GrahamRogers.co.uk
Title
Graham Rogers storytelling
Description
Graham Rogers was born in the East End of London at the end of WWII. He grew up playing on bomb sites during the day and at bed time he remembers making up the ends of stories after his Father fell asleep telling the beginnings. After a wide variety of short lived careers he became a teacher and taught in Primary Schools for many years, where he specialised in drama, music and, later, the expressive arts. For ten years he was a County Museum Advisory Teacher and it was during this time that he honed his storytelling skills, bringing history alive for children visiting museums. His work was very varied; historic sites, both indoors and outdoors and in museums and schools. During this time he gained a wide experience of storytelling, drama, theatre in education, INSET courses and of course working with museum artefacts. Much of his work still has an historic basis to it, although there are links to a wide spectrum of the curriculum.
His projects vary; some including a large element of children's drama and others tending more towards solo performances. All his projects, though, have a high degree of audience participation.
Stories are partly told and partly acted by Graham as he employs his wide range of teaching and acting skills. His experience with primary school children means that he can bring an audience through a range of emotions from fits of laughter to nail biting silence or from marching or dancing to avid attention with ease.
