Chloe of the Midnight Storytellers
I am a SPOKEN WORD ARTIST with 10 years' experience. Member of UK Equity. £10m PLI.
- Performance: My repertoire mixes story (original and traditional) with comedy and performance poetry. Includes hot off the tongue improv. Best selling show is TALES OF LUST & CHOCOLATE - never blue, just lightly spiced. Other acclaimed shows are the genre bending ELECTRIC TALES and the seriously spooky VOICE OF DARKNESS. More comedy coming soon...
- Schools storytelling: for Years 3 to 8. The 'dragon expert' persona of Special Agent Green is (allegedly) from GCHQ - from a department so secret, even they don't know she exists! In leather dragon-proof cloak and diamond studded shades, 'Agent Green' tells dragon tales from around the world and discusses the care and training of your dragon... Real science and powerful moral messages weave through the fantasy. Option: can be accompanied by keyboard + sound effects. (Enhanced CRB from Gloucs. Education)
- Schools/Colleges: Drama, English, SEAL, PSHE etc: For young people eg sixth form, for gifted and talented students: LEGENDS OF BRITAIN - celebrating the rich story heritage of the British Isles for our Olympic year. Murderous trees, wild magic, adventure, laughter, justice...
- Continuous professional development + lifelong learning: I offer Presentation Skills training using storytelling techniques, plus leisure workshops Storytelling Skills for All and StoryMaker! (Best ever cure for writers' block...)
Key Projects
- 'Darling, We Should Quarrel More Often'
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Traditional and not-so-trad tales and music with Pete Castle, at New Brewery Arts (Cirencester) to celebrate National Storytelling Week, Feb 2010. Preceded by day long joint workshop on Telling Personal Stories. Theme: Battle of the Sexes! Result: Sold Out!
- Leap into Literacy
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Two days of multiple mini workshops in storytelling for junior pupils at Laisterdyke Business & Enterprise College, Bradford, April 2010. Plus short evening events 'Electric Tales' - with keyboard + sound effects gizmo! - and 'S Factor Story Slam'. In tandem with 4 other storytellers.
- 'Tales of Lust & Chocolate'
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Late night cabaret for Cheltenham Jazz Festival, May 2010. Verbal jazz for the discerning! - Arabian Nights meet the 21st century in unscripted stories of too many eastern promises, repressed desires and the dangers of digital dating. Delicious giggle-icious and would have been even more magical in the Town Hall's secret garden if we hadn't all been frrrrrrrrrr-eezing!
- Fred Olsen: Arts Club cruise
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Tales for every port of call aboard Fred Olsen cruise to Canary Isles, July/August 2010. Plus beginners' workshop in storytelling.
- 'Tales of Lust & Chocolate' + 'Electric Tales'
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..for Sting the Tale Festival of Storytelling, E. Dorset, August 2010. Plus beginners workshop. 'L&C' sold out to the point they were nearly swinging from the chandeliers in Wimborne Town Hall council chamber (!) First fully developed outing for 'Electric': sizzling!