“Relaxed” or “Sensory Friendly” Performances Room: A clear, self contained room large enough for the number of participants and preferably not the theatre space itself. Lots of fun – dress in loose clothes!Īge suitability: Suitable for 5 to 8 year olds. The workshop is a fast-moving, enjoyable introduction to storytelling in theatre – using games, freeze frames and well-known tales. Find out how to create a story in pictures, how to create a character using your body – and then tell your own story in small groups. Tall Stories present a workshop, which looks at some of the ways they use to tell stories in their shows. With advance notice, Tall Stories can offer additional workshop or outreach opportunities and pre/post performance events. This play with music is a heart-warming adventure for everyone aged four and up from Tall Stories, the Olivier Award-nominated company that brought you ‘The Gruffalo’ and ‘Room on the Broom’ live on stage. With great STEAM and SEL connections, the performance vividly brings to life the story of “The Snail and the Whale”, which won the 2004 Early Years award for the best pre-school book, the 2005 Blue Peter award for Best Book to Read Aloud, and the 2007 Giverny award for Best Science Picture Book. Join an adventurous young girl and her sea-faring father as they re-imagine the story of a tiny snail’s incredible trip around the world, inspired by Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler’s much-loved picture book. but when the whale gets beached, how will the snail save him? Together they go on an amazing journey, told through live cello music and singing, storytelling and lots of laughs. Longing to see the world, the tiny sea snail hitches a lift on the tail of a great, grey-blue humpback whale.

The snail and the whale gruffalo