About Us ...

Spontaneous Productions is evolving into a new permanent company. Full details will be published here shortly.

Our Mission Statement (agreed 17/11/09)

Spontaneous Productions is a collaborative producing theatre company based in Sydenham, South London.

We bring original and adapted work to the community, using innovative and unusual spaces, challenging expectations and expanding boundaries within live performance.

We present original and experimental pieces as well as inventive revivals of extant plays, developing a creative dialogue with the community and encouraging new and diverse audiences to share and participate in theatre experiences.

A Short History

Brothers Jonathan and Julian Kaufman have been co-writing and producing their own plays since 1995 where they were co-Artistic Directors at the Colour House Theatre, Colliers Wood.

In 2007 Jonathan formed Spontaneous Productions, a repertory company of professional actors recruited for a one-off evening of short plays performed at Kirkdale Bookshop, Sydenham. Since then, Jonathan and Julian have been sending their short plays to competitions around the country. They have won both won first prize at Zeitgeist’s Theatre Grand Slam competition at The Bedford Globe, Balham, and have had plays performed in Leeds and at The Brighton Festival. Jonathan’s play The Interpreter was voted Best New Play of the Year at The Bedford Globe in September 2008 and its sequel Welcome to Luketia: Land of Opportunity premiered at The King’s Head, Islington in March this year.