Pantomime grew out of Music Hall and by the late 19th and early 20th centuries they became the home of pantomime. When you think of our current world of TV, DVDs and computers it is probably difficult to understand that Read More …
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Video your children Reading a Play in Class
Think of the fun your children will have when you video them reading one of our shows. They learn about history They improve their literacy, no one wants to be filmed reading badly They can make props and scenery in Read More …
Read a Play in class, make history fun
Social distancing will be with us for some time, which means that the benefits your children get from performing in front of an audience have gone, at least, for the near future. We believe we can help you, by giving Read More …
Did Christopher Columbus discover America?
October 16th 1492 Christopher Columbus’ fleet anchored at “Fernandina” He thought he had reached America! No, he hadn’t he had reached Long Island in the Bahamas. However, he goes down in history as having found America, which of course he Read More …
The Gunpowder Plot – a fool proof plan that wasn’t!
Let’s make history fun, this plan was fool proof, unfortunately it wasn’t! The conspirators wanted to bring the Catholic religion back to England. Their plan was to blow up the House of Lords, when the king, the Lords and the Read More …
Video your children in a Panto
With social distancing your children won’t be able to see their usual Christmas Panto, and we all know that it won’t be Christmas without one. We have a solution. Video your children performing their Pantomime then put the video on Read More …
What led to the Spanish Armada?
The armada was the brainchild of Spain’s King Philip II. The English navy had become pirates they were stopping and taking all the wealth Spanish galleons were bringing back from Spain’s colonies in the new world. At the same time Read More …
Why Music and history?
The two halves of our brain Basically, it appears that music helps develop areas of the brain involved in language and reasoning. In fact recent studies to show that it is the left side of the brain, the part involved Read More …
‘Oh no it isn’t, oh yes it is’.
This is the most famous phrase in Panto world but how did it start? It all happened because Pantomime grew out of Music Hall which had audience participation and by the late 19th early 20th centuries became the home of Read More …
A novel way to invent!
On September 10th 1846 Elias Howe Jr was granted a patent for the sewing machine. However, I am fascinated by the story he told of how he came up with the invention: He claimed it came to him in a Read More …