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Simon Arrowsmith

London-based storyteller, writer-composer, and story consultant; co-founder and lead creative of Iambic Creative, with an award-nominated career in theatre composition.

Oct 7, 2026

5:56
Mm.
5:57
But I think there, everything seems to become storytelling.
6:00
I, I, I think- I see a lot of, um, agencies and organizations say, "Well, we're really strong on storytelling." What they mean by that is they've got some nice pretty pictures and a lovely looking logo, and it, it's all very slick.
6:11
That's not really the heart of story.
6:14
That is storytelling, but what, what, what for me a story is about the, the way we create meaning in the world.
6:21
It's the oldest part of us.
6:23
Before, before language even, before we verbalized it, we were communicating through cave paintings that made connections that told story.

13 MINS LATER

19:02
'Cause imagine when you say the word character, it's not always a person either.

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