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Workshops at The Kit: And His World You can choose two of the following sessions as your workshops. You will be asked Marlowe's Epitaph: Marlowe's Demons: to select one workshop from Category A and one from Category B in advance of We are delighted to offer this new tailored learning experience for young people Creative Writing Workshop Creative Arts Workshop your visit. in the unique setting of The Marlowe Kit which provides exciting ways to learn Suitable for KS1-5. Subjects: Suitable for KS2-4. Subjects: Art/ about Canterbury’s rich literary heritage. English/Drama/History Design Tech/Drama/History/ Category A Explore Christopher Marlowe's English/Maths/PSHE Workshops At The Kit: Christopher A half-day experience: poetry in this fun and informal Create your own infernal being Marlowe And His World is an • An interactive and theatrical Villains And Anti-Heroes: The Ancient Art Of Slapstick: creative writing workshop. in this practical mask-making innovative programme of cross- presentation, which introduces workshop. curricular activities for primary Text And Performance Workshop Performance Workshop students to Christopher Marlowe, his and secondary schools, to engage, Suitable for KS2-5. Suitable for Upper level KS1 (year Put Yourself In My Shoes: work and the world he lived in, all of educate and inspire both students and Subjects: English/Drama/History 2). Subjects: Drama/History Creative Writing Workshop Paper Theatre Kit: which inspired his writing. Engage with a selection of Enjoy slipping, tripping and teachers. Suitable for KS2-4. Subjects: Creative Arts Workshop Marlowe’s texts with an emphasis tumbling through 500 years of • Two additional workshops of your English/Drama/History/Music Suitable for KS3. The Kit is named after the famous on villains and anti-heroes. physical comedy and stage combat. choosing led by our professional Compare the rhythms of Marlowe's Subjects: English/Drama/Art/ Canterbury-born playwright, creative practitioners, all inspired by poetry to that of modern poets and Design Tech/History/PSHE Christopher Marlowe (known as Kit), an element of Christopher Marlowe’s rappers, and create a rap or poem. Create newspaper collage theatres who lived a life full of intrigue and Finding The Funny In A Very Deadly Workshop work, life and times and the collections and cut-out characters from incident during England’s Elizabethan Elizabethan Tragedy: Suitable for KS1-5. of Canterbury Museums & Galleries. Marlowe's plays. age, and was a contemporary of Text And Performance Workshop Subjects: English/Drama/Art Treading The Boards: Through art, history and acting, Shakespeare. Details of the workshops available are Suitable for KS2-3. Creative Arts Workshop listed on the next page. explore Marlowe's creative portrayal Supporting Literacy across the Subjects: English/Drama/History Suitable for KS2/3. of deaths in his plays. Subjects: English/Drama/History/ curriculum through purposeful A full day experience: Learn the history and practice Art/Design Tech/Maths written and performed outcomes, our the basics of traditional slapstick In addition to the half day experience, workshop experience aims to develop comedy and explore the idea of Follow in the footsteps of Marlowe's a full day will include the following. curiosity and creativity in learners. undermining authority through father and learn how to make a pair • The School Of Night comedy. of Elizabethan style shoes. The programme covers a range of themes which can be tailored to suit An exploration of the discoveries you and your students' needs. The and intrigues of the Elizabethan programme promotes applied learning Age through the secretive School of Cost and schedule Lunch room facilities are available Making a booking Our associated schools onsite. through a variety of workshops Night group, with which Marlowe was Workshops at The Kit costs £250 for a We offer our workshops during term For more information on our wider presented in different formats, to supposedly connected. half day or £400 for a full day for one Photography and filming permission times. Our maximum capacity is one engagement programme, including inspire work beyond the classroom. class-sized group, and includes coach class per day. our Associate Schools Programme • Marlowe’s Ghost: Escape Room During your visit, as part of your Workshops at The Kit has been parking. Please inform us of your class with The Royal Shakespeare Company Work together to solve puzzles, experience, images and film footage Please advise us of any mobility or designed to offer flexibility to suit size at time of booking. and The Marlowe Dance Network, overcome challenges and unlock the may be taken of your pupils. If other specific needs at the time of KS1-5, and is available as a half day or please check our website. mystery of Marlowe’s death. Can you Unless otherwise agreed, a full day of this is an issue, please notify us as booking, to enable us to make the full day experience. save Marlowe’s ghost and works from activities starts at 9.30am and finishes soon as possible at workshops@ appropriate arrangements. to enable departure by 3pm. A half marlowetheatre.com being lost for eternity? To book or for more information day starts at 9.30am or 12pm and please contact workshops@ lasts for three hours. If you need to marlowetheatre.com Workshops are change these timings, please inform available from us at the time of booking. 1 June 2019