Our Cafe Performers
"Now that the world is standing still, people are asking for stories" Achira.
Alex Ultradish
Alex Ultradish is thrilled to be joining the World Storytelling to share some spooky tales for children and those that were children once! A regular at Cambridge Folk Festival, taking traditional tales to the contemporary audience with humour and fun.
Stories over the Hill
Welcome all to an exclusive residency session between Fiona and Zouhair showcasing the beginning of their collaboration on Thursday the 26th of September at 7pm in World Storytelling Cafe. Be ready to be amazed and travel around the world with a magical carpet of stories.
Jasnamah
Hi, I’m Jasnamah from India, and I’ve been a part of the World Storytelling Cafe since 2020. This is where I first began exploring my passion for storytelling. I love sharing classic fables from my country, along with many other stories that inspire and captivate audiences worldwide.
Kenza
Hello everyone, my name is Kenza, and I am 17 years old. I live in Italy but have Moroccan origins since my parents come from Morocco. I became a storyteller thanks to meeting Professor Manuela Kelly Calzini, and from there everything started. I began to develop a passion for this programme and fell in love […]
Justine de Mierre
Tales n Tunes at the World Storytelling Cafe 🎤 There’ll be storytelling from host Justine de Mierre and open mic spots for all you talented players, singers, tellers and poets! 🏠 If you want to be part of an open mic community but there’s things that keep you home (health, caring, transport etc) then this […]
A global story round fundraising for MAP (Medical Aid for Palestinians)
A global story round fundraising for MAP (Medical Aid for Palestinians) come and tell a story or share some poetry with us at the World Storytelling Cafe. Your peace-loving hosts are David Heathfield and Simona Stambazzi. Let’s come together to send a message of Peace around the World.
Maia Ganatra
Drawing inspiration from a master storyteller, my father, preserving his tales as memory fades.
Stories for peace
A Call for Peace Storytellers Haneen Khaled Jadallah from Gaza, Palestine and David Heathfield from Devon, UK share the floor with specially invited peace-seeking international guest storytellers. We are all connected. Fundraising for Medical Aid for Palestine https://www.facebook.com/donate/705246757786977/6865394900242649/
Get a Word in Edgeways Online Festival
Hosted by Despina Ariou from the Much Wenlock Fire Station 10.30am Online Festival Opens 11am Getting Started with Poetry Workshop with Ryan Dre Sinclair – bring a paper and pen Midday Highlights from The Treasure Within: Persian Miniature Paintings with Zahra Afsah 1pm Interviews with Special Guests, Poets and Storytellers 2pm Highlights from Ragged Miser: […]
Stories for Marrakech
Stories for Marrakech. A Fundraiser for the Henna Cafe Soup Kitchen from the Folk of Gloucester
Simona
Simona is a storyteller and language teacher from Italy. She fell in love with stories at a very young age, and she’s been playing with her imagination ever since. Starting out as an avid reader, Simona started creating and writing her own stories, to then discover the world of oral storytelling thanks to David Heathfield, […]
Linda Schuyler Ford
Linda Schuyler Ford grew up Sleepy Hollow, NY, wandering the very hills that inspired beloved author Washington Irving, and listening to the magical stories of her English and German ancestors. No wonder she became a storyteller! Now a Floridian, she enjoys traveling the East Coast offering storytelling concerts and workshops for all ages and abilities, […]
Amna Burki
Amna is of South Asian heritage based in Winnipeg, Manitoba for the past 2 decades. She is passionate about bringing diverse communities together through storytelling
Georgia Pieri and Evi Karydi
Georgia Pieri from Cyprus on the left and Evi Karydi from Greece on the right
Acenovation
We team up with ACENOVATION to part of their 24 hour storytelling fund raiser for the victims of the Turkish earthquake disaster for a two hour story round
Eimear Burke
Eimear is a Druid and a Storyteller. She has a deep love of the ancient Irish tales and has a passion for storytelling. She brings the old tales to new audiences, and – while remaining faithful to the stories – often examines them from new perspectives, so that listeners experience them as fresh and relevant. […]
Carolyn Emmerson
Hallo everyone. My name is Carolyn Emmerson and I am a puppet-making storyteller, originally from the villages of Derbyshire. I have been storytelling with puppetry professionally since 1994. Tippety Twig; a Woodland Elf; was the first, but I have since made many others. I tell traditional folk tales, rhymes, poems and songs, as well as […]
Rebecca Lemaire
Belgian-British storyteller based in the South of Spain. Rebecca tells stories in English, Spanish and French
Rona Leventhal
Rona is a Storyteller who engages the imaginative mind, known for her dynamic characters
Usha Venkatraman
Mumbai based award winning storyteller, author, classical vocalist, puppeteer and radio show host
Ailsa Dixon
Ailsa is a young Aberdeenshire apprentice storyteller passionate about traditional tales, both Scottish and international.
Rock the Casbah
À special edition of our monthly fund raiser, lead teller Ian Douglas and featured Riad Les Yeux Bleu.
