Jack and the Beanstalk Panto Resource Pack

RESOURCE PACK

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HARROGATE THEATRE EDUCATION

Harrogate Theatre’s Education (HTe) department prides itself on developing learning through creativity. HTe workshops start from as little as £60 and can be adapted to suit your class and learning objectives including support to achieve Arts Award Discover and Explore.

Here are a selection of the workshops we offer for primary schools.

FULL DAY WORKSHOPS Play in a Day A fun team-building activity for Years 5 and 6. Challenge your pupils to put on a play in a day and see them raise their game. Pupils will spend the day exploring interesting characters, staging the story and creating the props they will need to put on a very special show at the end of the day. This can be adapted for a story of your choice.

Production Day Give your pupils a head start on their end of term performance (and save yourself a lot of time!) with a Production Day from Harrogate Theatre. Our practitioner can come in for a full day to work with your pupils on character and plot and get you started on staging the script of your choice.

LONG TERM PROJECTS After School Drama Clubs Harrogate Theatre’s After School Drama Clubs give your pupils the opportunity to work towards their own performance at Harrogate Theatre.

Each school will work with a Harrogate Theatre practitioner over 10 weeks in a 60 minute after school drama club. In the 11th week the club are invited to the theatre to spend the afternoon touring our historic Victorian building and rehearsing for an evening performance held in our intimate Studio Theatre, complimented by full lighting and sound support. Participants build in confidence, creativity, teamwork and most importantly work towards a tangible end product that they can be really proud of and share with their friends and family in a free ticketed performance.

Production Direction Putting on a school play is loads of fun, builds teamwork and confidence and the memories can last a lifetime but it takes a lot of planning. No time to choose a script? Hit a wall and need some new ideas? Why not book us to direct your school play for you? We’ll start with a full production day and then come in as much as you need us to make sure your pupils are excited and confident about putting on a fantastic show.

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ONE OFF WORKSHOPS History Workshops Spa History This workshop is an inspiring way to kick-start your Harrogate topic as we meet Betty Lupton, smell the sulphur water and act out key moments from Harrogate’s watery past to bring local history to life. Our local history workshop has been developed in partnership with Harrogate Museums and Arts.

Children of the Blitz What was it like for children in the Second World War? How did it feel to be an evacuee?

Participants will be encouraged to empathise with the feelings and experiences of evacuees and the family members left behind through using photographs, posters and poetry as source material to explore history through performance.

Greek Theatre Through re-telling a Greek myth the class will learn about the origins of modern theatre and how it links to the ancient Olympian gods and goddesses. The workshop will include mask and chorus work to practically explore Greek Theatre style and bring the myth to life.

Literacy Workshops Shakespeare The best way to learn about Shakespeare’s plays is to act them out. Join us as we recreate the world and characters of a Shakespeare play of your choice, and see your pupils engage with complex language with excitement and confidence.

Pantomime Storytelling, improvisation and movement are combined in a drama workshop that explores the world of pantomime. Ideal before or after your visit to the annual Christmas show this is a fun introduction to a uniquely British institution which can result in a short performance suitable for sharing in assembly for KS2 pupils.

Traditional Tales This drama workshop introduces traditional tales to KS1/2 pupils through trying out archetype characters, physically creating key locations and re-telling a traditional tale of your choice. This workshop also supports pupils understanding of adjectives at KS1 and similes and metaphors at KS2.

Enchanted Forest Through reading Into The Forest by former children’s laureate Anthony Browne, the class will consider character’s feelings and act out scenes they devise based upon the text. Where’s Dad? Why is Mum upset? How will the story end? This drama workshop is designed to support story and script writing work through developing basic drama skills.

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Theatre Tours Take a tour of Harrogate Theatre and find out about the workings of a professional theatre.

Discover what goes on behind the scenes, and how each department contributes to the performance on stage.

Find out about the history of the building, some of the famous names who have appeared here, everyday sayings that have their roots in theatre and superstitions that have grown up around the stage.

Tours last approximately one hour and are £2 per pupil.

Prices Our workshops can be adapted to suit each Key Stage. Prices are broadly as follows: ONE OFF WORKSHOPS WORKSHOPS Key Stage 1 workshops (1 hour for up to 30 children): £60 Key Stage 2 workshops (1.5 hours for up to 30 children): £75 Key Stage 2 (upper) workshops (2 hours for up to 30 children): £90 LONG TERM PROJECTS: After School Club: £605.

Production Direction: On discussion of the project.

