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Jan 21

Sign up your Windows Shepton Mallet

Help cheer up winter, have fun in your community and see your neighbourhood in a whole new light!

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Jan 21

Inter-generational Window Wanderland Workshops!

What a lovely morning with Field House Care home residents and St Paul's Junior School

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Dec 12, 2019

Vote for Arts!

This Election Day just under 1000 4-11 year olds in Shepton Mallet will take to the polls!

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Dec 1, 2019

Call out for Makers

We are looking for a range of artists, prop and theatre-makers, shadow artists and local crafts people to work in local schools and help cre

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Dec 1, 2019

The programming group gets busy

The student programming group with students from four schools met to make some key decisions on professional acts and the final script

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Nov 25, 2019

A deadly Cockatrice seen lurking...

Deep in the vaults of an ancient priory a hideous creature awakens. A deadly cockatrice is born! Bold knights flee in terror… Can a humble n

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Nov 24, 2019

Mesmerized by Hansel and Gretel

On Friday we welcomed The Clockwork Moth to Shepton Mallet schools. An incredible company based on Dartmoor.

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Nov 21, 2019

El Dia de Los Muertos

Tallulah Swirls weaved a touching and funny Mexican Day of the Dead tale, using an interactive shadow puppet performance

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Nov 9, 2019

Shadow Puppets steal the Limelight

This week we've held 7 puppet making workshops and 9 performances - 6 schools hows and 3 public shows!

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Nov 5, 2019

Call out for Artists and Theatre Makers

We are looking for artists and theatre makers to join us in Shepton Mallet

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Nov 1, 2019

Developing the story - 900 voices!

It's been a truly amazing experience speaking to nearly 100 students in Shepton Mallet

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Oct 21, 2019

The Selfish Giant

Two schools came together to see Soup Soap's creation The Selfish Giant. A great opportunity to re-discover this classic tale with some magi

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Oct 10, 2019

Investigative Journalism in the Playground!

A brilliant day with PaddleBoat Theatre in Shepton Mallet schools yesterday telling the incredible story of Clare Hollingworth and the scoop

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Oct 4, 2019

700 Students, 24 workshops - Shepton's story

Over the past two weeks Storyteller David Reakes has led seven storytelling assemblies

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Oct 3, 2019

Free Family Theatre Workshops

Starting next week with the amazing PaddleBoat Theatre- we are so excited about these creative theatre workshops. Sessions will take place a

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Oct 2, 2019

Moving visit to B-wing

It was brilliant to take some of the student programming panel from All the World's Our Playground to see B-Wing this week

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Oct 1, 2019

The Scoop of the Century!

It’s just 10 days until the super-creative-fearsomely-inventive PaddleBoat Theatre come to Shepton Mallet.

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Sep 25, 2019

Storytelling sessions in schools

What would happen if Mary Poppins met Gangsta Granny? We've been in schools all week with storyteller David Reakes.

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Sep 24, 2019

We believe in Unicorns

They have been on our wish-list for so long! On Tuesday 24th September the amazing Theatre Alibi came to St Paul's Shepton Mallet!

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Jul 31, 2019

Margo & Mr Whatsit came to town!

On the Friday 21st June PaddleBoat Theatre returned to Shepton Mallet...bringing with them the rather cheeky Mr Whatsit!

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make the sunshine

Creative experiences enabling schools and communities to shine

Sign up your Windows Shepton Mallet

Inter-generational Window Wanderland Workshops!

Vote for Arts!

Call out for Makers

The programming group gets busy

A deadly Cockatrice seen lurking...

Mesmerized by Hansel and Gretel

El Dia de Los Muertos

Shadow Puppets steal the Limelight

Call out for Artists and Theatre Makers

Developing the story - 900 voices!

The Selfish Giant

Investigative Journalism in the Playground!

700 Students, 24 workshops - Shepton's story

Free Family Theatre Workshops

Moving visit to B-wing

The Scoop of the Century!

Storytelling sessions in schools

We believe in Unicorns

Margo & Mr Whatsit came to town!

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