Janina Vigurs Storytelling

20/04/2025

Happy Easter! I hope you have a wonderful day.
It's a great time to get outside, find signs of spring.

Know that despite whatever is happening in your world, life is always changing but there's always joy happening somewhere.

Smiles,
Janina x

23/03/2025

I had a gloriously rich afternoon telling The Nine Crying Dolls at

I hadn't told it for ten years, and this was an audience of adults, not children, but we all had a delicious time.

There is SUCH an appetite for storytelling in the little community Vanessa has created, and in such a brilliant venue it's easy to see why.

I also took Bonnie and her wonky eye with me. She wore her blue outfit and made some new friends, swipe to see them all vibing in a way only haunted dolls can in slide 5.

Ahhh, happy days!!

25/02/2025

Precious.

This sweet old lady was living on the streets until four months ago, she came to us to live out her years in the comfort and security that she deserved.

I'm so incredibly glad we were able to give that to her.

She decided that this morning she had some spiritual cat business to attend to, so left this plane, curled on her favourite chair and heated blanket.

In the last few weeks she needed a lot of care as I nursed the site of the increasing tumor that had already claimed her ear and voice. She took it so incredibly well, urgently reminding me about her post-treatment treats if I was slow in remembering.

The sweetest girl who asked for nothing but deserved everything.

We love you.

💖 Precious 💖

03/01/2025

If you have an interest in elves or little folk, this is so worth a watch.
The comment section is a wonderful array of people sharing their local fae/elf/hidden folk beliefs and customs.
Delightful.

31/12/2024

And roll credits on 2024....
Thank you if you've booked me, promoted me, recommended me, said nice things to your neighbour about me, taken a chance on me, shared a post written by me, trusted that your small person would be entertained by me, heck even come to MY FIRST SHOW ._.monger .

I want you to know you're all brilliant and have wonderful hair.

Here's to things continuing to evolve.

Xx

27/12/2024

New Year, new profile on my Society for Storytelling directory listing.

I'm really proud to be part of a community of people who, like me, have their heads full of whimsy and folklore.

You can check out my full profile in the link up there in my bio

Thanks to a fancy interactive map on the website, you find out if there's a teller lurking near you too.

24/12/2024

I'm a lucky sausage. A thousand, sparkling thank yous for supporting me and my ridiculous stories this year.

I've been so incredibly fortunate to have some wonderful gigs this year, and people behind the scenes gently shoving me to push my creativity. It's made me bolder and braver than I thought I could ever be.

I'm powering down for a little while for Christmas, I really hope you get the festivities you'd like this year, and if you don't I hope that it passes quietly with little incident.

I recommend all the Ws; woollens, walking and wolfing down whatever cabs make you happy.

Gentle Christmas thoughts to you.
Janina x

11/12/2024

I'm going to be storytelling at Touchpoint in Stansted Mountfitchet Friday morning.
If you're looking for a lovely thing to do with your little one, please come and join us for breakfast, stories and a little walk.
Best of all, all of it is entirely free 😁

✨Storytelling breakfast and a gentle walk✨
Families with young children: join us on Friday 13 December for a free breakfast and storytelling session with professional storyteller Janina Vigurs, followed by a gentle local walk.
There will also be a raffle - strips £1, cash only.
Meet at TouchPoint Stansted at 9.30am, all welcome 🙂

04/12/2024

There's something in the wood shed...,
Come treat yourself to the luxury of listening at Wonder Monger's debut night.
Ghost Tales in Midwinter will be a deliciously uncomfortable affair that's going to stay with you for quite some time.
Friday 13th December
Cambridge Junction
Tickets available here https://www.junction.co.uk/events/ghost-tales-in-midwinter-with-guest-storyteller-tuup/

15/11/2024

Here's me telling the stories of Little Lord Featherfrock from Hugh Lupton and Stone Soup for the World Storytelling Cafe.
I stood in for another lovely storyteller at short notice here but we still had a right ol' lovely time!

15/11/2024

Heads up team! I'm telling free stories online in an hour.
I'm standing in for lovely Despina tonight at the World Storytelling Cafe
I'll be telling stories for kids of all ages at 6pm GMT
Just scroll down until you see the gold Join button and a face that isn't mine.

