Merl Fluin | Performance Storyteller
@merlfluin.bsky.social
Vivid, dynamic, and live alive-o, telling stories that spark in the dark. Isle of Wight, UK. She/her
Come and join the Island Storytellers for the Isle of Wight's monthly story club! A relaxed, friendly evening of traditional storytelling. Tell a tale yourself, or just sit and listen. All welcome.
Thursday 20 November, 7–9pm, Yelf's Hotel, Ryde
#LiveStorytelling #OralStorytelling #IsleOfWight
Thursday 20 November, 7–9pm, Yelf's Hotel, Ryde
#LiveStorytelling #OralStorytelling #IsleOfWight
November 10, 2025 at 6:32 PM
Come and join the Island Storytellers for the Isle of Wight's monthly story club! A relaxed, friendly evening of traditional storytelling. Tell a tale yourself, or just sit and listen. All welcome.
Thursday 20 November, 7–9pm, Yelf's Hotel, Ryde
#LiveStorytelling #OralStorytelling #IsleOfWight
Thursday 20 November, 7–9pm, Yelf's Hotel, Ryde
#LiveStorytelling #OralStorytelling #IsleOfWight
TONIGHT. If you’re lucky you might be able to scoop up a pair of ticket returns, but you’ll have to be quick! #IsleOfWight
Fancy something a bit different for Halloween? Join @hollyofthestories.bsky.social and me for an evening of tantalising terror at Babushka Books, #IsleOfWight. Very dark, very scary, and strictly for grown-ups.
There's only a handful of tickets left, so grab yours while you can. Info in AltText.
There's only a handful of tickets left, so grab yours while you can. Info in AltText.
October 30, 2025 at 2:00 PM
TONIGHT. If you’re lucky you might be able to scoop up a pair of ticket returns, but you’ll have to be quick! #IsleOfWight
Step in from the December cold and enjoy the fine tradition of ghost stories for the festive season. @hollyofthestories.bsky.social and I take you on a journey to the places where wraiths walk at night.
More info and booking: www.ticketsource.co.uk/storytelling
#IsleOfWight #LiveStorytelling
More info and booking: www.ticketsource.co.uk/storytelling
#IsleOfWight #LiveStorytelling
October 27, 2025 at 1:51 PM
Step in from the December cold and enjoy the fine tradition of ghost stories for the festive season. @hollyofthestories.bsky.social and I take you on a journey to the places where wraiths walk at night.
More info and booking: www.ticketsource.co.uk/storytelling
#IsleOfWight #LiveStorytelling
More info and booking: www.ticketsource.co.uk/storytelling
#IsleOfWight #LiveStorytelling
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A last-minute cancellation means a couple of tickets have become available for this previously sold-out #storytelling gig by the two best tellers on #IoW. So if you tried to get a ticket and couldn't, you've got another chance! Highly recommended.
Fancy something a bit different for Halloween? Join @hollyofthestories.bsky.social and me for an evening of tantalising terror at Babushka Books, #IsleOfWight. Very dark, very scary, and strictly for grown-ups.
There's only a handful of tickets left, so grab yours while you can. Info in AltText.
There's only a handful of tickets left, so grab yours while you can. Info in AltText.
October 27, 2025 at 12:57 PM
A last-minute cancellation means a couple of tickets have become available for this previously sold-out #storytelling gig by the two best tellers on #IoW. So if you tried to get a ticket and couldn't, you've got another chance! Highly recommended.
Fancy something a bit different for Halloween? Join @hollyofthestories.bsky.social and me for an evening of tantalising terror at Babushka Books, #IsleOfWight. Very dark, very scary, and strictly for grown-ups.
There's only a handful of tickets left, so grab yours while you can. Info in AltText.
There's only a handful of tickets left, so grab yours while you can. Info in AltText.
October 17, 2025 at 6:22 PM
Fancy something a bit different for Halloween? Join @hollyofthestories.bsky.social and me for an evening of tantalising terror at Babushka Books, #IsleOfWight. Very dark, very scary, and strictly for grown-ups.
