National touring programme
Children Discovering Books
The Touring Events
Edinburgh International Book Festival
Saturday 9 August 3pm - Paul Geraghty: Dinosaurs Galore!
Tuesday 12 August 3pm - Saviour Pirotta: Greek and Roman Mythology
The Touring Programme of the Childrens Discovery Centre
Performances for 4-12 and 13-16 year olds by children’s authors, storytellers, poets and illustrators
This is a National Tour offering the benefits of a full publicity support campaign for each event. There will be a tour flyer, and in liaison with your publicity department, our publicity team will target local media, schools and libraries. Suitable for literary festivals and also for Secondary Schools to invite Primary Schools as part of their Transition and Community outreach. Full details of each show are available.
Each event has something extra, whether it is music, live illustration, projection, magic or theatre. Each performance offers one or two free additional optional creative writing, illustration or performance workshops. Further workshops can be organised through the Authors in Schools national programme of the Children’s Discovery Centre.
The Childrens Discovery Centre, based in London, has been organising schools events and projects by children’s authors for over 20 years. Having worked primarily in London & the South East, from the autumn of 2008 the programme expands to the whole of England. We are an Arts Council England regularly funded organisation.
The double author shows
Imagining change
Storytelling, music and theatre for 8-12 and 13-16 year olds
By Beverley Naidoo and Sola Oyeleye
An interactive theatrical journey, one through contemporary Africa, one through Britain, both based on series of novels.
The poets that ate the universe
Performance poetry and music for 7-12 year olds
By James Carter and Roger Stevens
Great performance poetry and groovy guitar music, story poems and spacey poems, weird and wild and crazy poems.
The secret lives of teachers
Performance poetry and percussion for 4-7 and 8-12 year olds
By Wes Magee and Brian Moses
An enthralling mix of poems, books, visuals, Q & A, and percussion.
Dinosaurs and dragons
Illustration and storytelling for 5-12 year olds
By Paul Geraghty and Margaret Bateson-Hill
Past and present meet in this mix of storytelling, video projection, illustration, paper cuts and more.
Stories from around the world
Storytelling for 5-12 year olds
By Saviour Pirotta and Margaret Bateson-Hill
Myth, folk and fairytales from every continent and culture.
Illustrators in stereo (Or Slobcat and the Queen’s knickers)
Illustration and storytelling for 4-7 and 8-12 year olds
By Paul Geraghty and Nicholas Allan
On stage illustration, image projection, storytelling & magic by two unusual master artists.
The single author shows
Dinosaur in danger or Deep in the African bush
Illustration and storytelling for 5-12 year olds
With Paul Geraghty
Wacky interactive live illustration & projection shows by a master artist & storyteller.
The Return of the Kung Fu Metaphors
Performance poetry for 8-12 and 13-16 year olds
With Adisa Stephen-Ezeocha
Adisa is in the top handful of London’s most exciting performance poets.
Dragon racer
Storytelling for 5-12 year olds
With Margaret Bateson-Hill
Dragons come alive on stage as we learn what happens in Brighton & Blackpool’s dragon caves.
Little ducks and little pigs
Storytelling for 1-4 year olds
With Margaret Bateson-Hill
Interactive songs, rhymes and stories for the family, based on two delightful picture books.
A feast of tales by a master of the fabulous
Storytelling for 5-7 and 8-12 year olds
With Saviour Pirotta (author and chef)
The food show ‘Sounds Delicious’, the ghost show ‘Skeleton’s Kiss’, Gruesome Granny or the Improvisation Storytelling Challenge, try out one of Saviour’s intriguing performances.
Danger! Electric poetry from a live wire
Performance poetry for 4-7, 8-12 and 13-16 year olds
With David Mason
A high energy, at times high volume, unique theatrical poetry performance.
Valerie Bloom
Performance poetry for 4-7 and 8-12 year olds
With Valerie Bloom
Acclaimed performance poetry from a dynamic festival regular.