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The Storyteller´s Embodied Voice
A foundational, research based training
with Olivia Olsen & Karmit EvenZur
Monday 22nd Feb - Friday 5th March 2027
Peredur Centre, East Grinstead, UK
Course times:
9.00am to 4.00pm
What stories do you feel called to tell?
What do you want to say?
Often, it begins as a sense rather than a sentence.
We are all carriers of sleeping stories, dreaming stories, and stories already awakened,
searching for their voice. Through imagination practices, we begin to listen to what is
already there; stories held in the body, in memory, in sensation, in silence.
In this two week immersion, we will explore your love and need to bring both traditional and biographical stories to life. The course focuses on expanding your vocal range and "unearthing" story fragments, mulling or wrestling with the longing or chaos of a story, or shining light on a story on the brink of words.
Your voice is the transmitter of your stories, powered by the movement of your body. Even in silence, your physical presence communicates emotion and thought; when your breathing is free, your storytelling becomes impactful and true. Awakening the body is a foundation from which we move into freeing the voice, liberating your breath to access the full range and nuance of language that supports your storied self with range, grace and agility.
This is a foundational, research and training based course. It focuses on process, offering
space to explore multiple story fragments, as well as characters and moods, in order to
expand your vocal range of expression.
Course tutors:
Olivia Olsen - With a background in movement and theatre, Olivia Olsen is an accomplished performer and educator. She has been teaching voice and movement at the School of Storytelling, as well as the University of Toronto, the University of Newfoundland, and London’s Royal Central School of Speech and Drama. Her notable stage work includes: Solo Productions: The Syringa Tree (performing 22 characters) and Alan Bennett’s Bed Among the Lentils, epic storytelling: National tours of Parzival and Penelope: The Odyssey through her Eyes, as well as original work Stray Dogs, and Jeanne D’Arc, Say Something
Karmit EvenZur - Co-founder and facilitator of Storytelling Beyond Words. Karmit’s work history spans diverse experiences, interests and competences from the healing arts, and the arts & crafts world. Her unique skill-set provides a deep perspective for transformational work, and in working with soul searching questions. Her work at the School of Storytelling explores the sacred sources of story in the realms of the imagination.
This course can be taken on its own, or combined with other modules in the longer - Storytelling Beyond Words programme - A three months Storytelling course to meet the challenges of these times.
Starting in 2026, the School of Storytelling is offering its flagship three month course in modular units up to one month at a time, over three years to make it easier for people to carve out the time to attend.
You can sign up to any unit or take the entire programme in your own pace. Please get in touch to consult the recommended order of individual units if you are new to storytelling.
1st year unit 27th Feb -1st March / Begin it Now - An introduction weekend to the storyteller´s craft for beginners.
Monday 12th - Friday 23rd October / Folktales in Troubled Times - A fresh and critical view of the wisdom of the oral tradition.
1st year unit:
Sunday 20th, September - Friday 2nd, October / Once Upon a Lifetime - Weaving biographical storytelling and traditional wondertales to one performance
2nd year unit:
Monday 22nd Feb - Friday 5th March, 2027 The Storyteller´s Embodied Voice - In depth work with voice and movement.
2nd year unit: Mythology
Monday 8th - Friday 19th March, 2027 MythOS : The codex of Storyverse
Exploring Mythology and how ancient myths speak to contemporary audiences.
3rd year unit:
Applied storytelling project - Creating a storytelling performance or workshop
Individual coaching