Day: 28th October 2020

Making Paper Puppets

Making Paper Puppets

Project Title

Making Paper Puppets

Theatre Alibi's wonderful Designer, Trina Bramman, has created beautiful flying puppets for you to make. Choose from various different templates – maybe a bird? A butterfly? A dragon? Or even a winged horse!

Partner Organisation: Theatre Alibi
Art-form: Puppetry
Lesson plan included? on Theatre Alibi Website
Number of lessons (60 minutes): 1
Covid-secure advice: children should use personal equipment where possible
Partner activities: How to make a pocket theatre; Shadow puppetry
Difficulty: Intermediate

Theatre Alibi

Create and Sing: Hansel and Gretel

Create and Sing: Hansel and Gretel

Project Title

Create and Sing: Hansel and Gretel

Join CITV presenter Luke Franks as he visits the Royal Opera House and meets a host of young singers who introduce him to the opera Hansel and Gretel. This ten-lesson Immersive course will guide you and your class through the process of putting on your own version of this opera (which includes specially arranged musical extracts), and help you establish the key elements of dramatic singing.

Partner Organisation: Royal Opera House
Art-form: Music
Lesson plan included? on the Royal Opera House website
Number of lessons (60 minutes): 10
Covid-secure advice: Singing activities may not be allowed
Difficulty: Advanced

Fever

Fever

Project Title

Fever

An interactive online opera for 8 to 12 year olds. There are 5 songs in Fever!  Each session you will find:

  • lyrics and teaching guides to learn each song
  • videos that teach some moves to go with them
  • creative writing and science tasks to try
  • tips to make simple props and costumes

Over the 5 weeks, you'll learn the whole thing! 

Partner Organisation: Scottish Opera
Art-form: Music
Lesson plan included? on the Scottish Opera website
Number of lessons (60 minutes): 5
Suitable for children with additional needs? 
Covid-secure advice: Singing activities may not be allowed
Difficulty: Advanced

Scottish Opera