Stories from the Next Generation: A Guided Forest Walk

Scripted and narrated by local poet and playwright Ciarán Myers, this podcast is an immersive and interactive walk through Waterloo's Bechtel Park. Featuring creative tales of dragons, witches, princesses, and bounty hunters, all written by young storytellers from Kitchener-Waterloo. "Stories from the Next Generation" blends the forest with the fantastic to weave a powerful new perspective of one of our region's most beautiful natural spaces.

Show Notes

Production Notes:
Created, Scripted, and Hosted by Ciaran Myers
Produced by Sam Varteniuk at the Registry Theatre, Kitchener, Ontario. 
Funded by a microgrant from the Ontario Presents Arts Engage Learning Community
Distributed by Danielle Deveau and Midtown Radio KW
Audio Engineering and Sound Production by Matthew Rappolt
Music: "Mid Youth Crisis" by Jojo Worthington
Stories written and created by Daisy, Matilda, Yogi, Haley, Alex, Duca, Saoirse, Ben, and Lucas.

What is Stories from the Next Generation: A Guided Forest Walk?

Join the imaginations of Waterloo Region children on a guided forest walk through Bechtel Park. In Stories from the Next Generation, local writer Ciarán Myers takes you on an immersive 65-minute stroll that blends the forest with the fantastic. Allow nature to guide you through these new original stories, or will it be the other way around? Watch out for dragons!

This single-episode podcast is best enjoyed if you press play just before stepping into the woods at Bechtel Park in Waterloo. But it can be listened to from any place, any time.