Anthology

Anthology is a professional performance project co-created with young people, for young people. Reimagining the GCSE poetry anthology Worlds and Lives. 

Following the success of the pilot project in May 2024, Highly Sprung took Anthology to North Warwickshire in March 2025, bringing to life a new collection of poetry being studied in schools and sharing an appreciation for diverse voices in literature.

Highly Sprung- known for using physical theatre to explore ideas and tell stories—offered an exciting chance for young people (13-18) in North Warwickshire to transform how they saw poetry through their project Anthology.

The project took the GCSE poetry Anthology Worlds and Lives and took it off the page, using movement, theatre, and creativity to explore the themes and ideas behind the words.

Highly Sprung hosted workshops at local libraries where young people had the opportunity to dive into poetry through fun, interactive theatre sessions.

Young people were also invited to join The Co-Creatives Group, stepping into the rehearsal room and working with professionals from Highly Sprung to help create a brand-new theatre piece inspired by the Anthology. They got to be a director, writer, choreographer, or producer—and the final performance was performed live on stage at the end of the project!

Here’s what last year’s participants said about the project:

“This project helped me get 100% on a test. I showed my English teacher and she nearly cried she was that proud.”

“It changed how I think about poetry. Instead of writing torturous essays, I started seeing poetry as a way to get things out of my mind and actually feel them.”