Introduce your class to Emily the Evacuee transported straight from World War 2 in to your school.  Emily will talk to the class about the impact of World War 2 on children, and what like was like in Britain for her, her family and friends, drawing on real life stories and accounts.  This performance session will be combined with practical drama activities that will really bring the era to life.  The session is specifically designed to complement the Key Stage 2 History National Curriculum, and in order to further the legacy of the experience, teachers’ will also be provided with the session plan.

Key Stage: 2
Date: 14 January – 22 February 2013 (we may be able to provide additional sessions later in the year if these do not fit with your needs)
Cost: £100 plus travel (one class), £150 (two classes on the same day)
Addition:  For a further £9 the school can write two letters to Emily and ask her questions about being an evacuee or life in Britain during World War 2, which Emily will respond to!

For further information or to book either: email info@griffintheatrearts.com, call 0114 221 0241 or fill in and return the Workshop Booking Form_Emily the Evacuee via email or post to Griffin Theatre Arts C.I.C. The Workstation, 15 Paternoster Row, Sheffield, S1 2BX 

Immerse pupils in the world of theatre design in this exciting art and design project, Ignite: Design.  Pupils will work with a professional theatre designer to create high impact design installations inspired by a combination of their ideas, the Fuse: Alternative Sheffield History workshops and resources from Museums Sheffield.  They will then work with a professional drama practitioner to bring those designs to life through installation performances.  Ignite: Design is a brilliant opportunity for pupils to develop creative thinking, art, design and performance skills.  The project will culminate in an Celebration Installation Exhibition at the Arundel Room in the Millennium Galleries, which will boost self-esteem, raise aspirations and engender a genuine sense of achievement and pride.
Please click here for an Ignite Design project breakdown
Please click here for an Ignite: Design project booking form 

Content Breakdown:  An inspiration workshop, 2 Art and Design sessions, 1 drama session and a exhibition celebration.  The project is delivered in collaboration with Museums Sheffield.
For: Year 1 – Year 6 (Min 10 – Max 30 per group)
Cost: £300 (plus travel) per group.
Dates: 12 March – 7 May 2013
Location: Sessions will be delivered in schools and community venues.
Key Skills Developed: Communication, Team work, Speaking & Listening and Art
Curriculum Links: Drama, Art and English

For further information: email info@griffintheatrearts.com or call 0114 221 0241

To book onto the project: Contact us on the information above or return the  to Griffin Theatre Arts C.I.C. The Workstation, 15 Paternoster Row, Sheffield, S1 2BX

Supported by Museums Sheffield and funding from the J G Graves Charitable Trust

10 – 22nd June 2013

Following the great success of Once Upon a Time… this Autumn, we will be offering the creativity days again this summer. Once Upon a Time… will spark imaginations and encourage a love of stories through practical, imaginative and interactive creative sessions.  Children will take part in an art dragon building workshop, then experience an interactive storytelling session exploring traditional Yorkshire and Derbyshire folklore combined with brand new stories created by South Yorkshire families in our Terrific Tales family literacy project and inspired by the local area and folklore.

Sessions will be led by professional theatre practitioners with the help of the classes newly built dragon.

Content Breakdown:     
Art and Design session, followed by an interactive storytelling and drama session exploring local heritage, folklore and myths
For:
5 – 9 year olds (Min 10 – Max 30 per group)
Cost:
£200 plus travel (1 class/groups of up to 30), £300 plus travel (2 classes/groups of up to 60)     
Location:
Sessions will be delivered in schools
Key Skills Developed:
Art, Team Work, Speaking & Listening, Cooperation, Drama
Curriculum Links:
Art, English and History

For Booking or Further Information:  Contact Sarah on 0114 221 0241, info@griffintheatrearts.com, or visit www.griffintheatrearts.com

Key Stage: 2 and 3
Date: June – July 2013
Cost: £400.00 (plus travel) for a max of 30 pupils 

Muse of Fire is an inspirational transitions project that aims to ease the transition from primary to secondary education by actively engage pupils’ in creative writing and drama to build confidence, raise aspiration and develop leadership skills over 6 weeks, culminating in a scratch performance by professional actors.

