It's Kids Party Time!

Book Your Child's Birthday Party...

Manic Stage Productions specialise in hosting the most fun and exciting children's dance parties in Portsmouth! 

We provide the highest quality party hosts with tonnes of experience and enthusiasm to keep children of any age entertained from start to finish. 

Did you know that Manic host these fun filled Disco Dance Parties at an exclusive venue? It really is the perfect setting for your child's dance party. 

For the past 5 years we have provided a wonderful hen party package at Tiger Tiger, Gunwharf Quays in Portsmouth and now we are excited to announce that you can book the ultimate "Disco Dance Party" for your children in the 'Groovy Wonderland' nightclub room!

The light up multi coloured dance floor, dazzling disco ball and booming speaker system make it the best party venue in Portsmouth!
Your budding pop stars and groovy movers will love this unique venue and be able to perform in the stage spotlight alongside their friends and family for that memorable special birthday treat!

Manic will host your entire party leaving you nothing to worry about on the day (except the cake)

Each of our dance parties last for 2 hours and the package and price includes two dance party hosts.

Our structure is as follows:

First half hour playing games to welcome and wait for all the children to arrive.

Second half hour the children will take part in a short warm up and learn a dance routine to the style and music of their choice

After the first hour the party will break for food and a well deserved rest. At this time the 

cake will also be delivered with the whole party singing happy birthday. 

Finally the children will strut our confidence catwalk and prepare for "show time" the performance for the parents at the end!

The cost of our dance party including x2 party hosts, groovy wonderland room hire and music is:

£175 for up to 20 children.

£200 for 20+ children.
Max 32 children

A party food buffet is available from Tiger Tiger at a charge of £8 per head to include pizzas, sandwiches, crisps, fruit, jugs of squash and water and tea and coffee for the adults. 

As you can see there really is no better party for your special pop prince or princess....

Everything is taken care of and we promise to deliver a birthday party your dance stars will never forget.

For a booking form or any enquiries that you may have regarding our dance parties please do not hesitate to contact us at...

manicstageproductions@gmail.com 

www.manicsp.co.uk

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

April's Celebrated Client

Happy Birthday LKSA

This months featured, associated business is in fact a congratulations rather than a thank you!

Happy 1st birthday to Lucy Kates Star Academy, Congratulations Lucy! We are very proud of what you have achieved in such a short space of time and look forward to supporting you further into the future.

Manic Stage Productions have the great pleasure and privilege of being patrons to this fabulous local dance school "LKSA" founded by one of our professional performers. We have watched this new dance school grow and flourish over the past year and love to see the young stars gaining in confidence and ability so quickly.

For those of you that are interested in either adult dance classes for fitness and fun or a friendly and inclusive array of classes for children from school age up then LKSA really is the right choice for you.

Lucy Kate Star Academy provides fun and technical dance training to budding stars of all ages! There are currently dance and performing arts lessons in Portsmouth, Southsea and Bedhampton.

Lucy Kate has much experience in both performing and teaching and loves passing on her knowledge and love of dance to her students! Her performing career took her to 5 continents and has given her a wealth of knowledge in every aspect of the performing arts. Her exciting credits include Top of the Pops, P&O Cruise Lines, Galaxy Macau China, Dubai Shopping Festival Musicals Show and Solverde Casinos.

She is of course CRB checked and ISTD trained.

Lucy Kate has been a part of the Manic Stage Production performance team right from our very 1st years and has performed hundreds of times with the team and taught many of our classes. 

She says "Having the opportunity to teach classes for Manic Stage Productions certainly gave me lots of experience and helped me gain the confidence I needed to pursue my teaching ability. It is with thanks to Nicole and Matt for their experience and support that I made the decision to follow my dreams and open my own dance school. Manic Stage Productions encouraged me to do so and pledged to be an active patron to my new school Lucy Kate Star Academy. It is simply because of their support that I am really growing as a school. They help promote my classes and create opportunities for my young students that I could not have gained without them. 

Alongside running my own dance school with their support, it is so great to still be able to go to dance class with Manic every week and continue to develop as a performer with them too.

Contact Lucy Kate for more info

lksa@hotmail.co.uk

Manic Stage Productions are available for any event big or small. Please do not hesitate to contact us for more information

www.manicsp.co.uk

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

Manic's Recommended Dance School...

LKSA

News Flash! 

One of our very own Manic dancers and teacher has opened up a dance school right here in the heart of Southsea!

Lucy Kate Star Academy! 

Lucy Kate has been with Manic from the very beginning! Working for Manic as both a professional dancer and teacher for 7 years!

Lucy Kate has had a very full career as a professional dancer travelling the world and performing in many different countries including Dubai, India, China, Portugal and Qatar. Also onboard many cruise ships! In between dancing abroad Lucy has enjoyed performing for Manic at many different events including London Wasps, Southsea Show, numerous Fashion Shows, Award Ceremonies and Fontwell Park. 

She is also one of our enthusiastic Manic dance teachers and has taught at many of our exciting workshops, including several 1D days and many of our fun after school dance clubs across Portsmouth!

 

Lucy Kate has now decided to put her passport away and settle in beautiful Southsea. She wants to pass on her love of dance to the next generation! 

