Away With Words: The Art of Storytelling

Away With Words: The Art of Storytelling (5 weeks)

This course is all about discovering the stories you want to tell and finding interesting and unique ways to tell them. The aim is to explore freely — see with a writer’s eyes, spark ideas to life, gain confidence, experiment with both fiction and nonfiction and get the creative juices flowing.

Over the course of these five weeks, my focus is to help you develop your creative practice in a nurturing and inspiring environment. Sessions will be highly interactive, supportive and productive.

Suitable for beginners or anyone who wants a refresher.

Where: Garden Room, Carmelite Centre

When: Thursday evenings, October 17th - November 14th.

Time: 6.30-8.30 pm.

About Nicole

Nicole is a highly experienced writing facilitator with over 25 years of experience. She designs and delivers creativity workshops and coaching for a variety of cultural and educational institutions including the Irish Writers Centre, Temple Bar Cultural Trust, NUI Maynooth, the Gaiety School of Acting, and Ballyfermot College, among others. She was co-founder of one of Ireland's leading creative writing institutes, Big Smoke Writing Factory, which she co-directed for fifteen years; and she teaches 3rd-level creative writing for the Ireland-based Champlain and Capa American Colleges.

Nicole was recently appointed to the Artists & Creative Facilitators Panel for the Dublin City Council Culture Company.

Outside of her facilitation work, Nicole is an actor and playwright and has been an integral part of the Irish theatre and spoken-word arena for more than three decades. She has featured with many theatre companies including Theatreworks, Storytellers, Yew Tree and Tmu-Na; and her international appearances include those at the London and Edinburgh Fringe Festivals, Glasgow International, Craw Festival Berlin, Singapore Arts Festival, and Konfrontacje Teatraine Poland.

Nicole's one-woman play, Baggage, was a smash hit at the SoloSIRENS festival in Dublin in 2019, and went on to be adapted to film reaching a global audience. Baggage will tour internationally in 2025. Her other notable success is Raven and The Crone, which premiered at The New Theatre for the First Fortnight Festival. Her spoken-word projects mark a distinctive originality within the genre. Tea or Gin, Gristle and Meeting Karma powerfully explore themes of sexuality, trauma, and resilience in monologues of extraordinary wit and profundity. Her latest piece, The Lingerie Queen of Crumlin topped the bill at the James Joyce Centre Bloomsday celebrations in 2024.

Event Venue & Nearby Stays

Carmelite Community Centre, 56 Aungier Street, Dublin 8, Ireland