Past Projects

• A total of 633 places from 152 different schools have been booked on teachers’ workshops since 1997.
• 129 teachers from 76 schools have taken part in the performing part of the project.
• The remaining teachers who have not yet taken part in the performing part of the project will have used the skills learnt at the workshops in the classroom with an indirect effect on another 15,120 Key Stage 2 children (taking the average class size to be 30).
• 1,843 children have taken part in the performing part of the project.
• Over 17,199 family and community members have watched children’s performances.
• 11,832 free Norwich Theatre Royal tickets have been given to participating children and teachers.
• In Norfolk there are 22,785 Key Stage 2 children attending 274 schools. These figures are for 8-11 year olds only. This does not include numbers for Year 3.

Those schools indicated in bold-type took part in the second, performing stage of each phase of the project. At least one teacher from those schools not in bold-type attended the Free Teacher Workshop.

Spring 1997 RING CYCLE (Norwegian National Opera)
Avenue Middle School; Fairway Middle School; West Earlham Middle School;
Angel Road Middle School; Drayton Middle School; Hethersett Middle School; Mile Cross Middle School; St Augustines Primary School; Thorpe Hillside Primary School.

Autumn 1997 MAKROPULOS CASE (Glyndebourne Touring Opera)
Mile Cross Middle School; St Augustines Primary School; Thorpe Hillside Primary School; Angel Road Middle School; Brundall Primary School; Cringleford Middle School; Drayton Middle School; Heartsease Middle School; Hethersett Middle School; Salhouse Primary School; West Earlham Middle School.

Spring 1998 EUGENE ONEGIN (Glyndebourne Touring Opera)
Cringleford Middle School; Drayton Middle School; Hethersett Middle School;
Angel Road Middle School; Avenue First School; Eccles Primary School; Firside Middle School; Salhouse Primary School; St George’s Middle School.

Spring 1998 GENERAL OPERA WORKSHOP
Hoveton St John Primary School; Salhouse Primary School; Wensum Middle School;
Buxton Primary School; Shelton Primary School; St George’s Middle School; Trowse Primary School.

Autumn 1998 COSI FAN TUTTE (Opera North)
Hoveton St John Primary School; Salhouse Primary School; Wensum Middle School;
Admirals Middle School; Fulbourn Primary School; Grimston County Junior School; Hevingham Primary School; Reepham Primary School; St George’s Middle School.

Spring 1999 CINDERELLA (Northern Ballet Theatre)
Burnham Market Primary School; Grimston County Junior School; St George’s Middle School; Attleborough Junior School; Canon Pickering Junior School; Drayton Middle School; Firside Middle School; Heacham Middle School; Horsford Middle School; Hoveton St John Primary School; James Bradfield Primary School; Leighton Primary School; Trowse Primary School; West Earlham Middle School.

Autumn 1999 BARTERED BRIDE( Glyndebourne Touring Opera)
Bignold Middle School; Poringland Primary School; Trowse County Primary School; Angel Road First School; Attleborough Junior School; Drayton Middle School; Foulsham Primary School; Grimston Junior School; Heacham Middle School; Hillside First School; Hingham Primary School; Morley Primary School; Mulbarton Middle School; Shelton County Primary School; St Augustines Primary School; St George’s Middle School St Michaels Middle School; Taverham Middle School; Thurton Primary School; Walton Junior School; West Earlham Middle School.

Spring 2000 STEVE REICH (Richard Alston Dance Company)
Attleborough Junior School; Hingham Primary School; Morley Primary School;
Bignold Middle School; Ellingham Primary School; Foulsham Primary School; Grove First School; Mile Cross Middle School; Mulbarton Middle School; Poringland Primary School; St Augustines Primary School; St George’s Middle School; Thorpe Hillside Primary School; Trowse Primary School; West Flegg Middle School.

Autumn 2000 DON GIOVANNI ( Glyndebourne Touring Opera)
Brooke Primary School; Larkman Middle School; Thurton Primary School;
Antingham & Southrepps Primary School; Attleborough Junior SchoolBarnham Broom Primary School; Brisley Primary School; Corton Primary School; Eaton Hall School; Edward Worlledge Community School; Falcon Middle School; Foulsham Primary School; Grimston Junior School; Heacham Middle School; Hemblington Primary School; Hingham Primary School; Mulbarton Middle School; Norman First School; Parkside School; The Ashley School; Trowse Primary School.

Spring 2001 TANTALUS (Royal Shakespeare Company)
Eaton Hall School; Old Catton Middle School; West Earlham Middle School;
Attleborough Junior School; Bignold Middle School; Edinburgh Road Special School;
Falcon Middle School; Freethorpe Juniors School; St Michael’s V A Middle School;
Thompson Primary School; Trowse Primary School.

