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Past Production
TEAM Theatre-in-Education:
Primary Schools Programmes - 1975 - 2005
2005:
Cross My Heart
by Mary Elizabeth Burke Kennedy in collaboration with TEAM
A theatre-in-education programme for 2nd and 3rd class pupils which deals
with the subject of promises and secrets. What is the value of a secret
and when is it right to break a promise?
2004: Bumbógs and Bees
Primary School Programme class Junior and Senior Infants
Written by Frances Kay in collaboration with TEAM.
See 2002 below.
2003: Jack Fell Down
Primary School Programme class 3-4
Written by Michael West in collaboration with TEAM.
"TEAM has a winner here"
- Gerry Colgan, The Irish Times
See 1999 below.
2002: Bumbógs and Bees
Primary School Programme Junior and Senior Infants
Written by Frances Kay in collaboration with TEAM.
"A worker bee, my name is Biz,
I know where the pollen is."
By looking at life through the eyes of a newly hatched worker bee, Bumbógs
and Bees provides an opportunity for pupils to investigate the way social
groups function, and how someone of their abilities might fit into such
a group. It presents the pupils with a ready made, fully ordered world
- that of the beehive - a world full of apparently arbitrary rules and
surprising events, and invites them to find out for themselves through,
songs, movement and story just what it is that makes the place buzz.
"The class thought the play was brilliant, it will be the highlight
of their year."
2001: Good As Gold
Primary School Programme class 3-4
Written by Martin Murphy in collaboration with TEAM
Why does Johnny, a young Irish settler in 19th century Montana, behave
in such an anti social way? Why should a difference in someone's ability
provoke a hostile reaction from their contemporaries? And why should the
cultural needs of an apparently absent minority create a problem for the
majority just trying to make an honest living? By enrolling the children
as Gold miners and taking them on an interactive journey through the Wild
West, Good As Gold brings the children face to face with problems of relevance
to their own lives, as well as complementing specific elements in the
English, History and Drama curricula.
2000: Forest Man
Primary School programme class 5-6.
Written by Michael West in collaboration with TEAM.
Sly and Snout are two thieves on the run, whose only interest in life
up to now has been looking after number one. They're hiding out in the
middle of a forest when they stumble across 'Jasper', a primitive individual
who appears to need looking after. With the help of the mysterious Taylor,
Sly and Snout undertake to 'teach' Jasper all that they know ... or at
least as much as they think he needs to know in the circumstances. Their
educational experiment brings them within reach of a treasure beyond their
wildest dreams, but also forces them to ask themselves fundamental questions
about who they really are. And how you stop somebody from learning too
much.
1999: Jack Fell Down
Primary School programme class 3-4.
Written by Michael West in collaboration with TEAM.
Jack Fell Down explores bereavement, through the death of a character
in a storytelling game. A group of friends are playing a storytelling
game whereby they conjure up a fictitious figure and show each other the
adventures they imagine for him. The only rule their game has, is that
once an element of the story is told it can't be reserved. Jack's adventures
culminate in an exciting ramble along cliff tops, which end in him falling
into the sea, "... and he is dead" exclaims Eve. "So now what do we do?"
By having to cope with the death of their fictional hero the characters
in the play explore their own feelimgs and reactions to death. (Teacher's
Pack available online).
1998: Friends (8-11 years)
- Special Needs Programme
Written by John McArdle in collaboration with TEAM. 'Friends' looks at
a subject central to the concerns of children with special needs - friendship.
Through the visit of two less than perfect friends, Paddy and Clogs, 'Friends'
looks at how to make friends, how to keep them. What is it that constitutes
a good, safe friendship? 'Friends' has been developed in conjunction with
seven schools for children with special needs, and incorporates elements
of the 'stay safe' programme.
1997: The Voyage
Primary School programme class 5-6.
Written by Paula Meehan in collaboration with Team.
The Voyage is about the way we use mythologies, both personal and cultural,
to deal with pain and loss in our lives. It focuses on the experience
of a group of emigrants on their way to America in the late 19th century,
and how their encounter with a remarkable young story teller helps them
come to terms with their sense of personal dislocation.
1996: Sillie Millie's Storybook (8-11 years)
- Special Needs Programme
Written by John Mc Ardle in collaboration with TEAM. Silly Millie's Storybook
is a programme for children who attend special schools. The programme
focuses on the children's experience of feelings. It explores their ability
to recognise feelings in themselves and in others and encourages children
to express and share these feelings. The programme aims to confirm and
validate the children's experience of their own feelings, to explore the
physical effect and quality of feelings and explore strategies for dealing
with their own feelings. The programme complements the developmental programmes
which are being undertaken by teachers and helps to provide a verbal language
for feelings.
1996: Two Houses
Primary School Programme Class 3-4.
Written by John McArdle in collaboration with Team.
Two Houses is set in pre-famine rural Ireland. It explores the concepts
of truth, justice and the law. The pupils active participation forms an
integral part of the programme, which provides a vivid personal experience
of the complexities of truth and facilitates the exploration of 1840's
Ireland.
1995: Kirkle
Primary School Programme Senior Infants and First Class, written by Paula
Meehan in collaboration with Team.
