Children's Theatre

An Awesome Book, Author Dallas Clayton

Little Peoples Day

For Little Peoples Day, theatre strand are putting together a short 10 minute piece to present to nursery school children aged around 2-4. Each class I given ten pages to work from as a stimulus to create their work. 

What is your first opinion of the book?

From my first impression, I immediately loved this book. The bright colours and vivid illustrations were amazing and really appealed to my 'Tim Burton style' love. I think that this book is great for children as the story has a really strong moral and message. Dream Big. This is important as we are growing up in a world where everything seems to be there to push you down and to tell you that you cant do something and this book teaches children not to listen to them and to dream of whatever they want and inspire children to aspire to great things. The book also made me fell really young again, almost like discovering the world for the first time. As a class we sat around and read the book. It made me somewhat giddy as I used to love being read children stories when I was young and to relive something that I haven't done for so many years, it was a truly magical experience.

Why has it been selected for our 'Little People's Day' audience? 

It has been selected for our Little Peoples Day audience as the children would like being told stories with morals, and lots of imaginative imagery to coincide with that. Our target audience, nursery school children, might never have seen a piece of live theatre before. So we might be the first piece they ever see. This makes it even more special. The book is perfect as the children will go away from the show with a story to tell and a meaningful message to live with.