This beautifully edited video captures the essence of this story and music trio's annual Winter Solstice event. Filmed at New Hampshire Theater Project's intimate theater in 2016 and 2017 with two cameras and superior sound, "From Darkness to Light" will be available as a Vimeo on Demand to ticket buyers through the entire holiday season: December 18th - December 26th.
Celebrate the Winter Solstice with haunting legends of light, evergreen traditions, and entertaining tales surrounded by traditional and original music and song. This fundraiser/matinee is followed by a live-Zoom talk back with the cast.
Don't miss this great Zoom-live event featuring favorite fairy tales! This free event is sponsored by the Bacon Free Library of Natick, MA and is open to the general public as well. If you miss the Zoom event, go to their website which will be hosting a fun-video version of Diane's telling of these classic fairy tales for a whole week!
Celebrate Groundhog’s Day with Storyteller Diane’s “Nature Tales and Eco-Fun!!” These interactive stories and songs are fun for the whole family and nature too, so bring out your favorite stuffed animals and invite all the Groundhogs in the hood to come as we cozy up for stories about all the simple things we can do to help the planet.
Join the National Storytelling Network for EARTH UP!, a storytelling conference exploring our planet’s climate, habitats, human behaviors, and actions to preserve our world. Featuring Diane's Story Groves, this weekend will be full of workshops, eco-tours, spotlight performances, story slams with something for all different age ranges.
Diane will be making a unique storytelling dive into her adventures as a singing wench at Boston's notorious Medieval Manor dinner theater. Available as a live or streaming event, be sure to not miss Diane's return to live performance after over a year!
Diane brings her entertaining tales and songs to Crawford Library Zoom to Celebrate Earth day 2021. Get ready to sing, clap and join in the fun. It's a virtual event and everyone is invited to take part!
Diane's popular dinosaur adventures complement their scientific facts with a happy dose of humor. Dinosaur lovers of all ages will enjoy the colorful pictures, Dinosaur Sign-Language and participation that keeps audiences engaged and asking for MOOORE! Open to children of all ages and their families. Registration required to receive the Zoom link. If registering more than one child who will be sharing a screen, please fill out one registration form and note the total number of children. You will receive the Zoom link the afternoon of the event.
To receive the link - email Lauren Fox at lfox@noblenet.org
Diane riffs on the importance of Play through the lens of a life lived in Storytelling. Her anecdotes and reflections are complemented by an old Czech legend of the Spirit of the Birch Grove who brings the gift of dance to a young girl burdened by work.
This one hour workshop introduces participants to the fundamentals
of storytelling. Using anecdotes, theory and participatory
exercises, Diane gives the group tools that will help them utilize the power of story in their lives and practices.
SOLD OUT! Immerse yourself in the deep beauty of trees in this story and music journey through the Arboretum. Led by Oracle award-winning storyteller Diane Edgecomb and Celtic harper Margot Chamberlain, this unfolding performance of ancient tales and songs from cultures around the world takes place in a variety of groves: birch, cherry and evergreen at some of the Arboretum’s loveliest spots.
Immerse yourself in the deep beauty of trees in this story and music journey through the Arboretum. Led by Oracle award-winning storyteller Diane Edgecomb and Celtic harper Margot Chamberlain, this unfolding performance of ancient tales and songs from cultures around the world takes place in a variety of groves: birch, cherry and evergreen at some of the Arboretum’s loveliest spots.
Diane Kicks off Rockland Public Library's Summer Reading program with Animal Tales! Contact the library about the outdoor location two blocks from the library.
Who has the best tales in the world? Animals do! From folktales about adventurous monkeys to a true tale of a neighborhood squirrel that drives everyone NUTS we’ll have tons of participatory fun with Diane’s engaging stories about four-legged capers.
Who has the best tales in the world? Animals do! From folktales about adventurous monkeys to a true tale of a neighborhood squirrel that drives everyone NUTS we’ll have tons of participatory fun with Diane’s engaging stories about four-legged capers.
Who has the best tales in the world? Animals do! From folktales about adventurous monkeys to a Summer Reading race between a Tortoise and a Hare we’ll have tons of participatory fun with Diane’s engaging stories about four-legged capers. This outdoor performance celebrates Summer Reading 2021 and its theme of Tales and Tails. All are welcome! Bring a blanket and come on down!
