Name
Working Group Session 1: POTENTIAL
Date & Time
Thursday, October 22, 2026, 11:25 AM - 12:40 PM
Speakers
Jacqui Cameron, Opera North
Yamin Choudury, National Theatre
Susanna Kempe, Laidlaw Foundation
Lucy Perry, Glyndebourne
Bex Hand, English Touring Opera
Sally Newton, Laidlaw Schools Trust
Yamin Choudury, National Theatre
Susanna Kempe, Laidlaw Foundation
Lucy Perry, Glyndebourne
Bex Hand, English Touring Opera
Sally Newton, Laidlaw Schools Trust
Description
Opera companies across the UK are delivering education, outreach and participation programmes of real quality - but too often in isolation, reinventing what others have already built.
This session brings together practitioners to share models, examine what the evidence says about impact, and ask where greater collaboration and coordination across the sector could extend reach, reduce crossover, and make the case for learning and participation more effectively to funders and policymakers.