Storytellers Talk Too Much – A Workshop with Colin Urwin (Northern Ireland)

To register, email: storytellingstjohns@gmail.com

The St. John’s Storytelling Festival is thrilled to welcome Northern Ireland’s Colin Urwin!

Want to enhance your storytelling performance skills with alternative use of language? Or bring a new level of interest and intensity to your storytelling with humour and music? Then this workshop is for you. Join us at the Torbay History House on October 12 from 2-4pm.

Through a series of practical exercises and discussions, Irish storyteller, singer-songwriter, author and artistic consultant Colin Urwin will share some simple techniques and a few little secrets that he incorporates into his dynamic, highly acclaimed performances on stages all over the world.

About Colin:

Steeped for a lifetime in the language, folklore and traditions of his beloved Glens of Antrim, Colin has long been exposed to traditional Irish and Scottish music, song and story.

He regularly appears at local storytelling and music events for schools, libraries, a wide range of community groups, and at international storytelling festivals and conferences all over the world.

In recent years, Colin has worked closely on a variety of exciting artistic community projects with the Armstrong Storytelling Trust led by world-renowned storyteller Liz Weir MBE. For more than two decades he has been the caller and singer in ‘Haste to the Wedding’ ceilidh band, who are always in great demand all over Ireland and further afield. He is also a founding member of the storytelling group Dalriada Legends.

He serves on the committees of the Glens Storytelling Festival and the Storytellers of Ireland. He is also the Storyteller in Residence for The Waterways Community; a charitable social enterprise creating opportunities for people, schools, businesses and organisations in Northern Ireland.