Hope, Courage, Wisdom, Laughter, Joy and much, much more...
Festival for:
Teachers and educators, guides and oral historians, health and welfare workers, parents and grandparents, anyone who loves to listen to and tell stories.
Expect interactive workshops on storytelling arts and how to discover your own stories, with evening performances by musicians, storytellers and poets.
At Welhoven, Werkhorstlaan 2, Vledderveen (DR) Enquiry and registration: storygenics@gmail.com
Saturday 23rd & Sunday 24th May 2026
Doors open at 10:30 am
Workshops: 11:30–13:30 & 15:00–17:00 daily
Evening performances 19:30
Ticket prices per person:
Full day inc. evening €60 pp
Evening event €12 pp
2-day weekend €90 pp
Coffees & Teas included
Festival programme
Saturday 23rd May
Morning 11.30 – 13.30
Workshop 1 -Structuring a story for once and for all
Workshop 2 -The main language of a story, images
Lunch
Afternoon 15.00 – 17.00
Workshop 3 -Stories important enough to remember that you wouldn’t want to forget
Workshop 4 -Mother Earth and us – being in the matrix of many lives
Dinner
Evening performance 19.30 – 21.30
Performance, workshop-style
Stories about true friendship, with oneself, with others, with animals
Sunday 24th May
Morning 11.30 – 13.30
Workshop 5 – The 3 most important qualities that will accompany and enhance our future – getting to know them and capturing the important stories they reveal
Workshop 6 – The treasure box of strengthening stories – how to build a stronger immunity in oneself
Lunch
Afternoon 15.00 – 17.00 h
Workshop 7 – The Magic Carpet – being able to elevate a story into a flight
Workshop 8 – The Fountain of Spontaneous Creativity – how to liberate one’s storyteller
Dinner
Evening performance 19.30 – 21.30
Spontaneous workshop performances
Stories about drawing strength, what gives a person strength?
The Storytellers
Rami Zor
Rami founded the Ring of Turquoise international group of storytellers in 1995. Since then he has given storytelling workshops in several countries, performed in various festival and appeared on TV and radio. Rami is also an expert in body language which he has taught for decades in colleges in Israel.
Mike Woudstra
Mike has been a storyteller for more than 25 years. He offers training in areas such as: bringing language to life, freeing our imagination, clear and engaging presentations, the art of playful communication, and how to storify moments in daily life. Mike uses story- telling as a way to discover what we need – in our life, in our work, in our personal growth.
Davy Baker
Davy has been a creative communicator and storyteller for over 20 years, with a background in visual arts, design and puppetry. He offers workshops for growth and change, celebrating the best of people. He uses storytelling to connect ideas and possibilities to the imagination and warmth of the human spirit, one small step at a time..
Merlyn Buter
Merlyn has been providing various workshops for over 40 years, across the globe…As a teacher he combines science and stories together in a unique way. Merlyn is an accomplished flute player and has a way of engaging spontaneously with people whether in a park or a market place. His style is both humorous and factual.
Saira Hall
Saira is a creative multi media artist, educator and storyteller with a wealth of experience with children, youth and adults over many years. She has a passion for discovering and seeking to release the value and wisdom within each unique life’s story, by nurturing an atmosphere of exploration, trust and warmth.
Hubert Beekhuizen
Hubert has a great love for distilling special stories from everyday situations. He believes, no, he knows for sure that the story you tell yourself determines how you look at life.
Anneke van der Werf
Anneke is a storyteller with a strong passion for cultivating the art of celebrating and capturing special moments that define what makes us human in daily life.
Erwin Hoogkamer
Erwin is a storyteller, poetry maker and writer with a great love of folklore and unseen things, that you almost certainly know do exist for real.
Hanna Biesheuvel
Human stories, close to home. Noticing, experiencing and sharing the richness of these—that sums up Hanna in a nutshell. As an amateur storyteller, she enjoys taking a spontaneous approach and she knows that there is a storyteller hidden within everyone. She enjoys and is looking forward to promote these storytelling qualities.
Jeroen Brons
As amateur storyteller, singer and impromptu poet, Jeroen has a love for the beauty and versatility of language. He is convinced of the fact that every person can discover special, light-hearted and serious stories in themselves and share them with others, for mutual inspiration and enrichment. Stories make us human.
