Rachel Donaldson Clarke

is a storyteller, author and poet from Scotland and Germany, who feels at home writing and creating in German and English. She writes and tells stories, which link the past to the present and the future, and often the personal with the political. Sie has been on tour with several of her own Storytelling Shows. With her background in acting, dramaturgy and directing, she chooses to perform her texts rather than reading them. When dealing with the big issues of our times, she writes ballads, in other words stories in verse. She visualises her stories in video or audio form, as Storytelling Short Films or podcasts.

Storytelling Shows

Storytelling Programmes taking the audience on a journey to another country, city or way of life.
With true stories and myths, interpreted for our times.
Performed by Rachel Clarke and her storyteller colleagues who have lived in these places for five years or more.
These shows are bookable for your stage. With optional open mic for your stories.

 Ballads

These verse stories on the big themes of our times inspire discussion.
Written and performed by Rachel Clarke in German and English.
Single ballads can be performed at literary evenings, spoken word nights, themed events and festivals.
Or several ballads are performed as a full performance.
1. With a background track OR a live musician. 2. With moving or still images. 3. With or without subtitles.

Storytelling Shorts.

Three modern ballads or epic verse stories by Rachel Clarke have been turned into storytelling short films.
A Storytelling Short (film) is made up of a voiceover by a narrator and
a moving image sequence which another level of meaning to the story.