All & Sundry Productions
Charity 1157621
Overview
Summary
All & Sundry Productions appears to be a membership-based educational theatre charity that combines public performance with opportunities to participate in making theatre. Its role is broader than staging shows: it uses a recurring programme of drama, pantomime, auditions and student-oriented performances to connect amateur or semi-professional practice with public cultural access across North Worcestershire. The available evidence suggests a geographically distributed organisation whose educational purpose is expressed through live production rather than through a separately described training service.
Operational geography
Coverage: Regional
Operational areas:
- City Centre
Evidence and reasoning
Supporting evidence
City Centre
Confidence: low
Direct evidence shows that All & Sundry staged productions at the Crescent Theatre in Birmingham in 2023, and the charity's current Charity Commission record declares Birmingham City as an area of operation. The organisation's current website also says it performs principally in Birmingham. However, its published 2026 programme lists no Birmingham performance, so the evidence does not establish a currently scheduled or permanent City Centre operation.
- All & Sundry Productions, 2023 shows archive
Records Romeo and Juliet at the Crescent Theatre, Birmingham, from 8 to 11 March 2023. - All & Sundry Productions, About Us
States in the present tense that the group performs principally in Bromsgrove, Droitwich Spa and Birmingham, and seeks to widen theatre participation across North Worcestershire and South Birmingham. - Charity Commission register, All & Sundry Productions (charity 1157621)
Lists Birmingham City and Worcestershire as the places where the charity operates. - Crescent Theatre, official contact page
Describes the Crescent Theatre as on the edge of Birmingham City Centre.
Remaining uncertainties
- The available current programme is centred on venues in Bromsgrove, Droitwich and other Worcestershire locations; it does not advertise a Birmingham production after the 2023 Crescent Theatre performance.
- There is no evidence of a permanent All & Sundry-operated site, regular workshop venue or office in Birmingham. Its registered and correspondence address is in Bromsgrove and should not be treated as a Birmingham operational site.
- The evidence supports Birmingham as part of the charity's wider operating area, but does not identify current activity in a particular Birmingham ward or demonstrate neighbourhood-based delivery.
- The Crescent Theatre appears to be a hired performance venue rather than a formal delivery partnership; no material Birmingham partnership was evidenced.
Additional evidence needed
- A current or forthcoming Birmingham production listing, venue booking record or annual report specifying the dates and locations of Birmingham activity.
- Information on where members, youth participants, workshops or educational performances are currently recruited from or delivered, including any South Birmingham locations.
- Confirmation from the organisation of whether it has an ongoing arrangement with the Crescent Theatre or any other Birmingham venue.
Areas of work
- Arts/culture/heritage/science
Who they help
- The General Public/mankind
How they help
- Provides Services
Discoveries involving this organisation
The Atlas has not published any Discoveries involving this organisation yet.
Observations
Education is delivered through production
The organisation appears to pursue its educational purpose primarily by creating and presenting theatre, rather than by operating a clearly separate education programme. Its planned daytime performances of Jekyll and Hyde suggest an attempt to make productions relevant to students’ curriculum experience.
Why it matters
This helps distinguish All & Sundry from a conventional youth theatre or arts-training provider: its public productions may be the main mechanism through which it creates educational value.
Show evidence
“The charity's objects include advancing education in dramatic and theatrical arts and helping educate young people through drama and associated arts.”
Source:Charity Commission“Jekyll and Hyde includes daytime performances with students studying The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll & Mr Hyde in mind.”
Source:Organisation
A participatory cultural infrastructure
With around 70 members and auditions open to all, All & Sundry appears to create a route into theatre-making as well as an audience offer. It may therefore function as a local social and creative network, not only a producer of ticketed events.
Why it matters
Its civic contribution may include participation, skills development and belonging among members, although the evidence does not show who participates or how sustained those benefits are.
Show evidence
“All & Sundry Productions is a semi-professional theatrical group formed in 2004 with a current membership of around 70.”
Source:Organisation“A&S Auditions are open to all.”
Source:Organisation
Its reach depends on a dispersed venue network
The organisation appears to work across several venues and communities rather than from one dedicated base. This may widen its local reach, while making venue relationships an important part of its operating model.
Why it matters
Understanding these venue connections could reveal whether All & Sundry links otherwise separate local audiences, schools and cultural spaces across North Worcestershire.
Show evidence
“The Lady In The Van is scheduled at the Norbury Theatre, Droitwich.”
Source:Organisation“Beauty and the Beast is scheduled at the Cobham Theatre.”
Source:Organisation“Auditions are scheduled at Rowney Green Village Hall.”
Source:Organisation
- How many young people participate or benefit, and whether they are a priority audience in practice.
- Whether the organisation works with schools, community groups or venue partners beyond hiring performance space.
- How ticket income, volunteering and charitable funding each support its programme.
Remaining uncertainties
- Annual reports or accounts showing income sources, expenditure and beneficiary numbers.
- Information on school partnerships, participant demographics, volunteer roles and outcomes from educational activities.
Additional evidence needed
Charity Commission profile
Activities
Educational theatre.
Charity objects
1) FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT, THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION IN THE ARTS, PARTICULARLY THE DRAMATIC AND THEATRICAL ARTS, TO FURTHER THE DEVELOPMENT OF PUBLIC APPRECIATION AND TASTE IN THE SAID ARTS; AND 2) TO HELP AND EDUCATE YOUNG PEOPLE THROUGH THEIR LEISURE TIME ACTIVITIES, ESPECIALLY IN THE MEDIUM OF DRAMA AND THE ASSOCIATED ARTS, SO TO DEVELOP THEIR PHYSICAL AND MENTAL CAPABILITIES THAT THEY MAY GROW TO FULL MATURITY AS INDIVIDUALS AND MEMBERS OF SOCIETY.