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  • Lockdown Tales
    • Lockdown Tales: Folktales
    • Lockdown Tales: Verse
    • Lockdown Tales: Modern Stories
    • Lockdown Tales: Musical Tales
  • About Us
  • Work
    • Bubble Wrap
    • Lockdown Tales >
      • Lockdown Tales Readers
      • The Quangle Wangle's Hat Competition >
        • Competition Gallery
    • Shows >
      • The Last Woodwose
      • Return of the Wildman
      • Strange Fish
      • YES: The Adrian Mitchell Show
      • The Dead Moon
      • Maps of Desire
      • Tatterhood
      • The Wolf Road
      • Birth of Pleasure
    • Schools >
      • I Am a Woodwose
      • Abiyoyo & the Musicians of Bremen
      • The Coat of Umpteen Pockets
      • Little Red Chunni
    • Community >
      • The Nightingale
      • The Six Swans
      • Now and Then
      • Behind the Scenes at Mary Warner's
      • Memories of Suffolk
    • Family Shows >
      • Orla Tour
      • Orla's Moon
      • Orla and the Sun
      • The Swineherd and The Princess & The Pea
    • Festivals >
      • Storm of Stories 2016
      • Storm of Stories 2014
      • Storm of Stories 2012
    • Events >
      • Bottom's Dream
      • Almeida Theatre Benefits
    • Podcast: Stories from the Archives
  • WB Singers
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​'IN WATER, I SANG WITH WHALES, CHATTERED WITH DOLPHINS, WHISPERED WITH FISH...'
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14/7/2020 0 Comments

COMPETITION TIME!

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Inspired by Julia Blackburn’s rendition of The Quangle Wangle’s Hat, here is an exciting opportunity for children to create an image of that crazy Edward Lear hat, and to add an even crazier animal or creature inspired by the famous poem.

We want as many children to take part as possible so share far and wide with everyone you know between the ages of 5 and 11!

First prize is a gorgeous hardback copy of The Everyman Book of Nonsense Verse (ed. Louise Guinness) will be awarded by the Aldeburgh Bookshop. For more details and to find out how to enter, CLICK HERE!

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9/6/2020 0 Comments

lockdown tales: resources for schools

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BACK TO SCHOOL...?
Now that the government has announced the phased reopening of schools, not only are we offering Lockdown Tales as a free resource for families, but also for teachers and all children whether in or out of school.

There are stories and activities suitable for Early Years (0-5 years), Key Stages 1 (5-7 years) and 2 (7-11 years). A full list with accompanying activities can be found by clicking here.

FREE FOR EVERYONE
These audio recordings under the title Lockdown Tales, along with their accompanying activities, have been made available for free to stream via our website and for free offline listening across several podcast platforms. Do take advantage and share with little ones and not so little ones. There is something for everyone, including adults.

OUR FUNDERS
This project has been made possible by the generous support of The Suffolk Community Foundation (Suffolk Coronavirus Community Fund - supported by none other than Ed Sheeran!), The Barbara Whatmore Charitable Trust, The Frank Jackson Foundation and the Scarfe Charitable Trust, alongside all those who have been kind enough to donate individually, however small the amount.
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18/7/2019 0 Comments

A partnership

'I am A Woodwose' (taken from a line of the play) was an ambitious and exciting schools’ project focusing on the carvings of medieval woodwoses (naked hairy men bearing a club) carvings that appear prolifically on church fonts and porches in Suffolk in the same towns, or near enough, to the selected eight schools – Leiston, Benhall, Snape, Earl Soham, Bedfield, Holton, Edgar Sewter and Thomas Mills. The children went on a historical and cultural journey, visiting churches and museums, followed by drama and poetry workshops with actor Tim FitzHigham, Artistic Director Alys Kihl and poet Dean Parkin (Poetry People). Another day involved a woodland expedition, exploring the ecology and the future of our forests, led by woodland experts and finishing with a fabric printing session, creating banners inspired by their woodland walk to be on display at every performance during the tour. The project culminated in the children attending two free matinees of The Last Woodwose.
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    Alys Kihl, Founder and Artistic Director of Wonderful Beast.

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