signature streetwise savvy, self-penned originals, Ursula can make you laugh and cry, think, reflect and roar again.

Wangari Grace

Kenya

A passionate performer, Wangari infuses her stories with song, dance, tongue twisters, and other dramatic skills to create an interaction with her audience. She is much at home with both young and adult gatherings with a performance style grounded in open, interactive, participatory storytelling.