Wednesday 20 October 2010
Friday 15 October 2010
New in: Britain's Toy Soldiers!
Check out our new range of Britain's toy soldiers, for young and old alike!
Saturday 9 October 2010
It's never too early for amazing ADVENT CALENDARS!
An amazing range of German, hand-glittered advent calenders are now available from £11.99! However, beware and be quick! We're sure they'll fly off the shelves before the countdown has even begun!
Friday 8 October 2010
Alice in Wonderland Treasure Hunt this Half-Term at Stable Yard
Stuck for ideas of what to do with the kids this half-term? Well, even with the Summer succumbing to Winter and sunlight dwindling fast, there are still wonders to behold and adventures to be had at the location of Benjamin Pollock's new shop (Stable Yard at Hatfield House, Hertfordshire) between the 26th - 29th October 2010.
Besides a regaling of an unpublished Lewis Carroll tale, 'The Little Foxes', by London storyteller Vanessa Woolf (please see previous post for more information) on Wednesday 27th October, throughout the week the toy shop will be inviting young and old alike to take part in our exclusive Alice in Wonderland treasure hunt.... can you solve the clues, map the uncharted waters of Stable Yard and reach the ultimate goal?? Pop into the shop to begin your own, exciting quest! For more information telephone 01707258363 or email info@pollocks-coventgarden.co.uk
Besides the fun to be had with Pollock's, check out what exciting goings on other Stable Yard retailers are providing! Remember, as the old saying says: Busy Hands are Happy Hands! So, why not make everyone's hands and head happy with the help of The Oak Room's Children's Craft Week: 26th - 29th October. For more information telephone 01707257175 or email info@theoakroomshop.co.uk
Wednesday 6 October 2010
Half-Term Fun with Storyteller Vanessa Woolf...
Benjamin Pollock's Toyshop, Hatfield, is proud to host an exclusive event featuring London Storyteller Vanessa Woolf on Wednesday 27th October 2010. From 2pm sharp, and more poignantly for FREE, Vanessa shall be regaling those gathered with a performance "Three Little Foxes". ‘The Three Foxes’ is a distinctively Victorian tale which Lewis Carroll, the "Alice" author used to tell to children. The ‘lost’ story has never been published in full, although part of it survives in his strange work ‘Sylvie and Bruno’ and was never heard read in public until Vanessa started to perform it this year. Lewis Carroll was a visitor to Hatfield House where he met a real life princess (Queen Victoria's granddaughter) called...Alice
For more information telephone 01707 258363. The storytelling performance will be approx half hour duration.
Vanessa writes of herself:
"My first play was written when I was seventeen and resulted in me being expelled from school. Since then I have done various jobs. I have driven a lighting truck through Spain with the James Bond crew (click on the barrage balloon above to hear me talking some more about this), squelched under London in pitch-dark sewers, traded antiques and sold hot chestnuts. I am the proud guardian of four chickens, two boys and a cat. My short stories have been featured in numerous anthologies, live lit events, websites and magazines including Smoke, Tales of the Decongested, Liar's League, One Eye Grey, Litro and the Evening Standard.
I have told tales professionally in theatres, in prison, on board ship, in libraries, hospitals, forests, shops and of course, pubs. I have lots of experience working with children and I lead storytelling sessions for all ages.
“The staff were particularly impressed with the way you tailored your material for the age group (under threes)” Kintore Way Children’s Centre London SE1
Saturday 2 October 2010
Celebrities can't get enough of....
Toy Theatres! Take Ralph Fiennes for example, who laments about such a favourite toy:
Friday 20 August 2010
Barbican - The Surreal House
"You are invited to enter The Surreal House , a mysterious dwelling infused with subjectivity and desire." - Recommended by the BBC, The Guardian and Time Out.
Visit The Surreal House (normal tickets £10) at the Barbican and experience a labyrinth of chambers, designed by acclaimed young architects Carmody Groarke - its haunted rooms, delirious forms, blasted architecture and cinematic dreamscapes, hosting artists, designers and architects who seem inspired by some themes not too far from Pollock's own heart, utilizing in parts Victorian and traditional imagery by drawing themes that are all together light hearted, sinister, weird and wonderful into a beautifully dichotomous, albeit abstract, whole - cohesion through the most unlikely of means. Click on the link at the top of the page for more information.
We are particularly enamoured with the work of Czech animator Jan Svankmajer. Check out part one of his fantastic short-film Jabberwocky below, giving a unique, alternative representation of Lewis Carroll's wonder (if not slightly sinister) land. Porcelain dolls and dancing jumping jacks are but some of the images that give Svankmajer's work a strong 'Pollocky' feel.
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