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Schools
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Surrey, London &  South East
SUMMER 2011 PRODUCTIONS
WINTER TERM
GALLERY & FEEDBACK

All productions adapted by Don Brown for The Cat's Grin Theatre Company

Exciting News:  We have 5 Wonderful shows this year for your school or event
following our very successful 2010 season. We also have five interesting Workshops to offer!

Summer productions will be available from April to 1 September 2011

For details of pricing and to book, please refer to our Bookings Page

Please refer to our Productions Page for details on each Production

 
Tales from Shakespeare  (KS2)

(Available to book from 24 May 2011)

Includes all Three Tales:

The Winter's Tale; Macbeth; A Midsummer Night's Dream.

 Macbeth & Macduff fight it out as the witches look on in Tales from Shakespeare

 

Poetry in Performance  (KS1 and KS2)

(Available for performance from 16 May 2011)

Words are wonderful contraptions! And when used in Poems, Verse, Riddles and Rhymes, they contain a very particular magic.

Four Fairy Tales (KS1)

(Available to book from 10 May 2011)

Includes all Four Tales:

Rapunzel; The Elves & The Shoemaker; Snow White & Rose Red; Three Billy Goats Gruff.

 
The Wind in The Willows

(Available to book from 26 April 2011)

by Kenneth Grahame (KS1 & KS2)

 The Wind in the Willows 
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland

by Kenneth Graham (KS1 & KS2)

(Available to book from 26 April 2011)
Celebrated it's Centenary Production last year

Nursery Rhymes

(Rising 3 to 4 year olds)

(Available to book from 26 April 2011)

Lasting 45 minutes this show, includes a selection of well known nursery rhymes.  Some read and enacted by Cat's Grin - others read by Cat's Grin and enacted by the children, including dressing up and using props.

 Ring-o-Ring-a-Roses in Nursery Rhymes
  CROSS CURRICULUM WORKSHOPS AVAILABLE 2011
 

§    The Good Citizen (KS2)

§    Making News (KS2)

§    Poetry into Performance (KS1 & KS2)

§    All About Us (KS1 & KS2)

§    Play in a Day (KS1 & KS2)
  The Good Citizen
Using Drama games and excercises, students discover what they need to create / become The Good Citizen. Define a Good Citizen.
What does it mean to belong ? To your family, to your community, to your country ? Why do we need to belong ?
What is respect ? How do we show respect to others and have respect for ourselves ?
Respecting our community and our environment.
What can we do for others, for our community ? Rather than what can the community / country do for us ?
At the end of the session a story is pieced together featuring the Further Adventures of The Good Citizen. The mistakes made and the lessons learnt.Drama games and excercises, students discover what they need tocreate / become The Good Citizen. Define a Good Citizen. Drama games & exercises exploring the importance of News in our world.
  Making News We look at news in all its guises, from a postcard to 24 hour news channels. From Chinese whispers to Gossip magazines. Who makes the news ? Who brings us the news ? Why do we need the news – good or bad ? Heroes and villains of the news. A look at the different subjects covered by the news / or that constitutes news. Incorporating an (imaginative) look at News Through the Ages. Session ends with the students taking a familiar story (or stories) and creating / presenting their own News Bulletin.
  Poetry in Performance
Through games & exercises students look at the reasons behind Rhymes; some of the historical stories behind our favourite Nursery Rhymes; typical subjects for Poetry (children's or otherwise): Love, war, seasons, relationships, moods. What kind of words are used in poetry, and why ? Classic poems are brought to life by the students and presented in a performance.
  All About Us

An exploration of the feelings and emotions that we experience every day.
The Highs & Lows.
What are emotions ?
How do we express them ? How do we control them ?
What makes a mood ? What language is used ?
How do emotions colour our behaviour, our words and language ?
  Play in a Day
Through Drama Games & Exercises, students explore the essentials of Storytelling. What are the chief ingredients of a story ? What's my plotline ? Where does my story take place ? Which characters shall I use? Subject matter ideas will be improvised, depending on time. The group will put the basics of a story together. The story will be divided into short scenes. Scenes will be cast, rehearsed and presented as a theatrical presentation. Different ways of presenting the story will be examined. The use of props & costumes. Use of music. Use of effects.

The Cat's Grin Theatre Company

1, Woodland Studios

Brook Willow Farm

Woodlands Road

Leatherhead

Surrey KT22 0AN

 Email: thecatsgrin@btconnect.com

Web: www.cats-grin.co.uk

Tel: 01372 844 144    Mob: 07803 013367

 

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