Children Discovering Books Tour

Email contact: jocelyn.salmon@childrensdiscovery.org.uk

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.  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 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 through contemporary Africa and Britain based on 2 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 Now You See it, Now You Don’t)
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-HillDragons 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-HillInteractive 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.