SHAPESHIFTERS !
SHAPESHIFTERS !
Stories of Transformation
In the very earliest time
A person could become an animal if they wanted to
and an animal could become a human being.
Sometimes they were people
and sometimes animals
and there was no difference.
-- Nalungiaq, Inuit woman
Spoken-word Storyteller Jamie Crawford explores the magic of Shapeshifters, from the elusive seal people of the Atlantic Seaboard to the terrifying Lindworm. These curious tales deal with the balance between humankind and wild nature. They occur worldwide, particularly among hunter-gatherer cultures, and their roots go back thousands of years. And the messages they contain speak to our own times with startling clarity. They are stories we need to tell and hear.
The GREEN MAN of KNOWLEDGE
The GREEN MAN of KNOWLEDGE
After a dream featuring a Green Man figure on his fifty-ninth birthday in December 2021, storyteller Jamie Crawford decided it was time to have a go at telling a British wonder tale that had long intrigued him. The Green Man of Knowledge takes the listener on a magical foray into realms of love and loss, initiation and guidance, delusion and recovery, innocence and understanding.
THE DRAGON’S PEARL
THE DRAGON’S PEARL AND OTHER STORIES
Come and hear some of the creation myths, shapeshifter stories and wonder tales that are still surprising Jamie Crawford three decades after he was first put on the spot by those deathless words: Tell us a story!
“In this new show I will be attempting to share my continuing wonder at the way a familiar story will yield new secrets. And asking too perhaps what there is for us yet to learn in the listening.”
TELL IT YOUR WAY
STORYTELLING WORKSHOPS
Beginners Welcome!
To Book a Place or find out more, please email: stories@jamiecrawford.co.uk
Tell It Your Way helps beginners and experienced tellers alike to up their storytelling game. We look at different kinds of storytelling, explore ideas and techniques, select material to tell and then develop our stories to try out within the group and perhaps to some fresh audiences too.