Description
Learn all about the art of oral storytelling and find out how stories were passed down from generation to generation, long before anyone could read or write.
In this workshop, internationally acclaimed storyteller Richard O’Neill will guide you through the key elements of storytelling and provide tips and techniques to help you engage and captivate your audience. You will discover how to use dialogue, sensory details, and character development to bring your stories to life.
This ancient tradition was used by our ancestors to entertain each other back in the days when humans were living in caves, and the intimacy and immediacy of live storytelling remains just as powerful today. Join Richard and discover the joys of storytelling from a master of the craft.
About the Storyteller
Richard O’Neill
Richard O’Neill is a multi-award award winning, Storyteller, Author and workshop leader based in the North of England, he delivers storytelling skills training sessions in a wide range of settings across Europe, from educational settings to some of the largest charities, cultural and business organisations.
He is the recipient of the ‘National Literacy Hero’ award, the Beacon Leadership Award for community development and inclusion, and a Royal Literary Society Award. And currently the Creative Lead at Seven Stories the National centre for children’s books.Raised in a traditional nomadic Romani family, he has a particular focus on using story in all its forms to promote inclusion and social mobility. He is published by Childsplay International, Pearson, Scholastic, Harper Collins and Bloomsbury, his books have received teacher awards in the UK and ‘Book-list’ awards in the USA and an Aesop medal.He is Co-Founder of Diverse Book Week, TOTTT publishing, he is currently working on his new project The Northern Storytelling Academy.
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