Splendid Productions – High performance theatre

High Performance Theatre

High Performance Theatre

High Performance Theatre

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"I will recommend you to every drama teacher that I meet!"

Alex Weller, Subject Leader Drama,
Plume Academy

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"[Splendid] are not only inspirational but give students access to some very difficult skills and texts which challenge and engage them in such a delightful way. Splendid are really serious about helping young people (and Old!) understand and engage with theatre using their own trademark creative style."

Dawn Elliot, Head of Drama,
Clitheroe Royal Grammar School

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"The students learn a lot about theatre when they watch you. They learn about creating new material, how small sets and simple costumes can be used by actors to great effect and how to be bold in characterisation. Your Brechtian influences are also very useful as there are few opportunities to see some of these ideas in a practical context."

Cheri Whitehouse, Head of Drama and Theatre,
Hereford Sixth Form College

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"... four of our GCSE students achieved 32/32 on their final examination writing about The Oresteia… The performance was accessible and inspiring and the education pack is fully comprehensive and focused… Fantastic value for money"

Sharon Leftwich-Lloyd, Lead Practitioner for Drama, The Polesworth School

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"Wonderful team behind each production, challenging and inspirational work, in depth resource pack, potential to purchase DVD to use for revision purposes for live theatre review work."

Helen Macken, Head of Drama,
Rainham Mark Grammar School

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"... four of our GCSE students achieved 32/32 on their final examination writing about The Oresteia… The performance was accessible and inspiring and the education pack is fully comprehensive and focused… Fantastic value for money"

Sharon Leftwich-Lloyd, Lead Practitioner for Drama, The Polesworth School

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"... vast amount of skills displayed in professional way for students to emulate... We use it for GCSE and A Level style and live theatre. We've gone from 52% pass rates to 100% ... We love you"

Mark Oakshott, Head of Drama,
All Hallows Catholic School

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"Communication and admin is easy. This all helps when teachers are busy!"

Pip Hockenhull, Director of Drama,
Queen Elizabeth’s Hospital

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"I use Splendid every year for Year 13’s re-interpretation based on WJRC syllabus. The kids watch Woyzeck and then have a go at using Splendid’s conventions to create their own... thanks for existing, we love you."

Elaine Allen

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"The workshop really supported the students in understanding 'doing' is better than 'talking', and how engaging with the audience is crucial."

Chrissie Carter, Head of Drama,
Aylesford School

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"[The packs are] a fantastic help for those of us who teach GCSE and A Level Drama. The background and insight into the process is exactly the sort of information we need to enjoy the performance, and enhance our understanding. (You can quote me on that!)"

Jill Leicester

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“Splendid are the best company that tour to schools! Students were able to see the standard of performance that could be achieved in their own studio space and get ideas to copy in their own devised work.”

Jessica Gill, Head of Drama,
St Mary's Catholic School

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"Inspiring, passionate, thoughtful, creative theatre at an affordable price IN OUR SCHOOL!"

James Watson, Leader of Drama,
Imberhorne School

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"For the high standard of the performance and the outcome of the student's experience from the workshop, it was priceless."

Zak Lewis, Subject Leader of Drama,
Nicholas Chamberlaine School

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"Highly professional and engaging performance. Completely relevant to our pupils, most of whom will not have seen a piece of theatre like this."

Louise Eden, Drama Teacher,
Northgate High School

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"The resource pack is extremely detailed, knowledgeable and models expertly how to write about adapting materials, researching theatre and preparing a role which is really helpful to the pupils and myself."

Dawn Elliot, Head of Drama,
Clitheroe Royal Grammar School

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"We love your philosophy and way of working. We also love that you know, and are able to provide what schools really need from this sort of experience."

Simon Meredith, Drama Teacher,
Twynham School

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"I have had many theatre companies come in and work with the students over the years but I have never enjoyed having a group in so much. The cast were so accommodating and professional and a true pleasure to work with. Thank you a million times for such an amazing theatrical experience."

