STEPHEN Metcalfe, MP for South Basildon and East Thurrock, visited the Royal Opera House at the High House Production Park in Purfleet on Friday 9 March to meet apprentices working in the ROH Production Workshop and Costume Centre.
Anna prepares for dream career with Royal Opera House work experience. EIGHTEEN-year-old Anna Chapman from Aldborough Hatch has been getting some hands-on experience of working in the arts as she has been undertaking work experience with the Royal Opera House (ROH) at the High House Production Park in Purfleet. Former Oaks Park High School student […]
THREE Royal Opera House volunteers have been recognised for their contributions to the ROH in Thurrock by the Marsh Christian Trust. Katherine Doige from Brentwood, Lorna Jones and Jane Yeowell, both from Tilbury, received the Marsh Volunteer Award 2017.
THE Royal Opera House in Thurrock welcomed students from the Wilmington Grammar School for Girls recently. The students visited the ROH Bob and Tamar Manoukian Production Workshop and the Costume Centre to get some first-hand experience of stage set and costume construction to help them in their work for the Royal Opera House Design Challenge.
TUMBLE down the rabbit hole with The Royal Ballet this autumn with Christopher Wheeldon’s exciting Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland live in cinemas worldwide on Monday 23 October at 7.15pm.
ON Tuesday 3 October 2017, at 7.15pm, The Royal Opera’s new production of La bohème directed by Richard Jones will be screened live to cinemas around the world.
THE Royal Opera House Thurrock Community Chorus was once again flying the flag for Thurrock on Sunday 10 September when it took part in Out Loud, the Royal Opera House’s celebration of opera.
THE Royal Opera House welcomed teachers and tutors from across the country on Thursday 7 September when they attended a special training day for the Royal Opera House Design Challenge.
THE Royal Opera House Thurrock Community Chorus is once again holding taster sessions for anyone interested in joining. The sessions will be held on Monday 18 and Monday 25 September at Palmers College in Grays, beginning at 7.15pm.
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Royal Opera House marks 10th Anniversary with four days of fun IT was a busy week for the Royal Opera House Learning and Participation team based at the High House Production Park as hundreds of students from across Thurrock visited the Park to celebrate another successful year of the Royal Opera House Thurrock Trailblazer programme […]
THERE is just a short time left to apply for an apprenticeship at the Royal Opera House. Applications are being accepted for a Learning & Participation Events Apprentice to start in September 2017. The closing date for applications is Monday 3 July 2017.
CHILDREN from five Thurrock schools took part in a day of dance, singing and theatrecraft at High House Production Park to celebrate their success in the national Artsmark programme. On Thursday 25 May, teachers and students from seven schools in Essex and Kent that have received an Artsmark level from Arts Council England came to […]
ON Friday 19th May, Royal Opera House Thurrock Community Chorus performed New Life at the Southbank Centre, shortly before the performance of Ravi Shankar’s opera Sukanya to which their piece was a creative response.
HERRINGHAM Primary Academy have been working alongside the Royal Opera House to recreate the operatic sounds of Carmen. After weeks of rehearsals, children from Year 4 were ready to perform ‘Toreador’
THIS well-loved production of Puccini’s Turandot returns to the Royal Opera House stage and will be broadcast live from Covent Garden to High House Production Park at 7.30pm, as part of the 2017 BP Big Screens.
ROYAL Opera House Thurrock Trailblazer school William Edwards in Stifford Clays is beginning to make its mark as a dance hub for the area with students studying Resident Choreographer of The Royal Ballet, Wayne McGregor’s, work for GCSE and taking part in the Royal Opera House’s Chance to Dance programme. Thurrock schools working on the […]
STUDENTS from Royal Opera House Thurrock Trailblazer school, Woodside Academy, visited Covent Garden recently to see an opera for the first time. The 30 students, all with a special interest in music, attended a Schools Matinee of Puccini’s beautiful opera Madama Butterfly. Immediately before the performance, the students took part in a music workshop in […]