Who has the best tales in the world? Animals do! From folktales about adventurous monkeys to a Summer Reading race between a Tortoise and a Hare we’ll have tons of participatory fun with Diane’s engaging stories about four-legged capers. This Zoom-live to Facebook performance celebrates Summer Reading 2021 and its theme of Tales and Tails. All are welcome! Look for a professional video of the tales on the Library facebook page just in case you miss the Zoom-live event!
Who has the best tales in the world? Animals do! From folktales about adventurous monkeys to a Summer Reading race between a Tortoise and a Hare we’ll have tons of participatory fun with Diane’s engaging stories about four-legged capers. This outdoor performance celebrates Summer Reading 2021 and its theme of Tales and Tails. All are welcome! Bring a blanket and come on down!
Who has the best tales in the world? Animals do! From folktales about adventurous monkeys to a Summer Reading race between a Tortoise and a Hare we’ll have tons of participatory fun with Diane’s engaging stories about four-legged capers. This Zoom-live performance celebrates Summer Reading 2021 and its theme of Tales and Tails. All are welcome! Look for a professional video of the tales to be emailed to all those who signed up just in case you missed it OR want to hear a favorite story again!
Who has the best tales in the world? Animals do! From folktales about adventurous monkeys to a Summer Reading race between a Tortoise and a Hare we’ll have tons of participatory fun with Diane’s engaging stories about four-legged capers. This outdoor performance celebrates Summer Reading 2021 and its theme of Tales and Tails. All are welcome! Bring a blanket and come on down!
Storytelling, music and song form an enchanting weave in this story and harp performance celebrating the deep spirit of trees. Join us at 6:00 pm for the outdoor performance, comfortably seated in the library garden for a relaxing evening of delightful folktales, music and songs from around the world that celebrate trees! Contact the library 978-582-4140 or go to their website for more information https://www.lunenburglibrary.org/. This outdoor performance is open to the general public though not geared for children.
Who has the best tales in the world? Animals do! From folktales about adventurous monkeys to a Summer Reading race between a Tortoise and a Hare we’ll have tons of participatory fun with Diane’s engaging stories about four-legged capers. This outdoor performance celebrates Summer Reading 2021 and its theme of Tales and Tails. All are welcome! Bring a blanket and come on down! In case of rain, the library will be supplied with a wonderful Video of the Animal Tales stories.
Who has the best tales in the world? Animals do! From folktales about adventurous monkeys to a Summer Reading race between a Tortoise and a Hare we’ll have tons of participatory fun with Diane’s engaging stories about four-legged capers. This outdoor performance celebrates Summer Reading 2021 and its theme of Tales and Tails. All are welcome! Bring a blanket and come on down! In case of rain, the library will be supplied with a wonderful Video of the Animal Tales stories.
Once Upon a Fairy Tale: Come join us with Master Storyteller, Diane Edgecomb as she tells tales from enchanted bears, to determined princesses, to Jack’s hilarious adventure when he gets dancing bugs instead of beans - Once Upon a Time has never been this fun! All ages. This program will be at HARTSUFF PARK.
Who has the best tales in the world? Animals do! From folktales about adventurous monkeys to a Summer Reading race between a Tortoise and a Hare we’ll have tons of participatory fun with Diane’s engaging stories about four-legged capers. This outdoor performance celebrates Summer Reading 2021 and its theme of Tales and Tails. All are welcome! Bring a blanket and come on down! In case of rain, the library will be supplied with a wonderful Video of the Animal Tales stories.
Who has the best tales in the world? Animals do! From folktales about adventurous monkeys to a Summer Reading race between a Tortoise and a Hare we’ll have tons of participatory fun with Diane’s engaging stories about four-legged capers. This outdoor performance celebrates Summer Reading 2021 and its theme of Tales and Tails. All are welcome! Bring a blanket and come on down! In case of rain, the library will be supplied with a wonderful Video of the Animal Tales stories.
Who has the best tales in the world? Animals do! From folktales about adventurous monkeys to a Summer Reading race between a Tortoise and a Hare we’ll have tons of participatory fun with Diane’s engaging stories about four-legged capers. This fully licensed video performance celebrates Summer Reading 2021 and its theme of Tales and Tails. All are welcome!
Don't miss Once Upon a Halloween! a Video-Streaming Extravaganza to Celebrate Halloween 2020! Diane has pulled out all the Virtual stops and indulged in Green-screen Trickery and Fun-wig Witchery to create a fully participatory event for families sure to bring a smile and a Cackle!
