Marion Leeper
Highlights of Storytelling CV
- Worked in schools, libraries, shops and museums in and around Cambridgeshire
- Public performances include:
- Milton Country Park Annual Spring Storytelling Trail, 2005-7
- Cambridge Folk Festival, Children’s storytelling tree, July 2005-7
- Centerparcs, Storytelling for children, July 2006
- Leigh-on-Sea Festival, Essex, June 2007
- 'The Big Wild Read' in Cambridgeshire libraries, summer 2007
- Eye Castle, Suffolk, August 2007
- Christmas storytelling at Elveden Forest, December 2008
- Storytelling yurt, Womad, July 2008, Charlton Park
- Schools projects include:
- The Magic Matchbox project in schools and nurseries around Cambridge, February to March 2007
- 'Bag Books' multi-sensory stories for special schools in conjunction with Cambridgeshire libraries, October 2007
- 'Myths, Monsters and Dragons', Matley School, Peterborough, November 2007
- Storytelling for toddlers project, King’s Hedges Family Support Group, Jan-Feb 2008
- Storytelling in schools for the Hertfordshire Book Festival, April 2008
- Workshops include:
- Storytelling in school, Department of Education, Cambridge University, February 2007
- World’s Biggest Liar, Cambridge Folk Museum, February 2007
- The Storyteller, The actor and the writer, High Tide Festival, April 2007
- Family Storytelling workshop, Cambridge Wordfest, April 2007 and March 2008 and at schools in and around Cambridge
- Chairman of Cambridge Storytellers; helped organise the first Cambridge Storytelling Festival.
- Training includes:
- Voice of the storyteller, workshop led by Ashley Ramsden, Emerson College, March 2004
- Individual voice coaching with Rowena Whitehead
- The Storyteller’s Chair, week’s course with Alexander Mckenzie, August 2006
- Advanced Storytelling Course with Ben Haggerty, Bishop’s Wood Centre, February 2007
- Master of Education in 'Critical Perspectives on Children’s Literature', Faculty of Education, University of Cambridge, 2007