Talks and Performances
Steve is an in-demand speaker and storyteller appearing at a wide variety of societies, venues, and organisations to entertain, stimulate and occasionally provoke!
Steve Bonham is … engaging funny and a very original thinker! - FringeReview.co.uk
Stumbling Over Eden
Stumbling over Eden "A boy's own - and girls! - adventure of a trek, from the High Atlas mountains, across the Anti Atlas, then following the exotic river Draa into the Sahara. You will fall into a world and people as fascinating and friendly as any fairy tale."
- Mike McHugo OBE
Stumbling Over Eden starts with an idea born on the top of Mt Toubkal the highest peak in North Africa - to walk from the roof of the High Atlas Mountains to the sands of the Sahara Desert. What results is a fantastical tale involving a Krupp cannon, arrest, being tailed by the secret service, the lairs of old warlords, a spirit dog, a lost tribe of dwarfs and an amorous camel. But more than that, it is a story of resilience, companionship, independence, the strange weave of history and the true meaning of adventure.
Steve at Wigtown Book Festival 2022 with Robert Twigger proving a guitar is never far from hand!
Steve at Ripon Theatre Festival 2023
"You could have heard a pin drop as Steve spoke, we were all remembering our lived and unlived adventures. It was inspiring.” Cilian Fennel, Creator & Producer of RTÉ’s award-winning Centenary show
How to Survive and Thrive in an Impossible World
Explaining How to Survive and Thrive in an Impossible World - Nottinghamshire Environmental Association .
A world turned upside down! How do we flourish in times of enormous uncertainty and in a world in which a rising tide of anxiety and disaster seems to be in danger of overwhelming us? How do we grab the wheel of our lives and steer into calmer waters? The world we are moving into seems to be one in which the old rules do not apply. So what are we going to do for ourselves if we are to flourish as individuals ? Steve Bonham, award-winning psychologist, writer, adventurer, musician, and ‘vagabond philosopher’ weaves a spell of new research, story, and wry observation’
Written during COVID lockdown - How to Survive and Thrive has been delighting audiences all over the UK!
“Hi Steve, thanks for an excellent talk to NEA members last night, it generated lots of thought, debate and reflection - as intended! ,,, and I wish you all the best as you continue to ‘re-wild’ and share your learning with the world”
Julie Walker
"He doesn’t just talk the talk; he walks the walk." Roisin Ingles, Irish Times