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The Story Collector at The Bright Foundation
The Story Collector at The Bright Foundation
OBT is returning to The Bright Foundation for a second time as Artist in Residence with our story world for you to wander within, explore, make and play.
OBT is returning to The Bright Foundation for a second time as Artist in Residence with our story world for you to wander within, explore, make and play.
29, 30, 31 May 2025
29, 30, 31 May 2025
More details and to book click here
Story Time at Trinity Theatre, Tunbridge Wells
Story Time at Trinity Theatre, Tunbridge Wells
A magical and joyful interactive story for pre-schoolers every Friday morning (term time). Story Time has been running since March 2022.
Story Time is an Out of the Bag Theatre collaboration with Trinity Theatre. More information and to book here.
Red!
Red!
An opera for children
An opera for children
January to April 2025
January to April 2025
Working with Barefoot Opera, Rebecca is directing their schools' opera Red! by Lucy Mulgan:
Ten local schools joined Team Red alongside three professional singers and two musicians rehearsing and performing for their peers, parents and carers.
Into the Space
Into the Space
This is an on-going project about performance and play. Please see more on the Into the Space page.
2024
2024
Puppets, Props & Plots
Puppets, Props & Plots
at Trinity Theatre, Tunbridge Wells
at Trinity Theatre, Tunbridge Wells
Weekly joy on a Monday afternoon! Puppets, Props & Plots are pathways into performance for young children. We will play together, parents/carers too, to create stories through exploring props, using simple puppetry and putting together our own plots! A fun session for all.
Artist in Residence at The Bright Foundation Family Open Days
Artist in Residence at The Bright Foundation Family Open Days
Step into a fantastical world with The Story Collector.
Step into a fantastical world with The Story Collector.
In the beautiful setting of the Bright's Barn Theatre and Museum, discover scenes and activities to draw you into stories. Dip in an out of story land as you like, whilst picnicing in Dragon Meadow or crossing Tiger Walk... at your own peril! Just how many tigers are there? (Leave a pebble promise at the gateway to be sure that you won't be chased). Be carried by winds of the whirligig to a Wardrobe in the Woods and to a Picnic on a Cloud. Be lazy: browse and snooze in Lavender's Library. Jump Into the Play Space, navigate Memory Maze or build a den to hide from pursuers.
You might make a puppet a dragon or a mask to take through your story venture; and on your way you will meet the Story Collector who will gather your story snippets and weave them into her storytelling.
Story Collector: Rebecca Fifield
With tigers, doors, spectacles and other design delights by Loulou Cousin
Further details here.
Wednesday 31st to Saturday 3rd August
Into the Space
Into the Space
This is an on-going project about performance and play. Please see more on the Into the Space page.
Tales for Tots and Toddlers
Tales for Tots and Toddlers
Storytelling at its most creative!
Storytelling at its most creative!
Quarterhouse, Creative Folkestone
Quarterhouse, Creative Folkestone
Monthly, next session Tuesday 15 October 2024
Children with their adults are transported right into the world of the story: through movement, soundscapes, object play and characterisation.
What comes out of the bag?
What comes out of the bag?
An assortment of recycled materials are offered to children and their adults and creatively used to provide a multi-sensory experience of tactile sounds and characgters, which are woven into the story.
Children are invited to join in and experience the interactive fun and magic of each story that moves from song to listening, to leaping up, to lying low, or audiences can sit back and enjoy the adventure surrounding them.
This is a relaxed performance and audiences are welcome to leave and re-enter when they wish.
For 0-5 yrs old. BOOK HERE
Puppets, Props & Plots
Puppets, Props & Plots
with Arts on Prescription at Arts in the Park
with Arts on Prescription at Arts in the Park
Thursdays 2, 9, 16 & 23 May, 6 & 13 June (x 6 sessions)
3:45 - 5pm
Ages 5 - 10 years
Parents/carers must stay: welcome to join in or to find a nice sunny spot for the duration!
£6.50 per child or book all six sessions for £30 *early bird offer open until 2nd May.
