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My name is   Grethe Mangala Jensen  AKA  Sandal Sticks Theatre, an  ALRA trained actress/puppeteer and professional storyteller of Sri Lankan and Danish heritage, who has toured extensively  with a variety of  theatre companies throughout the UK, Europe, Canada, Puerto Rico and China.

Additionally, I'm a qualified level 5 - TEFL  teacher and enjoy teaching English in a fun and playful way,  through the medium of storytelling and performance.

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Credits as actor and puppeteer  include:                                

The Unicorn Theatre, Quicksilver Children's Theatre, London Bubble, Theatre Hullabaloo, The Brewhouse Theatre, Manitoba Theatre for Young People, White Horse Theatre, Fantasy High Street, Moonstruck Astronaut, Angel Exit, Nysa Projects, Actaea Productions Norway, Theatre Tots, London Symphony Orchestra, Tea Dance for Little People, Time Will Tell Theatre, Griffin Historical, Andrew Ahsmore and Associates, Clogless Lobster and Puppet Revolution.

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Credits as workshop leader  and presenter include:

Historic Royal Palaces, Theatre Royal Bury St Edmunds, PPLG International Conference, Mala CHERGA  Creative  Dance Theatre, The Foundling Museum and  Herts Inclusive Theatre.

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(Please see  Spotlight CV for detailed performance credits)

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I tell  stories of all kinds, to all ages, and have performed  in venues such as: The London Eye, Samsung  KX, The Cutty Sark, The Jewish Museum London, The Horniman Museum,

 The Peel Institute, Colchester Arts Centre, Jaywick Community Centre, Jacksons Lane,  Historic Royal Parks and Firstsite Colchester.

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I have also been blessed to have  toured bilingual and international schools across China with Hong Kong based Pana Wakke Education, I have told stories for The National Literacy Trust,  The Istanbul International Storytelling Festival  , written articles about storytelling for "Let's Flourish" - a weekly Feel-Good News Letter and presented storytelling workshops in collaboration with Le Theatre de L'Alchimiste.

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A career highlight and absolute  honour has been  to present a speech at The House of Commons, playing the part of and telling the story of Sophia Duleep Singh -

royal princess and suffragette !

(A Time Will Tell Theatre production, curated by Essex Cultural Diversity Project)

 

I am passionate about telling many types of tales, with the aim to  entertain, teach, uplift and inspire  everyone  to be playful, and delve into the magical world of stories  and imagination!!  

 Another passion is helping  people build and improve  confidence  by  teaching  drama and storytelling workshops, which I facilitate in either English or Danish language.

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