The Play’s the Thing

In this play-building workshop children explore scripts and bring Shakespeare's wonderful language to life as they become travelling players, roaming the grounds and performing in Shakespeare's footsteps.

Based on As You Like It, the Play's the Thing workshop encourages children to create dramatic and musical interpretations for his words whilst immersing them in the magical setting of Mary Arden's Farm, once located in the Forest of Arden.

Hands-on activities include:

• Becoming travelling players and speaking William's wonderful words in the grounds of his mother's family home located in the Forest of Arden
• Composing poems and writing them out with a quill
• Learning more about Shakespeare's wonderful characters, the people who inspired him and the enchanting Forest of Arden
• Developing creative ideas
• Engaging with the social and historical context of the play and Shakespeare, the playwright, through artefacts and documents from the Trust's extensive archives
• Staging snippet performances
• Meeting the animals referred to in the play
• Learning to jig Tudor-style!

National Curriculum links to:

English, History and Music

Venue:

Mary Arden’s Farm, Wilmcote, CV37 9UN

Duration:

Full-day, usually 10.00 am to 2.30 pm but adjustments can be made with notice

Cost of workshop:

£13 per child

All accompanying adults are free of charge. Ratio: 1:10

Minimum charge applies based on 25 children (except for SEN groups)

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