I try to bring alive the African-Caribbean Oral Tradition to both children and adults in a variety of settings.
In Schools – Performance Workshops for Whole School, Year Groups, Individual Classes
Early Years
Key Stages One & Two
Key Stages Three & Four
Assemblies
In Service Training for Teachers (INSET)
Writing Workshops -Poetry
Writing Workshops -Story
Writing Workshop – Playscript
Outside of Schools – Performances of Stories, Songs and Poetry
Libraries
Colleges and Universities
Community organisations
Charities
Museums
Parties
Conferences
Festivals
Some Organsations with whom I’ve worked
Apples & Snakes
Arthur Ransome Society
Aschental Realschule (Bavaria, Germany)
Barbican
BBC School Radio
Bedfordshire County Council
Birmingham Book Communications
Waltham Forest Black People’s Mental Health Association
Edmonton Carers Association
Waltham Forest Carers’ Association
Brighton and Hove Library Service
Cambridgshire Advisory Service
DEED – Development Education in East Dorset
Essex County Council
Avery Hill College of Education
Happitime Playgroup (residency)
Hertford College of Education
Hertfordshire County Council
Institute of Education
Leyton & Leytonstone Historical Society
Leytonstone Festival
National Autistic Society
Othona Community
Reffenstuel Realschule (Bavaria, Germany)
Scholastic Ltd
Society of Friends (Quakers)
Storytelling Society
St Johns (Church of England) Church
Worcester College of Higher Education
Ripley Secondary School, Lancaster
Studio 3 Arts
The Book Box
London Boroughs of:
Barking & Dagenham – Schools
Camden – Schools and Libraries
Croyden – Libaries
Ealing -Schools and Libraries
Enfield -Schools and Museums
Greenwich – Schools and Museums
Hackney -Schools and Teacher INSET
Haringey – Schools and Libraries
Hounslow – Schools and Libraries
Islington – Schools and Libraries
Lewisham – Schools and Teacher INSET
Newham – Schools and Teachers Centre INSET
Redbridge – Schools, Children’s Centres and Libraries
Southwark – Schools and Libraries
Tower Hamlets – Schools, Libraries and Community Groups
Waltham Forest – Schools, Libraries and Community Groups
Wandsworth -Schools
Westminster – Schools