Welcome to Griffin Theatre Arts
Griffin Theatre Arts is a Sheffield based theatre company, that excites, engages and inspires children, young people and families in active participation and enjoyment of the arts. Our work is creative, original and educates through practical engagements that inspire exploration and thought. From the core of our work we will push boundaries, inspire new thinking and develop creativity.
We use the arts to entertain, educate, unite and inspire through the exploration and creation of original work, in a variety of tradition and non-traditional performance spaces. This could be through workshops, assemblies, CPD, creative projects or productions.
Recent Work
“Thoroughly enjoyed the day! ” Primary School teacher’s comments on Once Upon a Time… October 2012
- We have had over 1809 participant engagements
- We’ve delivered Once Upon a Time… creativity sessions in South Yorkshire primaries, that have included: Dragon Building, Drama and Storytelling.
- We’ve worked with the Sheena Amos Youth Trust to deliver drama workshops to their Side by Side group for 16-19 year olds, on Improvisation and Theatre of the Oppressed.
- Terrific Tales, a family literacy project working with parent groups in Sheffield Primary schools to create new stories inspired by local folklore and legends
- Goblin Market performance poetry drama workshops in Sheffield, Rotherham and Barnsley schools.
- Leading Endcliffe Players drama workshops for Sheffield University students
- Derbyshire Literature Festival school workshops across Derbyshire
- CPD for primary teachers at Manchester’s Chinese Arts Centre as part of the Prince’s Foundation Start programme
- Delivering Shakespeare workshops for secondary schools and theatres
- Working with Museums Sheffield and Newfield School’s Creative and Media diploma students to create performances in response to The Family in British Art exhibition.
Where We've Worked
- We have worked with the Lantern Theatre and the Dilys Guilt Players, Newfield School, Sheffield University Students Union, Museums Sheffield, High Storrs School, Chinese Arts Centre and The Prince’s Foundation for Children & the Arts, Temple Normanton Primary School, Bennerley Fields Specialist Language School, Horsley Woodhouse Primary School, Mary Swanwick Primary School, Spire Nursery and Infant School, Combs Infant School, Buxworth Primary School, Taxal & Fernilee Church of England Primary School, Christ Church School, Draycott Community Primary School, The Curzon Church of England Primary School, Hartington Church of England Primary School, Peak Dale Primary School, Whitecotes Primary School, St Edwards Catholic Primary School, Ashbourne Hilltop Infant and Nursery School, Stretton Handley Church of England Primary School, Brooklands Primary School, Newhall Infant and Nursery School, Parklands Infant and Nursery School, Scarcliffe Primary School, Silkstone Common Junior and Infant School, Stannington Infant School, Rawmarsh Ashwood Primary School, Westways Primary School, Porter Croft Church of England Primary School, Phillimore Community Primary School, the Sheena Amos Youth Trust, Firshill Community Primary School, Dore Primary School, Worsbrough Bank End Primary School, Bradway Primary School, Low Edges Primary, Brightside Nursery Infants School, Stocksbrige library, Ecclesall library, Chapeltown library and Parsons Cross Library.
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“…very enjoyable and interactive experience. Fits in with our topics and will be linked to literacy.”
Lowedges Primary School feedback from Once Upon a Time… Storytelling and Art sessions, October 2012
Once Upon a Time…
Fantastic art and storytelling creativity sessions are returning this summer. Perfect for 5 – 8 year olds and their families, these sessions have will capture the imaginations of participants as they experience Yorkshire and Derbyshire folklore, together with new stories inspired by the local area.
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