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The team at Planet Munch are delighted to announce workshops and performances are available to book for schools and venues in Dacorum.

The show features life-size puppets, an original soundtrack and loads of audience participation, Planet Munch is a delicious blend of playful, musical theatre with a healthy message about eating well, friendship and love at its core.

PLANET MUNCH is very well suited to curriculum-based expressive arts, science and PSHE activities at foundation and Key Stage 1 and 2 levels. The themes of the show directly serve to support national programmes to encourage healthy eating, wellbeing and active lifestyles.

These performances and lead-in workshops are generously supported by Dacorum Borough Council and Arts Council England.

Schools can choose to host workshops in a variety of art forms inspired by show content choosing to work with artists who have expertise in the following areas:

• Puppetry
• Puppet making
• Banghra dance
• Drama
• Creative writing
• Circus skills
• Physical theatre

Feedback from school audiences

           

Fresh off the heels of a countywide tour to libraries and schools across Hertfordshire the puppets are looking forward to working in more schools.

If you are interested in working with us please email – kerry@nysa.co.uk

Feedback from recent shows at Hertfordshire Libraries

‘This was a wonderful opportunity for children to experience a high-quality performance and to get up close to the action. With a brightly coloured stage set and beautiful puppets imbued with character, the audience follows Brocc on his journey to fulfil his dream of becoming a performer.’

”So fantastic to watch, so colourful, funny, clever and the puppets were beautiful- so pleased we, came to watch – more please!”

Story so far..

Planet Munch Puppets came to life in South Oxhey as part of Planet Munch Healthy Lifestyle Programme in partnership with the GOSH Institute of Child Health. Nysa Projects were tasked with translating nutritional science into a series of educational sessions to help support families with children under 5’s to healthier lifestyles.

Nysa collaborated to create a learning environment with a bespoke soundtrack, beautiful scenic backdrops and a set of character puppets. These artistic components were woven into the story and fantasy World that is Planet Munch cocreated with families attending 24 creative learning sessions packed with healthy nutrition, art, music and dancing.

Read more about the programme here.. 

Trim Tots healthy Lifestyle programme

Planet Munch Puppets YouTube – Visit Planet Munch Puppets YouTube channel to see how we make the puppets

It’s time to go underwater and meet our new character Omega Always 

We are creating an underwater scene featuring Omega Always, the mermaid, and her friends. We are working on a series of creative makes for YouTube to inspire young audiences to create recycled creations. Your schools could meet Omega Always – A fun and playful, yet powerful mermaid character, upbeat and outdoorsy.  She represents the flexible and rich Omega 3 fats (long-chain fatty acid that comes from kelp). Her beautiful singing has an intoxicating, mesmerizing quality, leaving people in a dream-like state.

Omega Always is absolutely livid about the state of the oceans and is utterly destroyed that she can’t swim without first checking the state of the water. #thestateofit

Workshops and performances are available to schools in Dacorum next term, please get in touch if you would like to work with us.

Next Steps

Nysa are preparing an application to Arts Council National Touring to take the puppets on a road trip outside of  Hertfordshire, the excitement is massive. – Let us know if you would like to work with us.

Nysa Projects Background

Nysa Projects is a Hertfordshire-based artist-led organisation working on creative projects in Herts for the last 25 years.

The team at Nysa established The Cha, Cassiobury Park as a thriving arts venue, helping to establish many public events and education programmes.

Nysa has recently worked as an artistic partner to Hertfordshire Libraries in the development of the Arts Council Funded My Story project and My Firsts helping to secure Arts Council funding and developing Culture and Creativity across the service.

Email – kerry@nysa.co.uk for info.