PLAY! Stories at Chester Zoo will bring family favourite animal stories to life this Easter.
Acclaimed children’s book illustrator Lydia Monks and an ensemble from the prestigious Hallé Orchestra are among the special guests heading to Chester Zoo this Easter, as the zoo brings stories of animals to life.
The specially created series of events and activities (part of the zoo’s PLAY! season) have been inspired by family favourite animal tales.
Surrounded by more than 21,000 incredible animals and thousands of beautiful plants, the zoo is hoping the programme will get young creative minds wandering and inner storytellers exploring.
Every day from 24th March until 15th April, Little Monkeys (three to five year olds) can begin their zoo visit with morning story time, before joining in with ‘Sing Along Stories’.
Families can also join the zoo rangers for a special story in a range of unusual locations around the zoo, put on dancing shoes as part of giraffe dance workshops, or stumble across surprise animal stories from a secret explorer storyteller.
Lydia Monks will be delivering a day of ‘What the Ladybird Heard on Holiday’ illustration workshops and introducing visitors to the ladybird’s new zoo-animal friends.
An ensemble from the Hallé Orchestra will also be visiting Chester Zoo to take visitors on a mesmerising journey through Borneo to meet some friends of the forest.
Set in the zoo’s 360 degree immersive space in the zoo’s Islands zone, the intimate event will transport visitors to the rainforest to experience a day in the life of an orangutan.
Charlotte Smith, head of discovery and learning at Chester Zoo, said: “We are a conservation charity, but conservation can be fun too. We hope this series of PLAY! Stories will help to inspire the conservationists of the future.”
For a full programme of activities visit: www.chesterzoo.org/play