Please note that travel to schools outside a 10 mile radius will incur additional travel costs.

We can also come into your school for the day and work with every class. Prices are competitive and vary depending on the number of classes you would like us to work with.

Do you need a workshop not listed here? Drop us an email or give us a call to discuss your learning objectives and we’ll design something specifically for your class / school.

We have Arts Award Advisers trained in delivering Discovery, Explore, Bronze, Silver and Gold Arts Awards. For information on how we can help your students achieve their Arts Award please get in touch.

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CONTENTS Welcome Page 6 Brief history of drama

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Brief history of pantomime

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The Dame Page 9 The Buffoon Page 10 The origins of Jack and the Beanstalk

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Characters of Jack and the Beanstalk

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Antoni Gaudi and the Giant’s Castle

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Clouds and the Water Cycle

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Story boards Page 16 Writing tasks Page 19 Story Hill Worksheet

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How to set out a script

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Set and Costume design worksheet

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Set and Costume design activities

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Set design template

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Reviews Page 35 Music workshop ideas

Marketing and Media tasks

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For further information on our workshops contact: Hannah Draper - Head of Education Call: 01423 502 710 ext. 108 Email: hannah.draper@harrogatetheatre.co.uk 4 Teacher pack a5 2018/19 Jack and the Beanstalk.indd 3

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Harrogate Theatre’s Magical Family Pantomime

FRI 29 NOV 2019 - SUN 26 JAN 2020

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Welcome!

This Teacher’s Resource Pack has been designed to be a valuable resource in the classroom to deepen primary school children’s understanding, and appreciation of, their annual visit to the pantomime.

Engagement with the arts is a great way to promote teamwork, develop empathy and strengthen speaking and listening skills; key foundations of children’s success in school. At Harrogate Theatre we pride ourselves on developing learning through creativity.

Each task within this pack has a clear learning outcome and resources have been designed so you are able to differentiate the difficulty for ability and age groups and pick and choose tasks to suit your class.

There is a mix of background information for teachers, classroom activities and worksheets. We hope that this pack inspires you to explore the world of pantomime both in and out of the classroom. We appreciate all feedback and examples of the work your class have created. Please send it to hannah. draper@harrogatetheatre.co.uk or post it to us and we’ll feature the best examples in the theatre.

Please note that once work is sent to us it cannot be returned.

We also offer Introduction to Pantomime workshops which can take place in your school for £60 (+ travel). Participants will be able to try on pantomime costumes and create their own panto characters in a fun 90-minute workshop which can be booked before or after your visit to the pantomime. To book, call Hannah Draper on 01423 502 710 ext. 108.

I hope you enjoy exploring the wonderful world of British Pantomime with your class.

Best wishes, Hannah Draper Head of Education

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Information for Teachers Brief History of Drama Cave Men 2.5 million years ago

The art of ‘acting out’ stories started centuries ago. We know from cave paintings that cave men used to dance and act out stories of hunts to please their Sun Gods.

Egyptians 16th – 11th Century BC

The Egyptians were the first people to make a record of the plays they performed. The Egyptians had lots of gods to whom they performed plays, in the hope that the performances would make them happy. They wrote about these plays using hieroglyphics.

The Greeks were the first people to build theatres which they called

amphitheatres.

They could hold thousands of people and were semi-circular in shape. The Greeks worshipped a god called Dionysus who was the god of fun. During the Festival of Dionysus, plays would be performed by the people of the town. The amphitheatres were so big that the story had to

be shouted out and the main characters had to wear huge masks so they could be seen. We know a lot about Greek theatre as the Greeks were the first people to write their plays down in the form of a script.

Greeks 8th – 6th Century BC

In Medieval times plays were often linked to religion. Stories about God were acted out in churches and many towns held religious festivals every Medieval year where the townsfolk would act out scenes from the Bible. These plays 5th – 15th

became known as the ‘mystery plays’. The scenes acted out often included Century juggling, comedy, wrestling, archery and stone throwing. The ‘mystery plays’ proved to be very popular, and it was not long before rich land

owners started to pay people to perform for them.

By Elizabethan times all actors were professional and worked in companies,

Elizabethan the most famous being the King’s Men, who William Shakespeare wrote 1558 - 1603 plays for. Acting companies would tour from town to town performing up

to 38 different plays a year and sometimes a different play every day.

