story performances with exhibitions
The Minotaur
Story performance and interactive exhibition
- Age range: year 2 primary, KS 2, 3, 4
- Timetable: one hour performance for up to 250 students then each class visits the interactive exhibition for at least 30 minutes
- Exhibition space: a room or hall of at least 100 square metres
Cost:
For one day including performance, exhibition and teaching resources
State schools, grant-subsidised price: £400
(£1.60 per student with an audience of 250)
Private schools or commercial bookings: £600
(£2.40 per student with an audience of 250)
The Minotaur storyday begins with a one hour performance of music, song and story, followed by a fifty-piece interactive exhibition which retells the story using image, sound, music, handling objects, scent and text. The story follows the life of Minos, the cursed Cretan King, from the abduction of his mother, Europa, by Zeus, through the birth and death of his minotaur son, the flight and death of Icarus, and finally his own death.
The performance includes fragments of ancient Greek temple songs, poetry and music played on the lyre, darabuka, duff (hand drum), flute and singing bowl.
The interactive exhibition retells the story using a range of artistic representations of the story and its characters including works by Boucher, Titian, Matisse, Holst and The Incredible String Band, to name just a few. There are also copies of sculpture and coinage from ancient Greece, objects to touch and explore, games, puzzles and other interactive exhibits.
The day comes with a set of resource materials for teachers including a plot summary, main characters, text and images from the exhibition, and suggested follow up activities.
The Minotaur was piloted in 27 Oxfordshire schools and received glowing endorsements from students, teachers and headteachers. To read teachers’ and children’s comments click here.
For information and bookings call 01865 790050
or e-mail sarah@storymuseum.org.uk
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