FOR P3 - P6 PUPILS
SEPTEMBER 2019 - FULLY BOOKED.

Daniel Padden’s
​WHIRLYGIG

A madcap musical adventure
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WhirlyGig is 4 brave musicians, 30 fully-insured instruments, and countless musical puzzles to solve. A remarkable theatrical experience where extraordinary music will happen in ways you have never seen before. 

A famous musical quartet have been playing together for years. Everywhere they go audiences queue to hear them. But one day the musicians arrive for a concert, ready to wow audiences, but there is no score to play. What will they do? Tempers explode, arguments break out, the trombone player leaves and the flautist is crying in the corner. What can the group do to come together? Can they compromise? Can they find a way to play together when they have no idea what to play?
 
WhirlyGig celebrates creativity, improvisation and risk-taking and is an opportunity to experience brilliant live music in your school. 

Age Suitability: P3-P6
Maximum capacity 100 per performance
Running time: 50 mins
Space required: Performed in a clear school hall (min size 9m x 9m)
Cost: £500 + VAT per day, 2 performances max
Dates: 9 – 27 September 2019 (5 dates only)

WhirlyGig performances in schools are now fully booked.
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​There are performances for schools in venues in Aberdeen and Glasgow.
Details coming soon at https://www.catherinewheels.co.uk/productions/whirlygig

INFORMATION FOR TEACHERS

Teachers and children will enjoy the performance without prior knowledge of the story but the information packs below help teachers prepare and link to classroom plans.

For two short films to show your class to prepare your class for a theatre experience in the school hall, one for you and one to show them, please see the RESOURCES section of our website.

MORE INFORMATION

About the performance

This new show for P3 – P6 aims to celebrate the importance of creativity, improvisation and taking risks. The performance will challenge conventional ideas of what a score is, what an instrument can be and how they can be played. The characters express the importance of cooperation, sensitivity and invention when playing and making music as well as presenting the skills and expertise that all professional musicians must have.
 
Children will sit on 3 sides of the performance space; we will provide the seating but school benches and chairs may also be used.

Co-produced with Red Bridge Arts & Catherine Wheels