Storytelling Festival

UNIVERSITY OF WORCESTER

FAMILY PROGRAMME27-28 OCTOBER

Beeline University of Worcester Storytelling Festival27-28 October 2018

The festival is a celebration of stories and storytelling in all their wonderful forms. Now in the twelfth year of Beeline, we are excited to welcome you to the first ever ‘Family Weekend’.

Events will take place at The Hive, the University of Worcester’s City Campus and the Art House- which is just a five minute walk from The Hive. All venues will be clearly signposted throughout the weekend.

About the festivalWelcome to the first ever Beeline Festival ‘Family Weekend’. The Beeline Festival is the University of Worcester’s Festival of Storytelling for Children. Now in its twelfth year, the festival celebrates stories and storytelling in all its wonderful forms.

Some of you may have joined us in previous years for storytelling, author visits or theatre at The Hive as we have featured some public events for many years. These have included visits by exciting authors such as Jacqueline Wilson and Michael Rosen. This year we have increased the number of family events to focus on one exciting weekend with two days of fun and inspirational stories.

We’ll be offering seven exciting venues including a two hundred seat ‘Festival Theatre’ and a beautiful ‘Story Yurt’. In addition to the main programme, there will be plenty of other fun activities including book characters Maisy Mouse and The Bear from ‘Bearhunt’ plus story time and face painting.

As in previous years, much of the Beeline Festival is aimed at schools. This year is no exception with two full weeks of exciting

Prices

Chloë Inkpen / Kristina Stephenson / Petr Horacek

Indigo Moon / Lempen Performance

Peter Chand / Daniel Morden / Kuran & Noah

Aardman Animation

Lempen Workshop

Adult £10 £7 £6 £8 Free

Child £5 £3 £3 £8 £4

Family* £26 £16 £14 £30 £8

* Family ticket is for 2 adults and 2 children

events and almost four thousand school children booked to attend. Our 2018 school programme is bigger than ever and features some of the country’s leading storytellers, illustrators, musicians, authors and puppeteers.

With a wide range of projects, events, and performances planned, the festival promises to celebrate storytelling in all its forms, creating fun, inspirational experiences for our audiences and participants alike.

We very much hope you enjoy the programme and have a great story-packed weekend! All children must be accompanied by an adult.

To book your place, please visit www.worc.ac.uk/discover/beeline-storytelling-festival.html

SATURDAY 27th October

Indigo Moon Theatre present ‘Aladdin’ - Shadow PuppetryThis colourful tale from the classic stories of the Arabian Nights is set in the Middle East: a place of mystery, enchantment and strange, mythical creatures. Large scale contemporary Shadow Puppet theatre tells of a poor street boy who falls hopelessly in love with a Royal Princess. What magic would he need just to see her again? Follow his wild and dangerous adventures as he gets caught up in excitement way beyond his control. Find out more about this inspirational and accessible art form after the show.Starts at 11am and 1.30pm, Suitable for age 4+

Aardman Animation - Model making workshopsThis exciting hands-on workshop is brought to you by the Oscar winning animation studio behind Wallace, Gromit, and Shaun the Sheep. The workshops offer a unique opportunity to learn how to make some of their famous characters with the help of an Aardman expert. At the end of the session you’ll take your clay models away to animate at home!Workshop times 10.30am, 12pm & 2pm, Suitable for age 6+

Peter Chand - StorytellerPeter is one of the country’s most popular storytellers. With over two decades of experience, he has travelled throughout Britain and Europe sharing his unique blend of storytelling, seamlessly combining his Punjabi and English cultural roots to tell stories full of life, wisdom, and humour.Starts at 10am, 11.30am & 1pm, Suitable for age 6+

Chloë Inkpen - Author & IllustratorJoin award winning author and illustrator Chloë Inkpen for interactive storytelling, live drawing and drama as she introduces you to her latest character Mrs Blackhat - a hilarious 21st century witch with a penchant for online shopping!

Chloë grew up surrounded by picture books and has a natural gift for storytelling. Chloë then began writing with her father, Mick Inkpen, and together they have created a wonderful new picture book series which they write together and Chloë illustrates.

