Join our StoryPlay team for playful creative sessions that encourage literacy and provide opportunities for families with young children to create and socialise with a special focus on greening.

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 4 May

In every seed there is a story.  Join Arianne Carless-Lock and Diana Redgrave this May to share stories, songs and seeds and find out how we can reuse everyday items to get growing at home.

PAST EVENTS

Sun 6 Apr

One potato, two potato, three potato, four! Join Maryam Noorhimli and Diana Redgrave this April to enjoy songs and stories and find out what can be done with a humble potato.

Sun 2 Mar

This March join the StoryPlay team to celebrate the beginning of Spring by enjoying stories and songs about growing. Come and play and start to grow a plant of your own!

Sun 12 Jan

Come and meet the underground farmers this January with Diana Redgrave, as we tunnel our way into the new year.  Help shape our own story and make your own worm puppets in this wriggly session for our youngest visitors.

Sun 2 Feb

To celebrate National Storytelling Week, join us for a natural storytelling journey into the garden. Laura Sampson and Diana Redgrave will spin stories and songs of spiders and other beneficial creatures that share our outdoor spaces. Together we will learn ways to make them feel welcome, with a craft to take home.

 

BEING ABLE TO ENGAGE A LARGE GROUP OF CHILDREN IS A REAL SKILL. THE STORYPLAY LEADERS ARE AN INSPIRATION!
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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.

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.

If you have any access requirements, please contact our box office team on 020 7613 7498 or email