There's only a handful of tickets left, so grab yours while you can. Info in AltText.
There's only a handful of tickets left, so grab yours while you can. Info in AltText.
No, not the sun. Tonight's moon. #IsleOfWight
October 9, 2025 at 6:55 PM
No, not the sun. Tonight's moon. #IsleOfWight
#FolkTales, #FairyTales, #legends, true tales, funny tales... if #storytelling is your brew, join Island Storytellers Story Club, Thu 16 Oct, 11am, Newport Library, #IsleOfWight
Tell a tale yourself, or just listen. Free entry. Broomstick optional
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Tell a tale yourself, or just listen. Free entry. Broomstick optional
Get our newsletter: mailchi.mp/781efa6dcff3...
October 9, 2025 at 11:10 AM
#FolkTales, #FairyTales, #legends, true tales, funny tales... if #storytelling is your brew, join Island Storytellers Story Club, Thu 16 Oct, 11am, Newport Library, #IsleOfWight
Tell a tale yourself, or just listen. Free entry. Broomstick optional
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Tell a tale yourself, or just listen. Free entry. Broomstick optional
Get our newsletter: mailchi.mp/781efa6dcff3...
A person went to Wales. A person came back. Apparently both persons were me. But only apparently.
October 6, 2025 at 9:34 PM
A person went to Wales. A person came back. Apparently both persons were me. But only apparently.
Heading off on retreat tomorrow. Will be away for two weeks. No email, phone or internet while I'm away, so I'll catch up with any messages etc. afterwards. The good news is I'll definitely have the world all sussed when I get back.
September 18, 2025 at 1:37 PM
Heading off on retreat tomorrow. Will be away for two weeks. No email, phone or internet while I'm away, so I'll catch up with any messages etc. afterwards. The good news is I'll definitely have the world all sussed when I get back.
Words from the heart, and exactly what I needed to read right now. If you're a #storyteller or other artist, you might want to read them too. Art in spite of hard times, art because of hard times. Thanks Laura.
An essay about art and storytelling in a time of performative cruelty. Free for everyone on my patreon.
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Art in a time of performative cruelty | Laura Packer — storyteller, coach, real-time dreamer
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September 18, 2025 at 8:35 AM
Words from the heart, and exactly what I needed to read right now. If you're a #storyteller or other artist, you might want to read them too. Art in spite of hard times, art because of hard times. Thanks Laura.
Reposted by Merl Fluin | Performance Storyteller
#FolkTales, #FairyTales, #legends, true tales, funny tales... if #storytelling is your cup of tea, join Island Storytellers Story Club, Thu 18 Sep, 7pm, Ventnor Library, #IsleOfWight
Tell a tale of your own, or just sit and listen. Free entry
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Tell a tale of your own, or just sit and listen. Free entry
Sign up for our newsletter: mailchi.mp/781efa6dcff3...
September 7, 2025 at 12:32 PM
#FolkTales, #FairyTales, #legends, true tales, funny tales... if #storytelling is your cup of tea, join Island Storytellers Story Club, Thu 18 Sep, 7pm, Ventnor Library, #IsleOfWight
Tell a tale of your own, or just sit and listen. Free entry
Sign up for our newsletter: mailchi.mp/781efa6dcff3...
Tell a tale of your own, or just sit and listen. Free entry
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Be careful what you put up your nose. Especially if it’s dust from a box you’ve just been handed by a wizard.
“The Stork Caliph” is a story I learned from a Gazan girl named Hala. I retold it for Tell A Child In Gaza’s Tale.
More info, video and links in Alt Text.
#FolkTales #OralStorytelling
“The Stork Caliph” is a story I learned from a Gazan girl named Hala. I retold it for Tell A Child In Gaza’s Tale.
More info, video and links in Alt Text.
#FolkTales #OralStorytelling
September 16, 2025 at 10:30 AM
Be careful what you put up your nose. Especially if it’s dust from a box you’ve just been handed by a wizard.
“The Stork Caliph” is a story I learned from a Gazan girl named Hala. I retold it for Tell A Child In Gaza’s Tale.
More info, video and links in Alt Text.
