Creative * Curious * Collaborative
‘Pure storytelling, pure theatre and pure magic.’
Daily Mail
‘Miller delivers a warm, mischievous and enthralling performance.’
The Stage
‘What do you do?’ they ask with a grin,
I work with stories, where our learnings begin!
I bring people together, helping them grow
Sharing deep wisdom from long, long ago.
When people are curious, creative and bright,
They listen, they wonder, they read and they write.
They smile and relax as they grow more resilient
This work that I do makes people’s lives brilliant.
For health, for hope, for happiness too,
I weave great magic… that’s what I do!
Does that answer you question? Now, tell me about you?
I look forward to working with you
Danyah x
‘Miller is so much more than a storyteller: she is a facilitator of fiction, a purveyor of participatory pleasure for children who perhaps didn’t even know they could write stories before now.’
Everything Theatre
Danyah Miller is an international, award-winning storyteller, trainer, and author of ‘Seven Secrets of Spontaneous Storytelling’ – the tale of a family brought together through the power of Storytelling.
She shares stories and story training in a range of settings from Royal Opera House Covent Garden to local libraries, RHS Wisley to schools across the country. Danyah was a workshop leader at The International School of Storytelling for over 10 years.
As Artistic Director of DMS Productions she has co-produced, co-written and performed in 7 solo shows, including award-winning ‘I Believe in Unicorns’ by Michael Morpurgo, which has toured extensively, including 3 West End summer seasons, and seen by over 100,000 people. She co-produced 3 mid-scale musicals, one of which was nominated for an Olivier Award in 2012.
DMS latest production The Mystery of…. Show won the Best Family Arts Activity Award in the 2025 Fantastic for Families Awards.
In 2025 Danyah took part in BBC Radio 4’s ‘The Great Influencer Experiment’ series, creating a YouTube channel for those working in EYFS.
Her aim is to supports people to become more curious, creative and connected. Her work is imagination-rich and often life changing.
Danyah is a trustee for The Society for Storytelling.
‘When I grow up if I can’t be a teacher I want to be a Danyah.’
‘Young and old alike hang onto Miller’s every word as she artfully tells stories.’
Theatre Weekly
Team
Sofie Miller
Associate Artist & Company Director
Sofie wrote and performed in her debut solo spoken word play Never Stop Loving You at Edinburgh Free Fringe 2019 and starred in the theatrical storytelling show Meet Astrid Lindgren’s Pippi Longstocking at Pleasance Courtyard, Edinburgh Fringe in 2021 and subsequent national tour throughout 2022.
She has written a range of slam poems and See You On The Moon, a poetry anthology. She studied screenwriting at The New York Film Academy and has written two screenplays.
Sofie is an avid reader and, as a child, thought she was Pippi! She lives in Edinburgh with her dog, Echo.
Nicole Keighley
General Manager
Nicole studied English and Theatre Arts at Goldsmith’s College, University of London.
Before joining DMS Ltd she worked in stage management for over fourteen years on a wide range of productions for venues including the Royal Court, the Almeida, the Old Vic, Young Vic, Tricycle, The Bush, Southwark Playhouse, and in the West End on shows including The Price (Apollo), By the Bog of Cats (Wyndham’s), Equus, God of Carnage (Gielgud) Duet for One (Vaudeville) and The Bodyguard (Adelphi).
Matt Llewellyn Smith
Production & Stage Manager
Matt has worked as a freelance Stage Manager since graduating from Trinity College, Carmarthen in 2006.
He has stage managed over 80 productions from Shakespeare to circus and in a variety of venues; from village halls to the Royal Festival Hall. Matt first worked with DMS on I Believe in Unicorns and then became the only person who knew how to fit the Why the Whales Came set into the back of the van!
For DMS he has also worked on Perfectly Imperfect Women, Kika’s Birthday, Meet Astrid Lindgren’s Pippi Longstocking and The Mystery of… Show.
Kim Morgan
Press Partner
Kim started her career working for Graeae Theatre Company, Warehouse Theatre and at Theatre Royal Stratford East. In 2001 Kim formed Kim Morgan Press and Marketing working on UK tours, West End shows and fringe arts organisations. Kim represents an extensive and diverse range of clients in theatre, film, dance and music. She also takes a pro-active mentoring role within Arts PR and is regularly asked to do talks and seminars on marketing to new audiences and how to make the arts more accessible.
Miranda Quinney
Associate
Dr Miranda has worked with DMS on a range of productions, including I Believe in Unicorns and Perfectly Imperfect Women. She is deeply passionate about the power of stories and storytelling, with particular interests creatively and academically in how biographical storytelling can build communities and support ageing well.
John Miller
John was co-founder of Wizard Presents. He was a writer and producer. He worked as a journalist before entering the music business as a record producer, artist manager and music publisher. He produced music for film, theatre and television, and more than 30 albums, five of which were certified gold. John is co-writer of Only the Lonely: the Roy Orbison Story, for which he was nominated for an Olivier Award in 1996. He and Pete Brooks devised and co-directed All You Need Is Love, the musical based on the songs of Lennon and McCartney, at the Queen’s Theatre in the West End.Subsequently Pete and he wrote Soul Sister based on the life and times of Ike and Tina Turner which was nominated for an Olivier Award 2013 as Best New Musical.
John died in June 2018 but his work carries on. He is remembered by those who loved and worked with him.
Our Values
- To be creative, curious and collaborative
- To create inspiring heart-filled artistic product, of the highest quality
- To be honest, respectful and joyful in all our relationships
- To positively contribute towards the artistic well-being of our country
- To actively seek to remove our conscious and unconscious bias in all matters of diversity from our company
- To care for our environment and actively work towards minimising our company carbon footprint
Diversity Statement
We are committed to respecting human rights. We aim to work with all our stakeholders in a responsible and ethical way.
We recognise that there are both seen and unseen differences in us all, and we respect these differences so that each person is treated and valued equally.
One of our key aims is to interrogate our conscious and unconscious bias in all matters of diversity, (race, gender, sexuality, age, socio-economic background, disability) to ensure that we actively seek to challenge this bias within our company.
Family Arts Standards
We are signed up to Family Arts Standards Organisations that are signed up to the Family Arts Standards value families and want to provide good family experiences.
Our Associates
