Rome: stepping onto the international stage. In June 2025, the young storytellers of the Cassandra Project took their final steps together at the FEST conference in Rome. This major gathering of the international storytelling community provided a fitting finale to their…
Between April and November 2025, young storytellers present their work in festivals in Norway, Belgium, Sweden, Poland, and the Netherlands, reaching diverse audiences and engaging with different cultural contexts. These festival appearances offer an important opportunity for the storytellers to…
Amsterdam: let’s share experiences and perform! In November 2024, the fifteen young storytellers, alongside their mentors and festival organisers, came together in Amsterdam to build on their creative journey. This second face-to-face meeting offered them a unique opportunity to share…
After the research phase, the young storytellers have been working on their stories with guidance from their mentor and support from their peers. Then, they stepped into the spotlight, ready to showcase their unique voices. Each storyteller participated in different…
During the research phase, each participant created their own 20-minute solo storytelling performance, which could stand alone or combine with others to form a 1-hour show featuring other young storytellers. The themes of each performance were chosen by the storytellers…
The start! In April 2024, all young storytellers travelled to Alden Biesen in Belgium alongside their mentors and the directors of their home countries’ international festivals, where they participated in an intensive training program to develop their artistic voices and build technical stagecraft…
The Cassandra Project officially began with a digital kick-off meeting, bringing together an inspiring European partnership dedicated to socially engaged storytelling. Led by the Federation of European Storytelling (FEST), the consortium unites five renowned storytelling festival organisations from Norway, Sweden,…