Shakespeare Birthplace Trust

Shakespeare Birthplace Trust

We love working with the Shakespeare Birthplace Trust to support their work on and around Shakespeare Week each year.  “We hugely enjoyed the workshops. It was lovely for the children to have a day off timetable exploring Shakespeare. I was actually surprised by the creativity of their responses during both the drama activities and the … Read More

Shakespeare Birthplace Trust

The schools in our Manchester Hub have been delighted with the workshops. You have delivered some amazing sessions (as always!). Thank you so much for all your hard work – we really do love working with As Creatives!” 

Shakespeare Poets – with the Shakespeare Birthplace Trust!

We are huge fans of Shakespeare, of course – firmly believing in the power of experiential approaches to his works. And we also love the process of creating, crafting and performing poetry. Over the years, we have taken our interactive Shakespeare and Poetry workshops to tens of thousands of children and young people, both nationally … Read More

Shakespeare Workshops for Schools – KS1/KS2/KS3/KS4 – The Play’s The Thing!

Shakespeare Workshops for Schools – KS1/KS2/KS3/KS4 – The Play’s The Thing!

Celebrate Shakespeare in your school with an interactive drama-based, action packed, Shakespeare workshop from As Creatives! Available to schools throughout the UK and beyond. Teacher CPD workshops also available!  Shakespeare Week is a national annual celebration giving primary school aged children opportunities for enriching and enjoyable early experiences of Shakespeare. Shakespeare Week 2025 will take place … Read More

Introducing Shakespeare

Introducing Shakespeare

Introducing Shakespeare is a fantastic (and very energetic!) way to engage your students in the playwright, his life and works – and prepare them for their studies to come.   “Thank you for the Introducing Shakespeare workshops. We all enjoyed them so much and it was a pleasure to watch you in action. Can we … Read More

Spotlight on Shakespeare

Spotlight on Shakespeare

Over four hundred years since his death, Shakespeare’s poetry is still being read, performed and listened to all over the world – which says something for its power and beauty.   “We had a fantastic day taking part in our Tempest workshop with Shakespeare Birthplace Trust and As Creatives. Our children thoroughly enjoyed the sessions … Read More

Shakespeare for GCSE and A Level / S4 – S6

Shakespeare for GCSE and A Level / S4 – S6

It’s unlikely that any of Shakespeare’s actors ever saw full copies of the plays they appeared in, instead using “cue cards” for rehearsals. And this challenging workshop builds on that theatre history.     “The staff loved watching students who they typically define as disinterested getting more engaged in the ‘human sculptures’ activities than they … Read More

The Children’s Shakespeare Debate and As Creatives

The Children’s Shakespeare Debate and As Creatives

For the third year running, we’re working with the Shakespeare Birthplace Trust (creators of the phenomenally successful Shakespeare Week) to design and deliver two series of workshops – one for pupils and the other for teachers. The absolute highlight of this year’s partnership, so far, was the opportunity to work with 60 Year 6 pupils … Read More

History

Including larger than life, interactive performances, open-ended workshops and more intimate classroom-based sessions, our unique range of Creative History Workshops and Shows for Primary Schools offers pupils privileged perspectives on the lives of people in the past.  All History Workshops and Shows Including larger than life, interactive performances, open-ended workshops and more intimate classroom-based sessions, … Read More

The Play’s The Thing

The Play’s The Thing

Our Shakespeare programmes prove popular and successful both nationally and internationally – and we’ve been lucky enough to partner with The Shakespeare Birthplace Trust, the brains behind Shakespeare Week for the last 8 years. Our programmes work with any of the plays in the canon – and can normally be accomplished in as little as … Read More

Events and Key Dates

Events and Key Dates

From World Book Day to British Science Week, we have the perfect workshop to help you celebrate these special dates in your school!  British Science Week Celebrate British Science Week  with one of our interative, drama based, creative science workshops for primary and secondary schools.  World Book Day Our World Book Day workshops, assemblies and author visits … Read More