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PRESS RELEASENovember 2017Wilmington Grammar Students have designs on Royal Opera House prize 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. Forty Year 10 Art and Design students made the trip from Kent to the Royal Opera House’s home from home in Purfleet, Thurrock. They toured the Production Workshop to see the Scenic Painters, Carpenters and Metalworkers building, making and painting sets and scenery for ROH productions House of the Dead, Swan Lake, Semiramide and La Tragedie de Carmen. They also had a chance to meet the makers in the ROH Bob and Tamar Manoukian Costume Centre where many of the costumes for the Chorus and cast members of Covent Garden productions are dyed, distressed, constructed and repaired.The students made the visit as their school is part of a pilot to extend the Royal Opera House’s prestigious Design Challenge to secondary schools. The annual Design Challenge competition gives students the opportunity to test and develop design?skills, based around an opera or ballet production. Each participating student works through the six stages of design using a real director’s brief, building a portfolio of their process and a final piece.Winners of the Design Challenge competition will be invited to the Royal Opera House for a backstage tour, time with the industry professionals in the relevant ROH departments and a matinee performance. The students from Wilmington Grammar School were delighted with their visit and the inspiration it gave them: Maddie said: ‘The ROH trip opened my eyes to the world of Opera and all of the work and dedication that goes into it. I learnt lots about the costumes they use and how long they take to design and produce. I also like watching the painters working on the set from a small example of it on paper. The scale of it is so much bigger than I initially thought.’‘I was really inspired by the costumes because they were so unique and the ideas were amazing. They were beautifully designed and stunning to look at. I am going to base one of my ideas on the costume for Herodius as I thought it was a great costume to show her personality,’ added Ruby. Emma Troubridge, Head of Scenic Art at the Royal Opera House Production Workshop said: ‘We love having students visit the workshops. We share our skills and our passion for the work with them and they share their enthusiasm and their new perspectives with us. They are the future of our creative industries and they bring new energy and ideas. We can’t wait to see what they come up with for the Design Challenge.’ To find out more about the ROH Design Challenge please go to .uk/designchallenge. If you would like to take a tour of the ROH Production Facilities in Thurrock, please go to .uk/tours/thurrock-tour.ENDPress Office contact:Jules EasleaJulie.easlea@.ukTel: 07941 502577Notes for EditorsRoyal Opera House Learning and Participation in ThurrockRoyal Opera House Learning and Participation in Thurrock has been offering innovative and creative projects and programmes in schools, colleges and across communities in the Thames Gateway since 2006. Since then, more than 60,000 people have participated in activities ranging from schools’ projects to teacher training, from work-based learning to fully-staged community operas. People in Thurrock have both been able to watch special performances at the Royal Opera House in Covent Garden and gain a very special insight into the behind-the-scenes process. The Learning and Participation team runs the Royal Opera House Thurrock Community Chorus which currently has over 140 members of all ages and regularly performs across Thurrock and at the Royal Opera House in Covent Garden. For further information, please go to: .uk/learning/learning-in-thurrock/community-chorus. Details of future performances and taster session for the Community Chorus can be obtained by emailing getinvolved@.uk or calling 01708 891200.Regular public tours of the state-of-the-art Bob and Tamar Manoukian Production Workshop where the sets and scenery for the Royal Opera House stage in Covent Garden are built, and the Bob and Tamar Manoukian Costume Centre, which opened in October 2015, are now available. Please go to .uk/visit/tours/thurrock-tours for further details. In April 2012, the Royal Opera House agreed to become a Bridge organisation, working to connect children and young people to great art and culture across Essex, North Kent, Hertfordshire and Bedfordshire.The Learning and Participation team is based at the High House Production Park in Purfleet which is supported by a unique partnership including Arts Council England, Creative & Cultural Skills, the Royal Opera House and Thurrock Council: .uk ................
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