#FolkTales #OralStorytelling
“The Stork Caliph” is a story I learned from a Gazan girl named Hala. I retold it for Tell A Child In Gaza’s Tale.
More info, video and links in Alt Text.
#FolkTales #OralStorytelling
#FolkTales, #FairyTales, #legends, true tales, funny tales... if #storytelling is your cup of tea, join Island Storytellers Story Club, Thu 18 Sep, 7pm, Ventnor Library, #IsleOfWight
Tell a tale of your own, or just sit and listen. Free entry
Sign up for our newsletter: mailchi.mp/781efa6dcff3...
Tell a tale of your own, or just sit and listen. Free entry
Sign up for our newsletter: mailchi.mp/781efa6dcff3...
September 7, 2025 at 12:32 PM
#FolkTales, #FairyTales, #legends, true tales, funny tales... if #storytelling is your cup of tea, join Island Storytellers Story Club, Thu 18 Sep, 7pm, Ventnor Library, #IsleOfWight
Tell a tale of your own, or just sit and listen. Free entry
Sign up for our newsletter: mailchi.mp/781efa6dcff3...
Tell a tale of your own, or just sit and listen. Free entry
Sign up for our newsletter: mailchi.mp/781efa6dcff3...
This will be excellent
#IsleofWight #folk types: I'm doing a short (5-song) guest spot at the Waverley folk night (Carisbrooke) this Wednesday coming, from 7pm
August 25, 2025 at 11:23 AM
This will be excellent
Woke up this morning to the sound of angry wasps trapped inside a Morphy Richards hairdryer. Yes, it’s another August bank holiday weekend on the Isle of Wight.
August 22, 2025 at 12:26 PM
Woke up this morning to the sound of angry wasps trapped inside a Morphy Richards hairdryer. Yes, it’s another August bank holiday weekend on the Isle of Wight.
Storytelling fun at Chale Show on Saturday.
Photo and hat both courtesy of Sue Bailey.
#LiveStorytelling #IsleOfWight
Photo and hat both courtesy of Sue Bailey.
#LiveStorytelling #IsleOfWight
August 4, 2025 at 12:43 PM
Storytelling fun at Chale Show on Saturday.
Photo and hat both courtesy of Sue Bailey.
#LiveStorytelling #IsleOfWight
Photo and hat both courtesy of Sue Bailey.
#LiveStorytelling #IsleOfWight
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Hey, you! Stop your tyrannical ways!
Last night I told Tales That Topple Tyrants to a lovely warmhearted audience at #vfringe25.
Tales That Topple Tyrants will return in new formats and venues before too long. Watch this space!
#livestorytelling #folktales
Photo by @paulcowdell.bsky.social
Last night I told Tales That Topple Tyrants to a lovely warmhearted audience at #vfringe25.
Tales That Topple Tyrants will return in new formats and venues before too long. Watch this space!
#livestorytelling #folktales
Photo by @paulcowdell.bsky.social
July 28, 2025 at 1:28 PM
Hey, you! Stop your tyrannical ways!
Last night I told Tales That Topple Tyrants to a lovely warmhearted audience at #vfringe25.
Tales That Topple Tyrants will return in new formats and venues before too long. Watch this space!
#livestorytelling #folktales
Photo by @paulcowdell.bsky.social
Last night I told Tales That Topple Tyrants to a lovely warmhearted audience at #vfringe25.
Tales That Topple Tyrants will return in new formats and venues before too long. Watch this space!
#livestorytelling #folktales
Photo by @paulcowdell.bsky.social
Reposted by Merl Fluin | Performance Storyteller
Who's going to arrest him?
July 21, 2025 at 10:59 AM
Who's going to arrest him?
