Welcome to the Education & Outreach work of Yellow Earth Theatre

We believe that the arts offer a unique way to engage with one another, it allows us to celebrate our similarities and differences, to explore our feelings and emotions and to ultimately bring a deeper understanding of what it is to live in our ever-changing global world.

Chinese New Year Workshops

Storytelling -

1. The Nightingale - A specially designed interactive storytelling workshop based on the beautiful story of The Nightingale. Set in China when the Emperor still ruled, the story takes place on the eve of New Year with all its accompanying traditions. The children have a chance to try their hand at ribbon and fan dancing for the Emperor and join in the action.
Suitable for KS1/2

"I would definitely say it was very good value for money"
Primary teacher

2. The New Year Monster - Hear the traditional story of the New Year Monster and find out why the Chinese use fireworks and red at New Year. The children have a chance to join in telling the story using carefully selected props and movement.
Suitable for Foundation Stage/KS1

“a lovely opportunity for new experiences….excellent communication….good balance between storytelling and participation”
Teacher, Forden Primary

Shadow Puppets -

Based on our very successful shadow puppet workshop – Lights, Screens and Magic, this workshop brings to life the well loved story of the Zodiac. Creating their own puppets the children have a chance to retell the story behind the screen.
Suitable for KS1/2

“It was absolutely excellent the pupils loved it! I was very impressed with what we managed to do in such a short amount of time!”
Teacher, Fitzwimarc School

“please, please, please come back”
Emily, Milton Hall Primary

We are committed to working with people of all ages from diverse backgrounds but with a particular commitment to people from East Asian backgrounds to bring about an awareness and appreciation of the arts.

We have worked in partnership with community groups, schools, colleges, heritage organisations and community centres and we offer a range of packages:

Workshops and teacher resource packs to accompany each of our shows
Schools workshops in East Asian art forms, storytelling, puppetry, music and dance.
Performance based projects for East Asian communities
Work in partnership with the heritage sector on their collections – bringing them alive through story and interactive drama
We are setting up the UK’s first East Asian Youth Theatre group in London

For more information and prices please contact us.