This project is for three groups, formed of pupils and teachers from secondary schools and their feeder primary schools.  These groups will create new plays inspired by the works of William Shakespeare. Schools are welcome to choose whichever play they think would most excite and engage their pupils! These plays will then be shared at participating secondary schools and at a celebration performance.

Please click the following for the Project Description with aims and objectives, the Project Diagram and the project booking form.

To book a workshop or for further information, please email info@griffintheatrearts.com or call 0114 221 0241

Age:  8 – 13 year olds and families
Date: 18 November – 7 December 2013

Rain, rain and more rain! It’s 2007, the water is rising and so are the umbrellas.  Everyone’s rushing home.  Everyone except Jasmine and Eddie, locked in their deserted school classroom, the rain is the least of their worries as mysterious people from the past start to appear.

Brimful of music, hope and loss, Come Rain or Shine is a brand new Yorkshire play for 8 – 13 year olds and their families inspired by the work of South Yorkshire’s young people, will capture imaginations and hearts.

Set in a deserted classroom during the height of the 2007 floods, Come Rain or Shine centres around two young people Jasmine and Eddy, and is rooted in Yorkshire’s heritage, specifically focussing on the following periods of history:

·         1864 Sheffield Flood

·         Coal Mining

·         World War 2

·         1910-12 Sheffield Jungle (travelling circus)

·         World War 2

·         Football legend, Derek Dooley

Come Rain or Shine was created though an Arts council funded R&D project involving over 800 children and young people who directly inspired the play, ensuring that it is truly engaging for a younger audience.

The play is rooted in South Yorkshire heritage,but it also has universal appeal through its themes, the engaging characters and plot will enchant theatre goers from all areas. Come Rain or Shine explores local heritage and the wider history of the UK (World War Two, Sporting Achievements, Industry/Child Labour, Floods and Travelling Circus) as well as personal issues affecting young people such as friendship, bullying, bereavement & new siblings.

The play is accompanied by workshop resources for each of the key historical themes and has direct links to the following National Curriculum subject areas: English, History, PSHE and Citizenship.

Further information relating to Griffin Theatre Arts, and the play visit  www.griffintheatrearts.com (which features a project blog).

We are offering schools and venues the opportunity to book the play, and to watch a rehearsed reading/scratch performance of Come Rain or Shine on the 28 June 2013 at the Blue Shed in Sheffield.

To book a production or for further information (inc. cost, capacity, technical reqs), please email info@griffintheatrearts.com or call 0114 221 0241

Description:
Tall Tales will tantalize pupils with magical tales from Central Asia through creative drama sessions.  Pupils will be taken on explorative adventures into stories which will stimulate language and communication skills through creative activities.

For:
Early Years (max of 30 pupils per workshop)

Cost:
£130 (plus travel) per workshop
£200 (plus travel) for 2 workshops on the same day
£500 (plus travel) for 6 workshops delivered over 3 days

Length:
2 hours (including a short break).

Key Skills Developed:
Imagination, Creative Thinking, Speaking & Listening, Cooperation, Drama, Whole group story making and observation.

Key Curriculum Links:
English: Speaking and Listening (Speaking & Listening, Group Discussion and Interaction, Drama)
English: Reading (Literature, Breath of Study (c, d, f, g)

Cross Curricular:
During the sessions there will be cross curricular activities and the workshops will be accompanied by an activity pack which includes Cross Curricular activities inspired by the drama session and stories explored.

What participating schools praised:

• Animated story telling
• Impressed with the whole session
• The range of activities within the story – lots of great kinaesthetic ideas – being camels, drawing etc.
• Children kept very involved and active – all seemed to enjoy it
• Lots of practical fun activities –the children were really engaged
• The dedication/hard work of the two young ladies leading the group.
• The way the children responded/behaved!

“Education is not filling a vessel, but kindling a fire”
Socrates (c. 469 BC–399 BC)

Description:
Help your pupils to speak out with our super Speak Up! assembly.  Our assemblies are practical, large group sessions, which focus on developing voice and confidence in your pupils through fun, drama activities and tie strongly into the aims of Sheffield City Councils ESCAL initiative.

