Arty-Fact Theatre Company & Theatre Workshop have joined forces to collaborate on this stunning and inspiring Macbeth workshop for schools.
Get your pupils hooked on Shakespeare. This one hour non-stop workshop will have them scrabbling for the text book. The pupils are involved from the moment the witches appear on the heath to the demise of Macbeth.
Wishing everyone a very happy new year. Welcome back to the spring term and hoping we are all getting back into the swing of things. Please get in touch (Tel, email, Twitter) as we have many wonderful in-school productions to brighten up the school days. We are starting the year with our great fun maths play Eureka! as well as the science show on earth, space and water. Again we have the classics the Wind in the Willows and good ‘ol Robin Hood. New for this year we have an excellent introduction to Shakespeare workshop, on Macbeth and ideal for years 5/6/7. Watch this space for lots of new titles coming up soon too! Enjoy the year of the dog & very best wishes to everyone.
We have a whole host of fab Christmas shows for primary schools at very affordable prices (all below £400 and discounts available). From quality traditional pantos – Jack & the Beanstalk, to original festive fun – The Clockmaker’s Christmas, family favorites like The Selfish Giant to wintery classics – Oliver Twist. All are suitable for the whole school audience and all are top quality! 
Welcome back everyone,
We hope by this second week that we have all more or less got back into the swing of things! Oh my, it’s not easy getting up early again, especially as this is such a wet and windy September and those dark mornings are upon us!!
To cheer up your school days this autumn – how about bringing in one of our fabulous whole school productions ? We’ve lots on offer from a fun SCIENCE show on earth, space and water, our amazing and hilarious MATHS play Eureka! and our truly wonderful WEST END style musicals in which your pupils are the stars in the show! That’s THE WIND IN THE WILLOWS and THE SELFISH GIANT.
And dare I mention the C word…oh yes, I’ve seen the Christmas cards in the shops! arggh. We can’t avoid it and to celebrate we have our brilliant PANTOS of course – JACK AND THE BEANSTALK. We also have the classic OLIVER TWIST and following such excellent reviews last year THE CLOCK-MAKER’S CHRISTMAS will be taking on it’s next tour.
Wishing you all well for now, enjoy these next few weeks – before the clock’s go back!
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.
Oscar Wilde’s short story ‘The Selfish Giant’ is a beautiful and moving tale. By sharing the experience of the giant’s selfishness, a moment of realisation and finally his redemption, children and adults alike are reminded of the value of generosity. The show includes the participation of a dozen children who play the villagers and the whole audience who take part as chorus singers. With beautiful period costumes, an ingenious set and wonderful music from Robert Hyman, this production will continue Image Musical Theatre’s tradition of providing the very best touring theatre.
The Selfish Giant is a literacy treat for the whole school to enjoy watching together in your school hall, with no fuss (no buses!), very professional and great value for money (£395+vat).
Rehearsal / Workshop 30 mins — Interval — Performance 1 hour.
Please call or email for further details/booking.
Tel: 0161 228 3149
info@theatre-for-schools.com
We have a host of brilliant, professional theatre productions for children aged 4-11 to tie in perfectly with World Book Day.
All with a literacy connection: including Oscar Wilde’s The Selfish Giant, Rudyard Kipling’s The Jungle Book, the classic story of Robin Hood and the book centred & library set Reading Room as well as fun and physical Shakespeare Workshops.
All productions are ideal as literacy treat for the whole school to enjoy watching together in your school hall, with no fuss (no buses!), very professional and great value for money (£375/£395+vat).
Please call or email for further details.
Tel: 0161 236 1448
info@theatre-for-schools.com
Welcome back to all our schools and followers and hoping you have all had a good Christmas break and are getting back into the swing of things.
What’s new for Spring 2017… we have some great productions to cheers us all up from the January blues! The Jungle Book and Robin Hood will certainly bring a smile to all.
