Lu Orza
Storyteller | Writer | Facilitator | Quietude® practitioner
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I am a storyteller, writer, workshop facilitator and Quietude® practitioner based in Bridport, in West Dorset. My work centres on making connection, finding voice, and building community at the fireside, bedside, and alongside people and communities wherever they are.
I trained as a storyteller at the International School of Storytelling's flagship programme Storytelling Beyond Words – a full time course in the art and craft of oral storytelling with a lens on how storytelling can be taken into the world to facilitate connection with each other, ourselves and the wider world.
I came to this programme as a feminist writer and advocate for women’s and gender-diverse people’s health and rights. As much as I love working with the oral tradition, and in particular telling wonder tales, I also love to hear people's stories, create safe spaces for untold stories to be shared, and curate platforms for those stories to be moulded into a shared voice, vision and agenda for social change.
"Lu crafts her stories with honesty of feelings, attention to details and an intention of service. She skilfully tells her tales with dramatic passion, depth of soul and cheeky playfulness!"
– Roi Gal-Or, co-founder of the International School of Storytelling
What I Do
What I Do
A regular story night for women in Bridport and Dorchester: Weaving Tales of Wisdom and Wonder
Wildwood Storytelling Cafe
Wildwood Storytelling Cafe
A monthly gathering to enchant with stories from the forest, with reflection and magical conviviality, at The Galley, Lyme Regis
Forthcoming events
Forthcoming events
The Loom:
Tuesday 13th October, 'Haunted' Wishing Well Tearooms, Upwey (£8 stories only / £20 (includes supper) Tickets: The Loom @ Wishing Well
Monday 19th October, 'Haunted' Cellar Bar @ The Bridge House Hotel, Bridport (£6 / £8 what you can, Tickets: The Loom )
Monday 16th November 'Unfinished Business', Cellar Bar @ The Bridge House Hotel, Bridport (£6 / £8 what you can, Tickets: The Loom )
Tuesday 8th December, 'Winter's Quiet' Wishing Well Tearooms, Upwey (£8 stories only / £20 (includes supper) Tickets: The Loom @ Wishing Well
Monday 21st December 'The Turning', Cellar Bar @ The Bridge House Hotel, Bridport (£6 / £8 what you can, Tickets: The Loom )
See webpage for a list of all 2026 dates and themes
Story Circles - 2026
Portland Story Slingers: Monthly story circle held at B-Side, 77 Fortuneswell, Portland, first Sunday of the month, 4.30 - 6.00pm | Free ~ donations for tea & cake (suggested amount: £2.50)
Starting Sunday 7th June, 2026, then: 5th July | 2nd August | *4th October | 1st November | 6th December
Wildwood Storytelling Cafe: Monthly storytelling evening hosted by Izzy Darkwood and Lu Orza. 2nd Wednesday of the month at The Galley, Broad Street, Lyme Regis. 7 - 9pm, £5 / £8
Starting Wednesday 13th May, 2026, then: 10th June | 8th July | 12th August | 9th September, 14th October, 11th November, 9th December
Bridport Orchard Storytellers: Winter Stories @ The White Lion, West Street, Bridport: All welcome to join us for our winter programme celebrating the yearly turning into the dark and back towards the light. 7 - 9pm | Free | Donations welcome
Monday 7th December 2026 - Yule
Monday 8th February 2027 - The Returning of the Light
Monday 5th April 2027 - April Fooling
Workshops - 2026
Befriending Death
A series of workshops where talking about death and dying is NOT taboo! These sessions use storytelling and conversation to open a reflective and playful space to connect with our beliefs and attitudes about dying, explore cultural constructs around death, consider the question of how we ‘befriend’ death, and share thoughts on what this question means for how we live.
Saturday 26th September - Good Grief
Saturday 7th November - Re-membering
Saturday 12th December - Dying well
The sessions will be on Saturday mornings 10.00am – 1.00pm, with an optional bring-and-share lunch from 1.00 – 2.00pm to build deeper connections.
The sessions are offered on a ‘pay what you can’ basis. Donations (any amount up to £20 / session) are welcome, with a contribution to the shared lunch.
Contact Lu for full details and to book a place. (Suitable for age 18+).
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