Burglar Bill

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Bill realises he and Betty could get married and he could be a step-dad. The ‘I Understand You’ moment happens for the reader when we see Betty steals the exact same things as Bill. They are identical except for their gender. To set a good example for the baby, he and Betty will turn their lives around. So they return everything they’ve stolen. NEW SITUATION

She’s very excited to bring the wonderful story of Burglar Bill to life, and to work on her first production with Pied Piper!

Allan and Janet Ahlberg created a large number of books for young children, including well-known classics such as Each Peach Pear Plum, Peepo, Funnybones, Happy Families and The Jolly Postman (1986). Use the book’s illustrations to show Burglar Bill’s home, the police station, the bakery, the park and all the places where stolen goods were returned. Reading with astonishment how hardened career criminals turn their lives around abandoning their parasitic lifestyle to became stalwart pillars of the community. The picture book which dares to show how prison policy can best be reformed by the introduction of dating agencies and matchmaking.The “near death” calamity happens when Bill accidentally falls off his stool while trying to calm Baby down with a song on the piano. Burglar Bill decides to lead an honest life and wants to write to apologise to all the people he has stolen from. Children can write a letter, as Bill, to say sorry and suggest what he can do to make amends, or you can scribe it for them. Play a memory game Tina Williams is the Artistic Director of Pied Piper Theatre Company, which she set up in 1984 having trained as both an actor and a teacher. Tina has written, adapted, directed and produced over twenty five plays for the company including a large scale national tour of Anne Fine's "The Book of the Banshee", a community tour of "A Little Princess" involving eight actors and eight young people and her recent new plays "The Big ENORMOUS Present" and "Robin's Winter Adventure".

Children can tell the story as Bill, with a torch, a swag-bag over their shoulders and a cardboard box with a toy baby inside. Watch the story Burglar Bill was performed at a 2006 event in honour of the Queen’s 80th birthday, clear evidence that Burglar Bill is a British classic. The strugle sequence with the baby ends when Betty turns up to burgle Bill. This is a take on the classic con-man gets conned trope. It was later utilised in Dirty Rotten Scoundrels. In both cases, the woman goes undercover simply because people are inclined to trust women. ANAGNORISIS One of Leah’s passions is devising. She started out her professional career with a political theatre show called ‘Humble Pie’. From then on, she went to become a Co Founder of Capataro Theatre Company who were awarded funding from the University of Essex in 2015.From Matilda and The BFG to Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, here are 26 easy costume ideas for your kids – ideal for World Book Day and they'll come in handy if your school's doing Roald Dahl Day, too! View gallery This story is a more complex picture book, the amount and level of the text is higher – the images are still an important feature in the book, however the text to illustration ratio is 50/50. But from the start, you can see Burglar Bill isn't exactly a scary burglar. He has a cat who snuggles up on his bed at night, and a teddy bear. His 'work' of burglary is quite amusing. It goes like this: