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Our 2025 Campaign
Continuing our work with young people involved with knife crime, our 2025 Campaign, "Bluntly Put" will deliver more workshops in the community and will once again culminate in the production of a real-life story short film. Clinics are structured to maximise engagement and learning through... read more »
Our Premiere Event
“Kofi’s Story”, Kent Opera's dramatic tale of a young person caught up in knife crime, premiered in December last year at The Prince’s Trust South London Headquarters, in front of an invited audience, which included Neve Conlan who had directed and produced the film. Kent Opera’s chair, Robert Lacey, welcomed guests before the preview, after which... read more »
Kofi's story - an educational talk
Kofi’s Story — Kent Opera's real-life dramatisation of a young man caught up in knife crime — premiered at an event hosted by The Prince’s Trust just before Christmas 2023. The enactment of the true story, which was directed and recorded by film student Neve Conlan, was the culmination of our 2023 campaign “Lives... read more »
Kofi's Story
Our short film is the culmination of our 2023 Campaign — 'Lives not Knives'. The drama tells the real life story of a young man caught up in knife crime — and how two lives were lost in one day. Acted by William Barnor, ‘Kofi’s... read more »
David reflects on his first restorative workshops
With our Knives not Lives campaign underway David reflects on the initial restorative workshops hearing of the devastation caused by knife crime but how intervention such as ours can help young people. read more »
Our New Campaign Launches this Week
Last week we officially launched our 2022 Campaign in Brixton - Lives not Knives. From this week onwards we will run a series of restorative workshops with young people, facilitated by Dr David Williams, with the aim of educating participants and gaining insights... read more »
Kofi’s Story
Our short film is the culmination of our 2023 Campaign — 'Lives not Knives'. The drama tells the real... read more »
Covid postponement
POSTPONED What do flowers, greenery and fresh air – the joy of nature in the urban jungle – mean to us? We have gained a new appreciation for all this during the months of COVID? We are thrilled that Southwark Charities has offered us the chance... read more »
Our last production – Hamlet
Kent Opera’s high-energy Hamlet, “a 45-minute roller-coaster". Kent Opera’s Hamlet was a dynamic piece of physical theatre at the Westminster Chapel which included mime and clowning as well as iconic text from Shakespeare’s play. The famous words from the play were set to music by one of our participants... read more »
COVID-19 Statement
COVID-19 has seriously hampered Kent Opera’s traditionally performance-based activities since the spring of 2020. For several years we have been working in prisons and with recently released offenders in Kent and London, but Coronavirus has shut down all access to prisons and has made... read more »
