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Theatre in Education  - TIE - Bringing Live Theatre, Workshops & Games to Children Aged 4 to 12 years for

Schools

Holiday Play Schemes

Educational Events

Children's Parties

Seasonal Functions

and much more...

Surrey, London &  South East

EVENTS
All productions adapted by Don Brown for The Cat's Grin Theatre Company
GALLERY & FEEDBACK

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The Cat's Grin Performance followed by a Special Series of Workshops / Rehearsals leading to a performance or two by the children.  Consisting of Introductory Theatre Games to relax the children and introducing the important dramatic skills of vocal and physical clarity, listening, and use of imagination.  This will be followed by work on characters and ideas from stories linked to a central theme, e.g.., Pirates.  We will then rehearse our Show, which the children will be presenting to their School, Families, Friends, General Public.  During rehearsals we will look at how to portray the various aspects of the story e.g., characters, setting, words and atmosphere - in a dramatically engaging way.  For this purpose we will look at the use of movement, body, music, sound plus of course, narration.  There may be sets to paint, props and masks to make and costumes to wear.

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All Day Entertainment for a special event.  Choose a Show lasting 1 hour followed by a Treasure Hunt and Games and Face Painting.  The Wind in The Willows is an ideal show for this event.

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Why not book us for your Fetes & Fairs.  Choose two of our Fairy Tale Stories from either Hansel & Gretel with Rumplestiltskin or The Elves & The Shoemaker with Rapunzel.  We provide the entertainment - you provide the venue and audience and ticket sales

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Surrey Wildlife Trust - TEDDY BEARS PICNIC - School Lane, Pirbright, Woking, Surrey GU24 0JN - Enquires to Miss Katy Gower on Telephone: 01483 795471

King Lion, Mr Fox, Mrs Hare and Mrs Stalk join the Teddy Bears Picnic

The Cat's Grin will be performing Aesop's Fables on Saturday 17th July 2010 at 2.00pm at Chatley Heath Semaphore Tower, Ockham Common, Surrey.

There will be a picnic at noon and nature trail, quiz, games bouncy castle, crafts, bug homemaking, face painting, ice creams and tours of the tower.

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Private Event Special Day Events at a Nursery School from 26th July to 30th July 2010.

Redbridge Arts & Development The Children's Theatre at St Paul's Community Centre, Barley Lane, Goodmayes, Ilford, Essex IG3 8XE

Telephone: 0208 708 2857

The Wind in The Willows on Tuesday 3rd August 2010 at 2.00pm

 

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Redbridge Arts & Development The Children's Theatre at Wanstead House, 21 The Green, Wanstead, London E11 2NT

Telephone: 0208 708 2857

Four Fairy Tales on Thursday 5th August 2010 at 2.00pm

 

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Larks in the Parks Festival of Children's Theatre 2010 at  Bookings via

Telephone: 0208 8316000

Email: artsinfo@richmond.gov.uk

Aesop's Fables at Barnes Green as part of London Borough of Richmond Upon Thams LARKS IN THE PARKS 2010

Two performances of Aesop's Fables on Tuesday 10th August 2010 at 12.30pm and also at 2.30pm

 

Venue is at Barnes Green, Church Road, Barnes, London  SW13 9HE

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Private Event The Adventures of Pinocchio on Wednesday 18th August 2010 at 1.30pm at a Youth Centre

Denbies Wine Estate, London Road, Dorking, Surrey RH5 6AA - For bookings please email events@denbiesvineyard.co.uk .

Rapunzel, The Elves & The Shoemaker, Snow White & Rose Red, Three Billy Goats Gruff at Denbies Wine Estate

Four Fairy Tales on Thursday 19th August 2010 at 11.00am.

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Private Event  Special Day Events at a Nursery School from 23rd to 27th August 2010.
Private Event Four Fairy Tales on Saturday 5th September 2010

Trinity Theatre at Church Road, Tunbridge Wells, Kent TN1 1JP

Box Office Telephone: 01892 678678

Email: info@trinitytheatre.net

Once Upon a Time on Sunday 19th September 2010 to be updated.