BOOKING LINK
Story Time at Trinity Theatre, Tunbridge Wells
Story Time at Trinity Theatre, Tunbridge Wells
A magical and joyful interactive story for pre-schoolers every Friday morning (term time). Story Time has been running since March 2022.
Story Time is an Out of the Bag Theatre collaboration with Trinity Theatre. More information and to book here.
Is it a Dragon? for Hastings Storytelling Festival 2023
Is it a Dragon? for Hastings Storytelling Festival 2023
Interactive Storytelling in the intimiate and magical space of the Mini Playhouse, hosted by Spun Glass Theatre.
Saturday 21 October 10am and 11:30am.
Performed by Rebecca Fifield and Julian Humphries on percussion.
Link to the festival here.
Photos: Sara-Louise Bowrey
Apple Magic at Hastings Storytelling Festival 2022
Apple Magic at Hastings Storytelling Festival 2022
At Children's Day on The Stade, Hastings.
Apple Magic is an otherworldly story, inspired by Indian fairytales and the world wide, timeless magic of the apple.
Same creative team as for Lizzy Likes Lizards: Performed by Rebecca Fifield with Julian Humphries on percussion. Design by Loulou Cousins.
Link to the festival here.
Children's Day is Sunday 23 October, two performances: 12:30pm and 1:50pm
Into the MUSIC Space
Into the MUSIC Space
at The Play Place, 5 Kings Road, St Leonards-on-Sea
at The Play Place, 5 Kings Road, St Leonards-on-Sea
Hosted by Spun Glass Theatre
Hosted by Spun Glass Theatre
Monday 26 September, 10am
Free! Book here: https://www.spunglasstheatre.com/playplace
A joyful play session accompanied by cellist Sam Glazer. The live music will follow the play and lead the play, twisting and turning with our young players!
The session will last 45-60 mins and then time to stay, play, chat, have a coffee.
Back to the Outside Space!
Back to the Outside Space!
Spring 2022
Spring 2022
Mondays in St Helen's Woods: 25 April, 9, 16, 23 May
Mondays in St Helen's Woods: 25 April, 9, 16, 23 May
10am
£5, £2 siblings (old enough to join in)
For details & to book: Becky, outofthebagtheatre@gmail.com / 07946 354027
Take-Off!
Take-Off!
INTO the New Year SPACE
INTO the New Year SPACE
Mondays 10-11am
17, 24, 31 January & 7 February
£6 (£2.50 siblings over 1 year)
free car park outside
Performance & Play sessions for young children with their parents/carers. Vibrant, fun and creative!
Please pre-book (per session; no need to book all dates) so that we can keep an eye on numbers: we will allow enough room to spread out in the space and windows will be kept open. Masks are to be worn into the room and you are welcome to wear a mask throughout the session. Email to book: outofthebagtheatre@gmail.com
Into the Autumn
Into the Autumn
Mondays 10-11:15am
20, 27 September, 4, 11 & 18 october 2021
St Helen's Woods - whilst the weather holds! (Inside venue tbc.)
£5 per family (whilst outdoors)
For locatiob details & to book: outofthebagtheatre@gmail.com
Please note, whilst we are outside, in the woods there is no need to sign up for all sessions. Once we move inside it will be necessary to book a block of sessions.
Lizzy Likes Lizards - new interactive theatre show for autumn 2021
Lizzy Likes Lizards - new interactive theatre show for autumn 2021
All Ages:
Under 5s with parents/guardians
5 - 10 years
11 - 14 years
15 - 18 years
Primary Schools
Secondary Schools
All Adults!
Lizzy Likes Lizards . . .
Lizzy likes UP, but when it's time to come down, there is too much dizzy...
An interactive story for Hastings Storytelling Festival 2020: Children's Book Carnival, Sunday 25 October
Lizzy Likes Lizards online 1:45pm
Out of the Bag: Into the Space
Out of the Bag: Into the Space
Theatre Play workshops: 5 - 10 years
Theatre Play workshops: 5 - 10 years
at The Beacon, Hastings, TN34 3LS
Saturdays:
21 March 11- 12pm
25 April 10 - 11am
£5 Book in advance
CANCELLED DUE TO CORONAVIRUS WILL RE-SCHEDULE WHEN POSSIBLE
CANCELLED DUE TO CORONAVIRUS WILL RE-SCHEDULE WHEN POSSIBLE
Becky: 07946 354027
outofthebagtheatre@gmail.com
Out of the Bag: Into the Space
Out of the Bag: Into the Space
Small & Big together!
