Current Education Project

Arcadia
Schools Workshop Tour – Summer/Autumn 2007.

Arcadia has been written and is delivered by the highly acclaimed Nigerian storyteller – Odiri Ighambre-Aiken. Suitable for years 5, 6 and 7, Arcadia specifically addresses the anxieties many primary school students face in making the big leap to secondary school.

“From the story you can learn to face your fears, and find out that they might not be as bad as you thought.” Year 6 Pupil, Henwick Primary School.

Arcadia explores what happens when an adventurous child – Timone decides to step out beyond the village boundaries and go where no other villager has dared to tread… The pupils come together to create an ensemble theatre piece led by Odiri and supported by a creative team of musicians, choreographers and/or designers.

“There were important lessons to be learnt about teamwork, deadlines and the wonderful feeling of knowing you’ve put on a marvellous show and your audience thought you were fantastic.” Teacher – Henwick Primary School.

Odiri Ighamre-Aiken
Odiri Ighamre-Aiken has been a professional Story Teller for 17 years. Her performances draw on her early training in dance and poetry. She has taken her work to Festivals and Conferences, Libraries, Mental Health and Foster Care Institutions, Refuges and Prisons as well as in to Schools where she does most of her work. Odiri is a trainer for the National Children’s Bureau helping educators to use storytelling more effectively as a creative teaching tool. She also runs KORI – a Cultural Arts Club for Young People aged from 8 – 17 years old in Haringey, North London. Odiri is a PBAB Associate Artist.

Forthcoming Workshops For Spring 2008
Footprints in the Sand - Child Soldiers – A schools workshop project using devised scenarios to create a short film about child soldiers suitable for Years 9, 10 and 11. This package aims to support the Citizenship syllabus and reflect and comment on our two new plays about African refugees in Britain – Footprints in the Sand. Read more about Footprints in the Sand here

Past Education Projects
Read more about our past education projects here