Book a Teller:
Sheila Wee
Sheila Wee has been a professional storyteller since 1999 and has been described as a Godmother of Singapore Storytelling. She co-founded Singapore’s first storytelling circle; its first professional storytelling company, and was instrumental in the development of the Asian Congress of Storytellers. Sheila was a founding executive committee member of the Storytelling Association (Singapore) and is its current Vice President (2009/2010).
Sheila runs her own storytelling company, Storywise (www.storywise.com.sg).
In her international work, Sheila has conducted workshops for the Society for Storytelling (UK), the Australian National Storytelling Festival and for the Longman’s Storytelling Conference in Hong Kong. She has performed at the Scottish International Storytelling Festival, the Australian National Storytelling Festival, the Skye and Lochalsh Storytelling Festival and at various schools and community venues throughout the UK.
In Singapore Sheila has taught numerous storytelling courses and workshops for adults, both independently and in conjunction with organisations such as the National Book Development Council (Singapore), the Ministry of Education (Singapore) and the Storytelling Association (Singapore). In addition, through her work under the National Arts Council’s Arts Education Programme, Sheila has taught storytelling to hundreds of primary and secondary school students.
As well as teaching storytelling skills, Sheila conducts adult workshops on the applied use of storytelling. These include workshops on the use of storytelling for:
- language and literacy development
- creative writing
- character education
- national education
- religious education
- leadership in organisations
Sheila loves telling stories to adults and children alike. She is comfortable telling to a crowd of over a thousand, but she particularly enjoys the chance for an intimate gathering of children or adults, where the power of story can truly be revealed. Sheila’s multicultural repertoire includes Singaporean myths and legends, Asian and Western folktales and lively participation and prop stories.
Sheila can customise a storytelling performance programme to suit the needs of any client or venue.
How to Contact Sheila:
Tel & Fax: (65) 62583307
Email: sheila@storywise.com.sg
Website: http://www.storywise.com.sg
