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Storyteller Directory: Sharon Jacksties

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Name: Sharon Jacksties

Location: Someset & London

County: Somerset

Telephone: 01458 259553

Email: sharonjacksties@hotmail.com

Sharon has been a professional storyteller for both children and adults for 20 years.
Her repertoire encompasses traditional stories from all over the world and she is happy to compile programmes reflecting specific interests for school curricula or museums.  A fluent French speaker, Sharon tells stories in French as a participatory introduction to the language.
Working in Somerset and London, her fees start at 130 pounds for half a day and 220 for a whole day.
Her community practice includes extensive experience of running storytelling projects with refugees and with other community groups such as the elderly and learning disabled.
She also collaborates with musicians and visual artists and is a co-founder of Music Box, known for its pioneering work with under 5’s, as well as forming Stranger than Fiction storytelling and music duo for adult audiences.
Venues include The National Theatre, The Natural History Museum, The Royal Festival Hall, Kew Gardens, The Barbican Arts Centre, The Somerset Rural Life Museum, The Brewhouse Arts Centre and countless libraries, schools and festivals.

• Has special needs experience
• Performs indoors
• Performs outdoors
• Performs to adults
• Performs to audiences over 100 in number
• Performs to audiences up to 100 in number
• Performs to audiences up to 40 in number
• Performs to pre-school age children
• Performs to primary age children
• Performs to secondary age children
• Performs to senior citizens
• Runs workshops for adults
• Runs workshops for children
• Travels up to 100 miles
• Works in other art forms