By Victorian times drama was very popular and theatres were built in most towns. The types of plays shown became far more realistic and companies Victorian sometimes performed them over several nights. It was in Victorian times 1837 - 1901 that pantomimes first became popular as an entertainment for Christmas, a tradition that continues today.

It was not until the end of the Victorian age that women were allowed to act on stage; before then it was thought to be an improper thing for a lady to do. Young men acted out female roles, which is a tradition that has stuck in pantomime to this day.

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Information for Teachers Brief History of Pantomime It is thought that a man called John Weaver presented the first pantomime in London in 1702.

It was performed at the Drury Lane Theatre, London and was called The Cheats or The Tavern Bikers.

In British theatre, pantomime is traditionally a Christmas or New Year entertainment. The name ‘pantomime’ comes from the Latin word pantomimus, which means the player of many parts. Modern pantomime characters can be traced back to the 16th and 17th Century when the Italians improvised comic drama called Commedia de’ll arte.

There were many stock charactes in Commedia de’ll arte that are known to be the backbone of modern day pantomime. To name a few; Harlequin, sometimes know as Arlecchino was the fool and the servant to Pantolone the cruel villian. El Capitano was the clever Hero and The Lover the kind Heroine. All of these characters can be found in pantomimes today.

Many of the panto plots are based on folk tales collected and retold by the French writer Charles Perrault. His book Mother Goose’s Fairy Tales published in 1697 included classic stories like Puss in Boots, Cinderella, Red Riding Hood and Sleeping Beauty.

As pantomimes used classic fairy tales more and more, the role of Harlequin diminished until he disappeared. New elements were added to the mix, such as slapstick and double entendre.

Popular songs, topical humour and satire found their way into the script from the influence of British Music Hall as did audience participation and guest appearances by popular entertainers of the day.

Pantomimes today nearly always include certain elements: • • • • • •

A man dressed as a woman to play the dame.

A woman dressed as a man to play the principal boy.

A theme of good conquering evil.

A slapstick scene which gets very messy!

Audience participation.

Colourful sets and costumes.

Fun Fact!

Did you know that good characters traditionally enter from stage right and evil characters enter from stage left?

This tradition of evil entering from stage left goes back to the Mystery Plays. The trap doors in the stage floor (through which the demon used to appear in a puff of smoke) can always be found in the downstage left position. This tradition also seems to echo medieval times, when the entrances to heaven were stage right and hell stage left.

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Information for Teachers The Dame The role of the Pantomime Dame stretches back to the earliest origins of the theatre, when girls and young women were played by boys and old women were played by older men - often comically – as women were not allowed to perform on stage. The earliest known female comedy role played by a man was Mrs. Noah in the Miracle Plays of the Middle Ages (1800s).

Even after the Restoration in the 17th Century, when actresses entered the theatre, many did not want to play older parts, and the convention continued. During the Regency period the roles of witches, characters like Mother Shipton and old hags were often played by men.

The names given to Dames have altered over the years – for example the popular name for Jack’s mother in Jack and the Beanstalk is Dame Trott which comes from a slang word for an old hag but she’s also sometimes called Dame Daisy Durden.

Traditionally the Dame in Aladdin is Widow Twanky. The name originated in 1861 as Twankay was a brand of tea, popular in London at the time, from the Tuan Kay province of China. Meanwhile, in Beauty and the Beast the Dame is always a cook for the Beast. The Ugly Sisters in Cinderella have changed their names frequently to keep up with fashion. Originally Clorinda and Thisbe, they have been known as Daisy and Buttercup and others. Their names change as rapidly as their contemporary fashion.

“I am excited to play Dame Trott and I am excited to be back in Harrogate for Christmas. Christmas means magic and magic means Harrogate Theatre’s pantomime” Howard Chadwick (Dame Trott 2018)

Salmonella and Diptheria among costumes, which often copy

The Dame believes that she is beautiful and elegant when she is played as old, common and haggard, all adding to the comic effect. Dames are never allowed to wear sleeveless tops, as it is forbidden to show the hairy man underneath! A famous Dame named George Lacy started the tradition of the Dame wearing as many different and extravagant costumes as possible during the performance. See if you can see how many costume changes our Dame has this year…

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Information for Teachers The Buffoon Every pantomime has a character who is a Buffoon such as Wishee Washee in Aladdin or Simon in Jack and the Beanstalk or Buttons in Cinderella. This character is usually the Dame’s son and provides comic relief throughout the performance combining jokes and slapstick comedy.