Celebrate the Winter Solstice with classic evergreen lore, haunting legends of light and entertaining tales surrounded by traditional and original music and song.
This evening's ZOOM celebration of the Winter Solstice begins with a story-sharing led by Story Space veterans. Diane's 8:00 pm feature will follow and include a zoom-live telling of Balder and the Mistletoe from Scandinavia and humorous English Wassail traditions. Master storyteller Diane Edgecomb accompanied by multi-instrumentalist Tom Megan offers a fascinating look at the stories behind our holiday traditions.
Diane will share stories for two groups via two different Zooms for Odyssey Day School to celebrate their International Week! Pre-K-3rd grade will hear the wintertime Grimm's fairy tale Snow White and Rose Red a classic story gathered in Germany at the start of Europe's renewed interest in folk literature. The older students will explore adaptations by hearing Diane's version of the Aesop's fable "Tortoise and the Hare" in which Tortoise loves to read (letters!) and the Hare is a speed reader who misses the most important part of the book he races through. The part about the Ice Cream Cone of course! An additional look at how different cultures tell the same story will focus on the Kurdish version of Cinderella. Gathered by Diane from Kurdish tellers on one of her story gathering journeys. This is Diane's fifth visit to Odyssey School.
Diane brings her storytelling residency to Edgewood and Mountain View Elementary Schools in Bristol, CT. This five-week residency will open up students to the joys of telling a story expressively in their own words! Bring one of Diane's storytelling residencies … Continue reading
Native American Nature Tales explores tribal myths and legends of the animals and birds of North America. Diane has received permission from many prominent native writers to present these folktales. Join one of New England’s favorite tellers as these rich stories create a colorful weave of landscape and people.
Diane brings her storytelling residency to Edgewood and Mountain View Elementary Schools in Bristol, CT. This five-week residency will open up students to the joys of telling a story expressively in their own words!
Bring one of Diane's storytelling residencies to your school. Re-telling a classic folktale is an English Core Curriculum requirement. You can happily check that off the list!
Diane brings her storytelling residency to Edgewood and Mountain View Elementary Schools in Bristol, CT. This five-week residency will open up students to the joys of telling a story expressively in their own words!
Bring one of Diane's storytelling residencies to your school. Re-telling a classic folktale is an English Core Curriculum requirement. You can happily check that off the list!
Diane brings her interactive family Video "Once Upon a Fairy Tale" to entertain library patrons of the Delaware City Library. The Video will be available to library patrons for the entire week of March 22nd - March 30th. Perfect for viewing around the time of St. Patrick's Day, the video includes the Irish tale of "Gilly Dirtyfoot!" Harp accompaniment and green screen magic rounds out the storytelling experience.
Diane takes a full-frontal dive into her real-life adventures as a singing wench at Boston's notorious Medieval Manor dinner theater in this unusual coming of age story. While waiting tables for her big break, Diane hustles swill-filled pitchers of beer and serves up a plethora of innuendos, plopping them right beside the French bread, while singing her heart out for bikers and bachelorette parties in the belly basement of this Boston landmark. Lots of communal fun as we join in the faux Medieval sing-a-longs and experience the great leveling power of “free alcohol on tap!”
From the banks of the Amazon River to the heart of the West African jungle, Rainforest Legends brings to life favorite folktales and songs about the animals and plants of these lands. Legends tell why the Amazon Birds have feathers as brilliant as the colors of the rainbow, why three Invisible Hunters came to haunt the Nicaraguan rainforest, and how Jabuti the tortoise tricked the Amazon monster Kibungo into sparing the lives of three-toed frog, jaguar and monkey.
Diane brings her storytelling residency to Edgewood and Mountain View Elementary Schools in Bristol, CT. This five-week residency will open up students to the joys of telling a story expressively in their own words!
Bring one of Diane's storytelling residencies to your school. Re-telling a classic folktale is an English Core Curriculum requirement. You can happily check that off the list!
Diane brings her storytelling residency to Edgewood and Mountain View Elementary Schools in Bristol, CT. This five-week residency will open up students to the joys of telling a story expressively in their own words!
Bring one of Diane's storytelling residencies to your school. Re-telling a classic folktale is an English Core Curriculum requirement. You can happily check that off the list!
