Highly Sprung is the UK’s leading physical theatre company making work for and with children and young people.
Their brand of physical theatre empowers young people to explore and express their unique creativity and identity.
They create outdoor and indoor performances that tell stories through movement, gesture and dance. Stories inspired by humanity, science, and the complex world around us.
They also train artists in physical theatre and run projects in primary and secondary schools here and across the world.
Highly Sprung have been working in the outdoor arts sector since 2014. During that period, they have produced three major touring productions, Urban Astronaut, Roots, and CastAway, exploring environmental themes, that have toured nationally and internationally. Alongside these major productions they create unique events and walkabout acts for festivals, events, and outdoor arts venues.
On their membership with SWM, they say:
“The Climate and Ecological Emergency endangers our ability to deliver our mission, making work for and with children and young people, in the community and schools and making and touring performance work for the public. Our work explores and constructs stories inspired by humanity, and the complex world. The Climate Emergency is the most pervasive threat to our work – we seek to inspire better futures for young people, a pursuit made impossibly difficult where little change is being seen in tackling the emergency.”
Our primary contact is Sarah Worth, Executive Director.