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kevin ho
storyteller

NAME:

Kevin Ho

CURRENT EXTERNAL STATUS:

Storyteller / Educator

CURRENT INTERNAL STATUS:

Resident Storyteller

PREFFERED MODUS OPERANDI:

Storyteller

TRAINING RECEIVED:

2 courses conducted by the Traditional Arts Council of the UK
"Step Into Storytelling"
"Peak Performance"

FIRST STAGES ENCOUNTER:

Forbidden CC (2003) - STAGES Open House

RECORD OF STAGES OFFENCES:

2004	Actually...Love	Producer, storyteller
2003	Chestnuts Unloaded: Curse of the Black Pearl Bubble Tea
2003	Forbidden CC

RECORD OF OTHER SIGNIFICANT OFFENCES:

2003	Performed The King and the Corpse as part of Birmingham Voices, a storytelling quartet. The show toured the West Midlands, UK.
2002	Performed Two Princesses at the opening of the Esplanade Library. Performed the Lucky Dip programme at Tao Nan School library.
2001	Performed Heroes, Fools and Dragons at Tao Nan School library. Performed X’pressions at the Courtyard at the National Library courtyard. Performed The Mute and the Miracle at the Midlands Arts Centre, Birmingham, UK. Present Conducting Introduction to Storytelling workshop for the Ministry of Education, as part of the Primary five GEP Creative Arts Programme camp. Conducted Introduction to Storytelling workshop for Saint Joseph’s Institution. Conducted Introduction to Group Storytelling workshop for Tao Nan School GEP.

COMMENTS:

So picture this, if you will. You’re in a smoky bar, or a small, dingy room. You might be in a classroom with graffiti on the walls, or a rooftop with a hot breeze blowing the dust of the construction site next door into your face. Then this guy steps up in front of you, not even on a stage, and he starts talking.

Bang, you’re in a fairytale kingdom that’s got serious problems because some king decided that he couldn’t spare change for a beggar. Or you’re in the woods, watching as a childless couple desperately try to conceive in the strangest possible ways. You’re hearing stories from your childhood with a dark and savage twist; you can feel the Irish wind in your hair as Fionn Mac Cumhaill prepares to do battle with a monstrous beast.

When its over, maybe he’ll throw a couple more tales your way for an encore. Before you know it he’s rattling off that old favourite, ‘A man walks into a nightclub with a beautiful girl on his arm...’

Lady, that was no cheap, second rate snakes oil salesman.

You’ve been hit by the Storyteller.

CONTACT HIM AT:

kevin at nowstagethis dot com

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