VIDEOS - Traditional Tales
On this page you will find a collection of videos of Alastair telling stories during the Covid-19 lock-down in 2020. These tellings are to camera, which means that they are missing the usual interaction with the audience that normally characterises Alastair's storytelling.
The Three Billy Goats Gruff (based on a Norwegain folktale)
The Two Misers
(based on Pakistani folktale)
The Princess and the Crow
(based on a Vietnamese folktale)
The Princess of the Great Heart
(an original story by Alastair K Daniel)
Snakes and Pearls
(based on a French fairy tale)
The Day the Sun Smiled
Urashima Taro
(based on a Japanese folktale).
Tenali Rama's Dream
(based on an Indian folktale)
The Hare and the Tortoise
(based on a Xhosa version)
The Royal Journey to Heaven
(based on an Indian folktale)