Red Phoenix, Storytelling and Productions

ANIMAL TAILS

We can learn a lot from nature, and animals have inspired many a tale, whether as furry friends or four-legged fiends. These old and new stories are filled with joy, morals, and silliness.

MYTHS AND LEGENDS

These tales have been told for thousands of years, and will have you travelling epic journeys through Ancient worlds filled with mighty battles, ancient Gods, magic, giants, fairy folk, fantastical beasts, brave heroes, mystical villains and wise fish. Tales of the ancient Celtic, Greek, Roman, Norse and Arthurian legends.

FOLK & FAIRY FABLES

Rediscover old favourites and hear ones you may not know with this selection of traditional tales filled with fairy Godmothers, Elves, Bogarts, good deeds and happy ever afters.

PIRATES & SMUGGLERS

Gather round the poop deck to hear salty sea stories and sing shanties about ocean going rogues and adventures on the high seas.

ADVENTURE QUESTS

Ever listened to a story or seen an adventure and wished to be part of it? These shows set up an adventure that relies upon audience participation to solve puzzles and challenges to complete the story and finish the show. Incorporates teamwork and problem solving.

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HISTORICAL

Learn about cultures of the past and the societies they lived in by hearing their stories, discover what they wore, ate, and how they lived.

1. Iron Age Britain (in conjunction with Butser Ancient Farm)
2. Roman (in conjunction with Butser Ancient Farm)
3. Ancient Greek (including Olympics)
4. Dark Ages
5. Vikings
6. Medieval
7. Tudor & Stuarts
8. Plague Days
9. Witch trails of Britain
10. Pirates & Smugglers
11. Charles Darwin
12. *COMING 2012* The Titanic

GEOGRAPHY & CULTURAL

RED PHOENIX'S AMAZING MAGICAL CARPET RIDE
Join Red Phoenix on her amazing magic carpet ride! Sit on a real Persian carpet and travel with Red all around the world using the magic of imagination and stories. There are many wonderful locations to hear about, you pick the place and Red will tell the tale. Great for Primary years learning.

ARTS AWARD

RED PHOENIX is a registered centre to provide Bronze and Silver Arts Awards, which are recognise as a national qualifications and if run in conjunction with schools and education centres, can count towards GCSE and A levels. Below is quoted from the Arts Award website http://www.artsaward.org.uk

"Arts Award is managed by Trinity College London in association with Arts Council England. Through Arts Award at Bronze, Silver and Gold levels, young people aged 11-25 can explore any of the art forms including performing arts, visual arts, literature, media and multimedia. The award builds confidence, helps young people to enjoy cultural activities, and prepares them for further education or employment. Arts Award supports young people to develop creative and leadership skills. The award is a personal learning programme which develops and assesses both arts-related and transferable skills, such as creativity, communication, planning and teamwork"

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STORYTELLING

Discover simple but effective techniques that will aid confidence telling tales, remembering stories, and creating your own fables. Storytelling has been proven to aid learning in reading and writing skills, problem solving techniques, and memory.

DRAMA

Fun active workshops which can be aimed at improving drama skills, or focused on building confidence, cooperation and communication, using theatre games and exercises.

CRAFT N’ STORY

This workshop is great for classrooms, education sites, libraries, museums and children’s parties as it uses active learning by mixing art and storytelling. Suitable to be combined with a range of themes and projects, the participants create a craft in the first part of the workshop which is then used within the story in the second part, or to create a brand new story.

PLAY-IN-A-WEEK

This week long workshop is built around the participants, using their ideas to construct a play from scratch. With guidance, it is up to the participants to write, perform, direct, organise and produce the performance and all supporting materials (tickets, programmes, costumes, props, set etc...)

THEMED

Nearly any themed subject can be explored by using performance games and exercises. Whether to build personal and social skills, or to role play situations that might affect the participants, or support their learning, workshops are an effective way to add a practical element to any subject.

YOU CHOOSE TALES

Can be stand alone performance, or incorporated into a workshop. These tales can be themed, educational or just for fun. Watch the story through once, and then get the chance to change it and take on the lead role.

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