The origins of this character can be traced back to 15th Century Italy in a form of theatre known as Commedia dell’arte. The idea of Commedia dell’arte was that it was accessible to all; performers performed in the streets on temporary stages, and relied on various props in place of extensive scenery. It was characterised by exaggerated physical movement and masked stock characters.

The characters of Commedia were stock characters which are fictional characters based on social, cultural or literary stereotypes. Commedia dell’arte has three main stock roles: servant, master, and innamorati (lovers). The servants or the clowns are referred to as the Zanni (which is where the word zany comes from). There were two distinct types of Zanni. One is the silly servant and the other is the cunning servant. In pantomime the buffoon character is influenced by the silly servant character. He is foolish, clumsy and ridiculous. The purpose of the Zanni in Commedia was that he was the most sympathetic character and it was his responsibility to interact with the audience and ensure that they were following the plot. In pantomime the buffoon character fulfils exactly the same role; he even encourages the audience to actively participate in the performance by shouting out phrases at key points in the pantomime.

“This will be my 19th panto at Harrogate. I love it because I get to be a kid again. I believe that the person who knows how to laugh at himself will never cease to be amused.

The magic is in the Buffoon’s entire journey, it is a voyage of discovery.”

Tim Stedman (The Buffoon from 2000 to present)

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Information for Teachers Plot Summary Jack is a young lad living with his widowed mother. Their only means of income is a cow. When this cow stops giving milk one morning, Jack is sent to the market to sell it. On the way to the market he meets an old man who offers to give him “magic” beans in exchange for the cow.

Jack takes the beans but when he arrives home without money, his mother becomes furious and throws the beans out the window and sends Jack to bed without supper.

As Jack sleeps, the beans grow into a gigantic beanstalk. Jack climbs the beanstalk and arrives in a land high up in the sky where he follows a road to a house, which is the home of the Giant. He enters the house and asks the Giant’s wife for food. She gives him food, but the Giant returns and senses that a human is nearby: Fee-fi-fo-fum!

I smell the blood of an Englishman.

Be he live, or be he dead, I’ll grind his bones to make my bread.

However, Jack is hidden by the Giant’s wife and overhears the Giant counting his money. Jack steals a bag of gold coins as he makes his escape down the beanstalk. Jack repeats his journey up the beanstalk two more times, each time he is helped by the increasingly suspicious wife of the Giant and narrowly escapes with one of the Giant’s treasures.

The second time, he steals a hen which laid golden eggs and the third time a magical harp that played by itself. This time, he is almost caught by the Giant who follows him down the beanstalk. Jack calls his mother for an axe and chops the beanstalk down, killing the Giant. The end of the story has Jack and his mother living happily ever after with their new riches.

The Legend of ‘Jack The Giant Killer’ British legend tells of Jack, a farmer’s son who lived in Cornwall, close to Land’s End. A Giant terrorised the area, stealing cattle and carrying them away.

Jack devised a trap, whereby he dug a pit, covered it with sticks, and lured the Giant to his doom - he did this by blowing his horn to attract him. After defeating this Giant, he went on to do many heroic deeds throughout Cornwall, and on occasion in Wales.

The setting for “Jack The Giant Killer” is often in the era of the legendary King Arthur, and this story possibly derived from tales dating back to the Vikings and the Norsemen. The Giant is sometimes referred to as The Giant of Mount Cornwall, or as Cormoran. The legend continues Jack’s adventures as he fights another Giant, and gains for himself a coat that made him invisible, and “Seven League Boots” that gave him incredible speed. He often has a magic sword.

The Beanstalk does not feature in this legend- the addition of the magic beans, the hen that lays golden eggs and the singing harp were yet to be created.

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Characters in Harrogate Theatre’s Adaptation for Pantomime: Jack The Heroine. Usually Jack is a male character, played by a woman. This year it is a female character.

Jill The Princess and Jack’s best friend. The principal female role who the heroine saves.

King Bumble King of the villagers and a kind old man.

Dame Trott The Dame. Owner of Buttercup and mother of Simon and Jack.

Simon The Buffoon. Son of Dame Trott and a real sports fan.

Fairy of The Magical creature. A the Forest kind and gentle fairy that helps the heroes on their adventure.

Morag The Giants Cook, after being kidnapped from the village.

Fleshcreep The Villian. The brother of King Bumble and servant of the Giant.

“This is my 12th panto at Harrogate Theatre and I’m looking forward to it as it is a GIANT of a pantomine .

Phil Lowe (director)

Giant The Vilain. The ruler in the Blunderbore clouds.

