Hannah Need
Storyteller
Telling traditional tales with a twist and stories to support oracy and literacy
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Hello, I’m Hannah, a professional storyteller based in London.
I love telling stories, infact from an early age I’ve always been the storyteller in my family. I’m often found telling stories and keeping memories alive.
Now storytelling is my job, perhaps the best job in the world. I tell stories to children, adults, anyone who will listen. My work takes me to schools, gardens, theatres, people’s homes, pubs and storytelling on online digital platforms. The stories I tell are often traditional tales, but I can’t resist adding twist or two. To find out more about my work click here
With my background in Speech and Language Therapy I combine my expertise in communication and language with the power of storytelling. Check out my work in schools.
I’d love to hear from you and have a chat about your storytelling needs.
What people say.....
'Hannah has a beautifully hypnotic voice that pulls you into her stories.'
Audience Feedback Halloween in the Garden
'Spellbinding’
Audience feedback WAF
‘The World just stops when Hannah tells’
Charlie Markwick, Storyteller
‘Hannah’s stories are simple, emotional, truthful and real’
Audience feedback, Life Death and Dreams Along the Way
‘Gentle, gorgeous, generous storytelling’
Phil Okwedy, Storyteller
‘Hannah’s stories are a delightful mix of humour, anecdotes, and traditional tales reworked’
Audience feedback, Not all Princesses Wear Pink
‘Hannah has a really engaging style, full of humor and clever twists.'
Pyn Stockman, Storyteller
'Delightful'
Audience Feedback, Phoenix Gardens
Ongoing projects:
Story Club Home Ed Edition new for 2026
Storyteller in Residence at Merton Abbey Primary School (since 2014)
Co-founder of the Storytellers in Schools Forum
People I work with...
Organisations including:
- Lloyds Banking Group
- Harper Collins Publishers
- National Trust
- Enable Leisure and Culture
- Fulham Palace
- Phoenix Garden
- Acorn Book Club on behalf of London Dreamtime
- UKLA Storytelling SIG
- Waltham Forest Libraries
- Under One Sky
- World Storytelling Cafe
- Southfields Harvest (supported by the Wandsworth Grant Fund)
Festivals and Arts Events including:
- Battersea Park Creative Arts Weekend
- Wandsworth Arts Fringe
- Crystal Palace Artists Open House
- WAF in your living room
- Furzedown Festival
- Wandsworth Artists Open House
- The Big Play Out
Co-author: Using Storytelling to Teach Grammar,
English 4-11 (2022)
