Priya MuthuKumar is a passionate learner, a book -lover, a mother of a teen and a professional storyteller who delights in the simple pleasures of life. She is the founder of the storytelling company, Storipur based in Bengaluru. She tells stories of all kinds from different places, across age-groups, from toddlers to grown-ups. She’s been telling stories in railway stations, parks, literature festivals, corporate offices, schools, colleges etc. Because of her love for Mother Nature, she makes sure to include nuggets of environmental wisdom in her storytelling. Using different art forms like Mime, drumming etc. alongside storytelling is something that she is exploring now. She has written ‘sustainability stories’ for magazines. She is a translator She is a translator working in the English-Tamil children’s literature space. She works closely with teachers & educators to use storytelling in their teaching & learning. Currently, she’s collecting stories about weaves & textiles and is exploring Medical Storytelling.
She strongly believes in the following famous quote- ‘ If you want to learn about a culture, listen to the stories. If you want to change the culture, change the stories.’
The stories Richard Martin tells are the folk tales which have been told for hundreds, indeed thousands, of years. With over 300 stories in his repertoire, they reflect the full range of human experience: the comic, the bawdy, the profound, the divine. Far from being for little children (although he does tell for children, too), these powerful and deep tales offer unforgettable listening for adults. If you like theatre, you’ll definitely love storytelling. It combines the intensity of a play by a solo performer with the intimacy of a one-to-one conversation. Richard tells stories throughout Europe and as far away as India, Singapore, Hong Kong and America – in theatres, universities, schools, for corporate events or private parties. He usually tells in English, although having lived in Germany since 1976, he is sometimes asked to tell in German.
Guest Host – Simon Brooks
Simon Brooks is an award-winning British storyteller living in America – actually, New London, New Hampshire, New England, New World! He also uses his voice to record audio books. He is also a poet, writer, photographer, and educator.
Order his new book Under The Oaken Bough and listen to his new podcast Conversations with Storytellers to hear what it is like to perform storytelling for a living from some living legends!
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