Born in London of Guyanese parents.

In the early 80s, Tuup was recognised by a small guyanese publishing house, run by Jessica & Eric Huntley, called Bogle L’Ouverture Press.

Tuup joined the famous West London Storytelling Unit, run by artistic-director, Ben Haggarty and assistant-director, Georgiana Kebbel, a challenging innovative arts group looking at performance storytelling for adults.

In the mid 80s, Tuup formed a storytelling group with Flora Devi called “Tellers of Time" (indian dance & folk tales coupled alongside african-caribbean tales & rhythms).

Tuups' breath of experience as a professional storyteller covers 30+ years, working …..

• in many Festivals around the world : Toronto Storytelling Festival, St Donuts Festival Wales, Jonesborough Storytelling Festival Tennessee, Kanoon Festival Iran, Makan ya Makan Festival Jordan, Delhi Storytelling Festival India, Aachen Storytelling Festival Germany, Zwolle Unlimited Festival Netherlands and many more, 

• in all the sectors of education, from primary to on-line open university

• in art festivals and over-seas workshops for British Council

Tuup has been commissioned by the Arts Council, BBC Radio 4 and Channels 4 on a number of projects.

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He's constantly touring in international Festivals.