1. LOST AT THE SEASIDE
When a little girl becomes lost at the seaside she remembers the safety advice she has been taught and so is found safe and well.
2. THE NEW BOOTS
A farmer’s wife secretly saves money to buy her husband some new boots, but the money
is stolen -
3. THE PIGSTY
Little David is learning to talk and can only say ‘No’. When his uncle is locked inside the pigsty though, it is David who organises the rescue.
4. THE LOST BOY
Billy is a very naughty boy and always in some sort of trouble. One day he becomes lost. He is eventually found in a very strange place.
5. THE LOST RING
An exciting story, which takes place on a fairground. It seems as though a lost ring will lead to the closure of the fairground but two robbers unwittingly save the day.
Four plays about Uncle Bill and Aunty Betty, who live on a railway station, and introducing Mrs Edwards, who can mend anything and carries her tools around in her handbag. Based on the true stories of The Travelling Storyteller's uncle and aunt. Related drama workshops are available for very young or small groups of children. A railway set is used for the children to see the way in which the trains operate.
1. THE EXPRESS TRAIN
Uncle Bill averts a crisis as two trains, travelling on the same line, are about to crash.
3. THE LEVEL CROSSING
Aunty Betty must close the level crossing gate to pedestrians as the train is due. The gate is jammed and will not move; the train is coming and blind Joachim, who is also deaf, is about to walk across the line... All is saved by Mrs Edwards.
4. RETIREMENT
Uncle Bill must retire but he does not want to. Then an unexpected find in the garden by Aunty Betty changes both their lives.
Five interactive stories about the neighbours in a village. Each story has a dramatic element which holds the audience attention until the final climax.
2. STRANDED PASSENGERS
The train breaks down; the passengers need to be at home to collect their children from school, but the engineers cannot come to mend the train. What can be done? A dramatic ending to an exciting story.
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The stories are based on real people and real situations.
Audience participation throughout involving skills of listening, remembering, concentration & development of confidence.
New plays on themes not listed can be commissioned, and existing plays can be adapted to particular topics as required.