Sixteenfeet Productions

What Sixteenfeet Productions does

Sixteenfeet Productions is a London-based theatre company and registered charity (charity number 1153684, limited company 04012978) founded in 2008 by Caroline Funnell. The company produces outdoor promenade theatre performances staged in natural settings including Royal Botanic Gardens Kew and Brockwell Park, with adaptations of classic works such as The Jungle Book, Twelfth Night, Alice in Wonderland, Wind in the Willows, and Goldilocks and The Three Endings, all featuring original commissioned music by in-house composer Guy Holden. Beyond productions, Sixteenfeet operates a community programmes arm delivering free performing arts workshops and participatory projects (Acting Together, Lambeth Voices, Vintage Voices, First Draft) targeting disadvantaged young people and elderly residents in Lambeth, in partnership with Brixton Youth Theatre.

The business model combines ticketed consumer performances, school and community booking fees for touring pantomime productions (Pop Up Panto), and charitable grant funding from foundations including Magic Little Grants, Enterprise Arts Trust, and The Boris Karloff Charitable Foundation. Community workshops are provided free to participants. Distribution is direct-to-consumer via the company website and on-site box office, supplemented by PR coverage and a social media presence across Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, TikTok, and Instagram. The company is preparing to launch corporate training services as a new revenue stream. Patron Sir Mark Rylance and a board drawn from RSC, National Theatre, Shakespeare's Globe, and Hampstead Theatre provide artistic governance, and the company operates exclusively within the London market with no disclosed geographic expansion plans.

Name

Sixteenfeet Productions

Legal name

Sixteenfeet Productions

Website

https://sixteenfeet.co.uk

Company type

Private

Founded year

2008

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Sixteenfeet Productions is a London-based theatre company and registered charity producing outdoor promenade theatre in parks and gardens (Kew Gardens, Brockwell Park), delivering ticketed family productions, touring pantomimes to schools, and free community arts programmes for disadvantaged youth in Lambeth.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Outdoor Theatre Productions

NAICS

Theater Companies and Dinner Theaters (711110), Performing Arts Companies (7111)

SIC

Services-Amusement & Recreation Services (7900)

akta.pro industry

PRIMARYMPAGABAE

Children’s & Youth Theatre

Media, Entertainment & Sports/Live Entertainment & Events (Concerts, Theater, Festivals)/Theater, Broadway & Performing Arts

SECONDARYMPAGABAG

Musical Theatre (Non-Broadway/Fringe)

Media, Entertainment & Sports/Live Entertainment & Events (Concerts, Theater, Festivals)/Theater, Broadway & Performing Arts

SECONDARYEDAMALAI

Performing Arts Camps (Theater, Musical Theater, Dance)

Education/Supplemental & Enrichment Programs (Arts, STEM, Language)/Summer & Holiday Enrichment Camps (Multi-Activity, Academic)

Keywords

• Outdoor theatre productions
• Promenade theatre performances
• Community arts programmes
• Children's theatre workshops
• Pantomime touring shows

Headquarters

HQ city

London

HQ country

United Kingdom

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Ticket Sales: Revenue from ticketed performances of promenade theatre productions in parks and gardens.
2. Charitable Funding and Grants: Funding from charitable foundations and grant-making organisations to support free community workshops and outreach programmes. Sources include Magic Little Grants, Enterprise Arts Trust, and The Boris Karloff Charitable Foundation.
3. Corporate Training: Corporate training services mentioned as coming soon, targeting business clients for team-building theatre-based programmes.
4. Booking Fees: Revenue from school and community venue bookings of Pop Up Panto touring productions.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion3 records

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Sixteenfeet Productions creates and stages outdoor promenade theatre adaptations of classic stories in London parks and gardens such as Kew Gardens and Brockwell Park, with original musical scores and directed productions. Alongside its ticketed family productions, it runs a community programmes arm delivering free performing arts workshops, oral history projects, and touring pantomime productions for schools and community settings.

Product overview

Sixteenfeet Productions is a theatre company offering a portfolio of outdoor promenade theatre productions and community arts programmes. The core productions include adaptations of classic stories (The Jungle Book, Twelfth Night, Alice in Wonderland, Goldilocks and The Three Endings, Wind in the Willows) and touring pantomimes (Pop Up Panto). The community arm delivers free workshops and projects including Acting Together (performing arts for children), Vintage Voices (oral history), Lambeth Voices Programme, First Draft (playwriting competition), Lambeth Young Voices, From Page to Stage, and Common Ground. The company was founded in 2008 and operates primarily in London parks and green spaces.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Acting Together: A free performing arts project bringing together local children and welcoming those newly arrived.
• Vintage Voices
• Pop Up Panto
• First Draft
• Lambeth Voices

