Category: Schools

  • Viking Raid!

    Really looking forward to Working at the young friends of the British Museum again, doing a Viking movement workshop. As far as we know there are little surviving dances that the Vikings did, (they must have done some), so our movement workshop is based around FIGHTING! With the help of Sam Kahn, fight director for…

  • O-M-G!

    You don’t get a better testimonial than this! High school students known to be frank in their opinion send messages of thanks for our interpretation of literary characters on World Book Day. Here’s just one.

  • World Book Day

    Gangsta Gran, Katie Bell and Lord Asriel pay a visit to Hathershaw College on world book day! With the talents of Mae Brogan and Jemma Drake

  • Marie Antionette

    Actually no, it’s the fabulous Rosalind Parker facilitating our French Revolution workshop at the British museum but she looks great and what a glare she gives! Enough to make the proles quiver! Thankfully she didn’t use it too much on the children who came to the workshop and they successfully chopped off her head.

  • “Never mind the cake – let’s dance!”

    I’m sure marie Antoinette said something like this. Using dance and movement we will recreate the French Revolution in our workshop for the young friends of The British Museum. Join Marie Antoinette and Louis the XVI in a courtly dance as the masses take over Paris and storm the palace. Learn simple dance steps in a workshop…

  • National Book Day

    Storytelling in Schools was so  busy last week there was no chance to post anything on the blog! National book day saw many of our actors out in schools all over the country running storytelling sessions for children of all ages on their favourite stories as well as creating their own new ones!