The STILL is co-created with Laura Sampson to test the possibilities of combining live sound with storytelling.
Our next show will be THE CANDLE GAME at The All Good Bookshop on Saturday 28th June:
In Japan the season for spooky stories is summer – chills and shivers are refreshing in the heat. At the end of each tale a candle goes out, until all is darkness. For this uniquely unnerving evening Laura will be joined by special guest Polis Loizou. As well as live sounds and theremin accompaniment from me the event will also feature a rakugo performance from Ben Sohawon. Book your tickets here!
Before that, we’ve been going epic: over the first three Saturday nights in February 2025 Laura and I teamed up with Minnie Wilkinson for a brand new telling of BEOWULF.
We sold out The All Good Bookshop for all three nights. Video is coming soon but audio from the whole story is available on Bandcamp now.
In August 2024 I joined storyteller Laurence Ashcroft for a unique chance to perform one of the oldest and greatest stories humanity ever told – THE EPIC OF GILGAMESH. That too was a sellout success. Audio from all three nights is on Bandcamp. A six-part video of the whole show is on Vimeo starting here.
Since starting THE STILL Laura and I have been thrilled to work with some of the finest storytellers and sound and visual artists around, taking shows to theatres, festivals including VAULT and Bloomsbury and… less usual spaces(!) all over London and elsewhere.
(c) Bloomsbury Festival / Stuart Keegan
“A marvellous spooky evening for the audience… fantastic soundscapes turn a great evening of storytelling into a must-see event.” Buxton Fringe Reviews 2022