Kirkle focuses on the child's exploration of the world of sound with its
patterns and rhythms and language in various forms; functional and metaphoric,
ritualised and poetic. The programme aims to stimulate an awareness of
sound, language and poetry making and to increase the children's understanding
of the many kinds of language they encounter daily. It explores the children's
ability to distinguish and use appropriate language for different social
contexts.
1994: The Monkey Puzzle Tree
Primary School Programme Class 5-6, written by Maeve Ingoldsby in collaboration
with Team.
The Monkey Puzzle Tree is about different attitudes and approaches to
dealing with the tasks of everyday life. In Particular, it looks at the
way people work and various factors such as motivation, pressures, distraction
etc. which can affect them. The programme seeks to develop a better understanding
and a sense of common purpose among parents, teachers and pupils.
1993: One Star Away
Primary School Programme Class 3-4, written by Sean Moffatt in collaboration
with Team.
One Star Away sets out to examine how children cope with emotional problems
and explores the opportunities of expressing themselves in stressful situations.
The programme looks at the ways in which the real world of the child can
be mediated through the world of stories. The notion of children learning
to regard themselves as protagonists in their own story is also central
to the programme.
1992: Earwigs
Primary School Programme Class 5-6, written by Maeve Ingoldsby in collaboration
with Team.
Earwigs explores the complex area of relationships and communication between
adults and 11-12 year olds, their varying attitudes to authority, to rights,
rules and responsibilities, their expectations of each other and problems
that arise from their often conflicting needs. At the centre of the programme
is an exploration of listening.
1991: Firestone
Primary School Programme Class 1-2, written by Maeve Ingoldsby.
Firestone is a practical exploration of the balance of nature, using the
elements Earth, Wind, Fire and Water, to examine the physical world and
how it works. The performance, which takes place in a tent, is preceded
by a two week preparation period introduced by TEAM's Education Officer.
1990: Ambrose and the Gumblewhumps
Primary school programme Class 1-2, written by Roger Gregg in collaboration
with Team.
Ambrose and the Gumblewhumps used performance, stories, music tapes and
a comic book to explore and stimulate an awareness of music and musicality,
by offering an easy and enjoyable access point to music, thus encouraging
its use as a form of individual expression and creativity. The performance
was preceded by extensive pre-work over a three week period prior to the
performance.
1988: Dear Kenny
Written by Jim Nolan in collaboration with Team.
Dear Kenny focuses on the process of ageing and deals with the concerns
of pre-teens - no longer children but not yet adults. It also offers a
perspective on the process of growing up as part of a continuous process
of ageing.
1988: Two Houses
Written by John McArdle in collaboration with Team.
Two Houses was presented in France by invitation of V.E.C.S.I in March
1989.
1987: Rubbish
Primary School Programme Devised by Leeds Playhouse T.I.E.
Rubbish encouraged a discerning and critical approach to the advertising
techniques which can induce unthinking consumerism. It highlights both
the danger to our environment that the instant 'throwaway' society threatens
and suggested the concept of recycling.
1986: Because just Because
Primary School Programme Class 3-4, written by Bernard Farrell in collaboration
with Team.
This programme explores prejudice between social groups. Set in the American
midwest of the 1870's where landed settlers compete with cowherders for
ownership of the prairies.
1985: One, Two, Three O'Leary
Primary School programme adapted by Bernard Farrell from the German original
'Max und Milli' by Volker Ludwig. A co-production with Grips Theatre Berlin
for 5-12 year olds and their parents.
1984: Two Houses
Written by John McArdle in collaboration with Team.
Primary School Programme class 3-4 , written by John McArdle in collaboration
with TEAM (see 1996).
1983: Rubbish
Primary School Programme devised by Leeds Playhouse T.I.E. Company (See
1987)
1981: Wind of the Word
Primary School Programme by Mary Elizabeth Burke Kennedy.
A Theatrical telling of the old Celtic legend of Labhrai Lionsigh, the
King with donkey's ears.
1980: Sunflower
Primary School Programme devised by TEAM Theatre Company.
Sunflower is a participatory play for 7-11 year olds, exploring good and
evil through myths.
1978: The Emperor's New Clothes
Written by David McKenna in collaboration with TEAM.
The Emperor's New Clothes is a re-telling of the Hans Christian Anderson
classic. It explores truth and dishonesty.
1978: Pow Wow
Written by Belgrade T.I.E. Coventry.
Pow Wow explores the life and culture of the Native American Indian, in
relation to that of a 'cowboy'.
1978: Rare Earth
Written by Belgrade T.I.E. Coventry.
Rare Earth is about the conservation of natural resources.
1977: Only a Story
Primary School Programme devised by TEAM.
1977: Schools for Clowns
Written by F.K. Waechter, Translation by Ken Campbell.
School for Clowns is a Seasonal Entertainment for 7-12 year olds.
1976: That's Mad
Primary school Programme devised by TEAM.
That's Mad was devised with pupils of Basin Lane Primary School.
1976: Old King Cole
Primary School Programme by Ken Campbell.
Old King Cole came via Belgrade T.I.E. Coventry.
1975: Wonder Ponder Time
Primary School Programme Devised by TEAM.
Wonder Ponder Time was presented in collaboration with the Abbey Theatre.
1975: Sugar and Spice and Rats and Snails
Primary School Programme devised by TEAM.
Sugar and Spice and Rats and Snails is a play about sex-role stereotypes,
produced in collaboration with the Abbey Theatre.
