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Welcome! My name is Barry Patterson and I am a performer specialising in storytelling with songs and music. My work celebrates nature, science & a sense of place. I perform in character, so that my shows aren't just
story telling but they are certainly more that just live role play. My background is in education, museums and
site interpretation but I appear at all manner of venues - indoors and
out, for a wide range of audiences. I have some stock performances such as the Wild Man of the Woods which has been going since 1991 but I also have a lot of other material & I have done a variety of work over the past few years, much of it science or natural history related. Here on this site you can find out more about
me and my work, read comments from people I've worked with over the
years and browse my photo album. |
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  A Birch Tree performance
always has a strong start to get people interested - often a dramatic entry with music
or song and it can last for anything between 30 minutes to over an
hour, although the latter is unusual. I am not the kind of storyteller
reciting something by rote (although that is a worthy tradition) and always seek to engage
with and involve my audience as much as possible. There may be a very
clear set of educational objectives or the theme may be more
celebratory - in either case you can be sure that I won't be sitting
still for very long!
My interaction with the audience is often a spring board into new
dimensions of the subject. Whether the tale is set in Dark Age Scotland
or just down your street, whether I am explaining how to identify trees
in Winter or why there are no such things as giant insects, you can be
sure that there will be a lively mix of facts, humour and folklore.I am listed in schoolworkshops.com, a directory of educational workshops. |
