Performances & Workshops for Schools/Libraries/Museums/Festivals

“I would like to thank Mr Beckingham for being such a huge inspiration, both to pupils and staff. When he is speaking you could hear a pin drop, even for presentations that last up to an hour in a hall filled with close to 200 children. And when Mr Beckingham allows them to talk while working to task, it is positive noise, with the children always working constructively together, with great results. Together with our neighbouring school Bishop Tufnell Infant, we have hired Mr Beckingham every year since he first visited us over a decade ago.”

Mrs Limbrick, Assistant Head at Bishop Tufnell Junior School.

BELOW: I give a lecture about enhancing learning through interactive-storytelling, speaking to an audience of Head Teachers at The Education Show, Birmingham.

“We have had Mr Beckingham come in to teach a wide range of activities over the years, from survival in the Australian desert or the Amazon rainforest, to stories from the Caribbean, Ancient Egypt, and Norse Vikings. For Book Week he taught hundreds of children to create interactive storyboards, with groups of 185 children at a time, and every child successfully completed a workable story draft within the very short 45 minutes allocated. I have already booked him to come back in June for Native American stories, combined with a workshop in Native American art.”

Miss Thurston, Year 4 Group Leader.

“This year, each year group in the school has chosen a different location around the world and we had a day where the school was an airport and the children transferred to different locations.The children had storytelling in the morning, after break they did dance and then in the afternoon they did painting on canvases. The school has had a relationship with Adrian for the past five years.”

Michael Coombes, Head of Year 6, St George's Primary School.