The Heart of Storytelling

I met Anabelle during a mentorship during 2023 with FEAST (Federation of Asian Storytellers). We were both mentees and worked together to put the final show together. You can find our final performance at: https://youtu.be/twI7_YJEcwM?si=O1N9-rYw-z0DBG2G Anabelle Castaño is a bilingual storyteller, archaeologist, and museum educator from Buenos Aires, Argentina, who loves to interweave her three p...

Nicola-Jane le Breton works as a Community Story Weaver with Befriend Inc. She rediscovered the art of traditional storytelling during a visit to Orkney in 2018. This led her to create a unique nine-month storyteller development course with Silvia Lehmann in Denmark, Western Australia. Her quest for deeper training took her to Emerson College, UK, in 2020, where she immersed herself in a 3-month p...

Jesse's ambition to be a professional storyteller began when he read 'The Alchemist' at the age of 14, and connected with the idea that the world helps those who follow their dreams. He completed courses in story medicine and therapeutic storytelling, worked as an education assistant at Princess Margaret Hospital and a production assistant for Theatre d'Espirit, helping children aged 12 to 16 put...

In this podcast, I interview Tamas Ozwald, my first storytelling teacher, about his story in the craft and how he uses food to create atmosphere in his shows. Based in Tasmania, I first met Tamas when I discovered that storytelling was a way of being in the world. He welcomed me and encouraged my first steps into the art of storytelling and is a wise voice of reason as I find my own storyteller vo...

In our first interview, we chat with experienced international storyteller Jo Henwood about how she got into storytelling and what she thinks is at the heart of storytelling. Jo Is a storyteller based in Sydney, Australia and is the co-founder of the Australian Fairy Tale Society.

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