For one of these, Mary has received funding to set up an arts project for young people with learning disabilities. She will be working intensively with a music therapist, Beki Betts, for a period of eight weeks and their work will lead to a public performance by the young people. Look out for more details in the weeks to come!
For the second project Mary will be working with children’s book illustrator, Lynne
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In addition to these collaborations Mary will be touring her new play, "The Unwelcome Hero". This is a new version of Odysseus’ last adventure and his return home after the war in Troy. It is yet another exciting and thrilling story about the Greek hero, Odysseus.
MAY 2003
Since writing the new series "The Adventures of Odysseus", Mary has been engaged by many schools to perform a selection of them depending upon topics and projects being studied in school.
This summer term sees her, in addition to performing from her established repertoire, touring some schools in NE Derbyshire with selections from "The Adventures of Odysseus" and "The Hero Returns".
Mary will be touring the play "Theseus" in Sheffield.
The performances will be followed by Drama workshops leading into creative writing workshops, all taught by Mary. These will be aimed at children in Years 2 & 3. She will also be following the same format of workshops for Year One children but the plays performed for them will be from The Railway Series.
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