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Physical Fellowship

The Physical Fellowship

The UK’s only physical performance festival exclusively for young people.

Highly Sprung’s Physical Fellowship was established over fifteen years ago to give young people the opportunity to explore their understanding and experience of physical theatre.

To this day, it remains a unique and exciting opportunity for 11 to 19-year-olds to immerse themselves completely in physical theatre practice, working with renowned professional artists to make and present original work.

Produce

 

Highly Sprung artists deliver a two day residency participating schools and. youth groups. Through games, exercises and workshop the artists inspire young people and support their creativity, creating their own piece of original physical theatre.

Participate

 

Students then attend a day of workshops, seminars and masterclasses delivered by visiting professional companies, allowing the students to gain a deeper understanding of the artform from world leading practitioners.

Perform

 

Finally, students have a professional platform to present their work in the festival showcase, followed by a headline performance from Highly Sprung’s own youth theatre company, Sprung Advance PLUS.

School bookings open for Physical Fellowship 2025

The Physical Fellowship 2025

Mon 30th June – Fri 4th July 2025 at the Belgrade Theatre, Coventry

School groups in Years 7-13 can now book for the Physical Fellowship 2025. Our 2024 festival was the biggest yet, with 13 schools and 3 youth companies creating incredible pieces of original physical theatre, and taking part in workshops with Motionhouse, Fourth Monkey Actor Training Company, Infuse Dance Photography and Highly Sprung.

Get in touch with schools@highlysprungperformance.co.uk to learn more and book in your group. 

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Want to know more about the Physical Fellowship? Watch our recap video from 2024 to see how it all comes together!

In photos: behind the scenes of our headline show 

For 2024, our talented photographer Andy Moore created a special editorial following our performers for Say No More. 

 

It documented the journey of our Sprung Advance PLUS group, taking you behind the scenes to rehearsals, warm up games and scene plans, to costumes, tech runs and those final moments waiting in the wings. 

View here

Gallery

A group of young people are crouched in a circle on a stage lit up in green. A young female with braided blonde hair stands in front. She is wearing tracksuit bottoms and a grey jacket.
A group of students are sat on stage in a semi circle, watching a man giving a talk.
A dark stage, with a blue-lit backdrop and an image of the sun. On stage are 2 young people reaching their arms up towards the sun.
A large sculpture of a globe, with a pair of hands reaching towards it on a stage. It is made of clear plastic and is lit in blue and green.
A group of young performers lifting a performer into the air. Background is lit red with smoke.
A group of young people crowded together. A young female with glasses stands in the centre with her hands posed together.
A group of performers on stage, holding umbrellas. Behind them, more umbrellas are attached to the wall. All of them are wearing grey except one who is wearing a back t-shirt.
A group of performers are stood on stage with smoke over them.
A young person with a long brown ponytail with a green streak in their fringe and a red hair tie. They are wearing a white top with grey bottoms. Another person is sat opposite them with short dark hair is smiling. They are wearing all black. They are both holding onto a blue and white object.
A large group of performers are on stage, stood or sat with their arms to the side.
A group of young people in shirts and ties look at another performer stood on a bed.
A young person in and all black hooded tracksuit is stood with their hands on their waist. They are being instructed by a female with shorter red hair, she is wearing a grey jumper and blue bottoms.
A group of performers reach outwards with their hands.
A young performer is stood with their arms outstretched, screaming while other performers stand behind.
A young person in red and white stands with their hand in the air. Other performers behind them hold a similar pose.
A group of young performers stand in lines, arms on each others arms connected to another perform in the centre.
A group of performers stand on stage with their arms raised golding up pages from a book.
A performer stands reading from a page in front of a silhouette of a soldier.
Performers in overalls looks happily at an item in a person's hand.
Three performers are mid jump, on top of a projected image on stage.
a performer in a brown cardigan stands with their hands grasped looking shocked in from of another performer stood with their arms raised.
students in yellow polo shirts laugh with each other.

What People Say

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“Once again the Physical Fellowship shows that Highly Sprung and all the young people involved can transcend ‘youth theatre’ and bring to the professionals a run for their money!”

“Great experience and a lovely thing to be a part of, learnt lots”

“Very fun, energetic and teaches you skills you can’t learn anywhere else. Thanks Highly Sprung and everyone who made the Physical Fellowship great”

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