the storyteller
About
A life shaped by the ancient art of the spoken word.
A Journey in Words
The path to becoming a storyteller was never a straight line. It began in a kitchen, where a grandmother’s voice turned onion peels and flour dust into doorways to other worlds. Those early stories — half-remembered, half-invented — planted a seed that would grow for decades before blooming into a vocation.
After years of training in theatre, voice work, and ethnographic research across three continents, the craft of oral storytelling became not just an art form but a way of seeing the world. Every culture visited, every elder listened to, every child wide-eyed in the front row has added another thread to the tapestry.
Today, the stage might be a moonlit garden, a festival marquee, or a school gymnasium. The material shifts from ancient myth to contemporary parable, from whispered intimacy to thunderous epic. But the core remains the same: the belief that when one person speaks and another truly listens, something sacred happens in the space between.
philosophy
The Art of Listening
A storyteller does not merely speak. A storyteller creates a space where listening becomes an act of courage — where the audience dares to feel, to remember, and to imagine something they have never seen before.
Voice
The human voice is the oldest instrument. Trained through years of practice, it carries rhythm, texture, and the unspoken emotion that written words cannot hold.
Gesture
The body speaks its own language. Each movement is deliberate — a hand becomes a bird, a shoulder shift becomes a mountain, a step forward becomes a century passing.
Breath
The pause is as powerful as the word. In the silence between sentences, the audience fills the space with their own imagination — and that is where the story truly lives.
Milestones
500+ Performances
From village squares in Provence to international arts festivals, each performance is unique and unrepeatable.
12 Countries Visited
Stories collected and shared across Europe, North Africa, and the Americas. Each land adds new voices to the repertoire.
20 Years of Craft
Two decades of dedicated practice in voice, gesture, and the ancient tradition of oral performance art.
Arts Council Fellow
Recognised by the National Arts Council for outstanding contribution to live performance and cultural heritage preservation.