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Special storytelling event a great success
The award-winning storyteller Giles Abbott came to Thimblemill Library and entertained a specially invited visually impaired audience. Most of the audience had never attended a storytelling event and were surprised how much they enjoyed it.
Sandwell Libraries are always looking for new ways to engage and entertain our customers and we will be working hard to arrange future events for visually impaired people.
Here are some of the audience comments about the event.
“I have never been to a storytelling event before. This was excellent, it takes a certain skill to keep audience attention. I really enjoyed this and would come again”
“I have really enjoyed this afternoon. It was super. The power of his stories made you forget he was blind”
“Very interesting stories which held the attention”
“I liked the story about St Peter. He is a very good storyteller. I enjoyed hearing the story about his own life”
”I thoroughly enjoyed Giles's storytelling. He was clearly spoken and captivating. I think people with or without a sight problem would enjoy listening to him. All in all it was a very enjoyable experience and I appreciate how hard you worked to pull it all together and to look after the audience so well”
About Giles Abbott
Giles Abbott started storytelling in 1999 as a result of losing much of his “useful eyesight” in 1998. Now registered blind, he puts it; “Through loss of something I took for granted I have found something I didn’t know I’d lost - the joy of story!”
Giles performs regularly at major storytelling festivals (Festival at the Edge, Beyond the Border, Westcountry Storytelling Festival, Whitby International Folk Week). He was awarded the solo commission (adult) for Edge 2007, for which he composed a new telling of the Irish epic “Deirdre”. He continues to perform in clubs all over England.
Giles is resident storyteller at the Kensington & Chelsea Hospital Schools and works every week in primary and secondary schools, mostly, but not exclusively, in London.
Find out more about Giles on his website http://www.gilesabbott.com