“Do you want to be on tele?... Don’t lie, course you do. Everybody wants to be on TV. This is me, my story, on this tape. I know I might look like a scummy little chav to you, but I’ve got ‘a really important story that needs telling’. That’s what Caroline says. She’s making this documentary about bad boys, and I’m the star. I bet she’s going to make me look really bad.”
Alex is 13, he’s in foster care and he’s about to meet his real mum for the first time in seven years...
The play tells the story of Alex, Caroline the film maker, and her 9 year old son, Joe.
Telling Stories is an active theatre production and is suitable for young people (9+) through to adult groups.
The play is part of an educational theatre programme that supports work on wellbeing, healthy relationships, domestic violence and abuse, bullying, offending and anti-social behaviour, alcohol and drug misuse, the media and stereotyping, aspiration and self image.
Telling Stories is available as a half day, full day and as part of a two day Family Engagement Project.
Telling Stories follows on from Dumb, the one with the shed “Huge impact! All positive… an invaluable experience which I believe has really made a difference to the children.”Bad Mummy, the one with the sofa, “They really enjoyed it and I think it enabled them to talk about issues which disturbed them and listen sympathetically to each other… couldn’t rate its value higher.”and Losing It, the one with the broken window, “We have had this company in twice before and I think they are brilliant. They cover so much in one afternoon and they really make the children think.”
“I felt I was being listened to and could say what I actually thought, not keep it inside me.”
“I don’t really put my hand up in class, but I did.”