Exciting new theatre opportunity for pre-school children in Hastings & St Leonards.
Exciting new theatre opportunity for pre-school children in Hastings & St Leonards.
STARTING 20 JANUARY 2020
STARTING 20 JANUARY 2020
At The Beacon, 67-68 St Marys Terrace, Hastings, TN34 3LS
Imaginative play sessions over a series of weeks, inviting children with their parents/carers, in to an inclusive space, to experience the fun and magic of movement, story and sound.
Enjoy:
music & dance
props & materials - allsorts! Boxes & hats, socks, sacks, scarves & spoons...
dedicated time and space to play together in a creative environment
Led by experienced theatre practitioner Rebecca Fifield, each session will start with a tiny performance that opens up a world for everyone. It’s all about playing (with a strong chance that it will turn in to a little bit of theatre!)
If you would like to find out more, join weekly sessions as a parent/carer or as a nursery group or organisation, please contact Becky: outofthebagtheatre@gmail.com / phone 07946 354027
Dates:
20, 27 January drop-in* / £5, siblings* £2.50
2, 9, 16, 23 & 30 March / BOOK IN ADVANCE: 07946 354027 / outofthebagtheatre@gmail.com
£25, siblings* £12.50
Time 10 - 11am
CANCELLED DUE TO CORONAVIRUS. WILL RE-PROGRAMME WHEN POSSIBLE
CANCELLED DUE TO CORONAVIRUS. WILL RE-PROGRAMME WHEN POSSIBLE
*These first two sessions are drop-in, however, if possible please drop me a line then I can gauge numbers!
*payment for siblings from 9 months
Suitable for babies to 4 year olds with their carers.
In association with Rose Bruford College of Theatre & Performance
Hastings Storytelling Festival 2019
Hastings Storytelling Festival 2019
Children's Day & Parade
Children's Day & Parade
Out of the Bag will be running Helicopter Stories in the Stade Hall 1:00pm
2019-23 delivering in schools in Tonbridge and Sevenoaks through Trinity Theatre, Tunbridge Wells.
Speech Bubbles is a creative intervention using drama to support 5-7 year olds with Speech, Language and Communication Needs (SLCN) to develop their communication skills, confidence and wellbeing.
Find more information here.
After School Club at Robsack Wood Primary Academy
Ensemble theatre for ALL. No experience needed, everyone welcome to learn new skills, have a go and be physically creative. We go on journeys and tell stories.
Physical, sensory, energetic, theatre!
Autumn Term 2019/20: Between awake and asleep: I am a Zoodle
Spring Term 2018/19: A new, piece, exploring a girl's journey to find a new home; and initiative taken to survive. Devised with the children from Years 2 to 6.
Summer Term 2018/19: adaptation of and playing with Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream
De La Warr Pavilion, Tales for Toddlers:
Monthly workshop for under 5s and their carers. Every second Monday of the month.
My next date: Monday 13 May 2019
Times: two sessions at 10:15 & 11:15
Find out more here.
May's session inspired by 'Chicken Soup' by Blondell Cummings (1983 video of dance) from the exhibition 'Still I Rise: Feminisms, Gender, Resistance Act 2.'
February's session based on the shapes and ideas of the De La Warr Pavilion itself. Fun interactive storytelling for under 5s and their carers
Past Events:
Hastings Storytelling Festival 2017 more information here
Reimagine India
Children's Day: Sunday 13 November 2017
Storytelling on the Stade, come and join us!
