Theatre for Schools

Pack Up Your Troubles

This innovative production looking at bullying & emotional well-being issues follows the exciting adventures of Ben, a modern day child who travels back in time to 1942! One minute, he’s putting down his iPad to read his grandad’s old diaries in the dusty attic, the next he’s an evacuee carrying his gas mask and about to board an old fashioned steam train to escape the air raids (we have a train on set!).

Surprisingly, this incredible day immersed in the world of the past teaches Ben important lessons about how to deal with the worries and issues he faces in his present day life.

For children aged 4 to 11 years, this brilliant show, which is also very funny! is a wonderful insight into everyday life for children in past times, including the opportunity to see real clothing and artefacts from this period and for the whole school to join the sing-along to the classic Pack Up Your Troubles (in your old kit bag…).

The Snow Queen

Image Musical Theatre’s Participation Musical for KS1 & KS2

Hans Christian Andersen’s fairy tale centres on the struggle for good in the lives of Gerda and her friend, Kai.

Kai is taken by the Snow Queen who lives in a world of ice and snow, but faithful Gerda is determined to find him and restore her friend to the boy she knows and loves. A host of characters help her along her way, including a bandit, a prince, princess and a Sami woman.

A Christmas Carol

Charles Dickens’ classic tale adapted by Arty-Fact Theatre Company for KS1 & KS2 this Christmas 2024

Adapted beautifully for children aged 4 to 11, this is a superb version of the Dickens’ classic for primary schools. Presented with fabulous costumes, set, lighting and special effects. The perfect retelling of this captivating story for a young audience at Christmastime.

Scrooge had the blackest heart in London; a miser with a love for nothing but money. He was feared and despised everywhere he showed his scowling face… until one Christmas Eve, when Scrooge received three visitors and learned, at last, the true meaning of Christmas.

The Selfish Giant

A Participation Musical for KS1 & KS2

Oscar Wilde’s beautiful & moving tale is given the Image Musical Theatre treatment

This wonderful production is one of a series of participation musicals created by Image Musical Theatre for Key Stage 1 and 2. The show itself is preceded by a rehearsal workshop where some of the children are chosen to take part in the show while the remainder of the audience are rehearsed into four chorus songs. Image Musical Theatre has an excellent reputation for producing work that is stimulating and entertaining while maintaining very high production values.

The Wind in the Willows

A Participation Musical for KS1 & KS2 (inc. SEND)

Kenneth Grahame’s tales from The River Bank, The Open Road & The Wild Wood are all here in this vibrant musical production.

We follow the lives of the loyal friends Mole, Ratty and Badger in their attempts to help the exuberant Mr. Toad become a better creature. Only when Toad is threatened with the loss of Toad Hall does he realise the importance of their friendship.

An Inspector Calls

GCSE Production for KS3 & KS4

Katch 22’s Adaptation of ‘An Inspector Calls’; A Play Written by English Dramatist J. B. Priestley

The upper middle-class Birling family is visited by a man calling himself Inspector Goole, who questions the family about the suicide of a young working-class woman in her mid-twenties.

Calamity Climate Change

Brand New Show from Arty-Fact Theatre Company for KS1 & KS2 Touring Schools from Sept 2022

Eco-friendly fun play covering sustainability and climate change.

Serious topic, fun show
Specially devised for KS1 and KS2 children
Arts Council England funded

Set by the sea, with the beautiful backdrop of the old lighthouse, we meet magical characters & talking sea creatures!

Changes are happening to the cove, how will they affect the people and animals who live there?

Told within our usual fun & eventful storyline and very much involving the audience. We introduce topics such as the difference between weather & climate, what are greenhouse gases, the dangers of pollution & most importantly the simple everyday ways we can all help, what ever age, to protect our environment.

We include a free pre-show activities pack for classroom work and after-show Q & A session.

The Light Fantastic

Science Show from Kinetic Theatre for KS1 & KS2 to stream/download

A Country and Western musical on the science topic of LIGHT and the solar system.

Where has all the colour gone? The problem is literally black and white: something or someone is stealing the colours of the world! The sky is white, trees are black and the rivers a murky grey. Lost on the banks of the Ohio, Country & Western singer Roy Gee stumbles upon the Light Fantastic café – the last remaining place to have any colour.

Merlin & the Sword in the Stone

A Participation Musical for KS1 & KS2

The classic ‘Arthurian’ legend is given the Image Musical Theatre treatment

Guided by the mysterious Merlin, we follow Arthur, a young squire who embarks on an adventure and learns some important lessons about kindness and generosity before realising his true destiny.

Macbeth

GCSE Production for KS3 & KS4

Katch 22’s Classic Shakespeare Adaptation of Macbeth

A brave Scottish general named Macbeth receives a prophecy from a trio of witches that one day he will become King of Scotland. Consumed by ambition and spurred to action by his wife, Macbeth murders King Duncan and takes the Scottish throne for himself.

Theatre Workshops

Single actor visiting productions covering topics of history, climate change and classic literature that provide all the fun, education and magic while being cost-effective for your school.

History Workshops for KS1 & KS2

Using historical characters in costume, the actor will encourage your pupils to take part in this fully interactive workshop.

The Clockmaker’s Christmas

Arty-Fact Theatre will bring a seasonal delight to your school for KS1 & KS2

The heart-warming tale of the clockmaker who has forgotten to make time for Christmas. Our most festive, feel-good, funniest Christmas extravaganza. Full of laughter, snow, elves, songs, surprises and lots of joyful joining in.

All Hail Macbeth

Macbeth Workshop for KS2

Arty-Fact Theatre Company & Theatre for Schools have joined forces to collaborate on this stunning and inspiring Macbeth workshop for schools

Get your pupils hooked on Shakespeare. This non-stop workshop will have them scrabbling for the text book. The workshop is great fun and very physical, with everyone moving around the hall in the warm-up as kings, queens, soldiers and witches, even taking on the part of Birnam Wood!

The Sword in the Stone

The Sword in the Stone

The classic ‘Arthurian’ legend is given the Image Musical Theatre treatment

Guided by the mysterious Merlin, we follow Arthur, a young squire who embarks on an adventure and learns some important lessons about kindness and generosity before realising his true destiny.

This magical production is one of a series of participation musicals created especially for primary level and is designed to help and encourage children with their literacy.

With fantastic original music and an amazing set, the show requires the help of everyone watching. During the preceding fun half-hour rehearsal workshop, some children are chosen and rehearsed into their parts, while the rest of the audience are taught the chorus songs. After a short pause, the actors and children are costumed and the show, lasting an hour, runs seamlessly with everyone taking part as rehearsed.

Availability: summer and autumn terms 2022, visiting production,
£395 + VAT. Booking: 0161 236 1448.

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Such a wonderful performance of Sword in the Stone this afternoon. Along with a fantastic workshop and involving the children in the actual performance. Brilliant fun!
Mr. Woodcock, Greenfield School, wales