Hello, we’re Highly Sprung
We create inspiring performances and experiences using physical theatre. Enabling better futures for children and young people.
We create inspiring performances and experiences using physical theatre. Enabling better futures for children and young people.
Highly Sprung tell compelling and relevant stories, where text moves and movement speaks. Our work with and for children and young people produces bold, spectacular performances and unforgettable experiences, in unexpected ways, spaces, and places.
Every year Highly Sprung transform the lives of thousands of children and young people. We deliver workshops to more than 5000 children and young people and reach an audience of nearly 40,000 with our touring performances across the UK and the world.
Highly Sprung is a platform shaped by young people, offering programmes and experiences ensuring they are seen and their voices are valued. Young people take part as participants, creators, performers, leaders and decision-makers. Their voice and experience is central to how we design our work. Spaces where young people are given real power.
Performance
We create original physical theatre that empowers young people to explore and express their unique creativity and identity.
Sprung Youth
Sprung Youth offers a completely new approach to performing arts classes for children and young people aged 6-19.
Schools
What’s On Now
Coventry Young Producers Collective (CYP)
Highly Sprung’s Coventry Young Producers Collective (CYP) is an opportunity for 13–16 year-olds to develop skills as young producers and creative leaders. Take part in workshops, mentoring and skills sessions, explore the creative industries and make real decisions about programming, marketing and production. The programme culminates in a five-day physical theatre festival created by young people at the Belgrade Theatre.
Email us at team@highlysprungperformance.co.uk to get involved!
Sprung Youth Summer Term 2026
Youth Theatre with a difference for ages 6-19. Sign up for a FREE taster in January.
Sprung Youth offers a completely new approach to performing arts classes for children and young people. Weekly workshops combine drama, speech and movement for a uniquely physical approach to theatre-making, Sprung takes participants on a creative journey, giving them the time and space to develop their own voice.
- SPRUNG STARS for Ages 6-10: Fridays 5pm – 6.30pm
- SPRUNG LAUNCH for Ages 10-13: Fridays 6.30pm – 8.30pm
- SPRUNG ADVANCE for Ages 13+: Thursdays 5pm – 7pm
Bursaries are available for children & young people who would otherwise be unable to attend.
How We Work With Young People
Sprung Youth
Sprung Youth (ages 6–19), runs weekly throughout the year, a unique and inclusive group which encourages young people, particularly those feeling isolated, anxious, different or unsure of their place in the world. Young people consistently describe Sprung Youth as a place where they feel accepted, listened to and able to be themselves.
Youth Advisory Board
Established for five years, the YAB is a group of fifteen young people aged 14 – 21. Their voice and experience is central to how we design our work, where young people shape our work through consultation, influence organisational development and take on leadership roles within the wider community, such as designing and developing our Community Play Days.
Young Producers
Highly Sprung’s Young Producers programme is a non–traditional learning experience that encourages collaboration, communication and exploration. Young people take creative risks, share ideas, work together to shape the direction of projects and performances as producers. Highly Sprung create an environment where young people feel safe, respected and able to grow as individuals.
Physical Fellowship
The UK’s only physical performance festival for young people, curated by the Young Producers. Participants develop physical theatre skills through professional level training and performance. Highly Sprung’s physical theatre approach offers accessible and engaging ways of collaborating and communicating that help young people better understand themselves and the world around them.Physical Fellowship
