BIRTHDAY CELEBRATION SHOW

HAPPY 10th BIRTHDAY MANIC! 

This July Manic Stage Productions are celebrating our tenth year in business and to commemorate this massive milestone we are producing a fantastic evening of entertainment for charity. This professional performance showcase evening will be held at Southsea's King's Theatre!

Tickets are available to the public and are only £5 per person. All proceeds from this event will be split between our two chosen charities, 'Diabetes U.K.' and 'Alzheimer's Research U.K.'  We have chosen to raise money and support these two amazing charities simply to give something back to the community. 

We would love to see as many of you at this event as possible to raise as much money as we can to help support the continued hard work of both of the above charities.

Manic's vision for this special showcase was to cast a unique show full of variety and professional entertainment for your viewing pleasure. 

As a celebration of our ten years in business we want to show the progression and growth of our company and feature all aspects of Manic and what we do. 

From teaching in schools to producing events, Manic tailor to all of your entertainment needs and work closely with individuals, schools and corporate companies to add the wow factor!

Here are a few things you can expect to see on the night.

Sky high stilt walkers, sequinned feather showgirls, high kicking can can dancers, children's characters, beautiful aerialists, dazzling dancers, pitch perfect singers and all your favourite show time hits..... performed with a special Manic twist!

The show is called Manic and friends as for this event we wanted as many people to join the line up as possible and we have invited many talented people that we regularly work with to join us on stage at different intervals to perform alongside the "Manic Show Team". 

We are excited to announce that the following people will make show stopping appearances...

The Manic Team 

The Fabulous Miss G

The Kings Youth Theatre

LKSA Dance School

Rachael Hawnt 

Christopher Marlowe

Amba Tremain

UVG 

Jamie Riley 
Ben Claybon
Local School Children

and many many more!!

We can assure you this night is going to be one to remember and will not disappoint. The show is suitable for all ages and will have something for everyone to enjoy. We look forward to you joining us to celebrate our 10th birthday! 

Tickets are available from the King's Theatre box office on 02392 828282.

For any other enquires regarding unique tailored entertainment for all occasions do not hesitate to contact us at www.manicsp.co.uk or manicstageproductions@gmail.com

SUMMER IS COMING!

HAVE YOUR KIDS GOT TALENT?

It's that time of year again, summer is only around the corner and we have the perfect activity to keep your children entertained and excited with three whole days of activities, fun and a live performance!

After last years success of our 'Kids Got Talent' 3 day workshop we have decided to run the same summer school activity this year to give even more children a chance to take part in this amazing opportunity. 

Manic Stage Productions we will be hosting 'Kids Got Talent' from Wednesday 5th - Friday 7th August 2015.

The idea of 'Kids Got Talent' is to encourage all the children to bring along their own talent to the Portsmouth's Guildhall and to practise and perfect it over the three days with the added assistance of our talented team. The aim is to make their individual skill show time ready for the on stage performance on the final day!

The children will also learn a whole host of new skills throughout the workshop days including dancing, singing, acting, arts and crafts, and lots lots more. 

The children will make new friends and be working in groups with new people to expand their repertoire of skills as the days pass.

One of the main attractions of this workshop event is the amazing opportunity to perform on the actual stage. We are lucky enough that the Friday performance showcase will be on the Guildhall stage, with lighting, sound and costumes! The children will be putting on a "proper" show of which family and friends are invited to come and see on the final afternoon. 

With the chance for the children to showcase each of their own talents and group numbers as a whole cast, the jam packed show will feature all types of entertainment for the parents viewing pleasure. 

After last years brilliant workshop we can not wait to see this years turn out..... so start practising those talents and book your places now so not to miss out this summer!! 

The cost of the three day workshop is £75 per child.
Each day will run from 10am-3pm at PortsmouthGuildhall

Dates are Wednesday 5th - Friday 7th August 2015.

Book your places now through Paypal on our event page via our website www.manicsp.co.uk 

We look forward to seeing you all in the summer! 

Any queries or questions regarding this please do not hesitate to contact us at manicstageproductions@gmail.com

EASTER IS JUST AROUND THE CORNER.....

FUN FILLED EASTER ACTIVITIES 

This Easter holiday Manic Stage Productions will again be at Portsmouth Guildhall hosting another of our ever successful dance workshops. 