Diane takes a full-frontal dive into her real-life adventures as a singing wench at Boston's notorious Medieval Manor dinner theater in this unusual coming of age story. While waiting tables for her big break, Diane hustles swill-filled pitchers of beer and serves up a plethora of innuendos, plopping them right beside the French bread, while singing her heart out for bikers and bachelorette parties in the belly basement of this Boston landmark. Lots of communal fun as we join in the faux Medieval sing-a-longs and experience the great leveling power of “free alcohol on tap!”
Step off the Beaten Path and into the Big Outdoors in this fun-loving Participatory Program with award-winning storyteller Diane Edgecomb. We’ll go on a fossil dig in Montana to discover a new dinosaur and take on the world’s sassiest bugs all before we break out our lunch pails. Join in the stories, songs and FUN that have made Diane Edgecomb one of New England’s favorite storytellers.
Come celebrate Earth Day’s anniversary as Diane Edgecomb entertains with interactive Stories & Songs fun for the whole family!
Celebrate nature and all the simple things we can do to help with Diane’s beloved, interactive performance. Wonderfully entertaining and yet rich in its ‘care-full’ message, Blue Planet includes Diane’s original water conservation tale “What Now, Cloacina?!” the hilarious story of a water sprite who dives into Boston’s sewage system in search of her reservoir. This special family entertainment is packed with stories and songs of nature’s awakening including talking earthworms and a participatory recycling adventure! What shines through the entire performance is a love and respect for our place in nature; with many ideas communicated about how we can make a difference.
Diane will be part of- MUSKETAQUID EARTH DAY 2022
Saturday, April 23, 2022, 10:00am - 3:00pm
The Old North Bridge at Minute Man National Historical Park & The Old Manse
The theme for this year's celebration is Stories from the Earth. How does the Earth speak to you? What is the Earth telling you?
Festivities and activities will include:
River Ceremony at The Old North Bridge: 10:00am - 12:00pm
Help build Earth Floats onsite: 10:00am - 11:00am
Ceremony: 11:00am - 11:30am
Procession to The Old Manse: 11:30am - 11:45am
Festival in collaboration with The Old Manse: 12:00pm - 3:00pm
Diane will be joined by musical collaborators Margot Chamberlain to share stories and music in celebration of the 200 Year anniversary of Olmstead's birthday. Celebrate awardees for their stewardship, meet Olmstead as brought to life by "the Prophet" Gerry Wright. Don't forget to reserve YOUR piece of Birthday Cake!
https://www.emeraldnecklace.org/event/olmsted-bicentennial/
Join Diane at the Connecticut Storytelling Conference and Festival. The weekend of April 29th and 30th we'll be live in downtown New London with great shows, workshops and more! Diane will be performing A Thousand Doorways and "Demons that Never Sleep" a performance of folktales
I'm thrilled to be part of the Connecticut Storytelling Festival 2022 which will be held this year in downtown New London, CT. There will be a great line up of tellers including headliner Bill Harley, Laconia Therrio, Tom Lee, Jennifer … Continue reading
Celebrate our common love of story with these exciting and engaging multi-cultural tales and songs. From Anansi, the African Spider God who has web-spinning adventures like Spiderman, to the Lord of the Cranes from China who gives to the poor like Robin Hood, cultures around the world have delighted in stories about right triumphing over wrong. The Superheroes of today are based on folkloric characters from long ago. Enjoy entertaining folktales about our earliest Superheroes who use their extraordinary powers for the good of all.
Step off the Beaten Path and into the Big Outdoors in this fun-loving Participatory Program with award-winning storyteller Diane Edgecomb. The performance will be held outdoors under a shady oak on the front lawn, weather permitting. Just come to the library... All are Welcome!
Come join me at a Summertime performance at an area library! My storytelling "Trail Mix" is full of fun and engagement perfect for the whole family but especially geared for ages four and up. Check with the specific library to see if they require sign-up but All are WELCOME!
Step off the Beaten Path and into the Big Outdoors in this fun-loving Participatory Program with award-winning storyteller Diane Edgecomb. The performance will be held outdoors uon the side lawn, weather permitting, indoors in case of rain. Open to all and all are Welcome!
Step off the Beaten Path and into the Big Outdoors in this fun-loving Participatory Program with award-winning storyteller Diane Edgecomb. The performance will be held outdoors uon the side lawn, weather permitting, indoors in case of rain. Open to all and all are Welcome!
