all about Amy

Amy Douglas has been telling stories to audiences since she was fourteen and within a year won the Young Storyteller of the Year at Sidmouth International Folklore Festival, and co-founded Tales at the Edge Storytelling Club.

At the forefront of the young generation of storytellers, she served a year long apprenticeship with the cream of British tellers including Duncan Williamson, Hugh Lupton and Liz Weir, acquiring the wealth of experience she now has at the tip of her tongue.

Amy is adaptable and versatile, able to perform on a one-to-one basis or in front of a 2,000 strong audience. She snares her audience in a web of enchantment without the need for books or props, just the compelling use of her voice, mannerisms, body language and love of the story.

Amy Douglas tells traditional and contemporary stories from the British Isles with simple clarity, humour and grace. She enjoys working in conjunction with other storytellers, visual artists, musicians and singers but is equally at home working alone.

Amy has told at various venues throughout Britain and beyong including; pubs, clubs, libraries, schools, arts centres, museums, youth centres and festivals such as Festival at the Edge and the Dublin, Ulster and Vancouver Storytelling festivals, Whitby Folk Festival and Sheffield Literature Festival.

Amy will work with any age group from toddlers to grandparents.

She has appeared on national and local radio and television both in the UK and abroad as well as being featured in regional and national press.

Her undoubted talents lie in her warm personality, subtle wit and her ability to make a story come alive in her audience's inner landscape.

A professional performer of great charm and vitality, Amy expands the imagination bringing a twist of magic into the workaday world.