Meet the Storyteller
Niall Moorjani is a non-binary, neurodiverse, Scottish-Indian writer and storyteller based between London and Edinburgh. They write for both children and adults, but at the core of all their work are themes of hope, joy and kindness. Niall has performed all over the world, to audiences in packed theatres, empty libraries, confused bus groups, random passers by and to their dogs.
As an adult storyteller Niall has created multiple shows which have won great acclaim. ‘Mohan: A Partition Story’ and ‘A Fairie Tale’ have both received multiple five star reviews and enjoyed successful UK tours. Their debut play ‘Kanpur 1857’ won the Pleasance Theatre Charlie Harthill Award (global majority) in 2025. It has also been published by Methuen Drama (Bloomsbury) in the same year. They have performed all over the world including the Edinburgh Fringe Festival, Scottish International Storytelling Festival, Kathakar International Storytelling Festival (Delhi), The Tank Theatre (New York), Push The Boat Out Poetry Festival, Brighton Fringe Festival and many more...
For children Niall created the original version of the Edinburgh Fringe 2023 smash hit sell out show ‘Grow’ and co-created the upscaled version with the Suitcase Storytelling Company for the Southbank Centre’s ‘Imagine Festival’. They also co-created the award winning ‘Girl And the Dragon’ (also with the Suitcase Storytelling Company) and have toured across multiple festivals as a children’s storyteller and writer, highlights include, the Edinburgh Fringe Festival, Hay on Wye Festival and the Cheltenham book festival.
As a poet Niall has been publised in SBPOC Writers Network anthologies in 2021 and 2022, Our Time Is A Garden (IASH) in 2023 and Disrupting the Narrative (Edinburgh Museums) in 2024.
Niall is also a facillitator for both children and adults and has worked with notable organisations such as National Literacy Trust, Southbank Centre, Emergency Exit Artis, Discover Children’s Storytelling Centre, Freshwater Theatre Company, Heart Of Wales Pride and many more…
Their debut picture book ‘Rajiv’s Starry Feelings’ was released in 2023 with Lantana.
To hear about Niall and their practice in their own words please read this feature by the Skinny.
https://www.theskinny.co.uk/festivals/edinburgh-fringe/theatre/niall-moorjani-interview-fringe-2022
In their writing Moorjani is poetic and lyrical, drawing from mythical and oral traditions they combine these with diverse and progressive themes to create rich and modern literature.
They are the co-founder of the Bedtime Stories collective and the founder/ and host of Tales At The Tavern open mic storytelling nights. (Originally an east London based open mic storytelling evening which now has an Edinburgh Edition).
In less artistic worlds Niall is an exceptionally keen, but thoroughly average cricketer and a decent cook whose obsession with replicating their Dadima’s chicken curry goes on...