SS James Foley

Spontaneous Stories with James Foley

Recommended Age

8+


Dates

1 October - 2 October

Thursday
1st October

10:00 am
12:00 pm

Friday
2nd October

10:00 am
12:00 pm

Venue

Education Room, State Library of WA


Duration

60 minutes


Presented By

James Foley



Prices

$10 per child

Accompanying grown-up attends for free

Join James Foley for a laugh-out-loud session where the kids are in charge. Bring your weirdest and wackiest ideas for stories, because we’ll be mashing them up into the funniest Franken-tale you’ve ever heard – which James will illustrate live.

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Accessibility Guide

Lighting and Sound

Total blackout (audience)

Lighting level

Indoors, well-lit

Flashing lights

Loud sounds

Repetitive noises

Drums

High-pitched tones

Unexpected sounds

Background Music

Interactivity and Participation

Children invited on stage

Artist goes into audience

Manual activity (e.g. read, draw, sing, paint, construct things)

Drawing with pencils, papers, sharpeners and erasers

Undertake direct movement

Participation in groups/pairs

Parent/carer can support in participation

Capacity for a child slower in their movements to participate

Senses, Emotions and Effects

Distinctive smells

Special effects

Textures

Balloons

Characters express anger

Potentially

Dialogue driven

Completely

Props

Attention Span

Intermission/break

Introduction

Children need to sit in one place

Appropriate to make noise/move around

Can make noise, cannot move around

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