1) What inspired you to become a storyteller? My earliest inspiration was Fantasy Roleplay Gaming, where I created characters and acted them out through stories and campaigns – when I look back I now see there was a dramatist and storyteller hiding inside me! This led me in my 20s to join a community drama troupe, where IContinue reading “Interview with Forest Schools Storyteller Daru Mcaleece”
Category Archives: (re)storying nature
Friday Findings: coming home
On my nightstand: Geoff Mead’s Coming Home to Story In my wallet, a Love Your Indie card. The loyalty card that works across 136 bookshops in the UK. I picked mine up at Word Power Books. The sacred power of listening, which forms the foundation for all good storytelling. How the story of entitlement threatens allContinue reading “Friday Findings: coming home”
Into the Forest with Hansel and Gretel
We had a magical night out on Friday, thanks to Scottish Ballet’s full-length production of Hansel and Gretel. My favourite re-telling of this Brothers Grimm tale remains the “Gingerbread” episode from Buffy the Vampire Slayer (S3 Ep11)—evil children trick townsfolk into going mob and tying good witches to stakes—but I do love a lush, narrativeContinue reading “Into the Forest with Hansel and Gretel”
Restorying the Earth 