Cath Pepper, Head of Drama,
Stuart Bathurst Catholic High School

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"We must have seen at least a dozen Splendid productions now, and we've never been disappointed."

Annette Harris, Head of Drama,
Leicester Grammar School

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"You're the best resource out there for teaching Brecht."

Stephanie Patchett-Byrne, Drama Teacher,
St Wilfrid's Academy

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"Always know that in booking a performance and workshop with Splendid Productions you can guarantee the quality... Knowing that we can order the DVD and script later on means that we can use these resources as excellent revision material."

Caz Barber, Head of Performing Arts,
The Queen Katherine School

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"The best, most creative theatre company working today."

Phil Gascoyne, Head of Drama,
Brookfield Community School

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"Splendid's productions are a fantastic way for students to see technique and style of practitioners in practice. So many influences from Lecoq, Berkoff, Brecht, etc - all can be referred to in lessons after they have seen something. Great to get ideas for imaginative and creative devising projects too!"

Leo Cox, Head of Performance Faculty,
Ormiston Sudbury Academy

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"We use you as practitioner examples in both A Level and BTEC... we book every year because it benefits us in so many ways"

Sarah Waterman, Subject Area Manager for Performance & Film , Palmer's College

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"We try to take our GCSE and A Level students to see Splendid productions whenever we can. They often choose to cite Splendid in their written work and it is clear from their practical work that they have been inspired by Splendid's work."

Lizzie Bloomfield, Head of Performing Arts,
Oldfield School

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"I can't think of another company who offers such an original, contemporary and student friendly theatrical experience."

Hayley McNally, Head of Creative Learning Faculty, Broadgreen International School

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"Every time you have visited us it is a box of delights!"

Heather Andrew, Head of Drama,
Pipers Corner School

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"Attention to detail and high expectations ... quality guaranteed"

Sally Bruton, Head of Drama,
Loughborough Grammar School

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Teaching Resources

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Teaching Resources

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G attacks Hook

Clark & the Dogsboroughs

Clark

The Cauliflower Trust

Arturo Ui

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Men!

You and me against the world

Gran introduces the Revenge song

Bulls

Argonaut

Aegeus comforts Medea

Knitting Gran

Whip!

Uncle & Huld

Surveillance Officers

Song of Boredom

Red Tape

The Clerks

Magistrate & Usher

Execution

Leni

K blocks his ears

The Song of Boredom

Lucifer

Faustus Goes To Hell

Faustus & Mephistopheles

Shaving the Captain

Monkey

Children

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Shui Ta

Shu Fu

Gods & Wong

Everybody Hates Poor People

Shen Te with Broken Heart

Splendid Arms

Muhammad Ali

Blind_Oedipus

Clown_Mind

Creon_Body

fighter

Jump

NOW

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Worker

Two Sides

Strength

Sexy Money

Punch

Hearing

The final journey

Two sides to every story

Heartbreak

God

Beauty

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Devils

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Faustus_Regret

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Sloth

Wagner

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Cassandra

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Clytemnestra_Old_Men

Clytemnestra_Steel_Spine

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Disembowel

Electra

Electra_Bound

Eumenides

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Gestus

Gossips

Grandmothers

House_of_Atreus

Love_Song

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Nurse

Old_Man

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Chief_Clerk

Enough

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Jim_Gregor

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Metamorphosis

Nice_Tree

Normal

Shame

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Banquo

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Gen_Servant

Kiss

Lady_Macbeth

Leader_Wanted

MacB_MacD

Macbeth_Banquo

Macduff_Macbeth

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Placard

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Blind_Odysseus

Charybdis

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Gasp

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OMS

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Suitors

The_End

Captain_Shaving

Captain_Woyzeck_Gestus

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Doctors

End_Of_The_World

Fight

Grandma

Jim_Showman

Killer

Off_Duty_Point

She_Knows

Woyzeck_Ecstacy

Woyzeck_Strangle

Showmen

Marie and Christian

Everyman sees his friend

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Prologue - Tiresias