Performances
Mrs. Tropolis and her Sleeping City
This is an interactive puppet performance for children aged 3 – 11, and family audiences. It is a celebration of festivals from around the world: Divali, Christmas, Chinese New Year and Carnival. However, it can be performed at any time of the year.
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Away with the Fairies
An elderly fairy (‘too fat to fly!’) arrives on a bicycle to tell stories – fairy stories. There aren’t many fairies left nowadays, so the children make puppet fairies, to bring magic and imagination back to the world. Storytelling workshop for 5–7 year-olds also available. (Available from spring, 2006.)
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The Winter King and the Summer Queen
This consists of a series of workshops, leading to a performance by Mary, and a large number of children, based on her book of the same title, on the theme of the weather. Each child makes a puppet weather character, learns to use percussion and weave coloured silks into...
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Meet an ancient Greek Hero
Are you looking for a new way of introducing the topic? Do you want your children to think about, and understand what it really meant to live in Ancient Greek times? Do you want them to see that Greek myths and legends are more than just stories? Then why not invite a real Ancient Greek into the school for them to meet and talk to?
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