Other Stuff

In the past 5 years Splendid have led a variety of theatrical and non-theatrical events.

Bespoke Adaptation – beautifully tailored theatre just for you

New for 2010, Splendid are offering the services of our in-house adaptor, Ben Hales, to directors with a vision but without a script. Fancy a Brechtian Greek Tragedy? Or Shakespeare for two? Or even a Restoration Musical? Challenge Ben to adapt any* existing play to suit your space, cast and theme.

Adaptor of five of Splendid’s seven acclaimed productions, Ben is an expert in remoulding classic texts, from modern language Faustus to three-actor Ui. Alongside his work with Splendid, he is a successful dramatist, writer and composer in his own right, and will bring all these skills to bear in collaboration with your creative team to produce a truly unique piece of work.

As you would expect, capacity is extremely limited, so get your proposal in early! Please contact us to discuss fees, timescale and exact requirements.

*Please note: The rights in the adaptation will remain with the adaptor, the agreed fee will represent a license for performance in your institution. All source and adapted material is subject to copyright laws; in some cases permission, licences and approval may have to be sought from the copyright holder. More information about copyright can be found at www.ipo.gov.uk.

Raising Aspirations Sessions

We have a lot of experience of working with young people, and have been collaborating with Aimhigher and Local Authorities to devise Raising Aspirations Sessions, which apply all the strengths of our theatre workshops to benefit groups of students with particular social issues. These bespoke sessions help students to improve their interpersonal skills and teach practical communication techniques can be used in and outside of school. Alternatively the workshops can be used as a platform to broaden students’ understanding of their future educational and professional choices.

We can develop a program of events specific to your requirements. Have a look at what we have provided for other clients:

Raising Aspirations: Improving communication and teambuilding skills with underachieving young men in Doncaster.
Raising Aspirations: Encouraging groups of disadvantaged young people to consider further education as an option rather than going straight into the workplace.
Raising Aspirations: Offering young performers techniques and information to help them take their talents into further education and providing them with concrete career options. This included coaching for the audition process in drama schools and universities.

Indoor Teambuilding

How do you work within a group? Where are your strengths and weaknesses? This makes an excellent INSET session - it’s fun-filled and action-packed.

We have been leading indoor teambuilding for the last 5 years. We take teams of people who may believe that they only have their workplace in common and get them communicating in all sorts of surprising ways.

We facilitate a custom-made activity day designed to explore the individuals understanding of how they communicate and function in within a group. Here’s what we have covered in the past:

Effective communication (verbal and non-verbal)
Roles within a team/organisation
The best way to achieve an individual and shared goal
How to work together and solve problems as a team
Have some fun please

Wear comfy clothes!

Jason and the Argonauts

Written and directed by Splendid Productions’ Mal Smith and Kerry Frampton, Jason and the Argonauts was created as a brand-new ensemble piece for students at Wellington College, which they took to the Edinburgh Festival in 2007.

We worked with a wonderfully talented team of thirteen 16 – 18 year old students to create a piece of Splendid storytelling. Jason is a no-scenery, no-prop, chorus-driven piece of singing and silliness that charts the rise and history of the most famous group of strapping young men who travelled the Aegean Sea, Jason and his Argonauts!

We are currently developing this piece in order to offer to you (our lovely clients) to enjoy with your students. Please get in touch if you are interested in producing Jason and the Argonauts in your school. We provide the script, songs and an optional Splendid workshop on just how physically interesting you can make it!

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Arts Weeks

A regular summer term occurrence, Splendid can run workshops throughout your Arts Week, tailored to your needs. If your Arts Week has a specific theme we will research a perfect way of exploring it through drama – just for you. We can also suggest topics or ideas that have worked well for us in the past.

Transition Days

We can lead an activity day for your new Year 7 students. The pupils get to know their new form group with a little help from us. It gives them a shared experience and a lot of laughs.

This was designed for Churchill Community School in Somerset. The idea behind the transition day was to break down the natural fear of starting a whole new school by meeting and having fun with your brand new tutor/form group. It proved so successful that we have been visiting them for the last 4 years. They now see it as being an essential part of a happy Year 6 to 7 transfer… and we are delighted to return with our team of 9 workshop leaders every year.

Splendid Productions do this through a combination of indoor teambuilding, expanding communication skills and a shared performance element.

It’s a really lovely way of making Year 7 students feel welcome and safe before making such a huge change in their lives.

Let us know if you would like to implement this in your very own school.

INSET Sessions

All of the workshops we offer for students can be offered to you grown-ups too. We have led many INSET sessions over the years to help teachers with practical ways into theory, text and the devising process.

If you would like any of the above in your school – or to challenge us with something new – get in touch!

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