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 ABOUT

Polly stumbled into storytelling in January 2011 and was named Young Storyteller of the Year two months later. Since then she has performed on bar stools, bandstands and beaches; in theatres, schools and museums; and for national and international festivals.

 

In 2023, Polly began to move from telling traditional stories in performance to writing scripts for the stage. She was delighted to be shortlisted for the UK's first national Women In Theatre Lab with Jermyn Street Theatre in 2024 and to be named as the winner of the Kevin Elyot Award for emerging playwrights at Bristol Theatre Collection later the same year.

 

Folklore remains a vital part of Polly's work as a writer and whether on the stage or the page, she is excited about the power of traditional stories to connect the ancient with the contemporary and reach across dividing lines.

 

From 2018-2021, Polly co-created and co-hosted STORYPUB with friend and collaborator, Tamar Williams. In 2017/18 she undertook a year long residency with the egg theatre, Bath, exploring storytelling for early years audiences and in 2016-17 she produced and performed in the Laos Storytelling Exchange  in partnership with Garavek Storytelling Theater. 

During lockdown, Polly partnered with Bristol Community Development project, The Network, to create a community podcast featuring traditional tales and personal stories from Bristol residents. You can listen to Held In Common here.

 

Polly has appeared for: Noah’s Ark Zoo Farm, Bath Festivals, Tobacco Factory Theatres, Towersey Folk Festival, The Museum of East Asian Art, Oxford Arts Festival, Museums at Night, Bath Christmas Markets, Oxford Playhouse, Birmingham Storytelling Cafe, Walsall Libraries, Beyond the Border Storytelling Festival and many more. 

    

Polly is currently working on a new solo show about rage and animal skins: a piece of new writing mashed together with a traditional tale and personal storytelling. Read more about GRIZZLY here.

Contact Polly here.

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