School Events

School bookings now open. Email Laura Byrne at: [email protected]

Mon 25 Mar

Katie and Kevin Tsang

New Wimbledon Theatre
Schools – Years 4-5
10.30-11.30am

Join best-selling authors Katie & Kevin Tsang as they take your students on a sizzling, soaring, action-packed adventure to Camp Claw and invite them to join Dragon Force. Learn about Dracordia and the heart-bonded humans and dragons who must protect the world.

 Katie and Kevin will introduce the world of Dragon Force and the main characters and dragons in Top Trump style. They will work with the students to create a dragon which can later be expanded on in their literacy lessons. Katie and Kevin also delve into what is like to write as husband and wife and talk about their life together in America and Hong Kong and how it has inspired their writing.

An unmissable event full of adventure, fun, friendship and a little bit of mystery for any child who has ever longed to bond with a dragon!

An adaptation of Katie and Kevin’s book Sam Wu is NOT Afraid of Ghosts will be Polka Theatre’s main summer show of 2024.

 

Bookings now open via Laura Byrne via email [email protected]
Mon 25 Mar

Frank Cottrell-Boyce

New Wimbledon Theatre
Schools – Years 5-6
1.30-2.30pm

Master storyteller Frank Cottrell- Boyce – winner of the Carnegie Medal for Millions, of the Guardian Children’s Fiction Prize for The Unforgotten Coat, and the man who scripted the London Olympics Opening Ceremony – waves his literary wand once more in his latest children’s adventure.

The much-loved Blackpool Tower has mysteriously disappeared. When two young magicians, Middy and Nathan, set out to find it, they don’t expect to end up in Las Vegas! Can they do the impossible, and bring back the five-hundred-foot tower?

Learn about magic and the inspiration behind the story, hear readings and get writing tips from this national treasure and bestselling, award-winning author. Expect the unexpected, and prepare to be inspired to find the magic in everyday life with this fabulous event.

Bookings now open via Laura Byrne via email [email protected]
Tue 26 Mar

Tọlá Okogwu

New Wimbledon Theatre
Schools – Years 6-7
10.30-11.30am

In this interactive event, Tọlá explores what it truly means to be a superhero with the students; introducing them to the people she finds most inspiring and exploring how what we are made to feel is our greatest weakness can often, in fact, be our greatest strength.

Onyeka is a British-Nigerian girl who discovers her curls have psychokinetic abilities, and Tọlá‘s books detail the thrilling adventures she has with her new-found superhero friends.  The event also introduces Nigeria to the audience and its cultural influence on Tọlá’s storytelling. Will Smith’s Westbrook Studios has partnered with Netflix to produce the film adaptation of Onyeka and the Academy of the Sun. This event is perfect for fans of Percy Jackson, Amari and the Night Brothers and Black Panther!

Bookings now open via Laura Byrne via email [email protected]
Tue 26 Mar

Louie Stowell

New Wimbledon Theatre
Schools – Years 3-4
1.30-2.30pm

Are your students fans of Norse myths, or ever seen them appear in Marvel films? Have they ever wondered what Loki, the mischievous shapeshifter and cunning trickster god would be like if they were banished to Earth in the form of an eleven-year-old? Well, look no further – this is the event for your pupils!

Join award-winning author and Norse myth super fan Louie Stowell in this interactive event to hear all about her bestselling series Loki: A Bad God’s Guide to…, and discover how to draw Loki and even create your own Norse gods!  Packed full of humour and cool facts, this event will be perfect for Year Groups 3 and 4 and well suited to our more reluctant readers, too.

THIS EVENT HAS BEEN POSTPONED AND IS BEING RESCHEDULED FOR THE AUTUMN.

Bookings now open via Laura Byrne via email [email protected]