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Royal Rendezvous
David takes the helm as director for a story by a Little Bird — which he uses as an excuse to get the rest of us hopping around like crazy...!
Barking Mad
Talulah gets stuck into the making of our enchanted forest trees, with the help of PVA glue and moslin &mdash while the storytellers relax the day away...
Bare Bones
Our first real day on our feet developing A Bird In Your Ear sees us playing with skeletons — made out of gardening gloves and lighting stands!
The Team Assembles
Little Birds veterans Gloria and Chip are joined by the talented David and LJ for the first day of rehearsals for our new theatre tour, A Bird In Your Ear.
Planning the Magic
Chip and Talulah are joined by experienced Little Birds storyteller Gloria at the Artrix in Bromsgrove, to begin planning the next few weeks of rehearsal and set building.
Of Goats and Fabric
Chip and Talulah meet with Andy Lawrence from the Theatre of Widdershins to get advice on the set for A Bird In Your Ear... whilst on a farm in the Peak District!
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Here you can find out what our storytellers and design team have been up to as they work their magic turning the stories of Little Birds into a new theatre show called A Bird In Your Ear! Read on, or take a look at our Contents under the Yellow Bird.
Of Goats and Fabric
17th July 2011
This weekend, Talulah and Chip travelled to the Garden Farm Festival near Matlock to enjoy an excellent performance of The King's Got Donkey's Ears by the fabulous Theatre of Widdershins. Andy Lawrence, Widdershins' co-founder, has been making his own puppets and sharing stories with children all over the country for over 15 years, so we knew he could provide us with excellent inspiration for our new tour, A Bird In Your Ear! His performance was just as good as we'd expected, full of laughs, surprises, and magic.
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On Sunday, Andy agreed to sit with the Little Birds team to cast his experienced eye over Talulah's designs. We spent the whole day in an old stable at the Garden Farm, a chorus of goat bleats and hen clucks surrounding us as we discussed how to bring Little Birds' stories alive. Talulah has drawn up a wonderful idea for our show: a clearing in an enchanted forest, in the middle of which will be a nest of eggs just waiting to hatch into exciting stories before your very eyes. Andy's advice proved invaluable for ensuring the stability of the trees — especially since, in our new tour, we want to invite children to move around the clearing and feel fully immersed in the world of the stories!
We talked about how to stick nuts to a hat; how to get a big character out of a very small space; and even how to shrink a storyteller whilst leaving their head the same size! By the end of the day, both Talulah and Chip couldn't wait to get started building the set and seeing all these amazing ideas come to life.