Styorytelling Sessions – The Performers Inc

Storytelling sessions 2023-2024

“The Performers Inc.” proposes between 45 and 55 minutes for a Storytelling session entirely spoken in the English Language, and with songs sung live. The theatrical format it has makes it more than only the reading of a book; since we set up scenery, props and costumes to develop the stories. All this helps the audience feel engaged and be involved from the beginning to the very end.

As for space, it won’t be necessary for the institution to provide more than an assembly hall, a patio or a classroom, depending on the number of signed up participants.

The session to be carried out will be interpreted by an actor, who is also an English teacher and that will lead us to an entertaining and learning experience.

This session will be accompanied by a teaching pack that every participant will have for the previous work, follow-up and development of the activity.

As “The Performers Inc.” are used to, the objective is to give the participant the possibility to expose himself to the English language and learn it through contextualization, in spite of the fact that they could be missing some grammatical constructions or unknown vocabulary. The approach we give to this, is the same we give to a mother tongue, which is to say spontaneous.

OUR TITLES

For Early years | 3 to 5-year-old children

The Hare & the Tortoise

SYNOPSIS

It tells the story of a race between a tortoise and a hare. The hare is very confident of winning, so it stops during the race and falls asleep. The tortoise continues to move very slowly but without stopping and finally it wins the race.

Educational Goals
If we are active, eat healthy foods and believe in ourselves, we will all achieve our goals.

Tarzan

SYNOPSIS

Tarzan was a small orphan who was raised by an ape named Kala since he was a child. He believed that this was his family, but on an expedition some humans meet Tarzan. He then finds out that he's human, too. Now Tarzan must make the decision as to which family he should belong to...

Educational Goals
To establish a direct contact and relation between nature and the human being as part of the same. To recognize the archaic animal that lives within and empathize with our fellow living creatures.

Aladdin

SYNOPSIS

Aladdin is a lovable street urchin who meets Princess Jasmine, the beautiful daughter of the sultan of Agrabah. While visiting her exotic palace, Aladdin stumbles upon a magic oil lamp that unleashes a powerful, wisecracking, larger-than-life genie. As Aladdin and the genie start to become friends, they must soon embark on a dangerous mission to stop the evil sorcerer Jafar from overthrowing young Jasmine's kingdom.

Educational Goals
Both Aladdin and Jasmine teach us to be who we are. Do not try to be someone else or to conform to what others perceive us to be. Be who you are meant to be. Be true to who are and live your life with honesty.

For Initial and Intermediate Cycles of Primary Education | 6 to 8-year-old children

Sleeping Beauty

SYNOPSIS

Princess Aurora is cursed by the evil sorcerer Maleficent, who declares that before Aurora reaches her 16th birthday she will die by a poisoned thorn. But a good fairy lessens the curse: she says Aurora won't die but suffer from narcolepsy and will only stop falling asleep by true love's kiss. .

Educational Goals
True love can conquer anything in its path and it is the most powerful force in the world.

Beauty and the Beast

SYNOPSIS

Prince Adam is cursed to a beast because there is no love in his arrogant heart. The one way he can break the spell is by learning to love another and earn his/her love in return. But who can ever learn to love a beast? Ten years later, Maurice becomes lost in the woods and seeks shelter in the Beast's castle. The Beast imprisons him for trespassing. His daughter Belle finds him trapped in the castle and offers her place in his instead. The Beast accepts with a promise she will remain in the castle forever. In the beginning Belle sees him as nothing more than a monster. But both soon learn that it is not the appearance what really matters but to be good at heart.

Educational Goals
To re-evaluate making decisions based on appearances, and consider how to approach others with an open mind.

Treasure Island

SYNOPSIS

Mary and Jim Hawkins find a treasure map from a dying man, leading them on a dangerous journey with Long John Silver, a pirate who has long sought the same treasure. They end up stranded on Treasure Island with Mrs. Gunn, who was abandoned by Silver years before. Jim and Mrs. Gunn work together to keep Silver away from the treasure and teach him a lesson in sharing.

Educational Goals
The good and honest people win the prize, while the wicked and treacherous people are punished for their evil deeds.

For Intermediate and Higher Cycles of Primary Education | 8 to 10-year-old children

What a Halloween Night!

SYNOPSIS

Michael, Roy and Amy are three teenagers that tell false stories to two children from Lexington neighbourhood to scare and frighten them away. However, they don’t yet know that one of their stories will become real.

ONLY FROMOCTOBER 16TH UNTIL NOVEMBER 8TH 2023

Educational Goals
This story explores, through a terror tale, bullying between youngsters and how they become aware of it.

