Catherine Rayner performance

How did it go?

We had such a lovely time with Catherine Rayner at the Newcastle Theatre Royal! Catherine treated the audience of local year 1 and 2 children to an hour of storytelling and drawing, including old favourites like Augustus and His Smile, Ernest and Arlo the Lion Who Couldn't Sleep, and more recent titles like Five Bears and the award-winning Otto the Top Dog!

It was thrilling to watch Catherine draw live too, and see the process of how she brings her characters to life on the page. We also really enjoyed being given a look into a real illustrator's sketchbook, and see how Catherine makes sense of her ideas and her process of making a picture book.

There was lots of laughter and joy as everyone left clutching their very own copy of Otto the Top Dog! Thanks to all who came!

Catherine Rayner Workshop

In this fun and interactive session, the children will have the chance to look at the many different stories Catherine has written and illustrated. She will read the class her latest book, Five Bears and talk to them about how she went about drawing each one. The group will then have the chance to be illustrators themselves. Working with Catherine they will create their own bear with its own unique character and personality.

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Every child attending this performance will receive a FREE copy of Otto the Top Dog to take home and keep!

Venue:: Theatre Royal, Newcastle, NE1 6BR
Date:: Monday 3rd November
Time:: 10:30 am
Duration:: Approx. 1 hour
Age range:: Years 1 and 2

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