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Stewart Alexander

While working as a freelance countryside educator/interpreter in the early 1990's, I trained as a storyteller and have been telling tales ever since !

Over the last 16 years I've explored many creative ways to engage people with history & the landscape through guided tours, talks and costumed interpretation, this further developed through employment with the Norfolk Museums Service.

 

With our mate Bill Bryson at the National Heritage Open Days Launch in Norwich Cathedral, September 2005 !

 

David Tonge

Whilst studying for a BA and MA in History I joined the Norfolk Museums Service as an interpreter and freelance educator.

My passion for popularising history led me to start incorporating storytelling within my work. I have written and delivered a wide range of educational sessions, talks, tours and presentations to a large number of schools and groups at a variety of locations across Norfolk.

 

 

OUR AIM....

Is to provide the very highest quality in historical storytelling & interpretation, balancing authenticity, comprehensive research, educational value and fine entertainment. Our hope is to create the very best history lesson and to inspire a lasting fascination with our heritage.

We are keen to promote storytelling to all age groups, dispelling the misconception that storytelling is just for children !

      FOSTERING  A  SENSE OF PAST AND PLACE

 Storytelling has the power and immediacy to conjure up pictures in our imagination that add richness to the atmosphere of historical places. Stories can deepen within ourselves a greater sense of place and identity with the lives of our ancestors.

We source tales that people from the past may have heard, enabling us to share in their laughter, dreams, desires, concerns and hopes.

 

Our ancestors, like us, laughed at what they couldn't control and mocked those they didn't like. Minstrels & storytellers were present at very important occasions, and had a great deal of influence, for they could win the ear of the people and weave complaints against unpopular taxes or public figures into the stories and songs. If you want to gain an understanding of the past then there is no better place to start, than with the stories that have been told and retold over time.

We give new and exciting voice to these old tales. As an old saying goes....

"storytellers grow new corn from old fields"

PAST IMAGINED AIMS TO GIVE YOU THE BEST HISTORY LESSON YOU CAN HAVE.