ABOUT Red Phoenix / Terrie Howey-MOore

Terrie Howey-Moore is also known as storyteller Red Phoenix (she was given that nickname as a heritage storyteller in Edinburgh). Terrie began her professional storytelling journey in 2003 and founded Red Phoenix in 2007, and has been performing in theatre and facilitating performance workshops since 1992. Awarded a Winston Churchill Fellowship in 2012* for cross-cultural mentoring of emerging storytellers across Canada and America, and earning a PhD in Storytelling in 2021**, she combines academic expertise with creative practice. She is a heritage specialist and has extensive experience working within the care sector, particularly SEND, as well as in education from early years through to university. Terrie is a performer, educator, writer and  dramaturg, offering her skills freelance besides utilising them in her own performances and workshops.

Terrie specialises in traditional oral storytelling told from memory. For her, storytelling is a shared art between teller and listener: the teller crafts the tale, guiding the listener through the story's landscape where the listener's own lived experience shapes their interpretation of the narrative; making each performance a unique interactive adventure and alive in its telling. 

Terrie’s career has led her to perform and lead workshops all over the world, and she creates her own original tales as well as researching and drawing from historical sources. These experiences have led to a broad repertoire of stories and projects which are being added to all the time as new challenges arise.

Terrie authored Buckinghamshire Folk Tales for the History Press (published 2019) and is based in Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire. Terrie works extensively in Buckinghamshire and the surrounding counties: Bedfordshire, Northamptonshire, Oxfordshire, and Berkshire, as well as travelling further afield including; Hampshire and Scotland.

Terrie is an Arts Award Advisor for Trinity College London, an international initiative for young people 5 - 25yrs to gain qualifications and gain experience in the arts. She is a member of the Society for Storytelling, Equity and a Winston Churchill Fellow. She has an enhanced DBS and Public Liability.

* In 2012 Terrie became a Winston Churchill Fellow, and got the opportunity to travel across America and Canada to work with and be inspired by storytellers like; Csenge Zalka, Dale Jarvis, Dan Yashinsky, Jan Andrews, Jane Crouse, Jennifer Cayley, Judy Sima, Juidth Heineman, Karen Chace, Kevin Cordi, Marylyn Perringer, Molly Sutkaitis, Robert Greygrass, Ruthanne Edward, and Wavy Gravy.

**Specialising in Dramaturgy while studying Drama and Theatre Arts at Queen Margaret University, Edinburgh, Terrie, followed a personal focused study into storytelling (taking full advantage of being just round the corner from the Scottish Storytelling Centre) for which she was awarded a First with Hons. Her academic career continued, completing Doctoral research  at Loughborough University in 2021 into applied storytelling as intangible cultural heritage impacting the sense of place of residents of Milton Keynes, and developing socio-storyology.