National Opera Studio's Young Artist Programme, delivered in collaboration with the six full-time UK opera companies, supports singers and pianists with all the musical, artistic, physical, psychological and practical skills they need to build a long, successful career in opera.
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Our 9-month Young Artist Programme is one of the most respected opera training opportunities for singers in the world. Each year, we select 12 exceptional singers to join this intensive, full-time programme based at our home in London. The programme is paid and designed to bridge the gap between conservatoire training and a sustainable career in opera. Young Artists receive world-class training across every aspect of operatic life, equipping them with the musical, artistic, physical, psychological, and professional tools needed for long-term success in the industry
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Paid professional training for emerging repetiteurs preparing for work in opera. This 9-month long training programme supports repetiteurs with advanced coaching, collaborative practice, and real-world experience. Each year, we offer intensive, high-quality training to four exceptional repetiteurs as part of our Young Artist Programme based at our home in London. Our aim is to prepare them for the full spectrum of a modern repetiteur’s career, whether on stage, in the pit, or in the rehearsal room.
The programme focuses on building a comprehensive and practical skillset, equipping repetiteurs to meet the varied musical, technical, and collaborative challenges they will encounter professionally.
At the beginning of the year, each Young Artist’s existing repertoire and experience are carefully assessed to identify areas for development. From this, we design a tailored training structure that ensures broad and balanced exposure to operatic repertoire spanning different styles and periods. Throughout the year, Young Artists work with a diverse range of music, with particular emphasis on filling any gaps in their knowledge and practical experience.
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There is no upper age limit for applying to NOS. However, applicants are reminded that the Young Artist Programme is very intensive and is intended for singers and repetiteurs who are at the beginning of their professional operatic careers. Although it is not a formal requirement, applicants are expected to have significant performance experience and to have been training, in some form, for a number of years.
For more information and to apply, click the Opportunity Info link below!
Our teacher professional development workshop is designed to empower you to explore immersive theatre with your students.
Are your students begging you to do an immersive show for your next school production? Been to see amazing immersive performances but not sure where to start with teaching this style in your classroom? Have your A Level candidates cselected a immersive, site-specific or promenade theatre maker for their chosen practitioner? Looking for a new and exciting style to teach in your KS3 lessons?
This CPD is for you! Join us for a day exploring immersive theatre in your school environment.
Whether you’re creating a scheme of work centered around immersive theatre skills or you’re looking to create an immersive show for your co curricular drama program, this workshop will equip you with exercises, terminology and ideas that you can use in your classroom the very next day.
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Book into the other workshops in our Skill Builder Series, which explore the core principles of Puppetry & Devising with award-winning theatre company Les Enfants Terribles, and save 20% (£240 for all 3 workshops).
Bursary places are available.
For more information and to book, click the Opportunity Info link below!
Our teacher professional development workshop is designed to equip you with fun and adventurous new ways into the devising process and tools to use with your students to challenge and excite them throughout their devising projects at all key stages.
Are you teaching devising across key stages and looking for ways to prevent seeing the same things over and over again, or looking for ways to encourage your students to take risks? Look no further....
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Book into the other workshops in our Skill Builder Series, which explore the core principles of Puppetry & Immersive Theatre with award-winning theatre company Les Enfants Terribles, and save 20% (£240 for all 3 workshops).
Bursary places are available.
For more information and to sign up, click the Opportunity Info link below!
Join our ticket scheme for audience members aged 30 and under
If you're aged 30 or under, you can access £20 tickets for some of our amazing events. Simply sign up to the mailing list to register your interest and we'll be in touch with a monthly newsletter.
We've previously included events like Cirque du Soleil, Anna Lapwood, David Attenborough's 100 Years on Planet Earth, Spider-Man: No Way Home in Concert, Trisha Paytas, Kojey Radical, Barbie: The Movie in Concert, Video Games in Concert, BBC Proms: The Traitors, and The Nutcracker.
The offer will apply to a limited number of tickets on select shows right across our programme – sign up and get ready to snap up your £20 tickets.
For more information and to sign up, click the Opportunity Info link below!
Take your class on an immersive learning adventure.
In this 90 minute interactive workshop at our immersive theatre venue Punchdrunk Enrinchment Stores, pupils step through a door to another world…the magical home of The Storytelling Society.
Our KS2 Oracy Workshop: The Storytelling Society is a unique experience where immersive theatre meets a creative learning workshop. By taking a child out of their traditional school environment and using our immersive learning techniques, we know pupils make surprising leaps in their learning.
Your class will explore a richly tactile space, full of curious objects from the antique to the extraordinary. You will meet two characters who need help finding their voice. Throughout this highly interactive session, the children collaborate with these ‘in-role’ facilitators and will be prompted to use their speaking, listening and communication skills. They will leave feeling empowered and energised, with new skills and confidence to take back into the classroom.
