Pea Boy with Elizabeth Laird
Storytelling, art and music
For Children 5-11 years of age
Saturday 15 May 2010
1:30 - 3:30 pm
Free Admission
Award-winning children’s novelist Elizabeth Laird will share some of the best Children stories from Iran in her own inimitable style.
Organised by
Asia House and Iran Heritage Foundation
Supported by
Arts Council’s Lottery Fund
Edward & Maryam Eisler
Kaveh & Cora Sheibani
Introduction
Iran is the land of the Peacock Throne. Its palaces have treasure houses filled with riches. It is a country of mountains striped with white snow, dense forests where bears and lynxes roam, beautiful gardens where sparrows peck and flocks of pigeons wheel in flight, where sun smiles down throughout the year… Above all, Iran has stories - of fairies and demons, of a monstrous metal eagle called the okab, of a heroic chick pea that leaps alive from the stew he has been simmering in, performing all manner of murderous wonders, of romantic silly cockroaches and foolish weavers, of the strange and familiar.
In Pea Boy, Elizabeth Laird retells some of the best Iranian stories she has translated, bringing an exciting insight into a people with an ancient and rich culture.
After the storytelling, children will be engaged in an art workshop and take part in a song and dance session.
Venue
Asia House, 63 New Cavendish Street, London W1G 7LP
Admission
Free but BOOKING IS ESSENTIAL
Children must be accompanied by a responsible adult
Booking & Enquiries
By Phone: 020 7307 5454
By Email: enquiries@asiahouse.co.uk