Trinity Theatre at Church Road, Tunbridge Wells, Kent TN1 1JP

Box Office Telephone: 01892 678678

Email: info@trinitytheatre.net

What The Dickens? on Sunday 3rd October 2010 to be updated.

Trinity Theatre at Church Road, Tunbridge Wells, Kent TN1 1JP

Box Office Telephone: 01892 678678

Email: info@trinitytheatre.net

The Cat's Grin bring Dorothy, The Lion, The Tin Man and The Scarecrow to Trinity Theatre

The Wizard of Oz on Sunday 28th November 2010 to be updated.
Blackheath Halls 23 Lee Road, Blackheath, London SE3 9RQ 1JP - in the Recital Room

Box Office Telephone: 0208 4630100

Email:

The Amazing Adventures of Aladdin on Saturday 4th December 2010 at 3.00pm - to be updated

Denbies Wine Estate, London Road, Dorking, Surrey RH5 6AA - For bookings please email events@denbiesvineyard.co.uk .

The Cat' s Grin presents The Amazing Adventures of Aladdin at Dembies Wine Estate

The Amazing Adventures of Aladdin on Sunday 12th December 2010 at 11.00am.

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Colchester Arts Centre Church Street, Colchester, Essex CO1 1NF

Box Office Telephone: 01206 500900

Email: ola@colchesterartscentre.com

The Adventures of Pinocchio on Saturday 26th June 2010 at 2.00pm

 

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Trinity Theatre at Church Road, Tunbridge Wells, Kent TN1 1JP

Box Office Telephone: 01892 678678

Email: info@trinitytheatre.net

Aesop's Fables Sunday 20th June 2010 at 3.00pm

 

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A Midsummer Fantasy Painshill Park, Portsmouth Road, Cobham, Surrey KT11 1JE - Booking Manager, Telephone: 01932 868113.

 

The Lion, The Fox and The Hare from Aesop's Fables

This year Cat's Grin will be performing  Aesop's Fables at this very popular, magical midsummer schools event, and running drama workshops on the week of Monday 14th June to Thursday 17th June 2010 This is an event for Schools.

 

Click picture to visit Painshill Park website to see information on all the exciting opportunities for children to participate in on the day.

Trinity Theatre at Church Road, Tunbridge Wells, Kent TN1 1JP

Box Office Telephone: 01892 678678

Email: info@trinitytheatre.net

The Magic Elves in The Shoemaker & The Elves from Cat's Grin's Four Fairy Tales

Four Fairy Tales Sunday 13th June 2010 at 3.00pm

 

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Trinity Theatre at Church Road, Tunbridge Wells, Kent TN1 1JP

Box Office Telephone: 01892 678678

Email: info@trinitytheatre.net

The Winter's Tale, Macbeth and A Midsummer Night's Dream at Trinity Theatre

Tales from Shakespeare Wednesday 2nd June 2010 at 3.00pm

 

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Trinity Theatre at Church Road, Tunbridge Wells, Kent TN1 1JP

Box Office Telephone: 01892 678678

Email: info@trinitytheatre.net

The Magic Elves in The Shoemaker & The Elves from Cat's Grin's Four Fairy Tales

Four Fairy Tales Sunday 13th June 2010 at 3.00pm

 

Click picture to visit Trinity Theatre Website

A Midsummer Fantasy Painshill Park, Portsmouth Road, Cobham, Surrey KT11 1JE - Booking Manager, Telephone: 01932 868113.

 

The Lion, The Fox and The Hare from Aesop's Fables

This year Cat's Grin will be performing  Aesop's Fables at this very popular, magical midsummer schools event, and running drama workshops on the week of Monday 14th June to Thursday 17th June 2010 This is an event for Schools.

 

Click picture to visit Painshill Park website to see information on all the exciting opportunities for children to participate in on the day.

Denbies Wine Estate, London Road, Dorking, Surrey RH5 6AA - For bookings please email events@denbiesvineyard.co.uk .

