A whole school play, ready to perform

Round Pebble makes complete rhyming plays for primary schools. Each Play-in-a-Box® gives you the script, a staging guide and animated storybook backdrops that project from the equipment your hall already has. No scenery to build, and a role for every child.

What's in every Play-in-a-Box

  • A complete script

    A full rhyming script, with speaking parts that scale from a single class to a whole year group. Rhyme is easier for children to learn than prose.

  • A staging guide

    Clear guidance on staging, the few props you need and setting up the backdrops in your hall. No theatre experience required.

  • Static and animated backdrops

    Digital backdrops in a warm storybook style, as static images and gentle animated loops, projected from the screen or projector your hall already has.

  • Inclusive casting

    Guidance so every child has a role, from speaking parts to offstage helpers. And no scenery to build.

  • A curriculum brief

    A Curriculum Impact Brief mapping the play to curriculum priorities, with ready-made cross-curricular lesson plans and the evidence to support the case for staging it.

  • Editable templates

    Editable poster and programme templates, ready for your dates and details.

  • Social share graphics

    Ready-to-post images for Instagram and Facebook, to announce your production.

Our first production: A Rhyming Christmas Carol

A 45-minute rhyming version of Dickens for KS2, either as an end-of-term performance or for study in class. It is the KS2 answer to the nativity.

See A Rhyming Christmas Carol

Who is behind it

Round Pebble is Natalie and Jeff, a husband and wife team based in Devon. Natalie is an ex-BBC designer who creates the imagery and staging guides. Jeff is an ex-teacher with a flair for writing rhyming dialogue. We work with Heidi Pyburn, LAMDA coach and examiner, Director of Devon Young People's Theatre, to bring the plays to schools. We have a written safeguarding policy and both hold DBS certificates.