Our live bedtime story on 07/06/20 was 'Perfect' by Nicola Davies and Cathy Fisher, read by Tessa Bide. Get cosy in a blanket and enjoy the story! You can buy the book here: https://www.graffeg.com/product/perfect/ and you can see Tessa Bide Productions' "engrossing" (The Guardian ★★★★) production here: https://perfect-tessa-bide.eventbrite.co.uk.

If you've been affected by the story, and want support from the experts about having a sibling with a disability, go to https://www.sibs.org.uk/.

Please donate to our fundraising campaign to keep us afloat during the pandemic: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/tessabide

"Well hello there. My name is Moon and I have a story to tell..." Gather round, gather round for the Moon's magical, mystical story about a tippetty-top tap dancer who he has been watching at night. Marina Skippett creeps out of her house every night to shuffle and stomp on the boardwalk to the sounds of the sea. She can't tap dance at home anymore since her evil, tractor-sized Aunty banned it, threatening to feed Marina's dinners to the dog! But then, one moonlit night, Marina discovers that she is not alone as she dances, and her life changes forever...

In May 2020, author Tessa Bide read a chapter of this story every night, live on facebook. This is an amalgamation of all of these chapters, along with clips and music from the stage show of the same name. To see more bonus footage, visit https://www.facebook.com/tessabideproductions and watch each chapter individually to see what we've cut.

The book is available on amazon here: shorturl.at/wxzL6 and if you are able to donate to our fundraiser to keep our theatre company afloat, please visit https://www.buymeacoffee.com/tessabide.

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As part of our digital programme, Tessa Bide Productions are producing a live bedtime story every other Sunday evening. On Sunday 12th July the story was 'The Time the Sea Lost its Sound', an original story written and performed by Tessa Bide. The story is about an old fisherman and being greedy, and features live music and puppetry!

To support the company to make a new audio project for families to enjoy at home, please donate to our crowdfunder https://www.crowdfunder.co.uk/support-new-interactive-audio-project-for-children

Good evening! This edition of our Sunday Bedtime Story is a very special story. It's a telling of 'Poohsticks' by A A Milne, recorded in the 80s by Tessa's Grandad, Peter Bide. Enjoy the story and the illustrations by E H Shepard.

If you would like to support the company to keep running and to create a new project, please share or donate to our crowdfunder: https://www.crowdfunder.co.uk/support-new-interactive-audio-project-for-children

In Summer 2023, Bathnes Libraries' Children's Writer in Residence Tessa Bide ran a creative writing competition for primary school-aged children. Here, Tessa reads excerpts of the two winning entries by Alexander Driver and Emma Polensky. To read their full stories, and the other brilliant entries, see the blog here:
https://bathneslibraries.wordpress.com/2023/09/22/tessa-bides-childrens-story-writing-competition-winners/

During lockdown in 2020, Tiny and Tall Productions (then called Tessa Bide Productions) ran a series of live Sunday Bedtime Stories, broadcast via facebook. This is a recording of that reading - a telling of 'Poohsticks' by A A Milne, recorded in the 80s by Peter Bide. Tessa Bide is the Artistic Director of Tiny and Tall Productions and Peter was her Grandad. Enjoy the story and the illustrations by E H Shepard.

During lockdown in 2020, Tiny and Tall Productions (then called Tessa Bide Productions) ran a series of live Sunday Bedtime Stories, broadcast via facebook. Our live bedtime story on 07/06/20 was 'Perfect' by Nicola Davies and Cathy Fisher, read by Tessa Bide. Get cosy in a blanket and enjoy the recording of the story!
You can buy the book here: https://www.graffeg.com/product/perfect/ and you can find out more about Tiny and Tall's productions of Perfect here: www.tinyandtall.co.uk/projects/perfect

If you've been affected by the story, and want support from the experts about having a sibling with a disability, go to https://www.sibs.org.uk/.

During lockdown in 2020, Tiny and Tall Productions (then called Tessa Bide Productions) ran a series of live Sunday Bedtime Stories, broadcast via facebook. On Sunday 12th July the story was 'The Time the Sea Lost its Sound', an original story written and performed by Tessa Bide. The story is about an old fisherman and being greedy, and features live music and puppetry!

During lockdown in 2020, Tiny and Tall Productions (then called Tessa Bide Productions) ran a series of live Sunday Bedtime Stories, broadcast via facebook. Over several weeks, Tessa - Artistic Director of Tiny and Tall Productions - read her book The Tap Dancing Mermaid live. Here we bring you all of those recordings squished together for you to enjoy the whole book.
To purchase the book, or to see the show of The Tap Dancing Mermaid whne it tours next, go to https://tinyandtall.co.uk/projects/the-tap-dancing-mermaid