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In Other Words, Cambridge 
John Peel Centre, Stowmarket 
East Anglian Storytelling Festival 
Mystic Bellydance at EASF 
Lady J at McGintys 
Flipside Festival, Lowestoft 
Light and Dark, Colchester 
Halloween at Waddesdon Manor
“Justine doesn’t tell stories, she inhabits them, gets inside and lives them, while grabbing you by the hand and saying ‘Come on, let’s go!'”
Janina Vigurs, Storyteller
Video of my work:
Story, Dance & Music
Story, Dance & Music
The videos below are extracts/examples of my storytelling, dance and music work:
1. This Woman’s Work: Improvised Dance Piece incorporating bellydance, shamanic dance and autistic stim dancing
2. The Mermaid’s Song: Extracts from storytelling performances at Leigh Folk Festival, East Anglian Storytelling Festival, and Tales from the Undercroft
3. Lady J at The Queen: Excerpts from a Lady J pub gig – all original music interspersed with banter, awards and audience percussion
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“I knew it would be magical, I had no idea how deep
the magic would be”
Giles Abbott, Storyteller,
on The Mermaid’s Song
Beauty and the Belly 2018 
Folk East 2018 
EASF 2015 
EASF 2018 
Jimmys Farm 2018 
Lady J and The Troublemakers 
EASF 2018 
Jimmy’s Festival 2017 
Harlequin Fayre 2017 
In Other Words, Cambridge
Video
Audio of my music work:
Original Songs
“Justine is an incredibly creative and open minded musician. She is always open to new ideas and willing to try something different.”
Harley Cotton, Musician
Performance CV:
The Highlights
2008 – present as a Freelance Storyteller and Theatre Maker
Freelance Storyteller for Children and Adults – www.sowhatsthestory.co.uk
– Performances in schools, nurseries, fetes, care homes and celebratory events across East Anglia
– Performances in pubs, at festivals, spoken word events (including The National Centre for the Folk Arts, Leigh Folk Festival, Cambridge Folk Festival, Folk East, Harlequin Fayre, Maui Waui).
– Creator and session leader of Adventure Tots – pre-school sessions using movement and storytelling for development
– Creator and performer in the one woman shows: Wild Women Tales and The Mermaid’s Song
– Performer in rock ‘n’ roll and adult storytelling duo Darklove
– First Chair and first Artistic Director of The East Anglian Storytelling Festival
Co-Founder and teacher at The Unqualified Yes – Improvisation Company – www.theunqualifiedyes.com
– Running courses in improvisational performance and providing improvisation skills as a tool for business
Freelance Singer-Songwriter – www.justinedemierre.com
– Solo gigs and gigs with Lady J and the Troublemakers in pubs and at festivals around East Anglia plus radio play on BBC Radio Suffolk, Actual Radio Colchester and Felixstowe Radio. 2 EPs released and ‘Pocket’ track featured on Suffolk Acoustic Showcase charity CD
Book themed Storyplaytime sessions – Creator, Storyteller and Session Leader
– Interactive sessions for under 5s touring book festivals throughout the UK, including Bath Literature Festival, Edinburgh Literature Festival, Hay Festival. Commissioned by Puffin Books.
Storytelling and Drama sessions for Lapwing Education – Creator, Performer and Session Leader
– Sessions for young people excluded or at risk of exclusion from mainstream education
Storytelling and Drama sessions for Scamps – Creator, Storyteller and Session Leader
– Sessions for autistic children
Hip Hop Theatre Project for PASTEL – Workshop Leader, Director and Devisor
– A project for young people with learning difficulties.
Scratch performance with Oily Cart – Performer and Devisor
– A group devised piece in a hydrotherapy pool.
Bag Books Telling Tales Project – Storyteller and Trainer
– A project to train and mentor librarians in telling multi-sensory stories to children
2005 – 2007 as Co- Artistic Director of Monkey Productions
Rough Island Story – Director and Performer – Devised
– Co-directed with Andrew St John, developed through workshops exploring archetypes, set on a council estate on a magical island, performed in and around the audience at O’Reilly’s in Kentish Town
2000 – 2005 as Artistic Director of Ladder to the Moon
Selected Interactive Performance work:
The Dreamcatcher – title role – Solo interactive, part structured, part improvised show
– Devised with and directed by Andrew St John
Astron and Zetron – Astron – Interactive hospital residency
– Devised with and directed by Tracy Bargate
The Elves and the Incredible Interactive Story Show – Ellie – Shopping Centre Residency & Schools tour
– Devised with and directed by Tracy Bargate
Disco Divas – Sparkle – Interactive Walkabout Characters South Bank
– with Natasha Godfrey: Self devised and directed.
Wandsworth-on-Sea – Mandy the Mermaid – site specific interactive character
– Self-devised and directed
1996 – 2003 Selected Freelance Performing
Killer Question – Helena (Short film) Dir. Matt Carter
Young, Gifted & Broke – Julie (Short film monologue) Self-directed, Sky TV
The Little Prince – lead puppet; Performed at The Red Room, Kentish Town; Dir. Caroline Childs
Museum of the Moving Image Actors Company – various characters in 1939 and 1946; Dir. Andrew Ashmore
The Alchemist – Dol Common; Small scale tour around North West for Dead Earnest; Dir Ashley Barnes
Jolly Jack’s Big Adventure – Various characters; for Solent People’s Theatre; Dir Mary Swan
Romeo & Juliet – Juliet; Athena the Huntress – Athena; at The People Show for Empty Space Theatre, Dir. Andrew Holmes
Sitelines – Shanna; Devised solo piece on trains across South London for State of Space. Dir Simon Bell
Stand up comedian – Regular performances on the London Circuit
John Peel Centre, Stowmarket 
EASF 2018 
In Other Words 
EASF 2015 
FolkEast 2018 
In Other Words 
EASF 2016 
Transferania at Folk East 
Leigh Folk Festival 2017 
Maui Waui 2016
Websites:
www.sowhatsthestory.co.uk
www.justinedemierre.com
www.ladyjandthetroublemakers.co.uk
www.darkloveshow.co.uk
www.royalcircleofautism.co.uk
Contact:
Justine@sowhatsthestory.co.uk 07921 334 293
Twitter: @justinedemierre Facebook: @sowhatsthestory