Justin 'Thyme' Porter
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Justin is a native Northamptonian who, after participating and helping to organise spoken word and community events for many years, went off in search of wider horizons. Whilst on his travels he was abducted by faeries and dragged off to the Isle of Avalon (commonly known as Glastonbury). Whilst here, he connected with the Bardic Tradition and was given magic powers. He eventually escaped to bring back some Celtic magic to his home town. He sincerely hopes the predominantly Anglo-Saxon descended locals won’t lynch him for his efforts.

Alex Ultradish

Alex coordinated the 2011 Bardic

Picnic's new area for storytelling. She organises the NEW local "Storytellers with Stabilisers" club. Narrator was Alex's first official public speaking role at school, moving onto MC and compere, actor and character host, and now storyteller. Her first audience was her cat that she would carry around the garden telling stories to.  Alex brings to life with her amazing imagination stories from around the world, suitable for adults and/or children.

Jimtom K.T. James
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Jimtom...a poet-bard by need...to express!!  From an early exposure to different country-cultures, Jimtom developed a love of language, communication, as common strands imagined weaving, throughout continents and peoples, congruently whispering with every plant and animal, cogent and conscious, in the breeze! Blagging stages with many, far and wide, and provocant to the the Northampton spoken vibe. Jimtom, performance artist banding under "Jimtom...Say", playwright, songs of love and loss, always positive, philosophic, sentinent, sincere...A Shamanic breakthrough, not -down, testing the waters of potential, in earth-bound, yet astral life?  diolch ym vaur, thau hesu belenos, jimtom...pray?

Previous year (2009, 2010) organizers

John Graham Morrisey
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John has over 20 years experience as a community artist, initiating and facilitating projects in England, Wales, Scotland, Ireland and America. Using the mediums of puppetry, storytelling, performance poetry, mandala making, harmonic singing and creative speaking, he has developed his arts for healing and inspiring consciousness to holistic realization. A passionate proponent of personal sovereignty, he facilitates events to awaken the 'voice' of community and empower social change.