The award winning charity 'Streetwise Opera' presented a one-night special event at The Royal Opera House yesterday evening, between 18:30-21:30.
This event showcased the skills of 300 performers, both form the UK and abroad, who have experienced homelessness.
This is part of the London 2012 Festival and is the first time in history that homeless people have been given an official platform at celebrations for an Olympic and Paralympic Games.
Great news is that some of our service users from The Whitechapel Centre, along with Collective Encounters, were asked to be a part of this celebration.
The group, Kabin Krew, gave an outstanding performance of their self written song ‘Seize the Day’, a massive achievement for all those involved.
Details of the group are as follows:
Collective Encounters ‘Kabin Krew’ (Liverpool)
Song: Seize The Day
Simon James (Composer) Abi Horsfield (Director) Simon James, Andy Frizell, Tim O’Shea, Tilo Prinbaum (Musicians on backing track)
Performers: Adele Armstrong, Bernadette Atherton, Emma Folan, John Dermody, Peter Melik
About the group: Collective Encounters is a professional arts organisation specialising in theatre for social change. We run participatory drama projects for people who would not usually access the arts; and don’t often have the chance to be heard.
This was an incredible opportunity for Kabin Krew to show off their talents, which they did wonderfully, thanks to all their hard work, determination and abundance of talent.
Collective Encounters, and Abi in particular, have worked extremely hard with the Whitechapel group, providing amazing support and direction, for which they deserve a massive pat on the back.
For more information on the event, or to watch the performance itself, please go to: http://www.with1voice.org.uk
To find out more about the work we do, and services we provide at The Whitechapel Centre please go to: http://www.whitechapelcentre.co.uk
