I am a highly experienced storyteller. I offer entertaining and engaging storytelling performances, featuring original material, offering a unique take on anything from classic fables and folktales to famous fairytales. All my performances feature live music and original songs and many performances feature object puppetry. These performances feature my signature mix of song, lyricism and wit, with a mix of funny characters, entertaining songs and heartfelt messages.

I offer everything from a full 50 minute shows to short flexible storytelling sets that can pop up almost anywhere. All of my storytelling sets have absolutely no technical requirements and work beautifully for adult, family and school audiences in libraries, community centres, festivals, museums, tents, theatres, foyers - even a canal boat once! Recent and current clients include The National Football Museum, The Brontë Parsonage Museum, Bradford Literature Festival, Manchester Libraries, The National Literacy Trust and many more.

Current sets include:

• Fantastic Fables
  Well known and lesser known fables, featuring animals, birds and plants and original songs. Perfect for families and KS1 children.
  Flexible performances from 15 minutes to 1 hour.

• Festive Fables
  A selection of warm festive tales featuring original songs, as well as some well-known festive tunes. Perfect for families and KS1 children.
  Flexible performances from 15 minutes to 45 minutes.

• Northern Folktales
  A collection of original fairy and folktales freely adapted from well known Northern and Yorkshire folk tales and inspired by Victorian history. Witches, Faeries, Boggarts and Features original music and song. Perfect for adult groups, families and KS2 children. These tales were developed with The Brontë Parsonage Museum as their ‘Storyteller in Residence’ in 2024. Find out more here.
  Flexible performances from 15 minutes to 45 minutes OR ‘drop in’ event throughout the day.

• Baby Storytelling parents, toddlers and babies

  A selection of baby, toddler and EYFS storytelling sessions, featuring an engaging story, singalong songs, music and sensory play. Perfect for EYFS groups or family groups. An entertaining and enjoyable experience for babies, toddlers and their carers. These sessions can be curated and adapted for specific groups.
  Flexible performances from 30 minutes - 1 hour OR ‘drop in’ event throughout the day.

• The Black Dog (and other tales of motherhood)

  A collection of Northern folktales and legends, reimagined and freely adapted to paint an honest picture of the challenges of modern motherhood. This performance is aimed at adults, however children and young people are welcome at parent’s discretion. Features original songs and live music.

  Flexible performances from 20 minutes to minutes.

I can offer performance packages to suit a range of events and can work flexibly to accommodate the needs of most venues. I am fully insured and DBS checked and all sessions are fully risk assessed. My storytelling sessions are relaxed and inclusive. Accessible story guides are available on request for many sessions and I can work with you to offer BSL captioning and touch tours if you’d like to make your event even more inclusive!

I offer a range of participatory workshops and activities to complement storytelling performance sets. This can be anything from gentle crafting activities, to physical theatre, stay and play or object puppetry workshops.

Watch Soph in action here.