Buttercup The Animal. The cow who’s sold for beans and Simon’s best friend.

Fun Fact!

The story of Jack and the Beanstalk first appeared in print in 1734, during the reign of George II of England. It was originally called ‘The tale of Jack Spriggins and the Enchanted Bean’ and was not a story for children. It was part of a book called Round about our Coal Fire & Christmas Entertainments, costing one shilling.

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Information for Teachers Antoni Gaudi and the Giants Castle As our Pantomime has a very Spanish feel to it, the Designer Morgan Brind, took a lot of inspiration from Spanish architecture when creating the set; especially from an artist called Antoni Gaudi.

Outside the Sagrada Familia.

Gaudi was born in 1852 and died in a tragic tram accident in 1926.

Gaudi spent most of his life in Barcelona where a number of his most famous works can be found.

These include: Park Guell, Casa Mila, Casa Batllo and the Sagrada Familia. As a son of a coppersmith and having worked as a carpenter, glassmaker and locksmith, Gaudi liked working with a variety of different materials. His most well-known styles are his use of mosaics and stained-glass windows.

The Giant’s castle in this years Jack and the Beanstalk is directly inspired by Gaudi’s Sagrada Familia. This building can be found in the centre of Barcelona. Design and construction on the temple started in 1866 and it is still not finished today! In 1883 Gaudi took over as first architect and changed the course of architecture forever. He worked for 43 years on the temple until his death in 1926. Gaudí was buried in the chapel of Our Lady of Mount Carmel in the crypt of the Sagrada Familia.

Sagrada Família is said to be completed in 2026, nearly 160 years after work began and celebrating 100 years after Gaudi’s death.

For more information visit: http://www.sagradafamilia.org/en/antoni-gaudi/ Inside the Sagrada Familia.

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“It is not a disappointment that I will not be able to finish the Temple. I will grow old, but others will come after me. This will make it even more grandiose.”

Antoni Gaudi.

Below is the model box of this years production of Jack and the Beanstalk. This is the Giant’s castle.

Can you see the similarities to the Sagrada Familia?

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Activity: Make your own stained glass windows The Sagrada Familia is world famous for its stained glass windows which were designed by Gaudi. A lot of Gaudi’s work contains small tiles called a mosaic which inspired his designs for his stained glass windows.

Using the template below, have a go at colouring in your own stain glass window. You could also use other23/10/2018 materials such as tissue paper.

Stained Glass Windows from Wedding Chapel coloring page | Free Printable Coloring Pages

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Information for Pupils Clouds and the Water Cycle This year’s pantomime is set in a hot Spanish village. The Giant has stolen all the clouds to hide his castle, so there’s been no rain and a lot of sunny weather. Clouds are very important as they make rain, help plants to grow and shield us from the sun. This is called the water cycle.

There are many different important parts to the water cycle.

Evaporation Energy from the sun heats up the surface of the Earth, causing the temperature of the water in our rivers, lakes and oceans to rise. When this happens, some of the water “evaporates” into the air, turning into a gas called “vapour“. Plants and trees also lose water to the atmosphere through their leaves. This process is known as “transpiration“.

Condensation As water vapour rises high into the sky, it cools and turns back into a liquid, forming clouds. This process is called “condensation“. Currents high up in the air move these clouds around the globe.

Precipitation When too much water has condensed, the water droplets in the clouds become too big and heavy for the air to hold them. And so they fall back down to Earth as rain, snow, hail or sleet, a process known as “precipitation“.

Collection The fallen precipitation is then “collected” in bodies of water – such as rivers, lakes and oceans – from where it will eventually evaporate back into the air, beginning the cycle all over again. How it is collected, depends on where it lands.

This information was sourced from National Geographic Kids. For more information visit their website: https://www.natgeokids.com/uk/discover/science/nature/water-cycle/

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Activity: Story Boards Learning Objective: To retell the story of Jack and the Beanstalk.

A storyboard is a way of telling a story through pictures and a few words. Film makers often use storyboards to show the action planned in a film.

1) Choose one of the following scenes from the pantomime of Jack and the Beanstalk:

-Jack selling Buttercup the cow to Fleshcreep for beans.

-Jack, Simon & Dame Trott discovering the magic beanstalk in the garden.

-Everyone climbing up the beanstalk to rescue Jill.

-Jack & Jill stealing the harp and the chicken who lays the golden eggs and running away from the Giant.

- Everyone celebrating Jack’s 21st Birthday.