Pandora & The Box of Whispers at Denbies Wine Estate Dorking

The Girl Who Talked too Much & Other Greek Myths on Wednesday 14th April 2010 at 10.00am.

To Perform in Pandora & The Box of Whispers consisting of a series of workshops / theatre games / rehearsals leading to a performance by children contact Denbies NOW.

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Trinity Theatre at Church Road, Tunbridge Wells, Kent TN1 1JP

Box Office Telephone: 01892 678678

Email: info@trinitytheatre.net

The Adventures of Pinocchio at Trinity Theatre

The Adventures of Pinocchio Sunday 11th April 2010 at 3.00pm

 

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Trinity Theatre at Church Road, Tunbridge Wells, Kent TN1 1JP

Box Office Telephone: 01892 678678

Email: info@trinitytheatre.net

Three Favourite Tales at Trinity Theatre

Three Favourite Tales Sunday 21st March 2010 at 3.00pm

 

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Trinity Theatre at Church Road, Tunbridge Wells, Kent TN1 1JP

Box Office Telephone: 01892 678678

Email: info@trinitytheatre.net

Phileas Fogg, Passe Partout and a Soldier taking a train across America in Around the World in Eighty Days

Around The World in Eighty Days on Sunday 28th February 2010 at 3.00pm

 

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Denbies Wine Estate, London Road, Dorking, Surrey RH5 6AA - For bookings please email events@denbiesvineyard.co.uk

The Three Bears in Goldilocks from Three Favourite Tales following pancake races

Three Favourite Tales on Tuesday 16th February 2010 at 11.30am - Yes it's PANCAKE DAY !  and the performance will be following pancake races so get there early.

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Due to popular demand there will be another performance of Three Favourite Tales on Tuesday 16th February 2010 at 2.00pm

Denbies Wine Estate, London Road, Dorking, Surrey RH5 6AA - For bookings please email events@denbiesvineyard.co.uk .

Dorothy with The Lion, The Tin Man and The Scarecrow in The Wizard of Oz at Denbies Wine Estate Dorking

The Wizard of Oz on Sunday 13th December 2009 at 11.00am

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Colchester Arts Centre Church Street, Colchester, Essex CO1 1NF

Box Office Telephone: 01206 500900

Email: ola@colchesterartscentre.com

Dorothy with The Lion, The Tin Man and The Scarecrow in The Wizard of Oz at Colchester

The Wizard of Oz on Monday 21st  December 2009 at 11.00am

 

The Wizard of Oz on Monday 21st  December 2009 at 2.00pm

 

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Trinity Theatre at Church Road, Tunbridge Wells, Kent TN1 1JP

Box Office Telephone: 01892 678678

Email: info@trinitytheatre.net

Mole, Badger, Toad, Chief Weasel, to name but a few, in The Wind in The Willows

The Wind in The Willows on Sunday 15th November 2009 at 3.00pm

 

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Trinity Theatre at Church Road, Tunbridge Wells, Kent TN1 1JP

This was a thoroughly enjoyable afternoon in the very attractive setting of Trinity Theatre, a converted church, and children responded very well to the madness that was THE MAD HATTER'S TEA PARTY and we look forward to visiting the theatre with the full story of Alice's Adventures in Wonderland on Sunday 18th October 2009 at 3.00pm

Central Library, 2 Fieldway Crescent, Islington, London N5 1PF - Teresa Gibson, Telephone 0207 5276900

Alice's Adventures in Wonderland

We really enjoyed our visit and were made to feel most welcome by a very helpful staff.  We were delighted with the turnout of the show and were pleased to see some familiar faces when we revisited the Library 8 in August.

Larks in the Parks Festival of Children's Theatre 2009 at Heathfield Recreation Ground, Whitton. Bookings via

Telephone: 0208 8316000

Email: artsinfo@richmond.go.uk

The Elves & The Shoemaker in Four Fairy Tales

A fabulous turnout for this outdoor event. Over 100 people joined in the fun and games of the Fairy Tales.

