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About the Yarnsmith
My name’s Dave Tonge and I’ve been telling tales since 1999. Prior to that I had a very varied career which in itself would make a good story, although alas far too long to tell here! Suffice to say that by the early 1990s I was unhappy with the road I was travelling, went back into learning and by 2000 found myself with a BA & MA in English history and even the first year of a PhD under my belt!
At the same time I was working for the Norfolk Museum Service and met Stewart Alexander. He was a story teller of many years standing, who encouraged me to start telling and it wasn't long before we formed Past-Imagined, Historic Tales Tellers and I ran away from my PhD to become an Itinerant teller of tales! We fused my passion for history with Stewart's passion for tale telling, adding some authentic costume and objects into the mix and travelling the whole of England telling tales at museums, heritage sites, festivals, fayres and schools.
Although Stewart and I still work together, the majority of my work now is as the Yarnsmith of Norwich and as you will see from my events diary, the places that I have performed and recommendations, I am very busy. That said I am always looking for new places to tell!
I am CRB checked and have £10,000,000 public liability insurance thru Equity.
A pdf file of the policy is available here...
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I’m also a member of the Society for Storytelling & International Storytelling Network