We are excited to announce two brand new themes to entice and excite your little ones. 

We still have places available for both days. 

Here's a little bit of information about both workshops and what they have on offer.

Thursday 9th April: Clowning Around - Circus Skills Dance Day!

During the day your children will get to take part in so many activities and learn lots of new skills including: Plate Spinning, Juggling, Balancing Acts, Clown Dancing and Arts & Crafts. 

Our Second Workshop is,

Friday 10th April: Movie Madness Dance Day!

Join us to take part in Singing, Dancing, Creative Catwalk, Acting and Arts and Crafts. Your little stars will get to act as if they are in their own movie and perform to some of the greatest hits from movie musicals including Annie, Grease and The Lego Movie. 

Both workshops will have a showtime performance for parents and family when they return at the end. You will love seeing your children in action showcasing what they have been up to during the day. 

Each workshop takes place at Portsmouth Guildhall and runs from 10am-3pm with parents invited back at 2:30pm. 

To book your places visit www.manicsp.co.uk and click on the pay pal link at the bottom of the homepage. We look forward to seeing you there for one of our exciting days packed full of fun!! 

www.manicsp.co.uk    manicstageproductions@gmail.com

Another Fun Filled Half Term

READ WHAT MANIC GOT UP TO 

THIS HALF TERM! 

This February Manic again took over the Harlequin room at the Portsmouth Guildhall to run our ever successful children's half term dance days and workshops. 

Last week a whole host of children arrived ready to dance, sing, play games and create their very own arts and crafts with lots of new friends at 2 of our fun packed dance days.

Monday we hosted 'We Love Boybands'

With a room full of fans the children learnt and performed routines to their favourite chart topping heart throbs including One Direction, The Vamps, 5 Seconds Of Summer, JLS and many many more. 

We made some very colourful concert posters with brilliant drawings of our favourite artists to show our family friends when they arrived at the end for "showtime".

Along with beautiful singing and catwalks the performance was jam packed with all of the exciting activities that we had practised and perfected through out the day.

Our 1D cardboard cut outs proved a popular posing point for a quick photo opportunity with our fave boy band member, creating the perfect little keepsake picture and memory of the day. These weren't just for the children, some of the parents jumped in for a quick photo too ... 
Even Matt and Emma couldn't resist a quick snap with the famous faces!

Tuesday was a different theme altogether and with a group of new children to entertain we hosted 
'Magical Fairytale, Once Upon A Time'

This group of beautiful princesses learnt new magical moves ready to be added to our "showtime" dances at the end of the day. 

The children shared with us their favourite fairytales and wow what a variety we had to choose from! 

We encouraged the children to have a go at their own creative choreography, which featured in our catwalk finally and there individual spotlight moment. 
Showtime also showcased two different dance routines, sensational singing and amazing arts and crafts.

We were so busy on Tuesday, learning two routines and also squeezing in two different types of crafts. 

Our Fairytale posters had pictures of our fairytale lands, magical spells, prince and princess's and all sorts of beautiful decorations. 

Secondly we made beautiful magic wands to use as props during our catwalk at showtime. They shined and sparkled just as the children did over both days. 

With both groups making a whole bunch of new friends and all the children looking forward to the next school holiday. We are already planning more exciting events and themes for your little ones to enjoy this Easter

Look out on our facebook page 'Manic Stage Productions' and our website www.manicsp.co.uk for the first release of our Easter Holidays, May Half Term and Summer School activities. Manic Stage Productions cannot wait to see you all again for more holiday fun!! 

In the mean time we thank you for joining us this half term and hope you had as much fun as we did.

Look forward to seeing you all again soon!

For all questions and enquiries about bespoke tailored entertainment please don't hesitate to contact us at www.manicsp.co.uk or manicstageproductions@gmail.com

January's Celebrated Client - The Kings Theatre

THANK YOU TO THE KINGS THEATRE!

This year we begin our 10th birthday celebrations of being in business and each month we are thanking one of our fantastic clients for their continued support, generosity and valued working relationship. 

January's celebrated client is of course The Kings Theatre

Over the past 10 years Manic have had a brilliant relationship with one of the most beautiful theatres on the South Coast.

