Connection With Wonder

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(Aka “London Dreamtime”) Vanessa Woolf, Professional Storyteller🌞🌚events/ tickets/booking all in this link: Connectionwithwonder.com/calendar

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Connection With Wonder@londondreamtime· 26d

Anyone else here miss out on a load of schooling when they were a child …or just me? If so, what did you learn instead?

Connection With Wonder@londondreamtime· 27d

Connection With Wonder@londondreamtime· 28d

I really don’t know what to say about these antique door handles at UCL medical school. They have been worn to a shine in various places.

Brass door handles from around 1910 in the shape of a naked man and a naked woman.

Connection With Wonder@londondreamtime· Jul 11

Storytelling in a school (Thursday) always makes me happy. Kids are always so ready for a story!

School selfie. I am covered in sweat ha ha! But I look happy.

Connection With Wonder@londondreamtime· Jul 10

Top tip: the key to a successful storytelling performance is to always think about your audience. #heatwave

Me on my way to a show carrying a giant fan

Connection With Wonder@londondreamtime· Jul 7

Yesterday I went for a long hilly walk in the heat and ended up in a cool shady cemetery. Sat and stared at the leaves and thought about life and death for ages and then I saw this rose and I had to take a photo of it for you lot #bloomscrolling

Scarlet rose with buds. In the background is old tombstones and greenery and shade

Connection With Wonder@londondreamtime· Jul 5

Greetings blueskyers, I’m Vanessa, a professional storyteller; academic projects, schools, parks, programme festivals, work with companies etc. I co-run a folklore club in Bloomsbury. For more joy I train new storytellers!

Me standing by a patterned scarf in the Freyville boutique in Mayfair London. I was telling stories for adults there

Connection With Wonder@londondreamtime· Jul 2

Do you want to tell stories in London (or listen!) I've created a list of some of my favourite opportunities here: londondreamtime.com/top-ten-stor...

Storytellers on an intimate stage in london. They look happy and are applauding each other!

Connection With Wonder@londondreamtime· Jul 1

In the ’90s I was the only woman electrician(“spark”) in the uk film industry. I wrote this in my private diary, most rules are technical but there are some personal ones too. I was bad at asking for help carrying the heavy equipment (I thought it made me look weak & girly!) #work #rulesForWork

RULES FOR WORK • Always keep a positive attitude. It HAS to be done and it will be. 2. Dont talk about yourself. Label everything and put it in logical order. If a job is hard give it thought. Don’t just leap in and do it.5 you cant have too much distribution. 6. Always get a rigger *7. Always get a generator. 8. Always have a full greens kit for Hmis... 9 Respect The shooting environment 10 Remember-sparks do things the gaffers way. 11 always accept offers of help

Connection With Wonder@londondreamtime· Jul 1

I wrote about how oral storytelling transcends language and some techniques for helping your storytelling connect with people —-even if they don’t understand your words. connectionwithwonder.com/storytelling... #storytelling #words #storyteller

Connection With Wonder@londondreamtime· Jun 27

I was storytelling in London today

Me in a vintage dress pointing at a screen which says “London kids literature festival” I have a ukulele

Connection With Wonder@londondreamtime· Jun 26

Delicious places in London to chill out and enjoy storytelling (with your kids) Immerse the kids in a story, expland your imagination and enjoy! Have I missed anything out? Let me know! londondreamtime.com/tasty-places...

Connection With Wonder@londondreamtime· Jun 21

Solstice means “Sun stands still” Happy solstice from London #solstice

Sun late over the river Thames in the centre of the city. Pinky yellow sky

Connection With Wonder@londondreamtime· Jun 18

Here’s one of me storytelling at the @britishlibrary.bsky.social this week

on a stage with school kids sitting down and I have a ukulele. The banner behind me says British library

Connection With Wonder@londondreamtime· Jun 14

Wholesome content alert! Free puppet-making workshops we ran in Bermondsey yesterday… and that’s my partner George showing the kids how to work the puppet! 58 puppets were made.

George showing two enchanted children how to work a yellow home made rod puppet. They are in a concrete shopping centre in Bermondsey London

Connection With Wonder@londondreamtime· Jun 11

Our first Bloomsbury Folklore Club event (in Waterstones Gower St) will be about the folklore of trees connectionwithwonder.com/events/bloom...

Magnificent 200 year old poplar tree at sunset in Peckham rye park

Connection With Wonder@londondreamtime· Jun 11

Me storytelling in a forest last week

I’m in a forest at dusk with adult audience seated in foreground on the floor. I’m wearing a Mickey Mouse t shirt and waving my arms.

Connection With Wonder@londondreamtime· Jun 9

Our first Folklore club meeting is this month in Bloomsbury, get your ticket at www.connectionwithwonder.com/calendar

Connection With Wonder@londondreamtime· Jun 3

400 year old sweet chestnut in Greenwich Park @theroyalparks.bsky.social

Verdant park with a gnarled huge chestnut trunk. The sun peeps out from behind and there is a long shadow in foreground

Connection With Wonder@londondreamtime· Jun 3

Is this the most unusual audience seating I’ve ever had?

10 audience crammed in, sitting on the staircase of a small cramped Victorian terraced house. They are holding candles. I am out of shot standing by the front door of the house. Everyone is smiling

Connection With Wonder@londondreamtime· Jun 1

Heya earthlings it’s time for a newsletter which will lift your day and it’s going to have a true story in it which I know will make you laugh. Get it here www.connectionwithwonder.com/calendar

Connection With Wonder@londondreamtime· May 31

Rose season at last #bloomscrolling

Connection With Wonder@londondreamtime· May 31

#silentSunday I love to imagine each hut has its own spirit living inside

Connection With Wonder@londondreamtime· May 30

Telling stories -and listening to them too- has bought me so much joy! Thanks to everyone who has been part of my journey!

Connection With Wonder@londondreamtime· May 29

This was me storytelling at the British Library on Wednesday it went very wel thanks for your support

Connection With Wonder@londondreamtime· May 26

Storytelling in Hay Festival

Connection With Wonder@londondreamtime· May 25

Flower in St James Park yesterday #bloomscrolling @theroyalparks.bsky.social

A frilly multi layered pink and cream coloured bloom close up

Connection With Wonder@londondreamtime· May 23

Storytelling and keeping cool yesterday

Connection With Wonder@londondreamtime· May 22

Bloomsbury Folklore Club at @gowerst-books.bsky.social #wc1 a basement folklore meeting with a talk, music, storytelling and q&a June’s event will be all about trees!

Connection With Wonder@londondreamtime· May 19

Judge Wyndhams oak. #thickTrunkTuesday it’s around 700 years old. It was coming into leaf when we took this photo, very moving