Theatre Performances
Every Autumn, The Children’s Bookshow brings some of the best children’s authors from the UK and abroad to local theatre venues and gives teachers and school children the opportunity to hear world-class artists talk about their work.
Covid-19 Update
Due to the unprecedented situation with Covid-19/Coronavirus we have decided to postpone this year's programme of theatre events and school workshops, but we will be back in theatres and schools in Spring 2021 with some wonderful writers, illustrators and poets.
Now, more than ever, we need uplifting stories and ways to stay connected. We are sharing some of our favourite ideas to help you, parents, children and teachers, discover great children's books and all the joy they give. Check out our What's Happening? section.
More about our performances
We give children the chance to experience an inspiring ‘live’ encounter with an artist. Our authors and illustrators talk about their working lives, show children the paint brushes and notebooks that they use, the tools and tricks of their trade, and in doing this, they offer children a real insight into what it means to work creatively. Feedback from children show their strong appetite for new and challenging experiences, their feeling of personal connection to the writers whom they have met, and their sense of being inspired by contact with creative artists. We want children to feel that great literature and art is for them; that they can engage with it, enjoy it and practise it.
Through reading in particular, pupils have a chance to develop culturally, emotionally, intellectually, socially and spiritually. Literature, especially, plays a key role in such development… Reading widely and often increases pupils’ vocabulary because they encounter words they would rarely hear or use in everyday speech. Reading also feeds pupils’ imagination and opens up a treasure-house of wonder and joy for curious minds.
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