Spontaneous Stories with James Foley
Join James Foley for a laugh-out-loud session where the kids are in charge. Bring your weirdest and wackiest ideas for stories, because we'll be mashing them up into the funniest Franken-tale you've ever heard - which James will illustrate, live.
Literature
8 - 12 years
Education Room, State Library of WA
60 minutes
James Foley
Telling Stories
1 October - 3 October
Wednesday
1st October
Friday
3rd October
Per child. Accompanying adults free $21.51
Accessibility Guide
Lighting and Sound
Total blackout (audience)
Lighting level
Indoors, well-lit
Flashing lights
Loud sounds
Repetitive noises
Drums
High-pitched tones
Unexpected sounds
Background Music
Interactivity and Participation
Children invited on stage
Artist goes into audience
Manual activity (e.g. read, draw, sing, paint, construct things)
Drawing with pencils, papers, sharpeners and erasers
Undertake direct movement
Participation in groups/pairs
Parent/carer can support in participation
Capacity for a child slower in their movements to participate
Senses, Emotions and Effects
Distinctive smells
Special effects
Textures
Balloons
Characters express anger
Potentially
Dialogue driven
Completely
Props
Attention Span
Intermission/break
Introduction
Children need to sit in one place
Appropriate to make noise/move around
Can make noise, cannot move around
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