2) What are the main points of the scene?

3) Use the Story Board Template to draw the main points of your scene in the film reel style boxes.

4) Describe what is happening in the space next to each box.

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Story Board Worksheet

What’s happening?

What’s happening?

What’s happening?

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Teacher Led Tasks - Writing Tasks Learning Objectives: To write in a variety of styles in all tasks To imagine alternative versions of the story Below are a variety of creative writing tasks you can adapt for your class.

Task Jack and the Beanstalk is a timeless tale of adventure and good defeating evil.

The moral of our story is “the future is up to you”. Write your own story of what you think the world will be like in the future. Use the Story Hill Worksheet on page 23.

Remember to include: Opening (Setting and character description) Build up Climax/ Conflict Resolution Ending Task Jack and the Beanstalk ends when the beanstalk has been chopped down and everyone is celebrating Jack’s 21st birthday.

If you were writing the story what would happen next? Start from the moment after Jack’s 21st birthday party.

Task We know Jack’s background but what about the background of Fleshcreep? Create a story about how the evil servant of the Giant became so mean and nasty.

Task Adaptations of existing stories are the most common tales we see on stage. Choose your favourite fairytale and turn it into a play. Use the “How to set out a script” template on page 19 to help you.

Scriptwriting and Performance Task Write your own scene with the moral “the future is up to you”. Then try acting out your scenes in small groups. Use the “How to set out a script” template on page 25 to help you.

Task Alternatively a short script can be found at http://www.kidsinco.com/2008/07/jack-and-the-beanstalk/

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Task Newspapers tell us facts about events and incidents that have happened recently.

Newspapers usually have: - Bold headlines to catch your eye.

- Pictures to help tell the story.

- Writing in short paragraphs.

- Writing in columns.

- Quotes/comments from eye witnesses.

Look at the headline of ‘Farmers Perio´dico ’ and write a short article to go with it imagining that you are reporting on Princess Jill being captured by the Giant. Draw a picture to go with the headline.

The newspaper outline is on the next page or you can design your own newspaper layout.

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Simon Media Company

Farmers Perio´dico

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GET INVOLVED. CREATIVE WORKSHOPS FOR CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE AT HARROGATE’S OWN PROFESSIONAL THEATRE. Workshops in our dedicated education space Hive give awesome opportunities to write, sing and perform on stage, make friends, build confidence, learn new skills, work with theatre professionals and above all, have a brilliant time.

AGES 3-18 S YEAR FIND OUT MORE To sign up for your place today call us on 01423 502710 or check our website www.harrogatetheatre.co.uk/ get-involved/for-young-people

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Name: Story Hill Template Learning Objective: To plot the key events from Jack and the Beanstalk

Climax/Conflict:

Build up:

Opening:

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Resolution:

Ending:

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How to set out a script Scene Three

The BFG enters the cave, puts down his suitcase, removes his cloak, then carefully brings out the ‘Sophie’ doll. He puts it on the table.

Sophie enters the scene and manipulates the doll like a puppet, while providing Sophie’s voice.

BFG

Ha! What has got us here?

He looks carefully at Sophie. At first he should not appear to be very friendly.

Sophie (nervously)

Where am I?

BFG

This is my cave.

Sophie

Why did you snatch me and bring me here?

BFG

Because you saw me. If anyone is ever seeing a giant, he or she must be taken away hipswitch.

Sophie

Why?

BFG

Human beans is not believing in giants, is they? Human beans is not thinking giants exist.

Sophie

I do.

BFG

Ah, but that is because you has seen me. If I hadn’t snitched you, you would be scuddling around yodelling the news on the telly-telly bunkum box that you were actually seeing a giant, and then a great giant-hunt, a mighty giant look-see would be starting up all over the world, and human beans would be trying to catch me and put me in the zoo.

Sophie

So what’s going to happen to me now?

BFG

You will just have to be staying here with me for the rest of your life.

Sophie (gasping)

Please don’t eat me!

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Scripts are divided down into scenes. A new scene begins when the action moves to a new place or a different time, for example, later in the day, or a year later.

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voice.

Stage directions are given in italics so they stand out against the spoken dialogue. Stage directions describe how the stage and the characters look and move. They can also include lighting and sound cues.

Characters names are in bold so actors can easily see when their character moves or speaks.

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The BFG speaks in funny made up words to help communicate his character.

s not

u, you y great er put

Italics can be used within speech to tell the actor when a word needs to be stressed or emphasised. You could use capital letters to suggest a character is shouting.

ur life.

