PRIMARY SCHOOLS
2025/2026
FROM 29th SEPTEMBER 2025 TO 1st MAY 2026
MANACTCO ARE TOURING PRIMARY SCHOOLS WITH
A BILL OF FOUR SPELLBINDING SHOWS
DEVISED SPECIFICALLY
FOR PRIMARY SCHOOL AUDIENCES:
'POETRY IN MOTION'
This show is suitable for ALL Primary School pupils
at both Keystage 1 and Keystage 2
'A CHRISTMAS CAROL for Keystage 2'
by Charles Dickens
'MACBETH for Keystage 2'
by William Shakespeare
'ROMEO & JULIET for Keystage 2'
by William Shakespeare
Each of these presentations is aimed at those reading these texts
at Keystage 2 in Primary School,
and are suitable for all children in years 3, 4, 5 or 6
TO LEARN MORE ABOUT
EACH OF OUR PRESENTATIONS,
PLEASE READ OUR PRIMARY SCHOOLS
2025/2026 GUIDE:
PLEASE CLICK ON THIS LINK
AND DOWNLOAD A COPY OF OUR
2025/2026 GUIDE TO OUR SHOWS:
Adobe Acrobat document [1.7 MB]
Our guide provides lots of great information about each of
the shows we are presenting, detailing what
your school can expect from our shows, and how
our presentations will greatly benefit your Pupils.
Our presentations for 2025/2026 are:
'POETRY IN MOTION'
Touring from:
Monday 29th September 2025
through to:
Friday 21st November 2025
Poetry comes alive in your school hall where Poetry Slam meets all-action physical theatre to create a fast-moving performance, filled with fantastic sounds and colour, breathing life into these fantastic word-pictures, Created for all children aged 3 to 11, our professional actors will transform the words into a fun-filled, dynamic display of immersive physical theatre, celebrating all kinds of poetry, and showing young audiences just how much
fun poetry can be.
'A CHRISTMAS CAROL'
for Keystage 2
Touring from:
Monday 24th November 2025
through to:
Thursday 18th December 2025
“....no space of regret can make amends for one life’s opportunity misused!”
Dickens’ classic ghostly gothic tale of Christmas is vividly brought to life,
with the tale of a bitter and despised old miser, Scrooge, and his
transformation into a gentler, kindlier man after visitations by four ghosts
on the night before Christmas....
'MACBETH'
for Keystage 2
Touring from:
Tuesday 20th January 2026
through to:
Friday 1st May 2026
“…..Something wicked this way comes…”
Shakespeare’s dazzling action-and-adventure tragedy is dramatically
brought to life, as we perform this bloodthirsty tale of ambition, and the
evils we will go to in order to get what we want.
'ROMEO & JULIET'
for Keystage 2
Touring from:
Tuesday 24th February 2026
through to:
Friday 1st May 2026
“…..These violent delights have violent ends...."
Shakespeare’s most famous play has the perfect love between Romeo and Juliet set against the reality of a competitive, feuding and violent society...... Love and Death are constantly mentioned together throughout, foreshadowing the end that Fate has in store for these innocent “star-crossed lovers”......
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