Matilda

SYNOPSIS

This adaptation of a Roald Dahl’s work tells the story of Matilda Wormwood, a gifted girl forced to put up with a crude, distant father and mother. Worse, the evil principal at Matilda's school, is a terrifyingly strict bully. However, when Matilda realizes she has the power of telekinesis, she begins to defend her friends from Trunchbull's wrath and fight back against her unkind parents.

Educational Goals
Matilda teaches us that it isn’t okay to be bullied and manipulated. She is brave and stands up for herself against people who are way elder, larger and stronger than her.

Tarzan, the ape man

SYNOPSIS

Tarzan was a small orphan who was raised by an ape named Kala since he was a child. He believed that this was his family, but then he finds out that he’s human. Now Tarzan must make the decision as to which family he should belong to.

Alice in Wonderland

SYNOPSIS

Alice runs away to follow a white rabbit that jumps into a tree hole. She ends up in Wonderland. This place was a peaceful Kingdom until the evil King of Hearts came to the throne. Now, Wonderland’s creatures, ready for the uprisings, are expecting Alice to help them.

Educational Goals
Not to let bullies get you down and always stand up for yourself

For higher grades of Primary Education and First Cycle of Secondary Education | 10 to 12-year-old children

King Arthur

SYNOPSIS

Deep in the dark woods, kind, but absent-minded Merlin the great Wizard begins to teach Arthur and lives in the castle of his family where he's an apprentice. Arthur learns the basic truths of life, but he also runs into the evil Morgane, who tries to destroy him. Merlin and Morgane have a Wizards' Duel. A great tournament is held in London. Arthur, attending as Kay's squire, forgets Kay's sword, and goes to get it. Arthur, seeing the sword in the stone, innocently, and easily, pulls it out. He has to prove himself all over again, and again he pulls the sword from the stone in front of others. Arthur is proclaimed king by everybody.

Educational Goals
The lesson of the story of King Arthur is one of believing in oneself. That, in essence, we are all capable of having “kings’ blood” and simply not know it.

Robin Hood

SYNOPSIS

Robin returns home and finds out the Sheriff of Nottingham is getting richer and richer at the villagers’ expense. He goes deeper into the Forest of Sherwood where he not only meets Marian again, his childhood friend, but also joins a band of exiled villagers and becomes their leader. With their help he attempts to get back everything the Sheriff has taken from them.

Educational Goals
To appeal the child’s natural sense of morality and fair play.

Robinson Crusoe

SYNOPSIS

Educational Goals
The moral of the story of Robinson Crusoe is that a person can succeed against all odds with the right combination of hard work, planning, thrift, resourcefulness, and religious faith.

For Secondary Education and Baccalaurate | 14 to 18-year-old adolescents

The legend of Sleepy Hollow

SYNOPSIS

After the head of a Horseman is stolen, he comes back from hell to take the heads of the people of Sleepy Hollow unt il his own is returned.

Constable Ichabod Crane investigates a murder and learns of the legend of the Headless Horseman. When he sees the Horseman behead a man, he starts to believe. He seeks to learn the Horseman's origins to defeat him, but the safety of the stolen head is uncertain.

Educational Goals

The moral is not to let superstition guide your actions and overwhelm your reason.

The Fall of the House of Usher

SYNOPSIS

An unnamed protagonist goes to the remote mansion of his boyhood friend, Roderick Usher. He reunites with his old companion Roderick, who is suffering from a strange mental illness and whose sister Madeline is near death due to a mysterious disease. He provides company to Usher. When Madeline dies, Usher decides to bury her temporarily in one of his house's large vaults. A few days later, however, she emerges from her provisional tomb, killing her brother while the Usher’s friend flees for his life. The House of Usher splits apart and collapses.

Educational Goals
To approach Poe’s literature as he uses elements of the gothic tale to create an atmosphere of terror. He uses play on words to engage the reader to make predictions, or provide information. He also sets the story up to be intentionally ambiguous so that the reader is continually suspended between the real and the fantastic.

Dracula

SYNOPSIS

Jonathan Harker, a young lawyer, is assigned to a gloomy village in the mists of Transylvania. He is captured and imprisoned by the undead vampire Dracula, who travels to London, to meet who he thinks is his eternal lover, Mina Murray. In Britain, Dracula begins a reign of seduction and terror, draining the life from whoever intends to stand in his way to Mina. Dr. Van Helsing determines to finish with Dracula and fights him during the day, when his powers are weakened.

Educational Goals
Dracula revolves around the theme of good versus evil.