An Introduction to Storytelling Workshop – February 18th & 25th 2012

Sheila — Sat, 05 Nov 2011 09:15:45 +0000

If you are interested in storytelling, but don’t know where to start, this is the workshop for
you. This 9-hour workshop (over two Saturdays) will give beginners a firm grounding in storytelling skills. This workshop is for anyone interested in learning to tell stories: whether at work or at home, to adults or children, just for fun, or as a step towards telling professionally.

In this workshop you will receive step-by-step guidance in learning to tell a story without
memorisation, discover how to add details to make the story uniquely yours, and learn story rehearsal and performance techniques.

Click here for full details and a registration form

A River of Stories: Tales and Poems from Across the Commonwealth

Sheila — Tue, 25 Oct 2011 11:12:53 +0000

I am happy to announce that my retelling of a story from the Malay Annals has just been published in anthology to celebrate the 125th anniversary of the Commonwealth Institute. There is a story or poem from every Commonwealth country and my Raja Suran story represents Singapore. There is a foreword by Prince Charles and my favourite illustrator, Jan Pienkowski did the illustrations.

Click HERE to see part of my story with Jan Pienkowski’s illustration. It’s on page 4-5

Click HERE to watch a video about the launch of the book.

BITESIZE WORKSHOP AT THE ESPLANADE

Sheila — Tue, 25 Oct 2011 10:38:40 +0000

Click here for more details and to book a place on this mini-workshop.

Spooky Stories at The Asian Civilisations Museum

Sheila — Fri, 14 Oct 2011 04:12:36 +0000

STORYWISE is providing the storytelling component of the Asian Civilisations Museum’s Fright Night on the evening of Friday 29th October 2011, so do come down and be spooked by THE DARKER SIDE OF TWILIGHT a haunting performance of Asian Horror Tales by by Kamini Ramachandran & Verena Tay.

Watch the ACM Fright night trailers.

Trailer 1

Trailer 2

Trailer 3

FREE STORYTELLING WORKSHOP FOR PARENTS AND CHILDREN

Sheila — Fri, 30 Sep 2011 10:27:49 +0000

As part of the South West District Arts Festival, Sheila will be conducting a parent/child storytelling workshop at Jurong West Public Library on Saturday 15th October from 2pm to 3.30pm. For enquiries call 6332 3255.

Article in The New Paper and the Sunday Times – September 2011

Sheila — Fri, 23 Sep 2011 03:43:44 +0000

Click here to read the article Article_TNP & ST_Sept 2011

Malaysia International Storytelling Festival 2011

Sheila — Fri, 19 Aug 2011 14:32:44 +0000

I am really looking forward to taking part in the Malaysia International Storytelling Festival which takes place on 10th & 11th September. It will be a richly packed weekend, I will doing 4 workshops.

Step Into Storytelling – A workshop on basic storytelling skills for beginners (On both mornings)

Telling Together – Interactive Storytelling For Children With Special Needs (Sat’ afternoon)

The Story Basket – Simple yet effective storytelling techniques to use with children (Sun’ afternoon)

and taking part in a showcase performance on both Saturday and Sunday evenings.

The Power Of The Tale – The Storytellers’ Showcase Performance

Singapore International Storytelling Festival

Sheila — Fri, 19 Aug 2011 14:17:04 +0000

September for me means the Singapore International Storytelling Festival. It’s the time I get to meet some of my storytelling friends from around the world and to make some new friends. There is always lots of sharing of stories and ideas and always something interesting to learn.

This year I will be opening the second day of the Asian Congress of Storytellers with a story, and then conducting a workshop on storytelling for children with intellectual disabilities in the afternoon. Then that same evening I will be performing in Ramayana, The Asian Epic at the National Museum Gallery Theatre.

Stories Alive: Teacher Workshops in Hong Kong

Sheila — Sun, 17 Apr 2011 02:37:46 +0000

In February and March 2011 I conducted a series of seven 2-day storytelling workshops for English teachers in Hong Kong. These workshops were commissioned by the English Alliance (SCOLAR) which is part of the Hong Kong Bureau of Education.

I was fortunate to work with wonderful local partners on this project; Dr Vicki Ooi, Lynn Yau and their fantastic staff from Shakespeare4All. It was obvious that they are as passionate about drama education as I am about storytelling.

It was only my second trip to Hong Kong and though I didn’t get time for much sightseeing, I felt that by working closely with so many teachers I got a real insight into at least one aspect of the country.

For many of the teachers it was their first experience of storytelling and it was wonderful to watch them develop confidence in their telling abilities. Here are some photos of the workshops….

This demonstrates that you don't have to be good at drawing to tell a drawing story.

: Many discoveries can come from the sharing of ideas.

Bonding Through Storytelling: A Workshop for Parents of Greenridge Primary School, Singapore

Sheila — Sat, 16 Apr 2011 10:52:48 +0000

Sheila and English HOD Mdm Shanthi Devi demonstrate how you can use questions to plunge into your imagination and create details for your story.