Hello all! Well, I started this year with a burst of energy, and it’s already taken me to some fun new places, conceptually and actually really. For a start, I was SO thrilled to be shortlisted for the Get A Word In Edgeways Step Up Commission 2023, with an idea for a show that I … More Travels and Reflections
Hi all! How are you this first day of winter? Enjoying the crisp air while still huggled up warm, I hope. I have a seasonal bunch of suitably festive gigs coming up – which is glorious news, as until only a week or two ago December was strangely empty in my diary. But now, it … More Festivities commence!
A cracking photo taken by a very kind audience member at Strange Games festival near Hailsham this weekend! I had the most amazing time telling tales by their main campfire every night, and everyone who came was just LOVELY. And during the day, my youngest and had a GLORIOUS time with all the wonderful people … More Strange Games festival…!
Gigs a-gogo this week, with LOADS of good stuff going on: Wed 4th May I will be co-hosting the always-splendid South Downs Storytellers for their sixth birthday celebration! Join us online at 7:30pm and bring your own cake! Thurs 5th I am sharing the stream with some amazing tellers at Word Spun Zoomed: Myths & … More Week of Gigs!
Whhhow. That was quite a night! Last night was the first performance of my new show, Merlin In The Wild Wood, in the beautiful, atmospheric surroundings of St Augustine’s Arts and Events Centre. And I think it went rather well…! It’s a really exciting new step for me: for much of the show, I’m not … More Merlin’s first outing…
Hi all! Yesterday I had the good fortune to be at TWO splendid monthly events: UpRoar People’s Ceilidh and Spoaken Word (both of which are wonderful and I would heartily recommend them!) – and while at UpRoar, my good friend Robb Johnson happened to mention that I’m a storyteller – hence I was invited to … More New video – a Tale for Our Time
Two episodes of Technecast in which you can hear me talk about the practice of storytelling and re-enchanting our world! … More Listen! New podcasts on storytelling, history and re-enchantment
Happy New Year all! My first gig of the year is on its way: an online telling of the Norse tale that inspired Tolkien, Wagner and countless others. The Saga of the Ring is the spectacular and tragic tale of Sigurd the hero, Brunhild the valkyrie, Fafnir the dragon and the cursed treasure that might … More Norse myth online this month…!
Two very different, but very exciting, gigs coming up this December! On 5th Dec, I’ll be joining the spectacular Jason Buck online for a double-header selection of Stories of Re-Enchantment: tales to remind us of the magic in the world around us… From Native American memories of the last Ice Age, to the spirits of … More Gigs for December
Last Spring I was very lucky to be given a three-month work placement with Surrey Hills Arts, funded by Techne Doctoral Training Partnership, to develop storytelling performances about the impact of human activity on the Surrey Hills through the centuries. And I’m really thrilled to announce the results! Working with local historians, archaeologists and more, … More Footprints: eco-storytelling in the Surrey Hills
Jon the Storyteller 