Who we are

Phil Coggins

Director

My favourite Grimm Tale is “The Miser in the Bush”... no...“Hansel and Grethel”.... or maybe... it's “Iron Hans”...oh I don't know...there are too many to choose a favourite.

07970 596782
phil@babblingvagabonds.co.uk

Mark Hornsey

Designer, Maker

My favourite of the Grimm stories are “King Thrushbeard”, “White Snake” and “The Golden Goose.”

07816 870267
mark@babblingvagabonds.co.uk

Tara Saunders

Maker

My favourite tales from the Grimm's are “The Elves and The Shoemaker”, “Rumplestiltskin”, and “The Wolf and the Seven Little Kids.”

07970 118 830
tara@babblingvagabonds.co.uk

Summer Starts Here!

This month sees the start of our summer tour A Wild Walk – The Golden Thief. I’m sure you’ve heard all about it and some of you may have even booked your tickets. If you’re not organised your tickets I’ll make things easy…click here and know that you are going to enjoy spending time with Babbling Vagabonds this summer.

The Gardener presenting the Kings Golden Apple tree in Babbling Vagabonds production of A Wild Walk — The Gardener and the Golden Apple tree

The King Loves GOLD!

As part of our summer tour of A Wild Walk – The Golden Thief, we want you to get creative. We want you to create your own Royal Rosette and bring it along to the show to catch the eye of the King. He just loves GOLD!

We’ve made a short “How To” Video. Get ready to be creative, it’s not just the kids that get to have fun…you can too.

Rostte making — A Royal Rosette fit for a King

A Meeting of Minds

The Buxton Pavilion project has now culminated in an exhibition called “A Meeting of Minds”. This has been a collaborative project between Architecture students from Derby University, Buxton Junior School, an architect and engineer from Spaces into Places and Babbling Vagabonds. The exhibition is of drawing and models by the students when they were asked to design a community pavilion for Buxton.
There are hopes that this is the first stepping stone in realising a community pavilion that can be built and used for next years Buxton International Festival…so watch this space for developments.

The Exhibition 6th-25th July
Open Daily 10am-4pm
The Mezzanine Gallery
Cavendish Arcade
Buxton
SK17 6AL

A meeting of Minds exhibition space — A Meeting of Minds Exhibition at the Cavendish Arcade, Buxton

Fun Finds This Month

JAM

Online courses to make our kids smarter, engaged and even more creative

JAM - online courses for Kids

Happy Kids = Happy Parents

Visit Peak District gives us some great ideas to entertain the kids

TED Talks Ideas worth spreading

2800+ talks to stir your curiosity

TED logo

Time To Get Creative

As part of our summer tour of A Wild Walk – The Golden Thief, we want you to get creative. For anyone coming to see our show we want them to create their own Royal Rosette and bring it along to the show to catch the eye of the King. He just loves GOLD!

Not sure how to make one? Need some helpful hints? We are here to help!

We’ve made a short “How To” Video and posted it on youtube. Click on the photo below and get ready to be creative, it’s not just the kids that get to have fun…you can too.

Click this link www.babblingvagabonds.co.uk for information on “A Wild Walk – The Golden Thief” the venues and to buy tickets.

A great family production for anyone brave enough to take a walk with a Prince who is trying to find The Golden Thief.

Sharing The Journey In Story Making

Ever wondered how we come up with our stories? Curious as to what techniques we use to get the best story ever written? Well, Phil, Joint Artistic Director will reveal all very soon in a blog post about how we create our story for Christmas. What goes into making up a story and what tools and tricks we use to create something exciting, heartwarming and fun.