This describes how the character is speaking.

Are they happy or sad? Joking or angry?

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Name: Set and Costume Design Worksheet Learning Objective: To give reasons for choices Our Panto Set and Costume Designer is Morgan Brinde. His job is to design the world that the story takes place in, from the cloths that fly in and out, to the trucks that roll on and off, to the many costumes worn by all the characters. He reads the script and is given a brief by the Director of how the set and costumes should look.

Morgan then starts to design the beautiful set and costumes that you see onstage.

“Harrogate panto’s design is a traditional storybook style with plenty of glitter! I feel very pleased when a writer likes how I’ve interpreted their script.”

Richard Foxton Designer 2012 - 2017 1) We associate different meanings with different colours. Fill in the table below with one word that you associate with each colour.

Colour

Meaning

Red

Danger

Black White Yellow Green Blue Orange Purple 2) Choose one character from Jack and the Beanstalk.

3) Write down five words to describe that character.

1. ______________________________________ 2. ______________________________________ 3. ______________________________________ 4. ______________________________________ 5. ______________________________________ 4) Is your character a goodie or a baddie?

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5) Pick three colours which have associations / meanings that suit your character.

1. ___________________________________ 2. ___________________________________ 3. ___________________________________ 6) Use the colours you have chosen to design a costume for your character.

It’s important to design the back of the costume as well as the front, otherwise the costume maker won’t know what the back of the costume needs to look like.

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Class Design Activities

Learning Objectives: To design set and costumes based upon a brief Task Imagine that you are the pantomime Set Designer. The Director wants you to design the top of the benstalk, outside the Giant’s Castle. You will need to think about the following.

• The Giant’s Castle is grand but scary.

• There must be a beanstalk and lots of clouds.

Task In our pantomime there is a UV scene with our heroes climbing the beanstalk. Design a Jack puppet for this scene. It needs to be bright, colourful & eye catching so it shows up in the dark.

You also need to think about how an actor(s) will control your puppet to make it move around.

Task Design a dress for Dame Trott to wear whilst working in the cow barn. The Director would like the dress to be: • Silly • Colourful Learning Objectives: To use effective descriptive vocabulary to describe a character and setting Audio Description At Harrogate Theatre we offer audio description of the performance for audience members who are visually impaired. This means that visually impaired people can receive descriptions of the set and the costumes through a set of headphones during the performances so they can continue to enjoy the visual aspects of the show.

Task Get into pairs and describe your bedroom at home to your partner. Remember to consider colour, texture and shapes. Make sure that you are using clear, simple descriptive language.

Task Blindfold your partner and guide them round an obstacle course by describing the obstacles to them. This could be done in a a variety of environments such as the hall, the school gym or the playground. Make sure you are giving clear and simple descriptions so that your partner knows where they are going.

Task Using one of the photographs on pages 30 - 32 from previous Harrogate Theatre pantomimes write a short description of the costume. When you have done this read your description to a partner and ask them to draw what you describe. How accurate is their drawing? Can you change your description to make it clearer?

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Task Jack and the Beanstalk has lots of different ‘sets’. A set is usually made from painted scenery and shows the location of a scene.

All class members should write a paragraph describing one of the locations used in Jack and the Beanstalk imagining that they are the director.

Scenes • • • • •

The hot village Inside King Bumble’s Palace Dame Trott’s Barn The top of the Beanstalk The Giant’s Dungeon

Collect the descriptions in and pass them out to the class. Ask the class to design a set using the paragraph they’ve received. You can use the worksheet on page 34.

Ask the class to find out who got their paragraph and what they came up with. Is it anything like they had imagined? How can they improve their writing?

Task Jack and the Beanstalk has lots of different back drops. These are large pieces of material that are painted to show the different settings of the pantomime. Design a backdrop cloth for Jack and the Beanstalk. You can use the worksheet on page 34.

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Learning Objective: To design a backdrop cloth for Jack and the Beanstalk

Name:

Reviews

Theatre critics write reviews of productions they have seen to tell their readers about what’s on and how good it is. Theatres rely on critics coming to see the show (and liking it!) to spread the word and encourage more people to come and see the show.

“The best way to write a review is imagine that you are telling a friend about the performance you have seen. Read it out loud and see if it sounds like you.

It must reflect your opinions and what you think”.

Michaela Noonan (Former Head of Press, Harrogate Theatre)

Here’s some advice from Graham Chalmers, Arts Journalist at the Harrogate Advertiser.