At Punchdrunk Enrichment, we provide the perfect environment to bring out the inner storyteller in every learner, supercharging your pupils’ oracy skills. This workshop has been developed inclusively with provision for SEND children built in from the start.
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For more information and to sign up, click the Opportunity Info link below!
Write Night is a series of monthly sessions for anyone interested in writing for the stage.
Sessions are on the first Wednesday evening of every month, run by Soho Theatre’s own iconic Bombay-born, London-based Creative Associate Pooja Sivaraman (Clean Break, Theatre503, Coney) and award winning Walthamstow playwright Sonali Bhattacharyya (Bristol Old Vic, Young Vic, Chichester Festival Theatre, Donmar Warehouse, BBC)
Whether you’re a total beginner or a more experienced writer, Write Night is open to everyone!
Each session will be organised around a theme and you can book them as standalone sessions, or you can book the whole lot! Totally up to you.
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Wed 2 Sep 7pm-9pm: Adaptation
A workshop all about adapting existing materials into a new play, from novels to films to documentary and verbatim.
Wed 7 Oct 7pm-9pm: Performing Activism
A workshop looking at how theatre troupes around the world use the stage as a medium of protest. What are the tools to keep in hand when you’re writing about something that makes you angry?
Wed 4 Nov 7pm-9pm: Rap, Rhyme and Musical theatre
A workshop all about how to write lyrics and rhyme for musicals and gig theatre
Wed 2 Dec 7pm-9pm: Writing is Rewriting
A workshop on the redrafting process and how to crack pivotal scenes
There will be teaching, writing exercises and discussion (not to mention tea and biscuits). If any or all of the above sessions sound interesting to you, we’d love for you to pop by and try it out.
If you have any questions at all, email us at engagement@sohotheatre.com – we’re happy to help.
For more information and to book, click the Opportunity Info link below!
Want to feel completely connected to your physicality on stage? Explore how movement works as a powerful storytelling tool in contemporary performance. Whether you are an actor, dancer, or poet, this project will unlock your full physical confidence.
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Explore where physical skills meet contemporary storytelling in the exciting world of circus theatre.
Whether your background is in theatre, dance, circus or cabaret, expand your creative toolkit, discover how to build imaginative narratives, and collaborate with other performance makers to create something entirely new.
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Looking to hone your stage skills? Whether you’re interested in acting, dancing, or just performing on stage, this weekly Theatre Drop-In gives you space to stay creative, build confidence, and explore new approaches to performance.
Each session offers a fresh focus, from improv and ensemble work to devising and cabaret. Led by experienced facilitators who’ll help you experiment, play, and develop your craft in a supportive, relaxed environment. You can join every week or drop in whenever you can – each session stands alone.
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Phao May is a Movement Director, Director, Choreographer and Facilitator, working across stage and screen in London. She attained a foundation in Acting from RADA in 2014, and later an MA in Movement Directing and Teaching from The Royal Central School of Speech and Drama in 2022. She has collaborated with Soho Theatre, The Bush, and National Youth Theatre and created work for Edinburgh Fringe and The Vaults. Her creative work spans plays, devised work, commercials, music videos and live comedy, working with trained actors and musicians, community groups and comedians.
Isaac Jordan is a theatre director, writer and facilitator. His work focuses on the intersection of community heritage, theatre and storytelling: exploring ways to celebrate and strengthen everyday communities. As well as working with the Roundhouse, he has collaborated with organisations including the Natural History Museum, SPID Theatre, the Pink Singers, UCL, Half Moon Theatre and Richmond Theatre.
Plus guests! We will also have guest tutors for some sessions who will bring their expertise from different elements of theatre and performance.
DO I NEED ANY PARTICULAR SKILLS OR EXPERIENCE TO TAKE PART?
You don’t need any specific skills, but this will be most relevant to people who have done at least a bit of theatre or dance before. Open to all levels – we welcome back people who have attended previous terms.
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This is a drop in session, just come to the front desk of Roundhouse Studios and pay £2 on arrival. It’s first come first serve with limited spaces so we ask that you arrive fifteen minutes before the start time at the latest to sign in. Latecomers will be admitted only if there is space.
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For more information and to sign up, click the Opportunity Info link below!
Ready to bring theatre’s most iconic showdowns to life safely? From the dramatic to the comedic, this half-term project will teach you the fundamentals of stage combat and how to use them to perform some of Shakespeare’s best-known scenes.
You don’t need to be an expert in Shakespeare to take part or have any previous combat experience. Our facilitators will guide your own discovery of the world of Shakespeare and art of stage combat!
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