Congratulations to this very talented young lady.  First prize again in her fencing competition in Scotland this weekend…

We are all very proud of her achievements!

Senior AliCaT Children and Theatre

When you end up taking your work home with you… Transitions are very important when telling a story, and these masks are a great way of providing movement and atmosphere when learning about Ancient Greek theatre!

Stage 4 of set preparations for the forthcoming production of ‘The Litter Muncher’…Our weekend!!  Very excited for the children to see the next stage!

This is the forthcoming production for all Foundation classes (4 – 7 years).  To book your tickets please click on the poster.

Tuesday class – Sat 23 March @ 2.00pm

Wednesday class – Sat 23 March @ 4.30pm

Thursday class – Sun 24 March @ 2.00pm

Friday class – Sun 24 March @ 4.30pm

Thank you to all the lovely children and families who have made Terms 1 and 2 at AliCaT a fun place to be.  We have built some wonderful relationships and we’re very excited for the year ahead!  Enjoy the break everyone and see you all soon…Ali and Susie x   Semester 2 (Terms 3 and 4) begins week commencing January 7th 2019.  

The children have been very busy creating wonderful story corners with the exciting resources we have found hidden in our theatre!  We’ve created a spiders web, had a picnic on the moon and even gone on a ghost hunt!…Take a look!

We’re Going on a Ghost Hunt by Marcia Vaughan

Incy Wincy Spider by Keith Chapman & Jack Tickle

Whatever Next by Jill Murphy

“Scaredy-Cat, Splat!” by Rob Scotton (bestselling author of SPLAT THE CAT, LOVE SPLAT, AND MERRY CHRISTMAS, SPLAT!)

It’s Halloween and Splat is determined to be the scariest cat in the class.  Unfortunately he’s just too much of a scaredy-cat.  He’s afraid of a little spider, and everyone says his costume looks more silly than scary.  But when the lights go back on after a ghost story in the dark, the entire class is scared silly by a small, black, furry creature with a big pumpkin head…who can it be?

AliCaT show downloads now available!

There’s a Sunflower in my Supper – Foundation Class (April 2018)

The Blue Bottle – Junior Class (June 2018)

Through the Looking Glass – Senior Class (July 2018)

Out of this World – Junior Class (June 2017)

Pre School Story time! 

Monkey Puzzle Storytime

Our story this week was ‘Monkey Puzzle’ by Julia Donaldson & Axel Scheffler.  The children helped AliCaT create a jungle themed story corner.  We even found lots of fruit for all the animals to eat…

Welcome back to AliCaT.  I hope you have all had a wonderful summer break full of fun and activities.  Our new term starts on Monday 10th September 2018.  During the break, I have been researching and planning all the projects we will be working on this year.  I am excited to start.  I hope this year is full of creativity, fun, laughter and lots of learning and developing.  That includes me!

Look forward to seeing you all very soon…Best wishes Ali x

Please come along (FREE OF CHARGE) to the Junior AliCaT Summer School end of week performance at Backwell Playhouse…The kids have been working so hard on developing a story on how theatre evolved, in a very creative way!…You never know you may even learn something!

Details: Friday 3rd August, 2018, 4pm start @ Backwell Playhouse, Mariner’s Drive, Backwell BS48 3HT

PLEASE SUPPORT THEATRE FOR YOUNG CHILDREN.  I truly believe it can make a difference in self confidence and life skills that we all need to make us well rounded human beings.

PLUS…they are a GREAT bunch of kids!!

Ali x

Thursday Creative Day is the day the children really look forward to.  It is an opportunity to get messy, design and paint props, enjoy a make-up workshop (from the guidance of our Make-up Consultant Helen Coupe), and have the freedom to put their interpretations into the work they have been doing all week.

SATURDAY 14TH JULY & SUNDAY 15TH JULY @7.30pm Backwell Playhouse

Getting prepared for the Seniors show with a little bit of craziness for Alice in ‘Through the Looking Glass’ Adapted by James DeVita, Music and Lyrics by Bill Francoeur.  A wacky version of Alice in Wonderland with some catchy funky tunes and fun characters along the way! For tickets contact us…

The perfect sunset to the end of an amazing weekend of shows…

This weekend has been a fabulous success! I want to thank everyone involved in their contribution to making ‘The Blue Bottle’ an excellent theatre experience for the children and families.  We saw four shows this weekend from the Junior AliCaT’s and I am so proud of all their achievements.

I personally would like to thank Shaun Batt for his amazing set, photography, filming of the show and encouragement throughout the whole process, Susie Pain for her hard work and dedication to the children and me, Fiona and Pearl Milton for their help and support and Mary Gould, Connie Gould, John Jones, Mum and Dad for their full commitment to the whole weekend.  I am so happy and so thankful to everyone involved!

Ali  xx