Another Story

Our final episode in this first series is something a bit different from the previous five and a little bit special... We are delighted to share a full recording of the Open Hearth from the Scottish International Storytelling Festival 2023, recorded live from the Netherbow Theatre in the Scottish Storytelling Centre. These sessions are relaxed and welcoming as storytellers and musi

This week we explore storytelling's reach with two storytellers, Ailie Finlay and Claire McNicol, who have centred their work around community storytelling, especially with intergenerational and additional support groups. ~~~ You can find out more about Ailie's sensory storytelling via My Kind of Book and more about Claire's work here. The Scottish International Storyte

In this episode we meet storytellers Svend-Erik Engh and Alice Fernbank. Two international storytellers, both living and working together in Edinburgh now. As you can imagine from the title, this chat explores some personal experiences of illness, and we are grateful to Svend-Erik and Alice for talking so candidly with us. ~~~ You can find out more about the Scottish International

Join us this week as we catch up with two of the UK's leading young storytellers, Ailsa Dixon and Ffion Phillips, to hear about their journeys so far and some of the stories they love to tell. ~~~ You can find out more about the Scottish International Storytelling Festival, which runs each October, at sisf.org.uk.

In this week's episode we chat with two storytellers, Anna Conomos-Wedlock and Gauri Raje, who had never actually met before, but are both doing interesting work in similar areas of storytelling, exploring stories of migration and sanctuary. Both storytellers will feature in the Scottish International Storytelling Festival 2023. ~~~ You can find out more about the Scottish Inte

In our first episode of Another Story we chat with two of the world’s leading storytellers, Peter Chand and Ruth Kirkpatrick who tell us about their passion for storytelling and their upcoming joint project, Shadow Walking, a storytelling performance with live music which seeks to excavate stories which are not often told, out of the shadows and onto centre stage. ~~~ You can fin

Welcome to Another Story, a new series of stories and conversations brought to you in friendship by the Scottish International Storytelling Festival. Across the next 6 episodes we will be chatting with some wonderful storytellers, hearing their tales, and exploring different areas of storytelling in Scotland and beyond. So, settle down, or speed on up, to join us for another story.