Kevin
Graal - Storyteller
Kevin
Graal is an experienced storyteller with an extensive repertoire
of traditional stories, riddles, songs and games from around
the world. Combining finely-tuned performing skills with
playful improvisation and a keen sensitivity to the needs
of each particular audience, he draws out and animates responses
from even the most reticent listeners.
“Kevin
Graal is a magical storyteller … He conjures character
and plot out of the listeners, making them feel that they
are doubly involved in the tale - both telling and listening.
He combines music, rhythm, chanting and movement to produce
an irresistible tapestry of stimuli. Children watch in wonder
as the unseen takes shape around them … It is simply
a joy to watch a real enchanter at work - I can thoroughly
recommend Kevin to any school.” Head Teacher - St. James & St. Michael CE
Primary School, Westminster
Kevin
has been working as a storyteller and educator in schools,
teacher-training centres, libraries, theatres, museums and
centres for elderly people since 1981. In 1986 he established
Now We’re Talking, an umbrella organisation for his
wide-ranging schedule of storytelling collaborations with
English National Opera, the South Bank Centre, the National
Theatre, the Hayward Gallery, the Barbican Centre and many
other major arts institutions in London. Between 1988 and
1992 Kevin wrote and presented for Channel 4’s Picture
Box, a weekly creative ideas programme and he has also
featured in BBC Radio 4’s Kaleidoscope and Pick
of the Week. He has published stories and rhymes in
The Singing Sack, an anthology of musical folktales
and The Green Umbrella, an environmental resource
book. More recently, he has contributed to Five Little
Owls and Five Little Frogs, CDs of counting songs
for pre-school children and Sing Hey Diddle Diddle,
a CD and book of traditional British nursery rhymes.
Since
1994 Kevin has been storytelling at Tate Britain as part
of Speaking Pictures, a series of regular gallery tours
for primary school children and Visual Paths, a literacy
initiative. He also contributes to a series of public performances
at Tate Modern called Tate Tales. Also since 1994, Kevin
has been conducting storytelling tours in historic houses
owned by the National Trust.
To
book Kevin for a performance in your school... To check on availability for school performances and
to find out current prices for Kevin and other performers
please contact:
Jubilee Books Address of head office
31a Vanburgh Park
Blackheath
London SE3 7AE
Kevin
has been working as a storyteller and educator in schools,
teacher-training centres, libraries, theatres, museums and
centres for elderly people since 1981. In 1986 he established
Now We’re Talking, an umbrella organisation for his
wide-ranging schedule of storytelling collaborations with
English National Opera, the South Bank Centre, the National
Theatre, the Hayward Gallery, the Barbican Centre and many
other major arts institutions in London. Between 1988 and
1992 Kevin wrote and presented for Channel 4’s Picture
Box, a weekly creative ideas programme and he has also
featured in BBC Radio 4’s Kaleidoscope and Pick
of the Week. He has published stories and rhymes in
The Singing Sack, an anthology of musical folktales
and The Green Umbrella, an environmental resource
book. More recently, he has contributed to Five Little
Owls and Five Little Frogs, CDs of counting songs
for pre-school children and Sing Hey Diddle Diddle,
a CD and book of traditional British nursery rhymes.
