Gavin Mole, Sara Ridgley

Around The World In A Thousand Years

This show creates a musical journey through the last ten centuries featuring tales of what really happend to characters of the Bayeux Tapestry at night; 11 century Britain with the 'Domesday Crew'; Thomas a Becket in Canterbury Cathedral; King John and the Magna Carta; The Black Death rocking Europe; the elusive Robin Hood in Sherwood Forest; Geoffrey Chaucer, researching his next book; Joan of Arc on trial for witchcraft; the six queens of Henry VIII; Guy Fawkes, the not-so-successful espionage agent; Captain Cook's around the world voyages; the Industrial Revolution and Victorian Age; the evacuees of World War II; and the technological developments of the 20th Century.

• Suitable for Key Stages 2 and 3.
• Suitable for non-specialist teachers.
• Includes a compendium of ideas for staging (including costumes, props and casting), fundraising, advertising and general behind-the-scenes duties.