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‘Give people a fact and you enlighten their minds; tell them a story and you touch their souls’
– Old Hasidic proverb

Cat is a Storyteller

So… Cat is a storyteller. One of the best you will ever find. But what does she actually DO?

Well, she makes a good living from telling stories – to ADULTS as well as children. All kinds of stories, from traditional tales that are hundreds of years old to stories that she made up herself only last week. Whatever kind of tale it is, Cat TELLS it. She doesn’t read it from a book or learn it by heart then recite it. Every telling of the story will be special, different, depending on the emotional response of the audience, the venue, the time of day and Cat’s feel for the tale at that precise moment.

Storytelling performances

Sometimes people think storytelling is like acting, but in many ways it is closer to stand-up comedy: a performer uses words to get an emotional response from an audience. The difference is that storytellers work with a wider palette of emotions than comedians. Yes, they can make you smile and laugh – that’s fairly easy. But a truly gifted storyteller like Cat can also make people cry, because storytelling is all about painting pictures with words, and Cat can create gorgeous images with a single breath. She can make people sigh with delight or gasp in wonder. She can tell ghost stories that raise neck hairs and sexy stories that raise temperatures. She can be outrageously funny one moment then still the world with her singing voice. She can charm, bewitch and beguile. Time passes but her listeners don’t notice. If they do, they don’t care. They simply want more Cat.

‘Audiences are invariably spellbound,’ raved Paris L’Express.

This is true. Cat has captivated audiences across Europe and beyond. This year alone she will be performing at festivals in Belgium, Austria, the Netherlands, Russia and Kenya. Her distinctive performance style, fiery female energy and love of emotionally-charged, intimate tales has assured her a place on many bookers’ wish list.

Cat’s appeal spans all ages and both sexes. She is adored by children, who instantly respond to her playful, high energy approach. The older generations relish her tales and welcome her clear spoken English. Teenagers expect to be unimpressed but are soon away with the fairies. Some men don’t listen to a word of the stories but happily admire the view. Women find much to delight them: the use of language, the artistry of the performance, the strong feminine voice and most of all, the tales. Many women find Cat inspirational, as both a woman and as an artist. Cat is enormously flattered by this and, in response, she is currently developing a programme of tales specially for female listeners, provisionally called THE WOMAN WHO MARRIED THE MOON. This is likely to premier at the West Country Storytelling Festival in Totnes in August this year.

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