👑 Feeling gloomy about the world? You need TALES THAT TOPPLE TYRANTS – a storytelling show about bad kings and how to defy them 👑
Sun 27 July, 6.15pm
The Bijou @ Fringe Village
More info & tickets: bit.ly/4jrPjTl
Proud to be part of Ventnor Fringe #vfringe25 #LiveStorytelling #IsleOfWight
Sun 27 July, 6.15pm
The Bijou @ Fringe Village
More info & tickets: bit.ly/4jrPjTl
Proud to be part of Ventnor Fringe #vfringe25 #LiveStorytelling #IsleOfWight
July 16, 2025 at 4:34 PM
👑 Feeling gloomy about the world? You need TALES THAT TOPPLE TYRANTS – a storytelling show about bad kings and how to defy them 👑
Sun 27 July, 6.15pm
The Bijou @ Fringe Village
More info & tickets: bit.ly/4jrPjTl
Proud to be part of Ventnor Fringe #vfringe25 #LiveStorytelling #IsleOfWight
Sun 27 July, 6.15pm
The Bijou @ Fringe Village
More info & tickets: bit.ly/4jrPjTl
Proud to be part of Ventnor Fringe #vfringe25 #LiveStorytelling #IsleOfWight
Had a delightful afternoon yesterday, joining a fab line-up for #LiveStorytelling as part of the Waterloo Festival. Tales of changelings and roses, cabbages and kings, gods and fools – and a lovely audience too
Photos courtesy of @paulcowdell.bsky.social and event host @londondreamtime.bsky.social
Photos courtesy of @paulcowdell.bsky.social and event host @londondreamtime.bsky.social
July 13, 2025 at 1:20 PM
Had a delightful afternoon yesterday, joining a fab line-up for #LiveStorytelling as part of the Waterloo Festival. Tales of changelings and roses, cabbages and kings, gods and fools – and a lovely audience too
Photos courtesy of @paulcowdell.bsky.social and event host @londondreamtime.bsky.social
Photos courtesy of @paulcowdell.bsky.social and event host @londondreamtime.bsky.social
Today! Come and join us for some Secret Garden Storytelling, a late afternoon treat for story-loving grownups. Bring a picnic, bring a sun hat, bring your friends, bring your heart 🌞🌳💚
This Saturday I'm making a wild dash up to London for some Secret Garden Storytelling! Bring a picnic, relax in the lovely garden, and enjoy a fab line-up hosted by @londondreamtime.bsky.social.
Find out more and grab your free tix: connectionwithwonder.com/events/secre...
#LiveStorytelling
Find out more and grab your free tix: connectionwithwonder.com/events/secre...
#LiveStorytelling
July 12, 2025 at 10:22 AM
Today! Come and join us for some Secret Garden Storytelling, a late afternoon treat for story-loving grownups. Bring a picnic, bring a sun hat, bring your friends, bring your heart 🌞🌳💚
I've created a starter pack for #oralstorytelling. Please tell me who I've missed so I can add them. Let's grow the pack together so it won't take us hours of trawling to find each other ❤️ go.bsky.app/8PFSncD #performancestorytelling #traditionalstorytelling
July 12, 2025 at 9:08 AM
Step into the heart of Sherwood Forest with the legendary hero who stole from the rich, gave to the poor, and always had a trick up his sleeve!
THE DARING ADVENTURES OF ROBIN HOOD
Wed 23 July, 7pm
Ventnor Library, #IsleOfWight
Book now: bit.ly/3SbmmPw
#vfringe25 #FolkTales #LiveStorytelling
THE DARING ADVENTURES OF ROBIN HOOD
Wed 23 July, 7pm
Ventnor Library, #IsleOfWight
Book now: bit.ly/3SbmmPw
#vfringe25 #FolkTales #LiveStorytelling
July 11, 2025 at 12:13 PM
Step into the heart of Sherwood Forest with the legendary hero who stole from the rich, gave to the poor, and always had a trick up his sleeve!
THE DARING ADVENTURES OF ROBIN HOOD
Wed 23 July, 7pm
Ventnor Library, #IsleOfWight
Book now: bit.ly/3SbmmPw
#vfringe25 #FolkTales #LiveStorytelling
THE DARING ADVENTURES OF ROBIN HOOD
Wed 23 July, 7pm
Ventnor Library, #IsleOfWight
Book now: bit.ly/3SbmmPw
#vfringe25 #FolkTales #LiveStorytelling