What is Storyplay?

Storyplay is exactly what it says it is – playing with stories, anecdotes, characters, rhymes, jokes, singing songs and dressing-up in old clothes – the imaginary play that we all hopefully did as children, that many families share. Storyplay is a relaxed, hilarious, inventive and unselfconscious way of people playing together.

The Lickety Playcard games provide the scaffolding for this play, and a ‘reason’ to gather and play together. Delivered by our highly trained Actor-Pedagogues, these games provide secure frameworks to support limitless imaginary invention by participating children.

Every time we play a game it is different, reflecting the shared imaginations of the children playing it.

What is the Storyplay Approach?

The way we lead Storyplay is as important as what we play. We collude with our participants. We agree that

– games are best when everyone is in the game

– all we need to play is each-other

That it’s important to manage turn-taking fairly, so that no-one worries about being excluded and everyone can relax and focus on enjoying playing.

Play is best when there are no winners, losers or wrong answers. And above all, play – and of course life too – is best, when everyone knows that they will always be seen heard included and valued, because everyone has something equally great to bring to the game.