Jack - in - a - Box Theatre Company

Literary Classics

Current productions for Reception plus Key Stage 1 or "Whole School"

The Terrible and Tricky times of the terrifically, troublesome Tudors !!!!

The Terrible and Tricky times of the terrifically, troublesome Tudors !!!!
" And here is a newsflash.....it has been reported that two persons quite clearly from tudor times are appearing in primary schools up and down the country. Noone knows how they got here or indeed who they are by but why not be friendly and let them in - you never know you may learn something!"
Introducing our two tudor time travellers Foorsooth and Forsoothius and welcome to the 1500s!!! We proudly a fantastic  show based on the Tudors. How they lived, what they wore, what they ate, what they did! The differences between rich and poor, boys and girls, country and town. Was Henry Viii so huge just because he liked wedding cake???
We meet the aforementioned King Henry the eighth and all those wives, his put upon Cardinal Wolsey, Bloody Mary and Sid the local executioner, Isabella and Will our two poor farming peasants and of course the bard William Shakespeare, Mary Queen of Scots and Good Queen Bess herself!

A great time had by all as we learn about the life and times of Tudor England,  Ireland and Wales as well as the peace and harmony they shared with their closest cousins the Stuarts!!!.  A feast of facts,  frolics and song with plenty  of  scope for follow up work.

Suitable for KS2 (p4—7 Scotland) 

 P.S. when booking this show, please feel free to just ask for” Tudors”!!!