email: story@davidengland.co.uk (with ENGWEB as the subject)

Website: www.davidengland.co.uk

Telephone: 01628 639313

I tell stories in Schools and Pre-schools, Children’s Centres and Nature Centres; for Weddings and Family Occasions, Rotary Clubs, Corporate Events and Private Parties. I am Resident Storyteller at Dance Camps and Festivals.


I love telling stories which make my heart sing, hoping they’ll make your heart sing too.

I love telling stories which make me laugh. Stories which I know can captivate an audience. Stories which touch the soul.

I love telling stories to an audience of children and families.

The way I work is to have a dialogue with the audience – repeating

words and encouraging the children to respond, to answer back; repeating movements, making faces and funny noises and inviting them to do the same; singing and dancing, playing drums and percussion; perhaps most of all listening to and responding to what the children say – so that they are engaged and involved in the whole storytelling process.

I love offering children the chance to sit in the storytelling chair and tell stories themselves to an enraptured audience, often for the first time.

I love being with an audience in a relaxed setting, telling traditional tales of wonder and ancient wisdom, with the power to reveal new paths and transform lives, as they have mine.

Testimonials:

Royal Borough of Windsor & Maidenhead – “Highly recommended!”

St Michael’s Primary School Sandhurst – “The children spent an idyllic morning in the woods, summoned to the storyteller by the beat of his drum which could be heard echoing throughout the forest. Each group were fascinated by David and his stories and were thrilled to be able to join in and influence the progression of the story. Adults and children returned to school refreshed and inspired.”

Private 50th Birthday Party: Stories Around the Dining Table – “A wonderful evening. A Candlelit supper with stories always promised to be atmospheric. The experience will remain with all of us for a very long time. It was refreshing and enchanting to hear traditional tales that did not become bound by modern structure and limitations for stories.”

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I hold a CRB Certificate. As a Member of Equity, I have Public Liability Insurance.