Step off the Beaten Path and into the Big Outdoors in this fun-loving Participatory Program with award-winning storyteller Diane Edgecomb. The performance will be held outdoors uon the side lawn, weather permitting, indoors in case of rain. Open to all and all are Welcome!
Step off the Beaten Path and into the Big Outdoors in this fun-loving Participatory Program with award-winning storyteller Diane Edgecomb. The performance will be held outdoors uon the side lawn, weather permitting, indoors in case of rain. Open to all and all are Welcome!
Step off the Beaten Path and into the Big Outdoors in this fun-loving Participatory Program with award-winning storyteller Diane Edgecomb. The performance will be held outdoors uon the side lawn, weather permitting, indoors in case of rain. Open to all and all are Welcome!
Step off the Beaten Path and into the Big Outdoors in this fun-loving Participatory Program with award-winning storyteller Diane Edgecomb. The performance will be held outdoors, weather permitting, indoors in case of rain. Open to all and all are Welcome!
During the month of September, I'm completing another draft of an exciting new book about a theatre workshop I took back in 1984. Read all about it at: https://gofund.me/a95982bb My Go Fund Me Page!
Enjoy nature activities and Diane's wonderful interactive tales outdoors at the Boathouse at Jamaica Pond ( right across from Pond Street on the Jamaicaway in JP). This performance is part of the effort to save Jamaica Pond and its watershed forever. Diane and husband, Tom Megan on guitar will have the audience participating in stories and songs that celebrate Nature and the Seasons and the Beauty and health of our Water Systems.
Free and Open to the Public: The Tyngsborough Garden Club in collaboration with the Tyngsborough Public Library presents: Fantastical Folktales of Flowers: Storytelling with Celtic harp and Song. The dramatic myths that surround favorite garden flowers come alive in this delightful weave of story, music and song.
Celebrate our common love of story with these exciting and engaging multi-cultural tales and songs. From Anansi, the African Spider God who has web-spinning adventures like Spiderman, to the Lord of the Cranes from China who gives to the poor like Robin Hood, cultures around the world have delighted in stories about right triumphing over wrong.
Halloween comes alive with Diane's interactive performance of Spookifying tales. These unusual stories are filled with fun, chills and thrills and are appropriate for family audiences ages five and up. Free and open to the public. Registration required.
What would Halloween be without some chillin’ tales for the spookiest time of the year? Once Upon A Halloween is a fun-filled, Halloween event – complete with a huge cauldron bubbling over with fog for the last dramatic story! This family program contains some old chestnuts as well as great new Halloween stories full of surprises. All tales are appropriate for family audiences and contain a well-rounded blend of suspense and humor.
This private performance for Cabot After School in Newton is full of participation and fun! The fall themed performance tells how the leaves got their bright autumn colors, how the star came to be inside every apple (in the story of the "Old Apple Tree") and we learn a Native American canoeing song in the unusual tale of Gluscabe the Native American giant who battles the wind. Lots of participation and fun in this celebration of the many things that make autumn in New England so enriching.
2) A chance meeting with a young Kurdish refugee sets an American storyteller on a quest of danger and discovery to record the last Kurdish storytellers. This is the deeply moving story of her journey through the remote mountains of Turkey and of the extraordinary people who shared their lives and their stories with her.
Moved by the silencing of the Kurdish language by Turkish laws, author and storyteller Diane Edgecomb embarks on a journey of intrigue and heart to record the last Kurdish storytellers. This is the deeply moving, richly humorous story of her travels through the remote mountains of Turkey and of the extraordinary people who shared their lives and their stories with her.
Moved by the silencing of the Kurdish language by Turkish laws, author and storyteller Diane Edgecomb embarks on a journey of intrigue and heart to record the last Kurdish storytellers. This is the deeply moving, richly humorous story of her travels through the remote mountains of Turkey and of the extraordinary people who shared their lives and their stories with her.
Celebrate the season with favorite wintertime tales. Award-winning storyteller Diane Edgecomb brings alive fairy tales and Christmas tales sure to delight. Exact performance time TBD.
