Three girls at a drama workshop

Community Workshops

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The Patchwork Story Adventure Project

On Friday 1 November 2024 Tall Stories and St Luke’s Community Centre joined together to hold the Patchwork Story Adventure Project workshop at St Luke’s Community Centre led by Amanda Mascarenhas.

This intergenerational workshop involved younger and older members of St Luke’s Community Centre connecting with each other by playing games and sharing stories about their biggest adventure. They wrote their stories down and drew a picture representation of the story.  They then recreated the picture using a coloured felt square base, and adding other pieces of coloured felt, material, sewing and fabric pens.  These squares will be put together to make a story quilt and put on display.

Following the workshop the participants went to see Tall Stories’ The Elmer Adventure at the South Bank Centre in the afternoon for free.

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A girl reciting from a piece of paper. Children are in raked audience seating looking on.
The backs of childrens heads. They are sitting in raked seating of a theatre, looking onto a dark stage.
A boy reciting from a piece of paper. Children are in raked audience seating looking on.

The Writing and Talking Club at London Metropolitan University

On Saturday 18 May 2024 London’s Metropolitan University’s Writing and Talking Club members, aged 13 to 16, visited Tall Stories studio for a Narration and Storytelling masterclass led by our Artistic Director, Toby Mitchell.

The young members were given the opportunity to perform the stories they’d written and received feedback and direction on their performances.

Following the brilliant performances of their insightful stories, the young members were able to ask questions about Tall Stories and the creative process of producing a theatre show.

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Tall Stories in the Woods

In 2022 we collaborated with award-winning outdoor education provider The Garden Classroom to deliver an innovative half-term activity club called ‘Tall Stories in the Woods’. For children aged 7-11, this blended drama and storytelling with forest school approaches and activities. Based entirely outdoors at Gillespie Park in Islington, we brought the story of ‘The Explorer’ by Katherine Rundell to life through drama games, imagination, den building, crafts and more.

Find out about The Garden Classroom here
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Some children playing with paper whilst an adult looks on, laughing.

Summer School 2021

In 2021 we held our own drama summer programme for children for the first time. Based in our Studio, we invited children aged 6-8 to join us for a week of theatrical fun and creativity, culminating in a performance for families at the end of the week.

We were part of Islington Council’s Holiday Activities and Food programme, providing free holiday enrichment provision including lunch to children from low-income families in the borough.

We hope to provide similar opportunities in future school holidays – watch this space!

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“Giving the children opportunities for different types of creative experiences has really given them an imagination boost!”

Miss Cooper, St Luke’s Primary

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