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Private Event at a Holiday Club

Like last year we were warmly welcomed by Simon and his team.  The children came up with excellent ideas that we were able to mould into thought provoking improvised scenes. (This was a series of workshops themed Animals & The Environment on Friday 14th August 2009.)

Denbies Wine Estate, London Road, Dorking, Surrey RH5 6AA - For bookings please email events@denbiesvineyard.co.uk .

The Queen of Hearts and Alice play croquet at Denbies

Following our appearance here at the end of May with The Wind in The Willows we had even more people attending our presentation of Alice's Adventures in Wonderland.  It was particularly heart warming to see so many nursery aged children being captivated by this classic story.

 

A Big Thankyou to Kelly and her colleagues at Denbies.

 

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Larks in the Parks Festival of Children's Theatre 2009 at Hatherop Park, Hampton

Telephone: 0208 8316000

Email: artsinfo@richmond.go.uk

Alice and The Caterpiller in Alice's Adventures in Wonderland

Over 150 people bravely turned out  to enjoy the park in the rain, which happily was dispersed by bright sunshine as the performance began.

 

Our thanks to Sammy and all the Arts Services Staff for all their support.

 

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Polesden Lacey, Great Bookham, Nr Dorking, Surrey RH5 6BD, Telephone 01306 881717

The Cat's Grin would like to send a huge thanks to all those involved at Polesden Lacey.

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West Library, Bridgeman Road, Islington, London N1 1BD - Marcia Ludlow, Telephone 0207 5277920

Greek Myths & Legends on Wednesday 29th July 2009 at 2.30pm for children aged 8 to 12 years.

North Library, Manor Gardens, Islington, London N7 6JX - Carol Levy, Telephone 0207 5277840

Three Favourite Tales on Thursday 30th July 2009 at 11.00am for children aged 4 to 7 years.

Finsbury Library, 245 St John Street, Islington, London EC1V 4NB - Pam Quntrill, Telephone 0207 5277960

Three Favourite Tales on Thursday 30th July 2009 at 2.30pm for children aged 4 to 7 years.

John Barnes Library, 275 Camden Road, Islington, London N7 0JN - Nick Tranmer, Telephone 0207 5277900

Four Fairy Tales on Thursday 6th August 2009 at 2.30pm for children aged 4 to 7 years.

Lewis Carroll Children's Library, 180 Copenhagen Street, Islington, London N1 0ST - Laurence Renee, Telephone 0207 5277936

Greek Myths & Legends on Sunday 10th August 2009 at 2.30pm for children aged 8 to 12 years.

Central Library, 2 Fieldway Crescent, Islington, London N5 1PF - Teresa Gibson, Telephone 0207 5276900

Alice's Adventures in Wonderland

Alice's Adventure in Wonderland on Tuesday 12th 2009 at 2.30pm for children aged 5 to 12 years.

Denbies Wine Estate, London Road, Dorking, Surrey RH5 6AA - For bookings please email events@denbiesvineyard.co.uk .

This was a wonderful venue to visit and perform at.  Grateful thanks to the staff at Denbies for their kind hospitality and helpfulness.  The vineyards are certainly well worth a visit.  The premises also houses a Performing Arts Library

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A Midsummer Fantasy Painshill Park, Portsmouth Road, Cobham, Surrey KT11 1JE - Booking Manager, Telephone: 01932 868113.

Web: www.painshill.co.uk/Education/Midsummer-Fantasy-2009.aspx 

Painshill Staff are already very busy preparing for this  increasingly popular annual event.  We would like to thank the Painshill Trust for continuing to invite The Cat's Grin to perform at their wonderful gardens.  Next year we hope to performing  Aesop's Fables and will post dates and information during September.  This is an event for Schools. - And we look forward to 2010.

Surrey Wildlife Trust - TEDDY BEARS PICNIC - School Lane, Pirbright, Woking, Surrey GU24 0JN - Enquires to Miss Katy Gower on Telephone: 01483 795471

It has been a few years since we last performed for Surrey Wildlife Trust and are thrilled to be part of the celebrations for their 50th Anniversary.  The Cat's Grin will be performing The Wind in The Willows on Saturday 20th June 2009 at 1.00pm at Chatley Heath Semaphore Tower, Ockham Common, Surrey.  The show starts at 2.30pm.

