Ursula Holden Gill

Ursula Holden Gill is a one woman tour de force; Storyteller, Myth Maker, Comedienne & Curator. An award-winning Actress and a familiar face on screen, in recent years she has established herself as a unique and pertinent storytelling talent, both in Britain and beyond; winning audiences over in Belgium, China, Ireland and South America. Working across the performance, education and community sectors alike, to date, Ursula has generated firm links with institutions such as Action for Children, Opera North, Settle Stories, Social Services & The National Trust. From her stunningly characterised adaptations of traditional folk and fairy tales (and especially the Witching Tales of her native Lancashire / West Yorkshire border) to her signature streetwise, savvy, self – penned originals, Ursula is well known to make her crowds laugh and cry, think, reflect and roar again; all in the space of half an hour… a shape-shifting scallywag, truly one to watch!