Chef Mohammed Essakhi
Mohammed Essakhi is a Moroccan born chef who has worked in the restaurant business for thirty years.
Moth & Butterfly
Moth & Butterfly is an Arts Collective based in the West of Ireland, celebrating the art forms of storytelling and improvisation. We host regular nights, as well as other arts engagements throughout the year. Our first festival is 19th-21st February 2021. Thank you very much for supporting us. https://paypal.me/pools/c/8wAW4BRyJW
Rachel Murray
Rachel Murray Rachel is a resident storyteller at Matlock Storytelling Cafe, and has been telling stories since she was ‘nowt but a slip of a lass’. From telling her first stories to stuffed animals and long-suffering pets, she soon graduated to telling stories to her Mum who would then draw pictures to go with the tales […]
Manuela Kelly Calzini
Manuela is a Storyteller based wherever her flying carpet takes her in the world. She shares her time between Tuscany (Italy), Northumberland (England), and Geneva (Switzerland). She is a warm, engaging and lively storyteller, she tells stories in both English and Italian. Manuela has pursued her passion for storytelling in a wide variety of settings […]
Have a Laugh in Lockdown
WSC together with The Society for Storytelling and Get a Word In Edgeways invite you to join us and tell a joke or just laugh your socks off
British Moroccan Society
BMS is a registered Charity in the UK and dedicated to the promotion of links and understanding between Morocco and the UK
Worldwide Story Round
In conjunction with Get a Word in Edgeways. A bi-weekly story round . Everyone is invited.
Dawn Ellis
Dynamic teller specialising in stories from the Caucasus, passionate about the natural world and mythology
CONNECTING THE WORLD BY STORY
World Storytelling Cafe curator, John Row hosts a panel and storytelling discussion every Monday at 6pm BST.
Raine Geoghegan
A poet and prose writer of Romany, Irish and Welsh descent who shares tales of the English Gypsies (Romanichals) through poetry, monologue and song.
Sharon Jacksties
Sharon Jacksties www.sharonjackstories.co.uk has been a professional traditional storyteller for 30 years. She has a particular interest in stories and place. This film of traditional animal stories, told on location in the Somerset landscape, is inspired by her new book ‘Animal Folk Tales of `Britain and Ireland’ which has also informed the course she will […]
Colin Urwin
Professional folk singer, songwriter and storyteller from the Glens of Antrim in the northeast of Ireland.
Alastair K Daniel
Alastair K Daniel is a storyteller and educator who enjoys telling tales to the young and the young of spirit. He tells in schools and club settings and, through his work as an academic at the University of Roehampton (London), Alastair aims to inspire young teachers to create classrooms rich in story and storytelling.
Maria Papanikolaou
I studied History and Journalism and I worked for many years in publishing houses. I have a Masters degree in Social & Cultural History from Leeds Beckett University, UK (MA of ARTS). The last 10 years I combine storytelling with educational programs for children, in Museums, Cultural Centers, Schools, Art places, etc. I love working […]
Irene Lofthouse
Irene uses words to inspire all ages, regularly appearing at arts/literature festivals and children's events; she's regularly booked by schools, museums, libraries, theatres, community groups, NHS, charities and more to facilitate bespoke sessions.
Bob Kanegis
A storyteller from New Mexico who lives the storyteller life and works with Native American Pueblo schools.
Fabio Lisboa
Brazilian storyteller and author with a degree in Languages and a postgraduate degree in Storytelling. Storytelling Trainer who has performed/taught in Brazil, Canada and the United Arab Emirates. He writes in Portuguese (and sometimes in English) at www.contarhistorias.com.br
Kingdom 1000
Marking 1,000 years since Britain’s Danish conqueror Canute granted all people living in Britain, rich or poor, the equal right to petition the king.
Epic Tales
Using the power of storytelling to boost your children's confidence in literacy, numeracy, science and more.
Tithi Dani
Poems in Hindi and English from an award-winning Indian poet with a love of Russian folk tales.
Frances Roberts Reilly
Heritage tales and poems of Gypsy/Roma family and community, journeys and landscape.
Ahn Sook Kim
Ahn Sook helped to organize the Korean First International Storytelling Festival in Korea (2018/2019) Ahn Sook has kindly offered that any tips be given to FEAST (the Federation of Asian Storytellers)
Peter Optical
Actor. Writer. Director. Fir-eater. Wire and Stilt Walker. Juggler. Musician, Mime and oral Storyteller.
Deeptha Vivenkanand
Indian Based Storyteller who loves to tell stories about stories, strong women, and political satire.
Paul Richmond
“Assassin of Apathy – power of words / humor - on the unthinkable, the unsolvable, to analyze to digest to give birth to creativity and hope.”
Trevor Millum
a writer of… poetry for children and adults, short stories, a novel, books of local interest, education resources.
Sarah Lloyd-Winder
Folk tales from Japan and Iceland, and tales of adventurous women from around the world.
Justine de Mierre
A passionate, energetic and inventive storyteller who delights in connecting playfully
John Row
Much-loved and respected curator and storyteller. Artistic director of Marrakech International Storytelling festival