Vera Fletcher Hall, 4 Embercourt Road, Thames Ditton, Surrey KT - Box Office: Joan Leifer, Telephone: 0844 8848832 and The Pro Shop, 52 High Street, Thames Ditton

The Cat's Grin have to thank Joan Leifer, Ruth Lyon and Antonia Wilson for organising a visit to Vera Fletcher Hall.

It was sold out!

Lewis Carroll Library, 166 Copenhagen Street, Islington, London N1 0ST - Mr Geoff James, Manager Library Services to Children & Young People, Telephone 0207 5276997

The Cat's Grin were warmly received by the staff at Lewis Carroll Library and we hope that they will invite us back on another occasion.

Sevenoaks Library, Buckhurst Lane, Sevenoaks, Kent TN13 1LQ - Booking Contact is Mrs Jenny Carter on Telephone 01732 453118.

What a Very Nice Library this is.  Our thanks and best wishes to Jenny who organised our visit.

The Harlequin Theatre, Warwick Quadrant, Redhill, Surrey RH1 1NN - Telephone 01737 773721.

Our thanks to Beth Woods and all the staff at The Harlequin Theatre for making us so welcome.

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Larks in the Parks Festival of Children's Theatre 2008 at Broom Road Recreation Ground, Trowlock Way, Teddington - Bookings via Telephone: 0208 8316000 between 1.30-4.30pm Tuesday to Friday and 2.00-5.30pm Sundays or through Orleans House Gallery, Riverside, Twickenham, Surrey TW1 3DJ from 1.30-5.30pm Tuesday to Saturday and 2.00-5.30pm on Sundays.

Our Thanks to Samantha Harris and Richmond Arts Services for all their hard work at this very well organised event.

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A Midsummer Fantasy Painshill Park

We would like to thank Adam and Sabrina and all their helpers for making our visit to Painshill such a successful event in their very busy schedule for the year and we look forward to 2009.

Vera Fletcher Hall

Yet again The Cat's Grin Theatre Company would like to thank Joan Leifer, Ruth Lyon and Antonia Wilson for their kind hospitality in September when we performed The Wind in The Willows.  This was part of Elmbridge and RC Sherriff  Literacy Festival.

The Underground Theatre

Once again we would like to thank Clare and everyone at The Underground.  We so enjoy visiting their theatre and look forward to our next visit

A Midsummer Fantasy Painshill Park

Don and The Cat's Grin Team send a warm thank you to Mike, Caroline, Adam and all their busy helpers.  The children certainly had many interesting activities to engage in and they even managed to put together an enormous Thank You Card for The Cat's Grin.  When I have a free moment I will scan it on to the Gallery Page.

The Harlequin Theatre

Once again we would like to thank Beth Wood and everyone at The Harlequin Theatre for their hospitality and look forward to our next visit.

Friends of Rowan May Fair 2007

We thoroughly enjoyed performing four stories for your school fair - it was very well organised.

SHOUT 2007

We would like to thank Maggs Latter for arranging for The Cat's Grin to run a day of theatre games and rehearsals leading to a performance of three of Aesop's Fables with children from Elmbridge Borough Council during SHOUT.  We were amazed at how quickly our young cast learnt this show.  After two hours of theatre games and improvisations in the morning, they then took only two and a half hours to learn and rehearse the entire productions, which was presented to Mums and Dads at the end of the afternoon.  Many congratulations to our young actors and actresses and a Big Thankyou to the team from Elmbridge Borough Council for their invaluable help during the day.

The Treasure of Grotto Island at Painshill Park

St John's Artfest 2006

We would like to thank Sam Thompson for asking The Cat's Grin to take part in this very well organised and exciting festival and to Donagh Curwen for all her hard work and inspiration.

Picture to Performance at Dulwich Picture Gallery

The Cat's Grin Theatre Company

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Email: thecatsgrin@btconnect.com

Web: www.cats-grin.co.uk

 

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