As a response to the Lockdown, Fly High Stories have asked some of their favourite writers to create short and fun plays for children and their grown ups to act out together at home. These have been made available as free downloadable resources to help you stage your own mini play, including design ideas to inspire older ones and music to accompany each play. Â Fly High Stories are keen for drama to become a central part of the home school provision for parents.
Writer of Globe sensation EMILIA Morgan Lloyd Malcolm, and Bafta and Writer Guild Award winner & CBeebies Hit NUMBERBLOCKS Head Writer Andrew Barnett Jones are two of the extraordinary initial cohort of playwrights who have taken well known stories and given them their own, unique, twist.
The current writers, in alphabetical order, are: Sarah Argent, Rachel Barnett-Jones, Helen Eastman, Rachel Harper, Vicky Ireland, Andrew Barnett Jones, Hannah Khalil, Morgan Lloyd-Malcolm and Sumerah Srivastav, with more joining throughout May.
The first seven plays are available to download now! Morgan Lloyd-Malcolm’s Emperor is a giggle fest of silliness and bottoms, Rachel Barnett-Jones’ Sleeping Beauty is a princess who wants an adventure, Hannah Khalil’s Gingerbread Man isn’t made out of very much gingerbread at all, Vicky Ireland’s Elves just want to help a shoemaker out, and Rachel Harper’s Wendy is more Pirate Queen than Darling!
All of the scripts can be found here.Â
With accompanying music tracks from Composer in Residence Arran Glass and design tutorials from Associate Designer Sam Wilde ( designer- I want my Hat Back-Little Angel Theatre online) this resource aims to encourage families of all ages to play together and bring a little bit of theatre into their homes.
Releasing throughout May 2020, these scripts and associated resources are available to download and use for free whilst we remain in Lockdown. The company have added a ‘Donate’ button to their website and any funds raised will go towards commissioning more scripts from more writers.
