Hutch's Storytime

Hutch's Storytime brings together some of Toronto's best storytellers for an evening of true stories based on the theme of Travel.

Host

Paul Hutcheson is a comedic performer, producer and storyteller. His show Hutch and Friends (stand-up) and Hutch's Storytime are regular sell outs. For more information see his website and sign up for his newsletter @canuckhutch. com.

Guests

Christel Bartelse is a Toronto based Actor/Storyteller, Comedian, Director and Educator. She was the Co-Host and Co-Producer of the hit storytelling show "But That's Another Story" for six years, and now hosts and produces "Age Ain't Nothing but a Number"- a comedy/storytelling show with veteran performers, on the theme of Age. Christel is a 4 time Canadian Comedy Award Nominee. This summer she will be performing her latest show "A Woman of my Age" at the Guelph Fringe, and directing 'Grown Ass Broads Talkin' Dirty" for the Toronto Fringe.

IG: @cbartelse

Rose Cullis is an award-winning queer writer who celebrates all forms of writing and performance in their work. She's had short stories, plays and monologues published in theme-based anthologies and in This Magazine, Event Magazine, Brick, Vallum and Prairie Fire. She wrote the text for a new play with music called After/BAAL that's currently in development and is thrilled to be heading to an art residency in Pouch Cove Newfoundland in a couple of days (! ) with the Throbbing Rose Queer Arts Collective.

Tay Glass is a senior producer for Back Pocket Media and Story Fest. He teaches journalists, scientists, and artists from all over the world to bring their personal stories to life on stage. A graduate of Columbia Journalism School, his storytelling work has won awards, increased trust in fact-based reporting for dozens of news outlets, and built connections between journalists and the communities they serve. When not producing stories, Tay is probably binging a podcast or doting on his Millennial dog-child, Pepper.

Michael Limerick is a multimedia artist and educator based in Toronto. His work deals with themes of identity and empowerment, often involving super-heroines. He began his teaching career in Colombia and Haiti, and is now in his final year of teaching with the Toronto District School Board.

Panagiota Vogdou was born in Greece and moved to Canada 10 years ago. When she was a kid, she wanted to be a ballet dancer, but then she became a Greek teacher. Now she's a flight attendant, who has also been doing community theatre (since she was a student, in fact).

In 2020, amidst Covid, she discovered storytelling and the whole world got a new meaning for her. Since then, she hasn't stopped sharing her stories at Replay storytelling, The Story Collider, Tales Told Live and But That's Another Story show in Toronto, and Confabulation show in Montreal.