Autumn 2001 FIDELIO (Glyndebourne Touring Opera)
Abbey Farm Junior School; Norwich Road Primary School, Thetford; Queensway Junior School; Bignold Middle School; Brooke Primary School; Great Hockham Primary School; Hockwold Primary School; Salhouse Primary School; St Martin at Shouldham School; The Clare School; Thompson Primary School.

Spring 2002 A MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM (Royal Shakespeare Company)
Firside Middle School; Horsford Middle School; The Clare School;
Acle St Edmunds Primary School; Freethorpe County Primary School;
George White Middle School.

Autumn 2002 CARMEN (Glyndebourne Touring Opera)
Ashill Primary School; Thompson Primary School; Watton Junior School;
Norwich Lower School; Thomas Bullock Primary School; Thorpe House School.

Spring 2003 NUTCRACKER! (Matthew Bourne)
Costessey Junior School; St Augustines Primary School; St Peters Primary School;
Chapel Break First School; East And West Rudham Primary School; Fairway Middle School; Ghost Hill First School; Mile Cross Middle School; North Walsham Junior School; Pulham Primary School; Sprowston First School; St Nicholas Primary School.

Autumn 2003 LA TRAVIATA (Glyndebourne Touring Opera)
Falcon Middle School; Sprowston Middle School; White Woman Lane Middle School; Alpington and Bergh Apton Primary School; Kinsale Middle School; St Mary’s Primary School; Tivetshall Primary School.

Spring 2004 THE BARBER OF SEVILLE (Opera North)
Bawdeswell Primary School; Cawston Primary School; Reepham Primary School;
Redgate Middle School; Reepham High School; Saxlingham Nethergate Primary School;
Surlingham Community Primary School; Thomas Bullock Primary School.

Autumn 2004 THE MAGIC FLUTE (Glyndebourne Touring Opera)
Alpington and Bergh Apton Primary School; Loddon Middle School; Surlingham Primary School; Acle St Edmund; Bure Valley School (previously known as Aylsham Middle School); Carleton Rode Primary School; Earlham High SchoolEllingham Primary School; George White Middle School; Millfield Primary School; South Greenhoe Middle School; St Michael’s Middle School; St Williams Primary School; The Clare School; Yaxham CofE VA Primary School.

Spring 2005 LA BAYADERE (St Petersburg Ballet Theatre)
Kinsale Middle School; Mill View Middle School; St Michael’s Middle School;
Caister Middle School; Carleton Rode Primary School; Corpusty Primary School; Firside MiddleSchool; Foulsham Primary School; George White Middle School;
Langham Village School; Poringland Primary School; Salhouse Primary School.

Autumn 2005 LA CENERENTOLA (Glyndebourne Touring Opera)
Corpusty Primary School; Holt Primary School; Langham Village School;
Angel Road Middle School; Catton Grove Middle School; Firside Middle School
Heartsease Middle School; Hevingham Primary School;Marsham Primary School;
Mundeford Primary School; Northrepps Primary School; Oulton Broad Primary School;
Redgate Junior School; Saxlingham Nethergate Primary School; Shelton with Hardwick County Primary School; South Grenhoe Middle School; West Flegg Middle School;
White Woman Lane Middle School.

Spring 2006 THE MARRIAGE OF FIGARO (Opera North)
Angel Road Middle School; Catton Grove Middle School; George White Middle School; Blackdale Middle School; Edward Worlledge Middle School; Fairstead Primary School; Great Dunham Primary School; Marsham Primary School; Neatishead Primary School; Oulton Broad Primary School; Poringland Primary School; Reepham Primary School; Salhouse Primary School; Saxlingham Nethergate Primary School; Scole Primary School; South Greenhoe Middle School; St Michael’s Primary School (King’s Lynn); Thorpe Hamlet Middle School; Wells-next-the-Sea Primary and Nursery School.

Autumn 2006 COSI FAN TUTTE (Glyndebourne Touring Opera Company)
Preston Primary School; Saxlingham and Nethergate Primary School; St Mary’s Junior School; All Saints Primary School (Fakenham); Bressingham Primary School; Bungay Middle School; Carleton Rode Primary School; Colby Primary School; Cringleford First and Middle School; Greenacre First and Middle School; Surlingham Primary School; West Flegg Middle School; Woodlands Middle School; Wortham Primary School

Spring 2007 THE THREE MUSKETEERS (Northern Ballet Theatre)
Colman Middle School; Fairway Middle School; South Harford Middle School;
Astley Primary School; Avenue Middle School; Beeston Primary School; Blackdale Middle School; Caston Primary School; Coltishall Primary School; Fairhaven primary School; Fleggburgh Primary School, Buxton Primary School; Forncett St Peter Primary School; Fred Nicholson School; Hapton Primary School; Hempnall Primary School; Hingham Primary School; Mill View Middle School; Oulton Broad Primary School; Overstrand - The Belfry Primary School; Shelton with Hardwick Community School; St Mary’s Junior School; St Williams Primary School; Tilney All Saints Primary School.

