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Welcome! My name is Barry Patterson and I am an educational performer specialising in storytelling with songs and music. I perform in character, so that my shows aren't just story telling but they are certainly more that just live role play. 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. 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, most
of it science or natural history related. 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 hope that you find my pages interesting and will contact
me if you would like any further information. |
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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 www.schoolworkshops.com a directory of workshops for schools |
