The Magnificent Story Box has been specially created for primary schools exploring literacy and story writing. This inspiring production uses Hans Christian Andersen’s tales to ignite a child’s imagination.
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This wonderful production is one of a series of participation musicals created by Image Musical Theatre for children in primary schools. The show itself is preceded by a rehearsal workshop for the whole audience in which some children are chosen to take part in the show while the rest are rehearsed into four chorus songs.
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We will transform your school hall into a fabulous Christmas pantomime extravaganza, without the children leaving the building! No buses needed for our fun-packed, high quality, well-constructed, bright and colourful sing-a-long show. Suitable for children age 3 to 11; visually stunning, with amazing costumes, talented actors and lots of audience participation.
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Lots of fun and laughter in this heart-warming Christmas show. Devised and created especially for primary school children aged 4 to 11 years old.
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Our wonderful adaptation for primary school children of the timeless classic, Oliver Twist, coming to schools this November. The show will certainly warm your hearts on a cold autumn day!
The show is ideal for reception to year 6 to enjoy and aims to promote the fun of reading with the help of our very humorous talking book narrator. Plus, we have lots of interaction, music, laughter, as well as the chance to join the Artful Dodger’s gang on stage and even an appearance from Mr Dickens himself! All this with wonderful costumes, professional set and scenery and many special effects.
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We will transform your school hall into a fabulous Christmas pantomime extravaganza, without the children leaving the building! No buses needed for our fun-packed, high quality, well-constructed, bright and colourful sing-a-long show. Suitable for children age 3 to 11; visually stunning, with amazing costumes, talented actors and lots of audience participation.
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Adapted beautifully for children aged 4 to 11, this is a superb version of the Dickens’ classic for primary schools. Presented with fabulous costumes, professional set, lighting and special effects. The perfect retelling of this captivating story for a young audience at Christmastime.
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Set in the vibrant tropical jungle of India and adapted from the original Rudyard Kipling story this production dramatises the journey to maturity of Mowgli the man cub. With loving care from his adopted wolf family and much advice from Bagheera the panther and Baloo the bear, Mowgli stands firm against the manipulation of Shere Khan the tiger.
Another wonderful production from Image Musical Theatre; the same creative team that produced the highly acclaimed ‘The Wind in the Willows’, ‘The Wizard of Oz’ and ‘Pinocchio’. This is another moving and stimulating experience of high quality musical theatre for both children and adults.
The show itself is preceded by a rehearsal workshop where some of the children are chosen to take part in the show while the remainder of the audience are rehearsed into four chorus songs. Image Musical Theatre has an excellent reputation for producing work that is stimulating and entertaining while maintaining very high production values.
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Breaking the Chain is a powerful applied theatre production that raises awareness, sparks conversation and builds resilience around youth violence – with a particular focus on knife crime.
The production supports schools and communities in taking a public health approach to tackling an issue that continues to see young people seriously injured, and far too often killed, on the streets of our towns and cities.
This newly redeveloped version combines live performance with powerful multimedia storytelling, creating a fast-paced and engaging experience that reflects the digital world young people inhabit.
Recently released from prison and trying to turn his life around, Tyler is determined that the young people closest to him do not repeat the mistakes he made. Appearing on screen through a series of video messages, social media clips and recorded conversations, Tyler attempts to reach his younger brother Zeke and Zeke’s friend Danny, who have begun carrying knives and becoming drawn into the pressures of reputation, fear and street culture.
Across the course of a single day, tensions rise as Tyler realises how quickly things can spiral out of control. From a distance he tries to intervene, urging the boys to think about the consequences of the choices they are making and to step away from a path that could lead to tragedy.
Blending live theatre with dynamic multimedia, Breaking the Chain explores the pressures that lead young people to carry knives, the myths around safety and protection, and the power of friendship and influence in helping someone choose a different path.
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County Lines is a powerful applied theatre production exploring the realities of child criminal exploitation and the methods used by organised drug networks to groom and control young people.
Over the past decade the production has been seen by hundreds of thousands of young people across the UK, supporting schools and communities to better understand one of the most pressing safeguarding issues facing young people today.
Across the UK, vulnerable young people are being targeted, manipulated and exploited by criminal gangs to transport and sell drugs far from home. Often described as ‘County Lines’, this form of exploitation relies on grooming, coercion, intimidation and the creation of debt to trap young people in cycles that can be extremely difficult to escape.
Told through a gripping two-hander performance, the play follows the story of a young person who begins to realise that what initially felt like friendship, opportunity and belonging may in fact be something far more dangerous. As the pressure builds, the story carefully unpacks the stages of the grooming process used by criminal networks – from identification and engagement, through relationship building and dependency, to entrapment and the moment when a young person feels they have no way out.
Designed specifically for young people, County Lines creates a safe but honest platform for discussion about child criminal exploitation, helping audiences recognise warning signs, challenge myths around choice and responsibility, and understand where support and help can be found.
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‘Crashing‘ tells the story of Eddie. At 15 years old he lost his mum to cancer, lost his dad to depression and ended up going absent and missing from home on a regular basis. On one of these occasions, whilst out drinking with his mates at the park, Eddie was approached by Michael. Michael was kind, good fun and owned a shop with an empty flat above it. He offered Eddie the chance to stay there whenever things at home were a bit rough, but unfortunately Michael had another agenda.
‘Chelsea’s Story’ is our internationally renowned Applied Theatre Production that has proven highly successful in raising awareness around the issues surrounding Child Sexual Exploitation (CSE). The play, which has now been seen by thousands of professionals and over 1 million young people throughout the UK, is followed by an actor facilitated post-show talk exploring the issues raised.
It tells the story of a group of students who discover the diary of a girl called Chelsea. Chelsea was a 15 year old girl who, having fallen out with her friends and family, met a guy called Gary. Gary was kind, understanding, had a nice car, had his own flat and listened to her. Unfortunately Gary was not what he seemed to be! Chelsea’s story is played out and examined by the students who, along with their teacher, attempt to understand what happened to Chelsea.
Continue reading “Applied Theatre Projects; PSHE/Safeguarding”Phenomenal! Our students were gripped by the performance and they all got the important message. I am going to speak to the senior deputy head about future performances.
Leonie Ball, Fullhurst Community School
Narrative Alchemy’s ‘Invictus’ was created to harness the power of storytelling, providing a safe and supportive space to:
Unacceptable is a fantastic applied theatre project, developed by Narrative Alchemy (the team behind ‘Chelsea’s Story’, ‘County Lines’, and ‘Breaking the Chain’), aimed at raising awareness, kick-starting conversations and promoting cultural change around sexism, misogyny, sexual harassment and sexual violence (VAWG, violence against women and girls).
To date, it has had an audience of over 30,000 young people in schools across the country. The writers created the play to be engaging, non-judgemental, and to empower boys to reflect on their actions, while also showing girls that they do not have to tolerate unacceptable behaviour and acting as an early intervention for schools.
Sexism, sexual harassment and sexual violence are, unfortunately, an issue for every school in every community in the UK. In order to combat these issues, we need to understand and raise awareness of what they are, what creates them and what can be done to expose and respond to the harmful attitudes that perpetuate harassment and gender injustice.
Friends Oli and Kalyn confront their friend Adam, who has been saying and posting some worrying things lately. They have decided to stage an intervention and are going to explain to Adam what sexism is, the differing forms that it can take and the impact that comments and actions can have.
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