About Pegasus?
Pegasus was formed to work with schools and community organisations to help celebrate diversity, develop communities and allow people to tell THEIR story.
We offer to work with and aim to help give a voice to a wide variety of groups including:
We offer to work with and aim to help give a voice to a wide variety of groups including:
- Refugees, asylum seekers and migrants
- Schools and special schools
- People with special needs and disabilities
- Older people
- Travellers, Gypsies and Roma
- Local communities
About us
Chris East
Chris East worked for over 30 years as a primary teacher in East London, including a period with the Multicultural Support Service, supporting children of refugees, asylum seekers and migrants to improve their skills in English while valuing their heritage languages and cultures; and six years as Advisory Teacher for the Traveller Education Service, working with English and Irish Travellers and Eastern European Roma children and their families. Chris taught for 7 years in Botswana, in a Camphill Community, supporting children with a range of physical disabilities and severe learning needs. Chris has looked for creative ways to support learning, including puppetry and storytelling, both in schools and in community activities, and is now the coordinator of Pegasus Puppetry & Arts.
Chris East worked for over 30 years as a primary teacher in East London, including a period with the Multicultural Support Service, supporting children of refugees, asylum seekers and migrants to improve their skills in English while valuing their heritage languages and cultures; and six years as Advisory Teacher for the Traveller Education Service, working with English and Irish Travellers and Eastern European Roma children and their families. Chris taught for 7 years in Botswana, in a Camphill Community, supporting children with a range of physical disabilities and severe learning needs. Chris has looked for creative ways to support learning, including puppetry and storytelling, both in schools and in community activities, and is now the coordinator of Pegasus Puppetry & Arts.
Stella East
Stella East worked for over 40 years as an English and drama teacher in East London, 7 years in Botswana and 7 in Brighton. She uses puppets in many ways, especially in helping refugees, asylum seekers, migrants and EAL (English as an Additional Language) children and those with special needs or disabilities to learn English, improve their English, gain confidence, express feelings and ideas and improve their self-esteem. She has also run after school clubs and collaborates with Chris East to run puppet making and animation workshops for children, families and senior citizens.
Stella East worked for over 40 years as an English and drama teacher in East London, 7 years in Botswana and 7 in Brighton. She uses puppets in many ways, especially in helping refugees, asylum seekers, migrants and EAL (English as an Additional Language) children and those with special needs or disabilities to learn English, improve their English, gain confidence, express feelings and ideas and improve their self-esteem. She has also run after school clubs and collaborates with Chris East to run puppet making and animation workshops for children, families and senior citizens.
Charlotte Oliver
Joint founder of the Shadow Cabinet Puppetry company.
Charlotte was previously a Primary School teacher for 11 years. As well as being a part of Shadow Cabinet Puppetry she is a professional musician and singer/songwriter and performs magic lantern shows with the group Pepper's Ghost in museums and other venues. Charlotte has experience of working with and leading workshops for people with learning disabilities and physical disabilities, as well as children and the elderly.
Joint founder of the Shadow Cabinet Puppetry company.
Charlotte was previously a Primary School teacher for 11 years. As well as being a part of Shadow Cabinet Puppetry she is a professional musician and singer/songwriter and performs magic lantern shows with the group Pepper's Ghost in museums and other venues. Charlotte has experience of working with and leading workshops for people with learning disabilities and physical disabilities, as well as children and the elderly.
Margaret Shillan
I am a painter and teacher. I have mostly worked in Steiner education as a class teacher and art teacher with children at Michael Hall, and for 30 years at Emerson College with adults from many countries. I trained teachers and founded the Visual Arts Course, which was a year of art. I travelled widely giving courses. Now I am retired in Brighton and would like to give art courses to adult refugees, older people or those with special needs. I also paint and exhibit my work in Open Houses.
I am a painter and teacher. I have mostly worked in Steiner education as a class teacher and art teacher with children at Michael Hall, and for 30 years at Emerson College with adults from many countries. I trained teachers and founded the Visual Arts Course, which was a year of art. I travelled widely giving courses. Now I am retired in Brighton and would like to give art courses to adult refugees, older people or those with special needs. I also paint and exhibit my work in Open Houses.
