Other Stuff
Here's some other stuff we do!
Put on your own Splendid Production!
If you're looking for fresh material to stage, why not consider licensing a Splendid script? We pride ourselves on interpreting classic material for contemporary young audiences, so our scripts are ideal for contemporary young performers.
For a small license fee per performance, we offer downloadable script editions (including song melody and chord structures) and personal assistance in adapting our plays for your cast, with an option to add music tracks to your license.
Each play has a duration of around 60 minutes and can be performed by casts of three and up - follow the links for more detail on each production.
If you would like to license a play, please email info@splendidproductions.co.uk or call us on 0208 318 6469.
| Play | Cast Size | Songs | Downloads |
|---|---|---|---|
| Antigone | 3-17 | 3 | Character List Script Sample |
| Woyzeck | 3-19 | 2 | Character List Script Sample |
| Dr Faustus | 3-16 | 3 | Character List Script Sample |
| The Trial | 3-18 | 3 | Character List Script Sample |
| Jason and the Argonauts | 10-30 | 3 | Character List Script Sample |
Basic license: £25 per performance
License plus music tracks: £30 per performance
(Splendid will provide you with fully-arranged audio backing tracks for the musical numbers)
The basic license covers one to three public performances for audiences of 1-250. Licenses for longer runs or larger audiences are negotiable, please contact info@splendidproductions.co.uk for more information.
Bespoke Adaptation – beautifully tailored theatre just for you
Splendid are now 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!
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!
Contact us at Splendid Productions, 020 8318 6469