Out of the Bag, Into the Story!
at the Jerwood Gallery
Sunday 2 October 2016, 1pm
Children up to 10 years with parent/carer
£5, book with Jerwood
Storybooks at Mallydams Wood
Summer Open Wood 23 July 2016
11:00am - 3:00pm
Join a woodland adventure with Out of the Bag, times to be confirmed
link to RSPCA Mallydams Wood
Mallydams Wood, Peter James Lane, HASTINGS TN35 4AH map
A Summer Season of Pop-Up HATs
dates so far
Monday 20 June 2016, 10am
Wednesday 29 June, 10am
and
Wednesday 6 July
in Partnership with Hastings Pier
Out of the Bag at The Observer Building
Christmas HATS Adventure
interactive storytelling
Tuesday 22 December 2015, 10:30 - 11:30am
Sparkle and fun for ALL children 8 years and under with parents/carers.
Step into the snow, leap into the story, release the magic on a theatrical winter adventure.
Venue: The Observer Building, 53 Cambridge Road, Hastings, TN34 1DT
link to The Observer Building
Price: £3 / £1 siblings
HATs at Treasure Tots, Winter Wonderland:
Saturday 13 December 2014, 10am - 12pm - MUSIC HATS
Saturday 20 December 2014, 10am - 12pm - DRAMA HATS
Venue: Salvation Army Citadel, St. Andrew's Square, Hastings
Find out more about Treasure Tots, a vibrant, creative group for pre-schoolers here.
Eight Foot Square on the Stade: http://eightfootsquare.com/2013/08/28/eight-foot-square-day-it-is-this-weekend/
Saturday 31 August 2013, 1:00 - 5:00pm
Come and join Out of the Bag inside an eight foot square and share stories: take a story out of a bag, build it, change it, tell it, bag it up and pass it on.
Shoreline Stories at the Jerwood Gallery: http://www.jerwoodgallery.org/whatson/events/52/shoreline-stories
Join Becky for a story journey and bring a painting alive. In the galleries on Thursdays 1, 15 and 29 August at 1:30pm. Please book through the Jerwood Gallery: 01424 728377. Tickets £3.50 per child (usual admission charges apply for accompanying adults)
Exciting Storytelling down in the woods and in the garden at Great Dixter's Garden Explorers' Club: http://www.greatdixter.co.uk/learning/families/
See blogs written by Catherine Haydock, Education Officer, for 14 June, 31 May, 22 March:
Becky will be running the Garden Explorers Club on the following dates during the summer:
Thursdays 1 & 8 August, 10am - 12pm
Friday 2 & 9 August, 10am - 12pm
Mini Beasts with local primary school.
Once a week working with Reception classes in a St. Leonard's Primary School.
Using movement, music and storytelling to help bring their topic alive. If you are a local school and would be interested in a similar learning experience and creative opportunity for your children, please do get in touch.
MUSIC HATS! Join us for songs, percussion and, of course, HATS!
Thursdays, 11am - 12pm
Next series: 25 April to 27 June
At: The Roomz, 33-35 Western Road, St. Leonards-on-Sea, TN37 6DJ
ONLY £1 per child
The Roomz tasty vegetarian cafe will open at 12 noon: treat yourself to lunch and coffee.
World Book Day Thursday 7 March 2013 in Greenwich and Dartford with Eastside Education.
We will be celebrating World Book Day with schools in Greenwich and Dartford during the week of 4 March 2013.
Please get in touch if your school or group would also like to celebrate World Book Day through bringing books and their characters alive.
Young Vic Playroom:
From October 2012 we will be working on a new project at the Young Vic theatre, London, for pre-school children and their parents.
Free taster workshops at the 'Y' Centre Open Day (now postponed until early 2013):
11.00am HATs! Drama for Early Years, up to age 6 years.
11.30am JUMP! Drama for Children, 7 to 11 years*.
1.30pm CLOWNS: Drama for ages 12 to 16 years*
Please note the Y Centre Open Day with taster workshops has been postponed until the new year. If you were interested in attending any of the above workshops please get in touch.
Out of the Bag Theatre is working with Hastings Museum:
Saturday 30 June: running lively family sessions based on the new Olympic Pictures exhibition at the Gala open afternoon.
Thursdays 3 May and 21 June: joining the Museum's Early Years' Thursday group (1pm) for a fun drama journey with props and music.
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