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Bamboozle Summer School: Narrative & Character

This three-day Summer School course will demonstrate how you can use characters and storytelling to create immersive, interactive experiences for all learning disabled children and young people.

This course is particularly suitable for artists, practitioners, teachers, teaching assistants, support staff and SENCOs.

We will demonstrate ways that enable the young people you’re working with to become engaged in stories by using characters and building a narrative with the children closely involved. The Bamboozle Approach, which is a tried and tested methodology, recognised by the National Autistic Society and Ofsted, will give you strategies to implement in your lessons or workshops immediately.

“The Summer School is an opportunity for you to reflect and connect to your practice on a deeper level with the support of like-minded people. It’s intensive and full on but if you fully immerse yourself in it then you will create space for new possibilities, perspectives and experiences that you can then take away with you.” – Liv Hunt, practitioner

What you can expect to explore on this course:

An introduction to the Bamboozle Approach and how the methodology enables story telling.
The importance of narrative and the power it has to engage audiences.
Immersive narratives where all participants, however they respond, can be included and valued.
Using characters and narrative scenarios to frame activities and introduce tasks that everyone can access.
How you can use a person in role as a character – historical or fictional – to build intrigue and engagement.
How the facilitator can support and encourage the building of the narrative.
Understand what the job of the person in role is, and what the job of the facilitator is.
How you can use character and narrative to teach the curriculum.
How you can use character and narrative to create new stories using your learners’ ideas.
How to keep the learners at the centre of the creative process.

Dates, times and location:

The Bamboozle Summer School will take place at Curve Theatre in Leicester and will be run Tuesday 29^th July, Wednesday 30^th and Thursday 31st July. The course will run approximately 9.30am – 5pm each day.

Price:

£247 for artists

£447 for organisations

How to book:

To book your place, please complete this booking form.

For any queries about this course, please contact our Education & Training Project Manager: natalie@bamboozletheatre.co.uk