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Theatre in
Education - TIE - Bringing Live Theatre, Workshops & Games to
Children Aged 4 to 12 years for Surrey, London & South East |
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All productions adapted by Don Brown for The Cat's Grin Theatre Company We have 5 Wonderful shows this year for your school or event Autumn/Winter productions available from Monday 12 September to Sunday 27 November 2011 (at which time Christmas shows become available) For details of pricing and to book, please refer to our Bookings Page Please refer to our Productions Page for details on each Production
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Tales from
Shakespeare (KS2)
Includes all Three Tales: The Winter's Tale; Macbeth; A Midsummer Night's Dream. |
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Poetry in Performance (KS1 and KS2)
Words are wonderful contraptions! And when used in Poems, Verse, Riddles and Rhymes, they contain a very particular magic. |
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Aesop's Fables (KS1 and KS2 ) Using humorous and colourful characterisation, Cat's Grin brings to life many of Aesop's wise and foolish creatures. With their simple morals based on universal truths, these tales have formed an essential part of childhood lore for over 2,000 years. |
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Four Fairy Tales (KS1) Includes all Four Tales: Rapunzel; The Elves & The Shoemaker; Snow White & Rose Red; Three Billy Goats Gruff. |
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Nursery Rhymes
(Rising 3 to 4 year olds)
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. |
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| CROSS CURRICULUM WORKSHOPS AVAILABLE 2011 | ||||||||||||||||
| 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. |
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| 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. |
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| All About Us |
An exploration of the feelings and emotions that we experience every day. |
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| 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. |
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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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