Miscellaneous

We were blessed with an especially wonderful crowd and atmospheric weather last Friday. Big thankyou to the lovely audience members who gave us permission to use these pics, especially Robyn Conway. Our walk started by St Paul’s Deptford and took us through industrial estates to the Minesweeper boat opposite the Laban Centre. For one night only, Nigel and I were working with … Read more

I love this photo of Canary Wharf in 1987 from @rima1731. It reminds me of this story: Before I was a storyteller I used to work as an electrician in the film industry. I did lighting for the last ever shoot at Jacob Street Studios in Shad Thames SE1. The studio was small and cosy- the most … Read more

On Saturday 7th of June, we hope you’ll join us in the otherworldly surroundings of Woolwich’s deceptively old -and charmingly derelict- “lido”. The waters are deep and full of massive fish. The views across the Thames at dusk are incredible. Definitely bring a camera! As night falls it will be time for some supernatural storytelling … Read more

Sign up to Space for Storytelling mailing list here. Our new season of workshops starts on 18th September and continues on the third Wednesday. Book a free ticket here Download our evaluation or read it below. Space for Storytelling 2023-4 Evaluation London Dreamtime OUR PRINCIPLES: We believe in the awesome power of oral storytelling to … Read more

The forecast was gales and driving rain with no possibility of a let-up. The event was outside with no shelter. The problem was, I’d left it a bit late to cancel. Knowing that the weather has provided miracles for us every time so far, I believed – superstitiously – that things would clear up. But … Read more

On Friday night we went into the heart of the Urban Forest. Considering that torrential rain was forecast, I was quite impressed by the substantial numbers of people who turned out to hear stories and songs inspired by the darkness. The Heygate estate is looking especially wonderful at the moment: all bunting, graffiti, chickens and unofficial … Read more

Possibly something to do with the Olympic opening ceremony…? We’d taken over 100 bookings, not to mention lots of phone calls and urgent textings on the day(where is it, can I bring my friend,etc). But we ended up with a very manageable 30 people. Looking back on the evening, I think the intimate atmosphere was … Read more

On Sunday we had a storytelling procession around Elephant & Castle roundabout. The event was a celebration of Eva Sajovic and Sarah Butler’s residency at The Cuming Museum, and the theme was ‘Home’. Artist Rebecca Davies created a shrine of the home to carry around with us. We’d all placed things representing our homes on it – plus it was … Read more

It was during our frantic search for another Heygate Estate location that I found the roof of the bakery. That was when we decided to do a late-night ‘tales from the afterlife’ on the roof. The roof would make such brilliant, lonely theatre for ancient myths, with the starry sky as our curtain. (In fact, … Read more

The Heygate Estate is one of the most beautiful and atmospheric urban spaces I’ve been in, so I was thrilled to be able to arrange some spooky storytelling in the ‘Urban Forest’ growing among the concrete walkways and broken windows. Unlike most of my commissions, this was unpaid – it was just for my own … Read more