The Amsterdam Storytelling Festival: David Labi - Fatherload

David Labi is an ethical storyteller who uses art and empathy to contribute to more just and sustainable societies. He was born in London, where as a young activist he was strongly committed to social issues and gave workshops to thousands of young people on a wide range of topics. He studied literature at the University of Cambridge and subsequently lived in Buenos Aires, Tokyo and Berlin. He now lives in Brussels. In addition to a versatile career as a storyteller, David has worked as an editor for leading city magazines, published literary translations, written scripts for television and made films, documentaries and theatre productions that have been shown at Glastonbury and the Edinburgh Fringe Festival, among others.

With his storytelling agency Good Point, David helps his clients develop powerful stories and produce creative material, from animated films to graphic novels.

About the Amsterdam Storytelling Festival

When the days grow darker and colder, it is time to come together and warm our hearts with stories. This year, The Amsterdam Storytelling Festival invites you to meet the Seer - not as a fortune teller, but as someone who hears truth. Blind to appearances and distractions, the Seer notices what others overlook and sees what remains invisible to ordinary eyes.

Through performances, lectures and workshops, the festival offers space for stories that dare to explore the uncomfortable, the invisible and the unknown. From inner worlds to the boundaries of life and death, from visions to imagination... unspoken truths, looming disasters, secrets behind masks. The Seer knows. Who dares to listen?