Starts at 10am & 1pm, Suitable for age 4+

Petr Horacek - Author & IllustratorAward winning author and illustrator Petr has experience entertaining audiences of all ages: from tiny children to groups of adults. This highly visual talk will include readings of Petr’s picture books and an opportunity to see his illustrations, sketches for his books as well showing how he develops his ideas.Starts at 12.30pm

SUNDAY28th October

Lempen Puppet Theatre presents ‘Cardboard Carnival’This is “Carnival of the Animals” but not as we know it. Dissected for body part potential to create the “ultimate animal” we take inspiration from the music by Camille Saint-Saëns, a little help from Charles Darwin and a whole lot of cardboard to mash up a show full of puppet possibility.

Internationally renowned Lempen Puppet Theatre Company tour their own unique brand of original stories told with puppets. Imaginative, spellbinding, surprising and sometimes bonkers.Starts at 10.30am, Suitable for age 4+

Lempen Puppet Theatre - Puppet making workshopHere is an opportunity to create your own puppet inspired by Lempen’s show ‘Cardboard Carnival’.

The workshop will be led by Lempen puppeteers using recycled materials and simple techniques to create fantastic animals.Starts at 12pm,Suitable for age 4+

Daniel Morden - StorytellerDaniel Morden is a Welsh storyteller in the oral tradition and a children’s writer. Daniel retells traditional stories from various cultures, in particular the Celtic and the ancient Greek. He has performed all over the world, in schools and theatres, at festivals and on the radio. His published books include collections of stories and legends and retellings of Greek myths.Starts at 10am, 11.30am & 1.30pm,Suitable for age 6+

Kristina Stephenson - Author & IllustratorKristina Stephenson is the author and illustrator of the popular ‘Sir Stinky Socks’ series of books which are celebrating their 10th anniversary this year.

Once upon a time there was a fantastical children’s picture book series about a brave, little knight with a heart of gold. Behold! Sir Charlie Stinky Socks! Together with his faithful cat Envelope and his good grey mare, Sir Charlie likes nothing better than adventures with colourful Beasties, Ghoulies and Ghosties (up to no good), not to mention pouting princesses in tall, tall towers.Starts at 2pm, Suitable for age 4+

Rat-a-tat Tales - Storytelling Sessions with Maisy Mouse and the Bear Hunt BearStorytelling sessions at The Hive throughout the weekend with special guest characters ‘Maisy Mouse’ and ‘The Bear’ from Michael Rosen’s ‘We’re Going on a Bear Hunt’. Saturday and Sunday 11am, 12pm and 2.45pm Age 3+ (No booking required)

KURAN AND NOAH present ‘Tales Tall & Small’ – Story theatreKuran & Noah deliver an adventure which explores tales from both Eastern & Western culture, the wisdom of an ancient past and rich history. This newly commissioned performance will feature theatre, storytelling and music, and will be seen for the first time at the Beeline Festival.Performance times 10.15am, 11.45am, 1.45pmSuitable for age 8+

VENUE SATURDAY 27 OCTOBER SUNDAY 28 OCTOBERFESTIVAL THEATRE

MARQUEE

Indigo Moon Aladdin Shadow Puppetry

11am, 1.30pm

Lempen Cardboard CarnivalPuppetry 10.30am

THE ART HOUSE

Aardman Animation10.30am, 12pm, 2pm

WORKSHOP MARQUEE

Lempen PuppetsWorkshop

12pm

YURTPeter ChandStoryteller

10am, 11.30am, 1pm

Daniel Morden Storyteller

10am, 11.30am, 1.30pm

HIVE LEVEL 0Chloë Inkpen

Author / Illustrator 10am, 1pm

Kristina Stephenson Sir Charlie Stinky Socks

2pm

HIVE STUDIOPetr HoracekIllustrator 12.30pm

Kuran & Noah Tales Tall and Small

10.15am, 11.45am, 1.45pm

HIVE ATRIUM Festival Bookshop & Book signings. Book Characters – Bear Hunt bear/Maisy Mouse

Festival at a glance!