Celebrate the Winter Solstice with haunting legends of light, evergreen traditions, and entertaining tales surrounded by traditional and original music and song. Master storyteller Diane Edgecomb accompanied by Celtic harper Margot Chamberlain brings to life ancient tales of the longest nights
Completion of a new book on Zbigniew Cynkutis of Grotowski’s Laboratory Theatre: Process, Practice and a Gathering of Stories
This six-session workshop gives participants a chance to craft individual memories into personal stories to share. Whether it be a memory of an event, a place or a person in your life, these story-sharing and writing sessions will bring these recollections forward, revealing the greater narrative underneath along with new insights, engagement and meaning.
Fantastical Folktales of Flowers - Free and Open to All
The dramatic myths that surround favorite garden flowers come alive in this delightful weave of story, music and song. The centerpiece of the performance is the Persian legend of The Nightingale and Rose. Diane’s original adaptation follows this exotic flower through the ages weaving together myths from many cultures that speak of the rose and its origins.
Celebrate Earth Day with “Tales for the Earth” Diane's interactive stories and songs that are fun for the whole family. Join us for a celebration of stories and songs about all the simple things we can do to help our beloved planet.
Celebrate Earth Day with “Tales for the Earth” Diane's interactive stories and songs that are fun for the whole family. Join us and Join IN with stories and songs about all the simple things we can do to help our beloved planet.
Fantastical Folktales of Flowers - Free and Open to All
The dramatic myths that surround favorite garden flowers come alive in this delightful weave of story, music and song. The centerpiece of the performance is the Persian legend of The Nightingale and Rose. Diane’s original adaptation follows this exotic flower through the ages weaving together myths from many cultures that speak of the rose and its origins.
Fantastical Folktales of Flowers - Free and Open to All
The dramatic myths that surround favorite garden flowers come alive in this delightful weave of story, music and song. The centerpiece of the performance is the Persian legend of The Nightingale and Rose. Diane’s original adaptation follows this exotic flower through the ages weaving together myths from many cultures that speak of the rose and its origins.
"Once Upon a Fairy Tale" entertains family audiences in this free public event. About the show: Enter the world of fairy tales where magic is only a moment away, and lessons about how to live are expressed through vivid symbols. In this engaging program, master storyteller Diane Edgecomb entertains young and old with a delightful re-telling of unusual fairy tales. From enchanted bears, to determined princesses, to a wild ride with a fairy-band, Once Upon a Time has never been this fun!
Fantastical Folktales of Flowers - Free and Open to All
The dramatic myths that surround favorite garden flowers come alive in this delightful weave of story, music and song. A master storyteller, Diane entertains and enchants transforming into the characters in her tales bringing each story to vibrant life. The performance is accompanied by Celtic harp and song with Diane joined by long time collaborator harper/singer Margot Chamberlain. Celebrate flowers and the stories that have been told about them through the ages with this enchanting performance.
Fantastical Folktales of Flowers - Free and Open to All- A truly magical evening event.
About Fantastical Folktales of Flowers: The dramatic myths that surround favorite garden flowers come alive in this delightful weave of story, music and song. A master storyteller, Diane entertains and enchants transforming into the characters in her tales bringing each story to vibrant life. The performance is accompanied by Celtic harp and song with Diane joined by long time collaborator harper/singer Margot Chamberlain. Celebrate flowers and the stories that have been told about them through the ages with this enchanting performance.
Fantastical Folktales of Flowers -luncheon and performance- Open to garden club members only.
About Fantastical Folktales of Flowers: The dramatic myths that surround favorite garden flowers come alive in this delightful weave of story, music and song. A master storyteller, Diane entertains and enchants transforming into the characters in her tales bringing each story to vibrant life. The performance is accompanied by Celtic harp and song with Diane joined by long time collaborator harper/singer Margot Chamberlain. Celebrate flowers and the stories that have been told about them through the ages with this enchanting performance.
Immerse yourself in the deep beauty of trees in this story and music journey through the Arboretum. Led by Oracle award-winning storyteller Diane Edgecomb and Celtic harper Margot Chamberlain, this unfolding performance of ancient tales and songs from cultures around the world takes place in a variety of groves: birch, cherry and evergreen at some of the Arboretum’s loveliest spots.
Immerse yourself in the deep beauty of trees in this story and music journey through the Arboretum. Led by Oracle award-winning storyteller Diane Edgecomb and Celtic harper Margot Chamberlain, this unfolding performance of ancient tales and songs from cultures around the world takes place in a variety of groves: birch, cherry and evergreen at some of the Arboretum’s loveliest spots.
