I thought your workshops were excellent; it challenged the students’ perception of imaginative possibilities, clearly established professional puppetry techniques and gave them activities to apply and explore narrative with various unusual ‘found objects’

Tutor, Paston College

We provide workshops for schools and communities, including:

• Object manipulation– learning the Principles of Puppetry through play with everyday, found objects. Students will:
  • breath life into recycled/ found objects
  • explore the imaginative possibilities of everyday objects
  • explore the use of narrative with animated objects
• Workshops are most suitable for Key Stages 4/5. but can be adapted to suit your students’ needs
• Resource packs are available

Above: Object manipulation workshop- Paston College

I found Katie’s dedication and passion very inspiring and it pushed me to use my imagination more than usual in order to see life beyond humans and animals

Student, Paston College

• Story sharing– sharing the stories of your life in relaxed, welcoming sessions with your peers for age 70+. Participants will:
  • • learn to creatively express the stories of their lives using multi-sensory prompts and weekly themes
    • have the opportunity to create an audio archive
    • meet like-minded people and develop long-lasting friendships with members of the local community

When you are on your own and someone invites you to talk about yourself it becomes strangely addictive and when they say you can do it again the next week too….! Over 70 years of ‘life memories’

Allison, ‘Tuesday Tales’ participant

• Play and Stay– (Mothers/ fathers/ carers and babies)
• Tap into your babies’ natural instinct to breath life and creative play into everyday objects.
• Reconnect with your playful side, and take away ideas for easy, free home activities using only found and recycled objects from your home.
• Stay around for tea and chat with fellow carers; we provide a friendly, welcoming space where all experiences of parenthood are truly listened to. Previous workshops held in partnership with https://www.spunglasstheatre.com/

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