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Elly Crichton Stuart is a writer, educator, storyteller and mentor. Working with heart and humour, Elly aspires to lead people from 4 - 104 on a journey of discovery. Elly lives in the highlands of Scotland.
Elly trained at Arts Educational Drama School and worked as a performer, writer and producer for many years. In 2003 she left The Unicorn Theatre for Children in London, to go to The School of Storytelling at Emerson College. In 2006 she returned to Essex University (M.A Art History 1980) to study The Tale with Marina Warner. In 2018 she trained with Heidi Stephenson and Matt Harvey as a performance poet for the Arts Council funded project “Totally Totnes” a radio broadcast on National Poetry Day. She is also qualified, through Youth Mindfulness, to run mindfulness courses for children and adults.
Elly has worked all over the world as a storyteller since 2004 when her company, The Fabulists, were awarded funding to take The Outsider Storytelling project to schools in rural Essex. Over the next few years she worked throughout the UK and was employed by The British Council to run workshops in India, Venezuela, Taiwan and Macedonia. Since then she has worked with thousands of children around the world and trained adults and young people as storytellers. She has led sessions on storytelling for forgiveness, and creative writing in bereavement.
Elly was part of Transition Town Totnes from 2014 - 2018 during which time she also worked for CRUSE Bereavement Care. She now lives in Scotland and works towards the regeneration of a healthy culture through mentoring, writing and mindfulness.
To contact Elly Text: 07731 159126, telephone: 01309 679566 or email: ellycstuart@gmail.com