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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.
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 which will be used to help others at risk.
‘Our Musical Director — Dr. David Williams!’
David joined us in 2021 bringing a wealth of experience having worked directly with young people who are at risk of becoming involved, or are actively involved, in crime for many years. His knowledge spans numerous areas including gangs, county...
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 to stage an autumn production in the garden courtyards of their almshouses at Edward Edwards’...
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 and all cast members took on Hamlet at some point in his journey. Director Kate...
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 live staging impossible. We have therefore adapted to virtual education with our ‘Lockdown to Lockdown’ project,...
