Mark Fraser
My name is Mark Fraser, I am a storyteller. I travel all over the UK telling stories to children, families, adults and just about anyone who is prepared to listen.
I am not a stick and a stool storyteller, though there is a time and a place for that, I like to leap around, crouch, bend, fall over and stand on my head. Actually that last one seldom happens. I use puppets, props and costume to present my stories, most of which are handmade lending a certain air of fragility as though everything is held together with a thread and a glue gun, which it is, which I love.
I take performance and workshops to schools, adapting to curriculum requests if required or simply creating stories with pupils and teachers. These stories are then presented as spoken word performances and/or literacy works.
I am a regular at many festivals, from the huge to the small, I love taking my own story tent out and about. It is a comfortable space to listen to tales of witches, wizards, dragons, fairies, heroes, villains, spookiness and silliness amongst many themes. Other times a roving storyteller is all that is required and I am happy to oblige.
I also perform walkabout performances, engaging with the public having lots of fun. Giant puppets of frogs, bears, trolls and a wolf have all been seen at various events, usually dancing and generally getting into mischief.
I have also been seen at weddings, in pubs, on the street and in gardens taking my unique style of storytelling to all.
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