StoryPlay with Music and Movement – Autumn 2023SUN 17 DEC

StoryPlay is aimed at dads, mums and carers with children aged 2-5. Come along for all the fun, games and friendship we know you expect!

UPCOMING EVENTS
Sun 17 Dec
For our last StoryPlay of the year, come for a swim around our StoryPlay space with Arkem Mark Walton. We will be making simple fish puppets and taking them on a wondrous journey to tell the story of the Golden Fish.

THE STORYPLAY TEAM
Diana Redgrave is a storyteller, performer, writer, and primary school teacher, specialising in Early Years Education. She has performed solo story telling shows for families and has collaborated with the Millbrook Piano Trio to perform at the Patsy Wood Family Prom in Oxford. She works as a Story Builder at Discover Children’s Story Centre, and as a learning officer in a local Kent museum. She began working on StoryPlay in the virtual world in 2020.

Halimah Islam currently works as story builder at Discover Children’s Story Centre. She has always had a love for English language. She’s a serial reader and enjoys creative storytelling, involving props and play. She believes passionately about the power of storytelling as an amazing way to connect with people.

Charlie-Anne (Chaz) is a London, Essex and Devon based actor, singer, storyteller and facilitator specialising in children’s theatre. She is a graduate from East15 Acting School and has a passion for community theatre and theatre in education, particularly in early years. Chaz has worked for a variety of companies including Discover Childrens Story Centre, Emergency Exit Arts, and Freshwater Theatre Company. As a children’s singing and musical theatre teacher, Chaz enjoys anything that involves a bit of music!

Arkem Mark Walton is a performer, storyteller and maker. For families they have created the Drag Pirates, at the National Maritime Museum, online and at Discover Children’s Story Centre. For adults they have performed quirky cabaret at the V&A, Royal Vauxhall Tavern and the Arcola Theatre.

Laura Sampson is a London-based performance storyteller and writer. For children and family audiences she has worked with organisations including Polka Theatre, Secret City Arts, Discover Children’s Story Centre, Hackney City Farm, and Acorn Book Club. For adult audiences, she has worked with StoryJam, Crick Crack Club, Inua Ellams’ Midnight Run, the British Library, and various festivals across the UK. She is also a Spinning Yarns Theatre associate storyteller.