History's Maid
Historical Characters, one woman shows and plays
Periods covered: Pre-history, Medieval, Tudor, 18th Century, Vicvtorian, Edwardian, WWI & WWII
Contact: Kate Vigurs
07977 568 263
History’s Maid is a historical interpretation and research company with a passion for bringing history to life in a variety of creative, authentic and engaging ways through workshops and presentations designed for a variety of venues and audiences. Available for commissions.
Spies and Sabotage:
Part 1 - Meet a Special Operations Executive agent as she goes through her training and learn what life was like preparing to go into occupied France as a secret agent.
Part 2 – An SOE takes you behind enemy lines and describes what life was like in Occupied France.
Rosie the Riveter – A lass from Yorkshire finds herself working in the shipyards of Belfast, hear the story of how women managed to live with rationing, evacuations and make do and mend as well as ‘doing their bit’ during WWII.
WRN – a member of the Women’s Royal Navy gives you an insight into Navy life and how women joined the Navy to ‘free a man for the fleet’.
Sadako & the Thousand Paper Cranes - a story telling session about Hiroshima victim Sadako Sasaki who folded hundreds of paper cranes in order to try and make her dreams come true.
Also able to deliver lectures and talks on SOE based on relevant PhD studies.
Schools/Education
Have you ever wondered what Florence Nightingale was really like? What life was like under the Romans? Was King Tutankhamun’s tomb really cursed? What it was like to live on the home front in Wartime Britain? Or whether or not Anne Boleyn was really guilty of Treason?
Then let History’s Maid give the answers in workshops and story telling designed to engage, inspire and educate. Sessions for Key Stage1 & 2 currently include Egyptology, Romans, Tudor, Victorian and Second World War.
www.historysmaidinschools.co.uk