Autumn 2007 MACBETH (Glyndebourne Touring Opera Company)
Great Dunham Primary School; Narborough Primary School; Necton Primary School; All Saints C of E Primary School; Hemblington Primary School; Oulton Broad Primary School; Wicklewood Primary School.

Spring 2008 A MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM (Nothern Ballet Theatre)
East Harling Primary School; Garboldisham Primary School; Kenninghall Primary School; All Saints Primary School; Aslacton Primary School; Eaton Primary School; Forncett Primary School; Queensway County Primary; Marnham Junior Primary School; Mundford Primary School; North Walsham Primary School; Oulton Broad Primary School; Rackheath Primary School; Stoke Holy Cross Primary School; Watton Junior School.

Autumn 2008 CARMEN (Glyndebourne Touring Opera Company)
Attleborough Primary School; Great Ellingham Primary School; Old Buckenham Primary School; Admiral’s Junior School; Cringleford Primary School; Falcon Junior School; Homefield Primary School; Marham Junior School; Ormesby Village Junior School; St. Peter and St. Paul Primary School; The Hall School; Winfarthing All Saints CE VA Primary School.

Spring 2009 PETRUSHKA (Richard Alston Dance Company)
Lionwood Junior School, Heartsease Primary School, St William’s Primary; Avenue Junior School; Bunwell Primary School; Cawston Primary School; Fleggburgh Primary School; Hevingham Primary School; Hillside Junior School; Parkers Primary School; Salhouse Primary School; St Mary’s Primary School; Stoke Holy Cross Primary School; Tuckswood Primary School.

Autumn 2009 FALSTAFF
Buxton Primary School (hosting), Bure Valley School, Hevingham Primary School. This teacher’s workshop is due to happen in September 2009.
It is fully subscribed now but please do not hesitate to contact us for information about the next project!

 

DVDs of the final performance on stage at Norwich Theatre Royal are available to buy at £6.00 each (not including p&p):

• Autumn 2005 ~ La Cenerentola (Corpusty Primary School; Holt Primary School; Langham Village School)
• Spring 2006 ~ The Marriage of Figaro (Angel Road Middle School, Catton Grove Middle School, George White Middle School)
• Autumn 2006 ~ Cosi fan Tutte (Preston Primary School, St. Mary’s Junior School, Saxlingham and Nethergate Primary School)
• Spring 2007 ~ The Three Musketeers (Colman Middle School, Fairway Middle School and South Harford Middle School)
• Autumn 2007 ~ Macbeth (Great Dunham Primary School; Narborough Primary School; Necton Primary School)
• Spring 2008 ~ A Midsummer Night’s Dream (East Harling Primary School, Garboldisham Primary School, Kenninghall Primary School)
• Autumn 2008 ~ Carmen (Attleborough Primary School, Great Ellingham Primary School, Old Buckenham Primary School)
• Spring 2009 ~ Petrushka (Lionwood Junior School, Heartsease Primary School, St William’s Primary School)

To order a copy of any of the above titles please send a cheque made out to Norwich Theatre Royal and send it to Norwich Theatre Royal, Education Department, Theatre Street, Norwich, NR2 1RL stating which performance DVD you wish to purchase. Please include your name and an address.
 

We have a library of previous project’s Teacher Resource Packs with ideas on how to construct your own mini-operas that you can use in the classroom. We also have CDs of selected tracks from some of the opera titles to compliment the Teacher Resource packs.

Teacher Packs

• FIDELIO (Glyndebourne Touring Opera)
• A MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM
• CARMEN
• NUTCRACKER
• LA TRAVIATA
• THE BARBER OF SEVILLE
• THE MAGIC FLUTE
• LA BAYADERE
• LA CENERENTOLA
• THE MARRIAGE OF FIGARO
• COSI FAN TUTTE
• THE THREE MUSKETEERS
• MACBETH

Selected Track CDs

• LA BAYADERE
• LA CENERENTOLA
• THE MARRIAGE OF FIGARO
• COSI FAN TUTTE
• THE THREE MUSKETEERS
• MACBETH
• CARMEN
• A MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM
• PETRUSHKA
• FALSTAFF

To receive either a Teacher Resource Pack and/or a CD or for further information please contact the Education Department, Norwich Theatre Royal, Theatre Street, Norwich, Norfolk, NR2 1RL
or
Call 01603 598523
or
Email j.raper@theatreroyalnorwich.co.uk