The Amsterdam Storytelling Festival: Giles Abbott - Patched & Mended

A story of resilience and transformation

In an old Welsh myth (Branch 3, or The Mabinogion), 2 couples suddenly see their world change. In England, at the end of the 20th century, a young man completely loses his familiar world.

Follow their adventures in this moving and hopeful story about resilience and transformation.

About Giles Abbott

Giles Abbott became a storyteller after suddenly and severely, but not completely, losing his eyesight at the age of 25. Since then, he has performed nationally and internationally. Every two years, he creates a new show with which he goes on tour. He has performed in the United Kingdom, Europe, India and Egypt.

He possesses an “impressive stage presence”, a “poetic flair for language” and “a voice to melt for”

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?