The second edition of the Marrakech International Storytelling Festival is organised by the World Storytelling Cafe and the Storytellers Union for Cultural Innovation and the Art of Storytelling. More than eighty storytellers from every continent will converge on Marrakech for the second edition of....

14/11/2024

Welcome to Wonder Monger; A home for daydreamers and whimsy-thinkers.

Come melt into the deliciousness of storytelling and treat yourself to the luxury of listening.

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Wonder Monger is a pilot night for a new series of storytelling events at Cambridge Junction, which we’re developing in association with Cambridge Storytellers and BLAST! Storytelling Club.

For our debut night at Cambridge Junction, host storyteller Janina Vigurs will be joined by international storytelling phenomenon, poet and member of Trans Global Underground, TuuP for a night of ghost tales and stories that will make you look over your shoulder and shiver (not because of the cold.)

TuuP (The Unorthodox Unprecedented Preacher) is recognised as one of the most inspiring inspirational storytellers from the african-caribbean community. An epic entertainer, TuuP has travelled the world extensively, captivating audiences across Europe, Asia, Africa and the Americas along the way.

There will be an opportunity for audiences to get involved too with stories from the floor – bring your real life ghostly encounters!

Tickets are on a Pay What You Feel scale from £7.50 available here

https://www.junction.co.uk/events/ghost-tales-in-midwinter-with-guest-storyteller-tuup/?fbclid=IwY2xjawGjP3lleHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHY5GPxWJCf0wakgIFDrlIw7bYtuoxOUdQQQ9KH3DC7TH2D8LNTpyo2X76A_aem_iIou8jiFDmL5NFjC5GBEuA

10/11/2024

I don't pretend to understand war, but I do know that some people very close to my heart are directly affected.

One of my daughter's very best friends is a military child and her family were posted during lockdown. This means they had to move quite far away and my daughter had to stop seeing her best friend.

It was an incredibly difficult time for two little girls made immesurably harder.

The symbol of the military child is the dandelion. It's seeds arbitrarily blown by the wind, but blooming wherever they land.

I'm thinking of dandelions and poppies today.

31/10/2024

08/10/2024

Halloween Spooktacular!! I'm teaming up with Whimsy Circus (your favourite local Glastonbury performers) for a one-off Halloween spectacle like no other.

We will guide you through a range of activities such as Halloween crafts, circus skills workshops, spooky stories, performance and an LED hoop disco, as well as lots of bubble fun for all!

Dressing up heartily encouraged but not compulsory!

The activities are primarily aimed at 5 - 10 year olds but please feel free to bring children of any age. Children under 2 can attend for free and without a ticket but activities will not be aimed at children this young. All children must be accompanied by a ticket holding adult who is responsible for them for the duration of the event.

No food or drink will be served, so please ensure you bring a drink if you feel you will need one.

It'll be great to see you for spine tingles and giggles.

Grab tickets here https://www.pennyfarthinghoop.co.uk/events-1/family-halloween-spooktacular

07/10/2024

It's been one year since the brutal invasion of Gaza, and war continues with no ceasefire on the horizon.

It is both rage-inducing and heartbreaking. For the majority of us untouched by the traumas of conflict, we're really bloody fortunate that we have the luxury to think about it, or not.

A lot of us don't. The full weight, too harrowing to bare.
For all the heartache and inconvenience that my daily life might throw at me, I'm so f*cking lucky to have been born and to have had my daughter in the UK during peacetime.

I will always advocate for children, for them to have stories and the opportunity to play, unhindered, sheltered from the horrors of the adult world.

But now, just as much, I'll push for people to listen, really listen. With their hearts and whole selves.

To do this you need to put aside your ego.
It's not easy, but worth a shot.

That way we won't need to resort to shots fired.

06/10/2024

Halloween heads-up!

I'm putting on a (very early) evening of spooky, silly fun with Whimsy Circus in Debden.

We're packing this to the brim with our very bestest, most ridiculous shenanigans, so get booking or tag a friend who you'd know would love this.

To book;
https://www.pennyfarthinghoop.co.uk/events-1/family-halloween-spooktacular