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Katy Cawkwell (Storyteller)

Contact Katy Cawkwell

Phone:
01296 625366
0776 2469059
email: katycawkwell@email.com

Web pages: www.katycawkwell.co.uk

Katy has been working as a storyteller since 1996 in three related fields:

* developing inspiring, high quality performances for adult and family audiences in theatres, festivals, story-clubs and arts centres across Britain and beyond. Katy works with traditional material: folklore, legend, myth and saga.

Shows include: "Rhiannon", "Sigurd and Fafnir - the stories of the Ring", "The Bridge of the Sword - a tale of Lancelot" and "The Sky Beyond the Sky - an Orinoco Creation Cycle".

* in school and educational settings, telling tales and devising workshops for children. She is especially strong in areas of Greek and Norse myth, Arthurian legend and British folktale. She has also been involved in Creative Partnership work.

* creative facilitation for businesses and organisations, using metaphor and story to improve communication and evaluation. Clients include: Countryside Agency, Government Office for the South East, DTI, Treasury and the BBC.

Commissions:
2005 - "Boudica" for Museum of London
2005 - "Story of the Water Music" for Handel House Museum
2003 - "Rhiannon" - for Festival at the Edge (storytelling for adult audiences)

Exhibitions/Performances:
2008, 2006 & 2004 - Barbican Pit Theatre, London
2007, 2004 - Beyond the Border International Storytelling Festival, Wales
2005 - Ljungby International Storytelling Festival, Sweden
2005 - Graz International Storytelling Festival, Austria

2003 - Holywell Music Room, Oxford

Qualifications and Training:
Katy has trained with leading performance storytellers including Ben Haggarty and Hugh Lupton. She also has a first class degree in Classics from Oxford and is a qualified mountain leader.

Publications:
Double CD of "Rhiannon" (2005) - available via web site.
Book of 'Rhiannon' published by Parthian in 2007.