Storytelling

Tales from the Palace of Memory

Kirsty is an engaging and powerful performance storyteller.
From ecobardic epics to fireside telling, she has been telling stories to adults and children of all ages professionally since 2000.  She has performed in theatres, bookshops, festivals, woods, castles, museums, schools, art centres, outdoor events, gatherings, sacred spaces, parties, libraries and cafes all around the country.

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Fire Springs

Kirsty is also a member of storytelling company Fire Springs, a company of five performance storytellers and musicians. Fire Springs’ shows weave together a unique blend of stories, poems and music—performed in a style adaptable to all venues.  Find out more about us at the Fire Springs website.



 'I've been to a lot of storytelling up and down the country, and this is as good as it gets.'
Dr Ronald Hutton



Kirsty came to storytelling with a lifelong love of stories and history, and a background in drama, heritage and education. Her work ranges from Bath Literature Festival commissions with her storytelling group Fire Springs, such as Tales from the Saxon Shores, Pilgrims of Love and Forgotten Lives, Inspiring Stories, through theatrical set-piece epics such as Return to Arcadia and Robin of the Wildwood, and shows inspired by her research into British - and beyond - folk tales, such as Ghostly Tales of Gloucestershire, The Dancing Stones, The Green Girl and Greek Tales to family friendly shows at museums, attractions and historic houses such as Winter Tales, Back from the Brink and Raining Cats and Dogs.

 Clients have included:

 

The National Trust, Bath Literature Festival, Bath Fringe Festival, Wildfowl and Wetlands Trust, Waterstones, Bath Folk Festival, Gloucester History Festival, Cheltenham Christian Arts Festival, Westonbirt Aboretum, Compton Verney, The Wilson Art Gallery and Museum, Cheltenham, Holburne Museum, Bath, National Waterways Museum, Gloucester, Museum in the Park, Stroud, Alfred Munnings Museum, Dedham, Suffolk Libraries, Bath and North East Somerset Libraries, Victoria Art Gallery, Bath, Heritage Services, Bath, Museum of the History of Science, Oxford, Hawkwood College, Stroud, Berkeley Castle, Acton Court, Lydiard Park, Swindon Libraries, Stroud Wassail, Stroud Shakespeare Festival, Holst Birthplace Museum, Wiltshire Wildlife Trust, The Last Tuesday Society, Folk of Gloucester, Forging Fantastical, Wessex Museums, private groups such as the WI, GLHA, Probus, WEA and many more.