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An 8 minute Holiday to LIMF
August Bank holiday weekend 2015 was that rare thing. A bank holiday where it (hardly) rained. In partnership with make space create and Cathy Cross I was part of the family fun area for the Liverpool International Music Festival. (#LIMF) Sponsored by Liverpool John Lennon Airport, Cathy and her design & build team (funded and incredibly…
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Time Liners and Light Night Liverpool
Time Liners has been an epic and delightful project. Led by Cathy Cross for her new arts and design company Make Space Create Ltd, it reached a peak on Friday the 15th of May 2015, for Liverpool’s Light Night. What a privilege to be part of this incredible event and to be a Culture Liverpool…
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‘Time Liners’ Listening To Stories
Below are a few words I put together for a PR launch of the Time Liners project. Cathy has set up a new company, Make Space Create Ltd, and was invited by Culture Liverpool to contribute to Liverpool’s Light Night and the One Magnificent City celebrations of 175 years of Cunard. I was invited to…
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Aspirations, the EHC Plans & Pop Stardom
Recently I was delivering training on the new Special Educational Needs & Disability (SEND) Legislation Changes and Code of Practice. The Education Health and Care Plans (EHC Plans) are designed to capture the aspirations of children, families & young people, identify Special Educational Needs, through robust assessment and work towards aspirational outcomes, (the benefit…
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Stories told by the people who were there.
Before half term I was invited to Fallibroome Academy as part of their arts festival for two days Digital Storytelling within 4D creatives pop up. The theme of this fantastic few days; with the school inviting various primary classes for many different arts experiences; was Flight. I offered a range of stories which also included a…
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The Power of The Press…
Stop the Press! http://www.bostonstandard.co.uk/news/education/education-news/pupils-imagination-sparked-by-state-of-the-art-4d-classroom-at-free-school-1-6523236 Well it might be too much to do that but if somebody could get me a paper copy, I’d like like to show my mum what I do… Boston Pioneers opened recently with a 4D creative space and I had the joy of sharing story telling with the year 1’s,…
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Characters of Cronton 6th Form College
It’s always fun to play about, show off, be the centre of attention. Hold court with a tale, with the story well told, that gets better in the telling each time.(Or is that just me?) Those stories come easily, we know where the beats are, where the laughs will come. We love meeting new people, so…
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Storytelling – We all do it
Here is a thing. I love telling stories. No. I really love telling stories. It’s something I’ve done forever it’s something I love about being with friends, my kids, young people in general. It’s something I enjoyed as a teacher. Yes it is probably about the joy of holding court being the focus but it’s…
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Sensing Spaces ISTA Riyadh 2014
Being a freelancer brings with it a range of opportunities and experiences. Some are there just to be grabbed and taken hold of firmly, this was one of them. The chance to travel to Saudi Arabia and to work on my second ISTA drama and theatre festival. I suppose I’m allowed to say I’ve been a…
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A God Complex?
I became a drama teacher and practitioner because I had a great drama teacher or two myself. I was an avid member on my local Youth theatre, The New Stagers at the Bob Hope Theatre in Eltham. Still going strong. But sometimes the joy of performing gets left behind when you become the teacher,…