The famous Kings Theatre right here in the heart of Southsea, Portsmouth plays host to hundreds of touring productions, comedians and musical stars each and every month. 

Manic Stage Productions are very thankful to have formed such a great working relationship with the theatre and its creative team over the years and are always thrilled to be asked be a part of their fantastic educational events, fundraising shows, one off appearances and events around the city and beyond. 

A huge thank you to David Cooper, the manager of the Kings Theatre who has given us countless performing opportunities and has asked for our services on many occasions to add some glitz, glamour and style to all kinds of events. 

We have been a part of the Children In Need charity showcase for the past 5 years which are always so much fun for the team and a chance to show off our latest medleys to the people of Portsmouth.

 Manic have provided, showgirls, dancers, singers and hostesses for many different Kings Theatre based events and performances such as, Fused, The Guide Awards, Party Princess Sing a Long, Gala Nights as well as many successful open days

We love performing on the famous stage and to be a part of such a spectacular venue with such a respected heritage, we feel very honoured to work so closely and to have this amazing theatre on our doorstep. 

Nicole and Matt have also worked very closely with the King's Youth Theatre lead by Joanna Bennington, sharing their knowledge and passion with this super talented bunch of young people who work tirelessly towards many productions performed on the Kings stage.  

Matt and Nicole contribute by hosting a weekly class for the youth theatres "elite" strand, that works on choreography, confidence, stamina and performance skills. Each week a new style of dance is explored with a fresh exciting new routine. The children have a chance to work in groups, create some of their own choreography and perfect their new found skills and styles over each term. 

Nicole and Matt have also helped to choreograph for some of the youth theatres shows such as Oliver.

Last year in November Manic were lucky enough to be invited to head to Caen in France alongside the Kings Theatre to be a part of the team promoting Albert Road, The Theatre and Southsea. 

Southsea is twinned with the city of Caen and is such a beautiful town and place to visit. We joined the rest of the team including, the youth theatre, some of Albert roads quirky, unique shops and a host of others including David himself to gather interest and show off just what talent Southsea has to offer to the public of Caen! 

We of course took to the offer and were so happy to be asked to be a part of this adventure. We took along our sky high stilt walkers which I can assure you attracted a lot of interest and excitement! Showing off our circus costumes our ringleader and clown brought the crowds to surround the Southsea stand in the centre of the festival and drummed up interested for the famous pantomime that was being held over Christmas at the time!

The trip was a great success, the youth theatre entertained the crowds with performance throughout the day and with lots of stalls to browse you had plenty to keep you busy during the weekend! We hope to be invited 

back again next year and can't wait to see what new adventures lie in the near future! 

Finally being our tenth birthday this year we thought what better way to celebrate than with a big celebratory showcase! 

If there is one thing Manic Stage Productions knows how to do, it is how to put on a spectacular show!! 

Later in the year, this July, the Kings theatre will play host to 
Manic's 10th Anniversary Showcase!! 
We are absolutely thrilled that The Kings Theatre will be the venue for this milestone and can not thank David Cooper and all his staff enough for their continued support.

Watch this space for full showcase details coming soon!

A word from David himself....

We have worked with Manic Stage Productions on various projects and events including our Children in Need fundraiser event, party events, dance workshops and the Southsea Show. They were a valuable support whilst organising Portsmouth’s contribution to Caen’s International Festival in France and their input much appreciated. As always they added fun and artistic flair. Whether working with us on a low budget charity fundraiser or a high profile event, Manic always give 110%. We’ve always found them to be a dream to work with due to their flexibility, professionalism and reliability. Congratulations on their 10th year in the industry we look forward to seeing what the future holds for them.



Finally it goes with out saying that Januarys celebrated client is a true honour to be associated with and one that we enjoy working for so very much! 

We look forward to all future engagements and work opportunities that Manic and our talented team can feature in and be involved with in 2015 and beyond.

For any bookings or queries you may have for tailored bespoke entertainment please do not hesitate to contact us! 

www.manicsp.co.uk

manicstageproductions@gmail.com

Fun Filled Half Terms Are Back

February Half Term Workshops!

Are you looking for some fun, full day activities for your children to enjoy this February Half Term? 

One again Manic Stage Productions are hosting our ever popular half term dance days. 

