The Storytellers
Peter has been storytelling since 1999, and uses his Indian background as a platform for his performances. His parents migrated to Britain from the Punjab region, in the 1950s, and though he was born in England, Peter grew up using Punjabi as his first language.
He combines the two cultures to bring to life stories from the subcontinent, in an accessible and dynamic style, which is appreciated by children and adults alike.
Peter also has a growing repertoire of world stories, and firmly believes that a message travels further when it is fuelled by laughter.
Nuala has been nominated for Best Actress in this year’s Irish Theatre Awards, she is also a storyteller and broadcaster.Having performed in many countries all over the world, she has adapted stories from literature and tells them in both Irish and English.
Len hails from Co Antrim. He was born into a family steeped in traditional music, song and dance.
Len is one of Ireland’s best known traditional singers. In 1992 he received the Sean O’Boyle Cultural Traditions Award in recognition of his work as a collector and singer.
While he is known primarily as a singer, he is also a fine storyteller in his own right, having worked with such master storytellers as Jack McCann, Tom McDevitte, Eamon Kelly, Andy McKinley and for over twenty years with the great John Campbell.
Daniel Morden is one of the UK’s most popular storytellers. He has performed all over the world, telling and hearing stories from the Arctic to the Pacific to the Caribbean. He has performed at The Barbican Centre and The Royal National Theatre in London, The Getty Centre in Los Angeles and Symphony Space on Broadway. He tells Greek myths, magical fairy tales, Welsh legends and more. He has written five children’s books, Dark Tales from the Woods, won the Welsh Books Council Tir Na Nog prize for the best children’s book in 2007.
Dovie Thomason first heard the voices of the Animal People, Tricksters and Heroes as a child, in the stories of her Lakota and Plains Apache relatives. With understanding and sly humor, she has spent a lifetime joining her voice to those first voices to share timeless, wise, boisterous teaching tales with listeners globally. When Dovie adds stories from her own life and from her people’s experience, the result is a contemporary vision of the rich cultures of the First Nations of North America told with elegance, wit and passion.