Sara Hurley is a performance storyteller fascinated by place and hidden histories, her telling is rooted in place and alive with image. She directs integrated arts company Blazing Tales, known for its highly inclusive, creative workshops in education, community, health and outdoor settings. Her background is in drama, dance and community arts. She recently ran a long-term arts project for mixed-heritage families living in Devon exploring The River Exe and it's global connections. Sara describes her fascination with the oral tradition as: the joy of words and a desire to taste them on my tongue. www.blazingtales.co.uk
Dominic Kelly is a performance storyteller with a growing national reputation for his performances and workshops in schools, museums, libraries, theatres and conservation sites, and at major festivals across the UK. His wide and versatile repertoire includes folktales, myths and legends from the British Isles and around the world. www.dominickelly.uk.com
Elizabeth Gorla runs Embercombe's two storytelling courses: Storytelling for Change and Authentic Voice. Story and performance have been at the heart of her work over 20 years as an opera & theatre director, change artist, improviser, facilitator and guide. She works in three arenas of storytelling - the mythic, the contemporary and the personal - and is passionate about the central role story plays in all healing, transformation and change. www.embercombe.co.uk
Clive Pig, the Storyfella, is a storyteller like no other. Using masks & music, puppetry & song, you will hear some familiar old chestnuts as well as some more unusual tales. His original & dynamic delivery of World Stories appeals to young & old, making him a popular performer at festivals, schools & art centres. www.clivepig.co.uk
Mac has worked as a people and organisation development professional for over 25 years, and has enjoyed an eclectic and spontaneous career path that includes theatre, restaurants, mine rescue, horticulture and social enterprises. He is the founder of Embercombe and author of Finding Earth, Finding Soul. Over a period of twenty years has been mentored and coached by Native American medicine people. www.embercombe.co.uk
The Occupants of the Hedge crept out from under the boughs of local folk legends Jankie Fardal and they bring you long-forgotten hedge music: it's GM free and totally organic. Acoustic Vox/ Fiddle/ Guitar/ Accordion Trio.
Lucy Lepchani was born in Kent of Indian, Cornish and East-End descent and writes poetry and lyrics for performance, publication and visual arts displays. She also runs poetry and creative writing workshops for adults and in schools and is a member of Moor Poets, a community based, poetry training and development network. www.lucylepchani.co.uk
Inez Aponte is a contemporary storyteller working in the UK and Europe since 1997. She performs at literature festivals, conferences, in organisations, schools, arts centres and museums, in tee-pees and churches, on hill tops and in valleys - wherever the teller, the listener and the story meet. Influenced by a diverse cultural and artistic background her work focuses on points of connection: between past and present, reality and fiction, the familiar and the unfathomable. www.inezaponte.com
Rob Hopkins is a multi-award-winning environmentalist and co-founder of Transition Town Totnes and the Transition Network with experience in education, permaculture and natural building. He is author of Woodlands for West Cork!, Energy Descent Pathways and The Transition Handbook. He lectures and writes widely on peak oil and Transition, and is researching a PhD on Transition and resilience at Plymouth University. He lives in Devon and is a keen gardener. http://transitionculture.org/