With Dancing, Singing, Arts & Crafts, Games & Performance Showtime, your little ones will have so much to enjoy throughout the session and so much to show you at the end of the day. 

Each activity day will be held at Portsmouth Guildhall in their secure Harlequin Room.  

This half term we have two fantastic themes to choose from...... 

Monday 16th - We Love Boybands!

Tuesday 17th - Magical Fairytale 'Once Upon A Time'

Each dance day runs from 10am until 3pm. 

If you are interested in either of the above then please visit our website at www.manicsp.co.uk to book your childs place/s now. 

Each day is £20 per child. Once we receive payment via the paypal link you will receive a confirmation email from us.

We can assure you your children will have a great time, meet new friends and enjoy a whole host of new theatrical skills, routines, songs and activities.

Our CRB checked, professional team look forward to meeting you all! 

If you have any queries please do not hesitate to contact us at the below links:

www.manicsp.co.uk                                                

manicstageproductions@gmail.com

What A Sizzling Summer We Had!

A LOOK BACK AT A WONDERFUL SUMMER

After an amazing but very hectic and busy summer we thought we should stop and have a little look back at everything we got up to...

Although it now seems so long ago we started our busy summer at the beginning of August with the Southsea Show. 

Manic hosted and produced the Seaside Special show that took place in the big top tent. With a host of speciality acts, singers, dancers and performers it was a huge hit and the acts performed to a packed out tent full of happy spectators as they watched on and enjoyed the entertainment that was on offer. 

Before the glitz and glamour of the showgirls in the evening show we took to the stage that afternoon to entertain and bring some magic to the event with our Disney inspired children's show. With performances and songs from all your children's favourite sing-a-long films and soundtracks their faces lit up as princesses, animals and all sorts of characters appeared in the spot light to spread a magical feel throughout the big top. 

Lets not forget that also at the Southsea Show Manic hosted our very own 'Frozen' inspired tent which we named 'The Elsa and Anna Experience'. 

With ticketed workshops every hour on both the Saturday and Sunday crowds flocked to pack out our sold out event which gave the children an amazing opportunity to meet our look a like Elsa and Anna charatacters. Along with meeting the girls the children and their parents were able to take part in so many activities including singing and dancing with the characters, a sweetie pick and mix kingdom, Olaf arts and crafts and a very special green screen photobooth that transported you all the way to Arundel itself. 

We had so many happy customers and as they left with their gifts and wish balloons we couldn't have asked for a better turn out. 

The experience worked so well that we will be bringing it back around Christmas time so keep an eye out for more info about this on our website and facebook page. 

No summer or school holiday would be complete without our sort after dance days and workshops! Following on from the Southsea Show we entered into 2 weeks of Manic's Summer School. With more 'Frozen' and 'One Direction' days our excited children turned up each day at Portsmouth Guildhall excited and ready to go for a full day of fun, themed to their favourite stars, films, songs and characters. 

Brand new this year was the launch of our 3 day 'Kid's Got Talent' talent club.

We had a great response and the children that took part really proved how talented and clever they were. 

Over the three days the children learnt a variety of skills including singing, dancing and various drama skills. They then bought along their own talent to perform and we had a brilliant array that all featured in our big show on the final day. 

The talents included: Majorettes, Recorder, Tap Dancing, Duets, Girlband Singing, Modern Dance and Ballet Solo's and Cheerleading. 

Our final show took place on the actual Portsmouth Guildhall stage with a full audience of family and friends. Each child took to the stage with huge smiles, bags of confidence and a super star attitude! For some this was their very first time on stage. They put on an amazing show and we were so proud of what they had learnt and produced over just 3 days. We look forward to next years talent club and would love to know what talents your children may have?

COMING SOON

Schools are starting back this week and even though it is the start of term we have already booked in our half term exciting activities. We will of course due to popular demand be hosting another Frozen day which will be Wednesday 29th October and as an exclusive this year we have a days workshop of 'Michael Jackson's Thriller Halloween Spectacular' which will take place on Halloween Friday 31st October.

 All workshops will be at Portsmouth Guildhall. Keep an eye on our facebook page for the release date to book your places. As always there are only 30 places per day available and last time we sold out within 45 minutes of going live. 

Any other enquiries for bespoke entertainment visit our website www.manicsp.co.uk or contact us at manicstageproductions@gmail.com