cath little
Cardiff
Cardiff Storyteller and Singer Cath Little has “rough magic” in her voice, and
in her words “the gift of the story comes through.” She has a strong belief in
the power of stories to connect us to one another, to the land, and to the
people who once lived here. She tells traditional stories from her Irish English
heritage and her Welsh homeland. Cath enjoys re-imagining and retelling stories
from The Mabinogion. Cath helps run the Cardiff Storytelling Circle and curates
their seasonal concerts, Tales for the Turning Year. She tells and listens to
stories at Oasis, a Cardiff Charity which offers a warm Welsh welcome to
refugees and asylum seekers. Cath keeps busy sharing stories in schools,
libraries, museums, castles, cafes and fields. She has performed at festivals
across Britain and Ireland and is the author of Glamorgan Folk Tales for
Children. My father told me stories and my mother read me them. The family was,
and is, full of wonderful storytellers. When I started teaching English in
London Secondary Schools it came naturally to me to tell stories: I told stories
to help the children into poetry, into Shakespeare, into their own creative
imaginations. When I taught English in Italy and in Egypt I found that stories
take away the stress of learning another language and give a real reason for
listening. When I became a Steiner Waldorf Early Years Teacher I learnt more
about the power of stories to nurture and to heal. And then one day I met a
professional storyteller! Then I knew that’s what I had to be. Since then I’ve
been on the path, following my bliss, and have worked as a professional
storyteller since 2006.
