​A  codebook, computer viruses, a mad professor, holograms.... a fantasy for primary schools.

for voices and keyboards/percussion

Commissioned with funds made available by the Millennium Festival Awards for All; created with and for the pupils of Smannell & Enham Primary School, Hampshire

​When young archaeologists come across a strange looking object they get more iron age history than they bargained for... Lugh was an Iron Age warrior-god and this is his story.

chorus, keyboards & percussion

Created under the auspices of the Andover Museum for their contribution to the national Art in Archaeology scheme

The rise and fall of the Iron Curtain told in modern, mythological terms 
Ideal for 9 - 13 year olds and classroon use

voices and percussion [or keyboard]

Marnel Junior School, Popley, Basingstoke

​The Treasure and a Tale tells the stories of Beowulf and the discovery of an Anglo-Saxon  ship burial and its treasure at Sutton Hoo in 1939. 

Suitable for school or community performance

Although conceived as musical theatre, the emphasis is on telling the  Beowulf story through rhythmic recitation accompanied by drumming. With the exception of the Gleeman, who has a challenging solo part, the singing roles are introduced by way of reported speech and so may effectively be taken by everyone acting as  Storytellers.
By way of contrast, the scenes are separated by spoken interludes which tell of the finding of the treasure in Suffolk against the background of World War II, sketched briefly through the eyes of local children and an evacuee. There is, of course, no direct connection between Beowulf and the treasure from Sutton Hoo; yet they have in common the society that created them and each brings the other vividly to life.