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STORYTELLING PERFORMANCES AND PROJECTS

2010 to 2016

Themed Storytelling Nights with ensemble Story-O, Arthur’s Pub, Dublin (adult audience)

2017

In My Day, 6-week Intergeneretional project, Ballyroan Library
Telling Tales, Intergenerational project in Ballyogan FRC funded by a DLR Arts Access Grant
Story Hugs, Mountain to Sea Festival, Lexicon Library, Dun Laoghaire
World Book Week, Day of storytelling in Knockbridge National School
European Stories, Drogheda Library
Day of Storytelling, Thornleigh ETNS and Powerstown ETNS

2016

Storyteller in Residence for DLR-Rathdown Arts Office
Featured teller at Cape Clear International Storytelling Festival
Book Festival, Children Storytelling in DLR Libraries
Wisdom Fair, Interactive Celebration of Wisdom Stories, Lexicon Studio, Dun Laoghaire
Tales on Wheels (Kamishibai project), Five Lamps Arts Festival, Dublin
Once Upon a Place, collaboration with Turkish storyteller, in Dublin and Istanbul
Weekly Storytelling Sessions for under 5’s, Ballyogan Family Ressource Centre, Dublin
Storytelling workshops, with Junior Infants, 1st & 3rd Class, Queen of Angels NPS, Ballaly
Professional Development Workshops for Storytellers, Samuel Beckett Civic Centre, Ballyogan
Weekly Forest Tales in Killiney Woods, Senior Infants and 6th Class, Dalkey School Project
European Stories, Louth Libraries
Christmas Storytelling Festival, Meath Libraries

2015

Tother, with Eamon Sweeney, Dun Laoghaire Lexicon Library (3 to 5 year olds)
European Stories, Ardee, Dundalk and Drogheda Libraries (for 5+)
Les Frétillades du Conte, Barbieres, Drome, France (family audience)
La Nuit du Conte, Cobonne, Drome, France (family audience)

2014

Stories of Willy and Lilly, erotic stories/songs (with Andrew Ilsley), Five Lamps Festival (for adults)
Politicks, Coffee and News, curated by Monica Flynn, Carrick on Shannon (adult audience)
Storytelling on Dublin Bus, Culture Night, Dublin (adult audience)
European Stories, Dundalk and Drogheda Libraries (7 to 9 year olds)
Stories in the Cairn, Spirit of Folk Festival, Dunderry House, Navan (family audience)
If trees could talk, stories and percussion, The LAB (for 7 +) and Five Lamps Festival (7 +)
African tales at Camp Congo, stories and mbira, Dublin Zoo (for 6 to 12 year olds)
Easter Tales, Cadbury Egg Hunt, Merrion Square, Dublin (3 to 10 year olds)

2013

Emerging Tellers Concert, Cape Clear International Storytelling Festival, West Cork
The Three Colours of Love, with Bernard Burns (saxophone) performed at Yarn Storytelling Festival (Bray), the Five Lamps Arts Festival (Dublin), and in the Round (Sligo)
Tother, with Eamon Sweeney, Yarn Storytelling Festival, Bray (adults learning difficulties)
The Spirit of Folk Festival, Dundery House, Navan (adult audience)
Patrick’s Day Storytelling, Druid Glen Hotel, Newtownmountkennedy, Wicklow
Irish Mythological Tales, Stag’s Head Pub, Dublin (adult audience)
StoryDress, storytelling project in children’s hospitals, with Helium Arts and Health
Stories from Charles Perrault, with Eamon Sweeney, Loreto Girl School, YarnFestival, Bray
Day of Storytelling, Scoil Mhichil Naofa, Athy, Co. Kildare (6 to 9 year olds)
Morning Shorts, Rua Red, Tallaght (under 5’s)

2012

Tother, storytelling and music show, with Eamon Sweeney, in 10 Dublin Libraries. (under 5’s)
StoryDress, a fashion and storytelling project in children’s hospitals.
Temple Street Children’s Hospital, telling to children from 6 months old to 18 years olds
‘Why ? Cause that’s the way it is!‘, stories about science for 8 to 12’s, UCC, Cork,
and National Museum of Ireland, Collins Barracks,
Dungarvan Storytelling Festival, ‘Tales with the French touch’, with Eleonore Nicolas
St Brigid’s Junior National School, Tallaght, storytelling with Second Class pupils
Intercultural Day, Ballymun, storytelling for pre-schools
Rathmines Storytelling Festival, Rathmines Library, Dublin
Storytelling evening for the Helium charity, The Exchange, Dublin (adult audience)

2011

Storyhouse, Clonmel Junction Festival, as storyteller, curator and workshop facilitator
Story Nap– a bedtime story celebration, Five Lamps Festival, Dublin
Listowel Storytelling Competition, shortlisted teller
Centre Culturel Irlandais, Paris, telling for 5 to 8, and for 9 to 12 years old
Brigid ́s Day, National Museum of Ireland, Collins Barracks, with Clare Muireann Murphy
Easter Storytelling, Airfield House, Dublin
Temple Street Children ́s Hospital, Dublin, telling within the Helium Project
Cork University Hospital, telling in the Paediatrics wards, as part of the Helium Project
Big Day Out, Saint Patrick ́s Day Festival, Merrion Square.
Irish Film Institute, stories about friendship for a family audience
Anam Cara Fundraiser, storytelling for 3 to 12 years old
Cabra For Youth, Halloween stories for 10 to 12 years old

2010

Mohill Storytelling Festival, County Leitrim, Featured Teller (adults and over 9 ́s)
Story Spark, The Ark, Dublin, as workshop facilitator
Temple Street Children ́s Hospital, Dublin, telling within the Helium Project
Learning Festival, Droichead Art Centre, Drogheda, telling for over 9 ́s
Navan Library, Saint Patrick ́s Park, telling to traveller children aged 5 to 11
Book Exchange, Ballymun Whitehall Area Partnership, telling for under 5 ́s
Dublin Yarnspinners, Featured Teller (adults)

2009

Dublin Food Coop, monthly story event from Oct. 2009 to June 2010, teller and organiser
Charleville Mall Library, Dublin, Featured Artist as part of the 5 Lamps Festival
Hayfield Manor Hotel, Cork, telling in French as part of a corporate event

2008

Killruddery House and Gardens, Bray, as part of the Enchanted Garden Family Festival
Mosney Summer Project, County Louth, telling to 6 to 8 year olds.