Why we need to drop 'Jews Don't Count'.
When I wake up at 5:30am I tend to be consumed with inane thoughts: the shopping list, chase the doctor, who was that guy in the 3rd...
Ballet and Borsch: back to my roots in Ukraine
I recently went a on a work trip to Kiev, Ukraine, performing storytelling and teaching workshops on Shakespeare at an International...
Why am I talking about antisemitism?
Quite a few friends have asked for my take on Labour and Antisemitism (AS). It pops up like a bad smell on my social media & in my head...
Artists Need Theatres Too
My company Paper Balloon recently performed our piece Once Upon A Snowflake at Pegasus Theatre, Oxford for the theatre's Christmas show....
New Show!
Come and see my new show 'Disgusting Creatures', premiering at the rather wonderful Story Museum in Oxford. Come out from behind the...
New Storytelling Piece in development
Excited to announce that I am in the process of developing a new storytelling piece for families, to be ready in time for summer...
Dystopian Fiction: Student Responses
Very excited to share extracts from two excellent written responses to my Creative Curators session on Dystopian Fiction at Stoke...
How the Redback Spider got its venom (and other stories)
I'm totally blown away by the responses to this session with year 5 at Jubilee Primary School. We devised our own creation myths, based...
In praise of Oral Storytelling (2 of 2)
Another discovery made this week is what I believe to be an innate understanding we (and children in particular) have of story...
In Praise of Oral Storytelling (1 of 2)
As it’s National Storytelling week, I thought I’d record some thoughts I’ve had recently over storytelling with young people. I only...
