EDUCATIONAL

THEATRE
PROPOSAL

2024
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OUR PERFORMANCES

Audience Participation
A trademark of Stories in a Bag plays is the possibility the students
have (whatever their age), to come on stage and play during the
actual performance. They have instances of active participation and
interaction through a real level of protagonism.

Comprehension
The language used is at the students' grasp. At the same, the text
produced verbally is fully scaffolded by body language. Everything that
is said is clearly communicated by physicality all along the play. This
grants understanding by all the spectators.

Values
The themes we deal with are varied. All of them involve students’ concerns
according to their ages; such as: bullying, respect for self and others, self-
confidence, respect for differences, inclusion vs. isolation from others,
expressing feelings, complying with rules and the exercise of universal rights.
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+3

A play in which children

play on stage and interact
with a puppet

Length: 50 minutes
Level: Young Learners
A1 - Starters/Movers

It’s the parrot’s birthday but, apparently, there is no birthday celebration.

Parrot is sad. Elephant plans a party and starts collecting presents for Parrot.
These are some fruits: an apple, a melon and a banana.
Tiger shows up, carrying a basket with fruit for Parrot. Suddenly, Monkey
appears and eats it all up. Tiger, very angrily, demands Monkey to bring him
the fruit back. Monkey starts looking for it.
By chance, Monkey finds the fruit Elephant is displaying for Parrot’s birthday
party; so, he picks it for Tiger. Then, feeling very surprised and worried,
Elephant starts looking for the fruit too.
Several, super funny encounters and disagreements take place until they all
find a solution.
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DINOSAURS
+ 7/8

Adventure, risk
and fun

Length: 55 minutes

Level: Pre-intermediate/
Intermediate
A2/B1 - Flyers/KET/PET

An explorer travels through time. She is looking for a special dinosaur: the
fiercest and cruellest of all: Feedosaur.
She arrives at the Jurassic Period. She looks and explores and meets an agile
dinosaur that is looking for food.
Every now and then, Feedosaur appears and demands to be given all the food.
The animals fear him and obey him.
In the end, the explorer, with the support of the audience, finds the way to help
the dinosaurs free themselves from their oppressor.

There are two versions of this play, with two levels: One for 1st cycle and
another for 2nd cycle of primary school.
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VIKINGS + 8/9

Adventure, fear, fun

and challenges for
the students to solve

Length: 55 minutes

Level: Pre-intermediate/
Intermediate
A2/B1 - KET/PET

Nihor is a huge sea dragon. The legend goes that every ten years, Nihor
attacks a kingdom and eats a member of royalty up.
At the same time, the Queen of Northgard possesses the most valuable jewel
ever. So, when Nihor attacks her realm, she thinks the beast wants her
necklace. But Nihor has come for its meal…
In the meantime, two Vikings hear of this jewel and sail to Northgard to raid the
kingdom and rob the queen’s necklace. But they meet the sea monster…

The dragon in this story is embodied by a large (non-childish) puppet with a 1

metre-long head.
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Teens

Humour & Deep

Feelings

Length: 55 minutes

Level: Intermediate to Upper

Intermediate
B1/B2 - FCE

Clowns are rehearsing for the D day: the opening show. Gee encounters many
obstacles in her clown routine. The other performers at the circus can do
amazing acrobatic schemes and choreographies. Gee feels she’s just not good
enough. Bully and her Buddy mock her and belittle her performance.
Everybody at the circus is afraid of The Bully, especially The Bully’s Buddy,
who complies with all of The Bully’s orders, due to fear of being picked too.
Several gang behaviours are displayed by this negative leader and his right
hand to harass Gee. Both cue in a horrendous mocking chant, invade her
territory, push and threaten her all along rehearsals. There´s a turning point
which aims at raising awareness of what bullying really is and the covert
mechanism it entails.
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ISSUES

Room
It can be a stage, a SUM, a gym, a roofed yard, etc. Measures: for the
performance itself: 8 mtrs (long) x 6 mtrs (deep). Plus the room taken
up by the students. Performers need to have access to the stage or
performance room for set-up, at least an hour and a half prior to
starting time, without the students being present.

Number of students
In C.A.B.A.: a minimum of 100 students per performance is suggested.
Outside C.A.B.A.: a minimum of 200 students per performance is
suggested.

Complementary Material

Each play comes along with a work-pack

with supporting material for the teacher: lots
of activities to be carried out before and after
the performances.
It includes the songs, lyrics, arts & crafts
suggestions, etc. The activity pack will be
sent to the institution once a performance is
booked.

Booking
To book a date, the institution is to deposit or transfer 20% of the total cost of
the performance.
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ISSUES

Fees
The fees will be sent to each institution according to the month in
which the students will watch the play. Please contact us about this.

Travel costs
For performances outside Buenos Aires or abroad, the travel and stay
costs will be in charge of the institution.

All the plays, as well as the songs and didactic

material, have been written by prof. Fabiana Parano:
an English Teacher, Teacher Trainer, Storyteller,
Actress and Playwright. Fabiana also holds a post-
graduate degree in Play in Educational Contexts.
She takes several pedagogic details into account,
when writing her plays, such as: the development of
both linguistic and socio-emotional skills, important values to foster
in class, comprehension strategies, fun, interest and motivation.

info@storiesinabag.com.ar

(549) 11 4187 2017

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