Wherever Home is - Theatre in Education
Thursday 17th October 2024
Wherever Home Is is a theatre production and workshop from An Invisible Man for students in KS2 and lower KS3 about coping with change, resilience and friendship.
“I truly believe that any school with children from an armed forces background should include ‘Wherever Home is’ as part of their curriculum. The staff and children are still raving about the play weeks later. It made us step back and realise the powerful impact drama has to enthuse and engage children and allow them a voice through the characters even when they cannot find their own.“
Michelle Mordue, Deputy Head, Illchester Primary
Focusing on two 10/11 year old children who have both recently moved to the UK (from previous Armed forces postings in Germany) we hear their stories about previous moves but principally we focus on where they are now and what is possibly happening in the next chapters in their lives.
And what is happening? The play picks up where one of our children has left his family home on a Saturday morning and is currently missing? He is hiding after running away because there looks likely to be another move on the cards and this one, he reveals, is a step too far…
The other child is one of the search party looking for him and, in acting as the narrator, Lucy and her family are able to explore the feelings and emotions they go through in their previous and current moves.
The production takes an overdue and welcome look at the unique reality of living a service family life, but it is not exclusively “for” service children. The play is about change, full stop, and how any of us, civilian or service families, cope with and build resilience through change in our lives, including parental split ups and new family structures that follow this growing reality in our society.
The production is available for Wiltshire schools from Monday 3rd - Friday 7th February 2025
The play project can be delivered in a single day. When the production is delivered as a live experience it usually begins at 10 am and the play, alongside the tasks and workshop exercises normally takes us to the end of the school day. 3-4hours in total.
The charge is £850 per day for the productions, but An Invisible Man is in school all day. If your school would be interested in this production, or in further information, please contact An Invisible Man by the end of November:
Stephen Burke
Director - An Invisible Man
www.aninvisibleman.co.uk
07812 039 849
