Kamini Ramachandran (FRSA) is director of MoonShadow Stories.

Kamini Ramachandran is a pioneer in the field of storytelling in Asia. She is the creative force behind MoonShadow Stories which spearheaded performance storytelling for adult audiences in Singapore. She teaches her course The Storytelling Intensive at LASALLE College of the Arts and directs the annual student showcase Stories Through The Mind’s Eye.

She has contributed extensively to the global storytelling scene through her involvement in organising conferences and festivals. She is Creative Producer of StoryFest: International Storytelling Festival Singapore. Kamini is also the founding director of the non-profit arts organization The Storytelling Centre Ltd and she started the Young Storytellers Mentorship Programme to sustain the art of storytelling by nurturing emerging talents.

A fellow of the Royal Society of Arts with a Bachelor’s degree in English Language & Literature (Hons) from the University of Reading, UK, and a Master’s degree in Arts Pedagogy & Practice from Goldsmith’s, University of London, she is a highly sought after artist educator in the field.

Kamini has performed commissioned works for The Esplanade, The Arts House, the National Arts Council and more. Her rich Asian repertoire of stories has taken her to castles in Belgium, ruins in Rome, greenfield festivals in England and Wales, sacred forests in Shillong, cities of Edinburgh, Sydney, Bangalore, Chennai and the Emirates, as well as the islands of Penang and Denmark.

Described as “Singapore’s most mesmerizing storyteller” by Professor Tommy Koh at the International Summit of the Book she is one of today’s most unique voices in storytelling.