Inspiration / 19 January 2022

The Moth – Masterful Storytelling

When I lived in New York City I used to constantly seek out different creative nights and events to inspire me. One event that kept me coming back was The Moth. A themed night of storytelling, where people from the audience came up and told true stories about themselves and their lives. No subject was […]

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Artchive / 22 October 2019

Freddie and Jam-Jam head to Outguard

In 2013 I was asked by commissioning editor Dave Lordan to write a piece for a publication entitled New Planet Cabaret which was a cool, interesting anthology book published by New Island Press. Here’s how they described it on the book jacket: In December 2012, New Island and RTÉ Radio One’s Arena launched the first […]

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Lovebomb / 5 May 2018

Ira Glass on Storytelling

So much of the creative process is about crafting a good story that resonates and reverberates with your audience. The art of storytelling is something we have been raised with since we were kids – almost every one of us had someone who read to us at night before we went to sleep – and […]

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