This summer I'm touring libraries and many other venues with my participatory programming for families. Look for me at an area venue OR ask them to bring my performances next year!
From the dramatic to the sublime to the wildly humorous, world stories about flowers are deeply entertaining. Retold in a dramatic storytelling by award-winning storyteller and theatre artist, Diane Edgecomb, this evocative tapestry of story and song conjures a magical world bringing new meaning to favorite garden flowers. Accompanied by Celtic harper Margot Chamberlain the one hour performance event is woven through with songs and music completing the storytelling magic.
Once Upon A Halloween is a fun-filled, Halloween event – complete with a huge cauldron bubbling over with fog for the last dramatic story! This family program contains some old chestnuts as well as great new Halloween stories full of surprises.
Once Upon A Halloween is a fun-filled, Halloween event – complete with a huge cauldron bubbling over with fog for the last dramatic story! This family program contains some old chestnuts as well as great new Halloween stories full of surprises.
Diane will be the featured storyteller. Telling ghost stories in front of the library's antique fireplace as part of Manchester by the Sea Library's annual "Haunted Library!" Part of a Town Wide Halloween celebration.
Once Upon A Halloween is a fun-filled, Halloween event – complete with a huge cauldron bubbling over with fog for the last dramatic story! This family program contains some old chestnuts as well as great new Halloween stories full of surprises.
Mattapoisett Land Trust's annual fall celebration, "Salty’s Soiree" will take place Saturday October 28th this year. From 5:30-7:30pm, join MLT for fall fun at Dunseith Gardens, located on the corner of Rt. 6 and North St. We will have a bonfire, s’mores making, and some awesome stories provided by storyteller, Diane Edgecomb! Bring the whole family down for an unforgettable evening under the full moon.
Diane is the featured performer at Beals Memorial Library's Spooktacular Halloween Party! Open to all families and children. Costumes encouraged, but not required. Bring your camera! A “photo booth” will be set up to take pictures of the little ones. Sponsored in part by the Winchendon Cultural Council and the Friends of the Beals Memorial Library.
Read more about Diane's upcoming book on legendary theatre artist Zbigniew Cynkutis.
At last the three-camera recording from performances of A Thousand Doorways at New Hampshire Theatre Project last November will be edited for distribution! Stay tuned for a release of some excerpts and a new promo video for this award-winning performance.
As part of Grafton's Town wide holiday celebration, Diane presents: Once Upon a Wintertime at 1:30 and 2:30 pm at Grafton Public Library. Come join this town wide celebration.
Celebrate the longest nights with Solstice stories, music and song. Entertaining and evocative, this theatrical performance, with Oracle award-winning storyteller Diane Edgecomb, reveals the dramatic stories and deep meaning behind winter holiday traditions.
Celebrate the longest nights with Solstice stories, music and song. Entertaining and evocative, this theatrical performance, with Oracle award-winning storyteller Diane Edgecomb, reveals the dramatic stories and deep meaning behind winter holiday traditions.
No matter where you live you can celebrate the Solstice with Diane's beautifully rendered adaptations of ancient Solstice myths and traditional tales surrounded by music of the season. Available throughout the time of the Longest Nights and a bit beyond!
This weekend I take part in a "bookings conference" bringing information on my performance A Thousand Doorways to representatives from theatres and universities throughout the country and beyond.
Storyteller Diane Edgecomb and harper Margot Chamberlain celebrate flowers and the stories that have been told about them through the ages with this enchanting performance. Free and open to the public.
Celebrate our common love of story with these exciting and engaging multi-cultural tales and songs. From Anansi, the African Spider God who has web-spinning adventures like Spiderman, to the Lord of the Cranes from China who gives to the poor like Robin Hood, cultures around the world have delighted in stories about right triumphing over wrong. This event is Free and open to the public.
Diane's new book "Insights from Grotowski's Laboratory Theatre" will be delivered to the publisher on March 1st 2024. Seagull Press is part of the prestigious University of Chicago Press and this book will be published as part of their ENACTMENT series. Follow the progress on the Facebook page and look for a spring 2025 release date!
Storyteller Diane Edgecomb and harper Margot Chamberlain celebrate flowers and the stories that have been told about them through the ages with this enchanting performance. Free and open to the public.
Open to everyone, this Celebration of Community entitled "Only one-and-all" shows how each of us can make a real difference in our world. Check out all the events! There will be crafts, music and more! This event is Free and Open to the public.