Products and services

• The Jungle Book Outdoor promenade theatre adaptation of Rudyard Kipling's The Jungle Book performed in parks and gardens, including Kew Gardens, with original music by Guy Holden.
• Twelfth Night Promenade theatre adaptation of Shakespeare's Twelfth Night performed outdoors at Royal Botanic Gardens Kew with original music.
• Alice in Wonderland Outdoor promenade theatre adaptation of Lewis Carroll's Alice with original music by Guy Holden, performed in Brockwell Park and Kew Gardens.
• Goldilocks and The Three Endings Outdoor promenade theatre production featuring three different endings performed in Brockwell Park's flower garden.
• Pop Up Panto Touring 60-minute Christmas pantomime productions designed for schools and community settings, including Snow White and Aladdin.
• Wind in the Willows Outdoor promenade theatre adaptation of Kenneth Grahame's Wind in the Willows with music by Guy Holden.
• Acting Together Free performing arts project bringing together local Lambeth children including those newly arrived, using drama and storytelling to build confidence, communication and creative skills.
• Vintage Voices: Oral History Project Creative writing and oral history project for Lambeth elders mapping life in Brixton from the 1950s onward, with outputs presented at Lambeth Readers and Writers Festival.
• Lambeth Voices Programme Community programme working with Brixton Youth Theatre to deliver free workshops for young people from economically disadvantaged backgrounds, increasing participation, inclusion and access to creative opportunities.
• First Draft New play writing competition for anyone living, working or studying in Lambeth, with selected plays performed by a professional cast and two recorded as radio plays.
• From Page to Stage Writing project for aspiring local playwrights providing practical and creative workshops.
• Common Ground Intergenerational project exploring place and identity with Brixton Youth Theatre and Lambeth Elders, with outputs presented at Lambeth Libraries.

Quantifiable outcome

• Thousands of children experiencing first live theatre performances
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers5 records

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

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Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature2 records

Partnerships

Two partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• Brixton Youth TheatrecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerLong-standing partnership to deliver free workshops for young people from economically disadvantaged backgrounds in Lambeth. Sixteen Feet works with Brixton Youth Theatre to provide disadvantaged children access to high-quality performing arts activities delivered by industry professionals in the local community.
• Royal Botanic Gardens KewcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerVenue partnership for annual summer promenade theatre productions. Kew Gardens hosts productions including Twelfth Night, Alice in Wonderland, and The Jungle Book. The Director of Royal Botanic Gardens Kew (Richard Deverell) has praised the productions as 'a warm and affirming performance.'

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves3 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• Punchdrunk: London-based immersive and site-specific theatre company. Highly comparable to Sixteen Feet on the promenade/site-responsive performance format and on targeting first-time and family audiences in non-traditional spaces.
• Creation Theatre: Oxford-based touring and outdoor theatre company producing family adaptations in heritage and garden venues. Directly comparable outdoor, family-focused, adapted-classics model with touring distribution.
• Polka Theatre: Wimbledon-based children's theatre producing original and adapted work for young audiences. Direct overlap on children/family-first programming, education outreach, and London-based touring into schools and community settings.
• Little Angel Theatre: London children's puppetry and theatre venue with an education programme. Comparable on children's/youth theatre focus, London base, and combined ticketed-and-community operating model.
• Tangled Feet: London-based outdoor, site-specific and community theatre company. Overlaps on promenade/outdoor format, family and community audiences, and charity/social-mission orientation.
• Chickenshed Theatre: Inclusive children's and youth theatre company running outreach, workshops, and productions for young people. Comparable to Sixteen Feet's Lambeth Voices/Acting Together community programmes and youth-development mission.
• Regent's Park Open Air Theatre: London outdoor theatre producing large-scale summer seasons in a public park. Direct overlap with Sixteen Feet's outdoor park-based model, family-friendly programming, and summer seasonal cadence, though at significantly larger scale.
• Wild Rumpus: UK outdoor family arts producer staging immersive events in parks, forests and heritage sites. Closely comparable on outdoor, family-first, site-responsive format and on partnership with natural/green-space venues.

Broad incumbents

• Shakespeare's Globe: Major London outdoor Shakespeare venue and producing house. Overlaps with Sixteen Feet on outdoor classical performance in heritage settings, and shares a direct patron connection (Sir Mark Rylance was its first Artistic Director), though it operates at a vastly larger scale.

Emerging players

• Iris Theatre: Central London theatre company producing promenade and site-responsive work in historic venues. Shares Sixteen Feet's promenade theatre approach and family/adapted-classics repertoire, though operating in indoor heritage settings rather than parks.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/sixteen_feet
• Facebookfacebook.com/WeAre16feet
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/sixteenfeet-productions

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles12 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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