Storyfest

For one weekend the Deepings Community Centre is transformed into a world of make believe! The garden gates open at 1.30pm and there assembled is a crew of characters to welcome you into the Storyfest Kingdom!

You can undergo Hero Training with Spiderman and Ghost Spider on Saturday or help Elsa re-enact the story of Frozen on Sunday – meet Belle or make potions with Harry Potter! On Saturday Sam will see if you can rival Willy Wonka with your wacky, wonderful sweet treats when she invites you to dream up some cool and crazy inventions for your own factory! With some cutting, collage, painting and drawing, Sam will encourage children to unleash their imaginations creating pictures inspired by Roald Dahl’s Charlie & the Chocolate Factory. You’ve heard of the ‘dish that ran away with the spoon’?  Well, create your own spoon person with the help of artist Ellie Sandall – all materials are supplied but she recommends clothes that don’t spoil with paint. Mary Poppins will be dropping in to play some tunes on her guitar and you can stop and quietly listen to some stories with Lynda.
On Sunday you can travel the world as Rose tells stories to take you to far off kingdoms and then gets creative with a related craft activity and some silly but imaginative games. Emily will be setting up her own story-lab on Sunday so that you can make your own books, and Barmpot Theatre with their puppet show ‘To the Moon and Back.’