With a mass of experience behind her she really hopes to give her students the foundations to have the opportunities she has had in dance and Manic Stage Productions are 100% behind her becoming a patron to this new and exciting dance school .

Through teaching for Manic, Lucy has gained a lot of experience in working with children of all ages and abilities and we can not recommend her enough! Lucy is qualified with the ISTD and a member of the British Dance Arts Federation and of course fully insured and CRB checked.

At Lucy Kate Star Academy there are currently classes for 4 years+ in ballet and street dance with more classes on the way! Classes are held at Southsea Church of the Holy Spirit on Wednesdays from 4pm - 6.30pm (Exact class times tbc depending on your child's age and ability) 

Manic Stage Productions are patrons for LKSA and with this being our trusted school we will work closely together to make sure the students have places on all of our dance days and workshops to keep up their training during the holidays!

But don't worry, Lucy will not be leaving Manic! She has kept some time free to take class with the Manic Pro Team and rehearse for our many up coming performances across the South and beyond!

We wish Lucy every success with her school and are very glad she will be staying with the Manic team!

Please find Lucy Kate Star Academy on facebook at www.facebook.com/lucykatestaracademy

Or to enquire about a space for your child contact Lucy on lksa@hotmail.co.uk 

For everything Manic contact us at manicstageproductions@gmail.com www.manicsp.co.uk  

Giving our bit back!

Dancing for Charity

This weekend The Show Girlz will be strutting their stuff for charity at The Kings Theatre, Southsea

On Saturday 7th September some of our talented team will be performing two fabulous routines in the charity event ‘Fused! 

Fused! will combine local professional and amateur dancers performing contemporary, urban, and traditional dance styles in one night of high-octane, highly-polished, and fantastic dance routines. 

Included in the evenings line up along side Manic Stage Productions are Flavio de Brito with Tango de Noches dancers, Giselle Academy School of Dance, 3 J’s, Most Wanted, and many more.

The evenings entertainment is to raise funds for Portsmouth Fundraisers Macmillan Cancer Support and the Kings Theatre restoration. 

The girls are busy rehearsing this week and can't wait to perform once again on this inspiring stage in such a truly lovely theatre!

Come along and see The Show Girlz and many more talented groups on Saturday 7th at the Kings, Southsea.

Tickets are available through the Kings Theatre website here.

HOLD ON! We are excited to offer you a very special ticket deal - family & friends just need to call the Kings Theatre box office say they are a friend of ‘Manic' and they get £5 tickets!
023 9282 8282

We hope to see you there :-)

Don't Leave The Southsea Show To Soon!

The Southsea Show, Saturday 3rd August has a fun-packed schedule of events in store for all the family. But don't leave to soon as at 7:00pm the much-raved about Seaside Special will kick off and run until the final curtain falls at 9:30pm.

The creative team have put together a fantastic line up of talented world famous acts.

The incredibly talented headliner Chesney Hawkes will get the crowds to their feet, with an extensive repertoire guaranteeing a performance featuring all the fan favourites, with Chesney’s equally as floor-filling band accompanying him.

Carl & Dave’s Comedy Magic & Illusions performance will bring together slapstick magic with large-scale illusions, dashed with impressive moments of madness, laugh-out-loud comedy, and a jaw-dropping finale. The Stage reviewed their act as highly original, and filled with knock-about fun and mind-blowing illusions. Carl and Dave have been winners of the International Comedy Magic award for two years in a row, and the show has been tailored to fit the Southsea Show’s family-centric atmosphere perfectly.

Danny Oliver will take to the stage with a tribute performance to Michael Jackson. His performances have led to him being billed as the world’s top MJ tribute act, and he most definitely has the moves to match the music.

The Show Girlz from Manic Stage Productions will provide glamour and beauty in abundance, with some gorgeous girls performing stunning choreography in a wild array of costumes, feathers, and frills.

Renowned aerial acrobat Valerie Murzak, an extremely successful solo artist featured in a number of prime-time TV shows, on cruises, in theatre, and at corporate events. She recently performed at the opening ceremony of the London 2012 Olympics, and has toured the world as Poison Ivy in Batman Live.

Joe Black, a master of ceremonies who lives somewhere between the stages of music, theatre, and comedy, will take the audience firmly by the hand and guide them into a place where the strange and unusual reign supreme. His act has been dubbed by Vanity Fair as ‘not to be missed’.

The crowds will have a chance to sing and dance to the Grease sing-along, grooving out to Greased Lightning and crooning the words of Summer Nights.

And Paper Aeroplanes, the freshest, most dynamic producers and artists to hit the urban music scene in the past decade, will be performing, drawing on the house and hip-hop sounds they’ve been developing through collective efforts with major artists from the UK and overseas.

The Seaside Special finale on Saturday, an excitement-builder for another eclectic programme of widely-anticipated events and activities on the Sunday, has been organised through team efforts between a variety of establishments through the city of Portsmouth, including Portsmouth Guildhall, Steve Pitt of The Cellars, and Manic Stage Productions.

Tickets for the two-day Southsea Show are on sale through Portsmouth Guildhall’s online box office now here. Tickets will also be available for purchase on the day. There will be plenty to do come rain or shine, thanks to much of the show being undercover.

Find out more about the all-new Southsea Show 2013 on the website here