For:
Key Stage 1 and Key Stage 2

Dates:
Available on request

Cost:
£100 (plus travel) per assembly
£150 (plus travel) for 2 assemblies on the same day.
£400 (plus travel) for 6 workshops delivered over 3 days.

Length:
30 minutes

Key Skills Developed:
Imagination, Creative Thinking, Speaking & Listening, Cooperation, Drama

Key Curriculum Links:
English: Speaking and Listening (Speaking & Listening, Interaction, Drama)

“Early childhood is a faraway place and theatre can be one of the many ways to try to reach it, because it is a ‘human’ language. It forces human beings to meet each other face-to-face, showing all kinds of diversities.”
Roberto Frabetti

Description:
Character Crackers will bring larger than life characters straight into the heart of your school; whether that be an adventurous explorer discovering dinosaur eggs, an alien landing from out of space developing literacy, a perilous pirate from Treasure Island, or a knightly king from the Tudors to interact and work with your pupils! Characters will arrive in your school or community event to kick start a project, inspire and stimulate ideas or play the role of character from particular a play or from history. We will work directly with schools to ensure the visit will fulfil your needs.

For:
Key Stage 1 and Key Stage 2

Dates:
Available on request

Cost:
£100 (half day) or £150 (full day) visit (plus travel)
£175 (2 x half days) or £275 (2 x full day) visits (plus travel)
For multiple visits, please contact Griffin Theatre Arts further costs.

Length:
30 minutes

Key Skills Developed:
Imagination, Creative Thinking, Speaking & Listening, Cooperation, Drama

Key Curriculum Links:
English: Speaking and Listening (Speaking & Listening, Interaction, Drama)

Griffin Theatre Arts offer bespoke Drama and Arts workshops on topics, books or themes.  If you have an idea or a need to be fulfilled, please contact us via our enquiry page or telephone 0114 221 0241

Description:
Explorative drama workshops based on a theme, play or book of your choice, for example A Midsummer Night’s Dream or Minibeasts The Gruffalo.  The workshops will develop pupil’s understanding of subject, character, plot and theme through drama and education techniques.  The workshops will also encourage pupils to develop their speaking and listening skills through class discussion and group drama exercises, and can be aimed at either Gifted and Talented, those requiring more support, or for a mixed ability group,

A teacher’s copy of the workshop and a master copy of a hand out to be distributed to pupils will be provided.

For:
As agreed with the school.   Max of 30 pupils per workshop

Cost:
£100 (plus travel) per workshop
£150 (plus travel) for two workshops on the same text delivered in the same day.
£200 (plus travel) for three, one hour and thirty minute workshops on the same text delivered in the same day
£400 (plus travel) for six workshops, on up to two texts, delivered in the same week, over three days.

Length:
1 hour and 30 minutes – 2 hours.

“Tremendous fun, really stimulating“ Participant from Terrific Tales, June 2012

Griffin Theatre Arts are offering a range of workshops for schools and community groups that are ideal for holiday schools, end of term/summer treats and transition days!
Workshop costs £150 (plus travel), designed for groups ranging between 10 – 25 participants, and can be tailored to either Primary or Secondary pupils.

Workshop costs £250 (plus travel), are designed for groups ranging between 10 – 25 participants and can be tailored to either Primary or Secondary pupils

To book a workshop or for further information, please email info@griffintheatrearts.com or call 0114 221 0241

Description:
School Drama Clubs are excellent ways of developing pupil’s confidence, team work and creative skills in a relaxed, fun and informal atmosphere.  Over a prolonged period of time, Griffin Theatre Arts will dedicate a creative practitioner to work with your school; they will build a friendly and trustful relationship with pupils, whilst playing games, performing exercises, developing drama and communication skills and building confidence.  Work can be focussed around a particular theme or idea if the school so desires.

For:
Up to 20 pupils.  For groups of over 20 there will be an additional charge for another member of staff to support the group.

Cost:
£60 per session (minimum of three sessions)

Length:
1 hour