Insidious rehearsals

Insidious rehearsals are underway in New York… ON BROADWAY! (finally doing a Broadway show, even if that’s just where we’ve been rehearsing). Here’s a peak at what we’ve been up to. Pics by Ethan Lindhout. Full details about the show on the Insidious show page.

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Brighton Calling in March 2025!

Brighton holds a special place in our hearts—it’s where Spymonkey began and has it’s official home. After a few years away, we’re excited to return to the city and offer a 5-day Introduction to Spymonkey Clown workshop to a new generation of clowns and performers. Whether you’re from Brighton or just

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Insidious – The Further You Fear

After keeping this under our hats for nearly a year, today we are announcing our next major Spymonkey production. INSIDIOUS – THE FURTHER YOU FEAR is a live immersive horror experience based on the hit horror film franchise, Insidious. Moving thrillingly beyond more familiar comedic territory, this latest show sees

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Gongs for Orpheus

We were tucked up that Orpheus in the Underworld, Spymonkey’s first full-scale opera directed by Toby Park and Aitor Basauri, was awarded Best Design 2023 at the Austrian Music Theatre Awards on 1st September. We also received a nomination for Best Operetta. Here’s designer Julian Crouch accepting the award: IMG_3611

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FIRST REVIEWS FOR THE FROGS

Buoyed by an encouraging first raft of reviews from our opening of The Frogs at Royal & Derngate…   ★★★★ “As engaging as it is audacious” THE OBSERVER   “Inspiring” THE TELEGRAPH   ★★★★ “Totally crazy but incredibly funny” REVIEWS HUB   ★★★★ “Painfully funny” LIBBY PURVES THEATRECAT   “Impeccable

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Cultural Recovery Fund

We are delighted to announce that Spymonkey have been successful in their application to the Cultural Recovery Fund. MEDIA RELEASE DATE: 2nd APRIL 2021 Spymonkey to receive £68,871k from second round of the Government’s Culture Recovery Fund Spymonkey is among more than 2,700 recipients to benefit from the latest round

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OFFIE AWARD FINALISTS

Spymonkey’s HD version of COOPED/HYSTERIA (2019) has been selected as a finalist in the ONCOMM awards, the UK Off West-End online awards, in the category of Best Pre-Lockdown Recording. The show was recorded live in June 2019 at the Liverpool Playhouse. Cooped tours under the title HYSTERIA in the USA.

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…is Spymonkey’s Christmas Carol free-to-stream

As our little prezzie to you all, the FullHD version of SPYMONKEY’S CHRISTMAS CAROL, recorded live at Liverpool Playhouse in 2019 will be FREE TO VIEW everywhere in the world this Sunday 20th for 5 days. We saved the best till last! And lord knows it’s needed right now! The

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All I Want For Christmas…

…is a Spymonkey Christmas prezzie! What The Dickens?! Created by Spymonkey with illustrator and former children’s laureate Chris Riddell, this is a card game to warm the cockles of your heart! Fun for all the family, and featuring favourite characters from Charles Dickens’ best-loved story. The rules are based on

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