For the up-coming WORLD BOOK WEEK we have a brilliant literacy play The Reading Room and our excellent Shakespeare workshops. Also as NATIONAL SCIENCE WEEK approaches Kinetic Theatre for Science bring to primary & special schools their interactive, musical comedies on all national curriculum science topics.
Lastly, as the dark nights fade and Spring emerges with the up-popping crocuses, so too does our amazing show on plant growth, 7 conditions for living things, animals and the environment – perfect to welcome in the much awaited Spring.
Last few dates on all our Christmas productions are now discounted!
A Christmas Carol, The Jolly Grimm Christmas Tales, The Clockmaker’s Christmas.
Quality, festive, interactive theatre productions for 4 to 11 year olds.
Extra special discounts for schools in South Wales, Northern Ireland and Dublin.
Introducing Mr.Ugg!
Arty-Fact Theatre will be time-travelling around the UK with their amazing pre-historic production – The History Detectives.
This one hour play for Reception to Year 6 is a fun and interactive way to introduce the 3 stages of the Stoneage to all studying the new history curriculum and a great theatre experience for those not!
Touring Norfolk and Suffolk, Lincolnshire, the Northwest, North Yorks, Cumbria, East Riding and London.
Happy new year everyone!
Following a very successful 2014 we are pleased to announce new shows for 2015:-
The Jungle Book – fabulous, musical adaption of the wonderful Rudyard Kipling novel, touring schools and local theatres.
The History Detectives – Stoneage set drama for 5-11 year olds. Great fun with lots of useful facts on pre-historic life.
The Electricity Show – science musical comedy on uses and dangers of electricity, with giant circuit board set and Queen Electrocute to watch out for!
Let’s Dig it – new show devised in line with the primary history curriculum: various adventures time travelling through Roman, Saxon and Viking times.
Lots more details to follow very soon.
Well, what a term it’s been so far! What with the launch of our new shows – The Time Capsule and The Sword in the Stone AND sell out shows of Let’s Eat Grandma and Stig of the Dump, we’re worn out here at Theatre For Schools and ready for our half term break! We’ve gained so many new followers this term which is really encouraging. Theatre and the arts are such an important part of children’s development and education and it is so nice to have all your support. Wishing you all a lovely, safe half term holiday!
Stockport Grammar loved our science production, The Light Fantastic!
Great visit from @kinetictheatre on Friday! Teaching our juniors about light via, erm, country music and aliens: pic.twitter.com/e0wJIRA9eZ
— Stockport Grammar (@stockportgs) February 10, 2014
Scheme run by Lancaster Theatre To Encourage Cultural Activities Amongst Local School Children
Great to see students being given the opportunity to engage in theatre and the arts!
We are proud to announce Image Theatre’s brand new participatory show for primary schools – ‘The Sword in the Stone’, written and directed by their new artistic director, Ian McCracken.
This interactive musical based on the mystical story of ‘The Sword in the Stone’ follows the life of Arthur, a young squire destined to become King. Guided by Merlin he has many adventures culminating in him successfully pulling the sword from the stone and unwittingly fulfilling the legend’s prophecy.
We have had some fabulous reviews of this show so far and teachers have loved the themes of kindness, compassion, bravery and (to quote from their song), the focus on ‘learning every single day’, ‘you can do things if you try’ and ‘believe in yourself’.
With beautiful medieval costumes, state of the art sets, magical puppets and wonderful music by Robert Hyman this wholesome show will continue Image’s tradition of providing the best touring theatre for primary schools.
The show requires the participation of the whole audience as the chorus and ten children to play small parts.
They are touring throughout 2014 in the following areas:
North London
Cheshire, Flintshire, Wrexham
Essex
Bedfordshire, Buckinghamshire and Hertfordshire
Please call our team on 0161 2361448 for more details.
Theatre For Schools has two last minute dates left on our fabulous, interactive musical comedy, The Fill-A-Cavity Hotel, looking at the science topics of teeth, bones, muscles, food and nutrition. We would love to offer these dates at the reduced price of £195+ for the whole school (normally £360+). Please give our team a call for more information or if you are interested in booking – 0161 2361448.
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