Supergreat Kids' Stories

Kim Normanton has been telling traditional stories in schools and museums around the UK for twenty years.

Godfrey Duncan (who likes to be known as Tuup) was born in West London, of Guyanese parents. From the age of about 20 he took the name Tuup, a name born out of a vision he had one night.

Pamela Marre has always been surrounded by her Jewish family stories. She began working with them in experimental theatre in the late 70’s with various improvising groups and in a duo with Japanese artist Kazuko Hohki.

British Indian storyteller Peter Chand is one of Europe’s most renowned storytellers and is constantly in demand for his tales of wisdom, love, and the supernatural.

Tiernan Douieb has been trying to convince people that he’s a comedian and writer for quite some years. Most recently, and of the things he’s allowed to mention, Tiernan has written episodes for Hey Duggee, the Bust or Trust kids mystery podcast, and stories for the Super Great Kids Stories podcast and Cosmic Kids Yoga channel. He also co-runs the Comedy Club 4 Kids, doing stand-up for children aged 6+ and their families. In-between all that he mostly eats crisps.

Nadine Wild Palmer is a writer and creator of: stories, books, songs, poetry, scripts, comedy, music and theatre. Nadine’s debut children’s novel The Tunnels Below, is published by Pushkin Press.

Since growing up behind the counter of a little sweet shop in Ireland, Kate has loved listening to stories.

Straight after University, Kate spent 3 years teaching in Kenya where she picked up a little Swahili and a lot of great African folk tales.

Emily is a storyteller based in the Lake District, UK. She tells stories from across the world for anyone who will listen!
With a Swedish background, Emily has a particular passion for Norse mythology and Scandinavian folktales. Work and travels in India have also infused a great love of Hindu myth and epic.
www.emilyhennessey.co.uk

Nick Hennessey is a storyteller, singer and songwriter. Nick is a dynamic performer whose love for the traditional culture of the British Isles blends together the note, the song and the spoken word into a unique and engaging style.

His work has taken him all over the UK and around the world, playing at folk clubs, literature festivals, village halls and venues such as London’s South Bank and the Albert Hall. His voice whether singing or speaking is spellbinding.

Amy Douglas is a word-hoarder, a word-storer, a word-catcher and a word explorer. After winning ‘Young Storyteller of the Year’ at 16, Amy apprenticed to world-renowned traditional Scots Traveller and storyteller Duncan Williamson, and now holds many of his stories and ballads in trust. She’s been a storyteller performer and promoter for three decades. She plays with words, riddles and puzzles.She likes jumping in puddles, getting muddy, treasure hunts and has a favourite tree where she likes to sit with a book and an apple.
She lives in Shropshire, which is wild, magical and has stories hidden everywhere – she even put some in a book of her own ‘Shropshire Folk Tales for Children!’

www.amydouglas.com

Rachel lives in Derbyshire in England. She loves stories. She’s always loved stories. She sees them as friends who like to pop round for cups of tea. She tells stories in schools, libraries, the woods and anywhere else that she can. She also likes adventures, singing loudly, playing games, hiding in trees and making peculiar noises.

Chris tells traditional stories, inspired by nature, gathered from around the world. His stories are chosen to encourage listeners to be curious about the world, to dream with open eyes and to become storytellers. Chris lives in Newcastle upon Tyne in the North East of England, where he’s part of a group of Storytellers called A Bit Crack.
www.chrisbostock.co.uk www.abitcrack.com

Emily Hanna-Grazebrook is a singer-storyteller who hosts a storytelling podcast for children with her son Leo. It’s called Dragon Fly Tales.
Emily is from London and her parents are from Ireland so naturally she grew up believing in fairies, selkies and angels.
She regularly tells stories to children and adults at schools, festivals and museums and to her son Leo.
Emily believes that the role of a storyteller is to inspire the storyteller in others.

You can find her podcast website at: dragonflytales.uk

Baden Prince (Jnr) is an Antiguan-born performer and storyteller who has been a part of London’s thriving Live Literature and Spoken Word scene “since the turn of the century,” (21st!)

Over the past few years Baden has developed an impressive reputation as a storyteller, largely due to a series of appearances at the East Anglian Storytelling Festival where he has delighted and enthralled audiences young, old and young at heart. His repertoire incorporates “traditional” tales from the Caribbean and all over the world, as well as his own material.

As a performer Baden engages his audiences with a style that is warm, self-assured and displays an entertaining blend of insight and humour.

Juliana (aka @AchiraStories) is a travelling storyteller from Colombia who travels the world telling tales on a shoestring.

A graduate of the Vivapalabra storytelling school in Medellin in Colombia, her travels are funded by her stories. She tells tales wherever she is – on street corners in Germany, festivals in Morocco, a beach in Cyprus and on a pyramid in Mexico. She and her partner have been on the road for 2 years, has travelled through 25 countries, and after their current stint in Europe, they’re planning on heading East.

Wendy is a professional storyteller and writer based in London. 

Wangari is a performance Storyteller and children’s author based in Nairobi, Kenya, Wangari the Storyteller as she is popularly known, believes in the power of stories to make us reflect on life past, present and future.
She tells stories in schools, and to grown up audiences. She also enjoys travelling to storytelling festivals and theatres in Europe, Asia and beyond.