Sheila Wee has been a full-time professional storyteller for 22 years and has been described as a Godmother of Singapore storytelling. She co-founded Singapore’s first storytelling circle and its first professional storytelling company and was instrumental in the development of the Asian Congress of Storytellers. Sheila is a founding Committee Member, a former President, (2012 – 2014), and curren
t President of the Storytelling Association (Singapore). Sheila was a pioneer of storytelling to both child and adult audiences in Singapore. She is comfortable telling to large audiences and is adept at varying her storytelling style according to her audience. Her storytelling has been described variously as warm, engaging, elegant and captivating. Sheila’s storytelling experience has been deep and wide ranging and has included curating and performing exhibit specific performances for museums and training heritage guides. She has brought National Arts Council endorsed performances and workshop programmes to countless primary and secondary school students and has trained numerous teachers and lecturers in the use of storytelling in their teaching. Sheila also works internationally, and has performed and conducted workshops in Australia, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Thailand, UK and Vietnam.