Writing a good review: a guide The essence of good reviewing is getting the facts correct and putting things in perspective.

This involves observing, describing, understanding and honesty.

To achieve this you need four things: 1. Basic facts. Name of show, where it is, who’s in it, what is it about? When it is on?

2. What was your personal opinion of it?

3. Background knowledge. Where does the production sit in comparison to previous versions of it or in comparison to other, different productions/events by the same performers?

4. How did the audience react to it?

If you follow these principles, you should also be able to create a fair review, which is not necessarily the same as a good review.

After you’ve seen Jack and the Beanstalk we’d like to read your reviews and get to know what you think of Harrogate’s truly traditional pantomime. If you need character or actor names, or the names of the people who work behind the scenes to make it happen, look on our website www.harrogatetheatre.co.uk. Remember to include a headline to grab the reader’s attention! We’ll publish some of the best written reviews in the theatre for everyone to see. Send them to hannah.draper@harrogatetheatre.co.uk or post them to Jack and the Beanstalk reviews, Harrogate Theatre, Oxford Street, Harrogate, HG1 1QF. 35 Teacher pack a5 2018/19 Jack and the Beanstalk.indd 34

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Teacher Led Tasks - Music Workshop Ideas Learning Objectives: To use music to explore Jack and the Beanstalk.

Music plays a huge part in creating the spectacle of the pantomime.

Task Play the class short excerpts of a variety of types of music. Ask the class to close their eyes while listening and try to think of a colour, place and type of person that they associate with that type of music. Discuss ideas with the class after each piece of music.

All choose one of the characters you have thought about in response to one of the pieces of music. Create a short devised performance using those characters. How would they meet? Would they like each other?

Write a short story in response to one of the pieces of music.

Task Pantomimes always have a big audience sing-a-long. Ask the class to write their own song in small groups to be taught by Simon to the audience. It needs to be short and simple with lots of repetition. To make it easier pupils could write the song to the tune of a well-known nursery rhyme or song.

Task Pantomimes often parody pop songs. Ask the class to adapt a pop song of their choice into a song about Jack and the Beanstalk, or about a character from the show, or to be sung by one character about another. Why not try writing a song about Jack climbing the Beanstalk to the tune of Bob the Builder?

Task Each character traditionally has a musical motif that signals their entrance to the audience.

In small groups ask the class to create ten second long motifs for Dame Trott, Simon, Jack, Jill, The Giant, Fleshcreep and The Fairy of the Forrest.

Task There are a lot of exciting locations in Jack and the Beanstalk. As a class come up with a list of the different locations. Choose one and each come up with a sound for the location chosen using your voice or your body (clapping, clicking, tapping etc). The teacher can then act as the conductor, asking the class to get louder, or quieter, pausing certain sounds and building them back in later.

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Marketing and media tasks Learning Objectives: To write a press release and design a poster A press release is a short advert that the theatre’s marketing department send to newspapers, radio and television companies. It tells them about the play and why people should go and see it.

Like a newspaper, a press release usually has a bold headline, short paragraphs and includes lots of reasons why it is such a good play to go and see.

Task Imagine you are one of the marketing team at Harrogate Theatre.

Look at www.harrogatetheatre.co.uk and see what information you can find about Jack and the Beanstalk.

Think of 3 reasons why people should go and see Jack and the Beanstalk.

1.

2.

3.

What other details might you need to tell the press? (Think about time and dates of the show).

Design a press release on the computer. You need to use two different font sizes and include two pictures.

Task Design a poster for Jack and the Beanstalk to be put up outside the theatre and to be sent to schools and businesses in the area.

The poster must include the following information: 1) 2) 3) 4) 5) 6) 7)

The name of the show Where it is being performed Dates of shows Times of shows Where to buy tickets Names of the writer and director Eye-catching picture

Have a look at the poster on the next page to give you an idea of the layout.

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S ET G CK IN TI L L T SE FAS

Harrogate Theatre’s Magical Family Pantomime

Jack and the Beanstalk “This really is pantomime at its finest, funniest and most fabulous” Harrogate Advertiser

Access performances available:

WED 28 NOV 2018 - SUN 20 JAN 2019 BOX OFFICE 01423 502116

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Harrogate Theatre enhances learning through creativity.

We offer high quality workshops from just ÂŁ60.

To book or for more information contact hannah.draper@harrogatetheatre.co.uk or call 01423 502710 ext 108

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