The Royal Opera House working with Thurrock
12 October 2007
This was an amazing evening for The Royal Opera and ROH Education and Thurrock students and teachers.
ROH Education
On Friday 12 October, ROH Education was delighted to welcome 150 students and staff, who are engaged in the current Thurrock education programme to attend the student standby performance of Das Rheingold.
This opera has been selected as a starting point to inspire a large ‘site specific’ education project to take place at the Tilbury Cruise Terminal in June 2008.
At present 250 participants from Thurrock and Basildon College, two primary schools and the Thurrock Youth offending team are working on design ideas for storylines and a stage set which will be constructed in the New Year. Once the set designs are complete, local performing arts groups in the region will be invited to animate the stage set as part of a 2008 Tilbury cruise terminal summer event.
The Tilbury Cruise Terminal Baggage Hall
First go at making a model box
Thanks to all in-house departments, performers and volunteers who have contributed to our visits from Thurrock students so far.
These visits have brought the project participants to the Opera House and experience many of its backstage departments as well as Ring Cycle story telling and performances by the Jette Parker Young Artists.
Students from Thurrock receive a talk from Geoff Wheel in the main auditorium