Young people

Young Storytellers project

Young Storytellers project

Sharing stories is at the heart of what we do at NTW. We invited young people aged 16-25 looking to develop their storytelling skills to create an audio portrait of someone in their community

Wait, what's an audio portrait?

Well, it's what we're naming a photographic portrait accompanied by an audio interview of that person.

So, how does this project work?

Inspired by themes of Circle of Fifths, we invited young storytellers from locations on the tour to interview a member of their community, exploring the power of music and memory.

These audio portraits were created during a one-day creative workshop with BAFTA Cymru-nominated documentary filmmaker Jay Bedwani and presenter, photographer and TEAM assistant Ellen Thomas.

Conversations ranged from revisiting the music that Heather danced to in the living room with her dad, to the catharsis of a break-up ballad that inspired Richard’s writing, to the lyrics that comforted Kirsty in loss.

Read or listen to these stories below, and meet the young storyteller behind each portrait.

You can also listen to the collective soundtrack of the Young Storytellers project.

An individual wearing a black headscarf, red earrings, glasses and a red jumper. They're smiling at the camera.

Anne Daley

An individual with black dreads that are tied back on her head. They're wearing a purple top and are looking directly at the camera.

Daphne Brady

An individual with short blonde hair, glasses and hoop earrings. They're smiling at the camera.

Gloria Derozario

An individual wearing a black beanie and a red fleece. They're also wearing glasses and are smiling at the camera.

Gwen Robinson

An individual with short brown curly hair and glasses. They're smiling and looking at the camera.

Heather Evans

An individual with long red hair. They have a nose and lip piercing and are looking at the camera.

Kirsty Wild

An individual with long straight brown hair. They're smiling.

Lilly Grace Beaumont

An individual with shoulder length blonde hair and glasses.

Mair Richards

An individual with long brown hair and brown eyes. They're resting their head on their hand and are smiling at the camera.

Maria Kandracova

An individual who's wearing a black cap and a blue jacket. They have short brown hair and are smiling.

Morgan Steed

An individual with short brown hair and brown eyes. They're looking at the camera.

Ondrej Kandrac

An individual with longe blonde hair and a fringe, and blue and pink makeup around their eyes. They're looking at the camera.

Reb Sutton

An individual with long blonde hair and dark blue eyes. Their hair falls on the left side of their face and they have an earring in their right ear. They're looking up and to the right of the camera.

Rebecca Mcnay

An individual with short brown hair, glasses and a short brown beard. Their head is tilted and they're looking at the camera.

Richard Jackson

Two individuals are stood for a picture, smiling, with their arms around each other. The individual on the left has short brown hair and glasses. The individual on the right also has glasses and is wearing a red beanie.

Ruby Euniee Powell & Eleithia DeCosta Williams