News

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 »