What is Bonfire Night?
KS1
HISTORY – DRAMA WORKSHOP DAY
Based around a history topic of your choice our facilitator will take your children back to events in history using drama games, activities and techniques. The children become the characters and the emotions in the story; provide the voices and sound effects, use mime, freeze frame and tableaux to bring to bring characters and events to life.
The Gunpowder Plot
Using a time machine we take the children back in time to 1605, to meet a man called Guy Fawkes and his group of plotters as they make a plan to blow up the Houses of Parliament in London. Don’t bang your head as follow him down dark tunnels with barrels of gunpowder. Boom! Does the plot succeed or fail? The children learn how bonfire night started in this interactive drama experience.
Booking details:
Designed for: KS1
Number of children: One class (approx 30 children) per workshop
Length of workshop: 1 hour
Maximum number of workshops in one day: Four
KS2
GUY FAWKES – PLAY IN A DAY
ACT ON INFO work with one class throughout the school day and at 2.45pm the class perform a play in front of an audience. Our Guy Fawkes Play in a Day follows the story of the plotters and their attempt to blow up parliament, the pupils learn where bonfire night originated.
Play in a Day drama workshops can be used to introduce or conclude topic work and for revision. The play performed at the end of the day is a 10-15 minute ensemble piece using inventive theatre techniques such as choral speech, stylised movement and mime. For more details see our Play in a Day page.
Booking details:
Number of children: One class (approx 30 children) per Play in a Day
Length of workshop: Full school day
Works best with: Yrs 4, 5 and 6
Space needed: Requires the use of a school hall or gymnasium.
