The partnership between Barnstorm and Kilkenny Arts Festival continues in 2019 with StormFest - a family season of a theatre and storytelling programmeduring Kilkenny Arts Festival

Besides the productions for young audiences specially brought in for the festival and available through Kilkenny Arts Festival box office we have a series of storytelling sessions with the renowned seanchaí Niall de Burca.

More dangerous than the pied piper, de Búrca will cast a spell on young and old alike:

CBS Secondary Hall, James's Street:
- Storytelling_Children/Family Wed 14th Aug at 12:00 Duration 40 mins
- Storytelling_Teens Wed 14th Aug at 15:00 Duration 60 mins

Rothe House, Parliament Street:
- Storytelling_Adult Wed 14th Aug at 18:00 Duration 60 mins
- Storytelling_Workshop Thurs 15th Aug at 11:00 Duration 90 mins. (Adult) - learn the 'how and what' of the art of storytelling from a master.

Niall de Burca is a scéalaí, a traditional storyteller with the ability to connect with audiences of all ages. Raised on the Atlantic coast of Ireland, Niall migrated at a young age. His adventures led him to the Pacific and New Zealand where married into a large Maori family.

He is now based in Dublin and travels worldwide to perform and facilitate storytelling workshops.

A featured performer in theatre, on TV and at festivals on 6 continents; Niall has shared his unique storytelling style in countries as diverse as Argentina, Azerbaijan and Japan.

He has been the featured international storyteller at the US National festival. In 2013 and 2015 Niall featured at the Hans Christian Andersen Centre in Odense Denmark.

'Nor bhris focal maith fiacal riamh', or 'a good word never broke a tooth'.