A high-octane thriller for young audiences about misinformation and learning to trust your gut.
About the show
The Shivers is a high-octane action-comedy for young audiences about spies, lies, and learning to trust your gut. A fox, a pigeon, and a rookie agent are on a mission to save the world – but everything is not what it seems. Exploring themes of trust, authority, and friendship, The Shivers is a dynamic and accessible parable about living in the age of misinformation. Blending live music, dance, video, and physical comedy, the show is a feast for the senses that pushes the boundaries of performance in primary settings.
Key Stage / Year Groups:
KS2 and SEND
Relevant areas of the National Curriculum:
- PSHE
- Online Safety
About the pupil workshops
This creativity workshop led by writer/directors Emma Clark and PJ Stanley encourages collaboration, play, and self-reflection. Each hands-on workshop will feature activities bringing to life the world of The Shivers and its core themes, including:
• World Building: designing heroes and villains, from Eye Spies to Miss Information’s minions.
• Design: creating tin foil disguises and exploring how they make us move and interact.
• Performance: devising short scenes, emphasising collaboration and improvisation.
The workshop is designed to lift the lid on different types of creativity and can be tailored to the specific needs and interests of each class.
Teacher twilight CPD
This energetic CPD session takes the form of a creativity lab, bringing together teachers with devised theatre makers to explore a range of tools for tackling complex themes and subject matter through collaboration and play. Using The Shivers Creativity Pack as a jumping off point, teachers will respond to playful quick-fire devising prompts drawn from the world and themes of the show, getting on their feet and exploring through doing. Teachers will build confidence in using alternative approaches to enliven their classrooms, inspire the imaginations of their pupils, and think outside the box.
This CPD can accommodate up to 10 members of staff.
About emma +PJ
emma + pj is an artist duo working at the intersection of theatre, installation, and live art. They create distinctive, dreamlike performances and playful, cinematic environments that invite us to reimagine our place in the world. Previously they were resident artists at the Barbican Centre and The Spring, and lead artists of Yardlings: Bigger at The Yard Theatre.
