About Wild Arts
Wild Arts takes world class performances to beautiful places in the UK and Europe, in an environmentally sustainable way.
In just two years the company has gained a series of five star reviews and accolades from the UK press, and has enjoyed universal audience acclaim for its performances, re-imagining works for modern ears and dramatising some of the great music of the last 400 years including Handel Messiah and Bach St John Passion.
Wild Arts has enjoyed startling growth and now performs regularly in over 40 UK and European festivals, theatres and venues,
The charity has three ingredients at its core: bringing world-class performers and performances to intimate settings across the UK; working with schools and young artists to foster future talent; and last but not least, doing all of this in a sustainable, one-planet living way.
Our long-term goal is to create a truly green opera house and performance space, set in a bio-diverse landscape, and constructed entirely from sustainable materials.
Our Programme
2022 Cosi fan tutte
2023 The Elixir of Love
2024 The Magic Flute
2025 Eugene Onegin
2026 Le Nozze di Figaro
2027 La Bohème
Opera Evening (a semi-staged selection of operatic and musical favourites woven into a 75-minute narrative).
The Roman River Festival in coastal Essex each Autumn
A dramatised Messiah & St John Passion, Mahler Das Lied von der Erde with Xavier Hetheringtion and Marta Fontanals-Simmons.
The Wild Arts Ensemble
Wild Arts brings together some of the UK's leading singers and players. Our orchestra is no ordinary opera orchestra but an ensemble of the very best musicians.
Our Outreach
There are three strands to our outreach work: the education programme for Primary Schools; the "Young Artists" programme for singers and players just starting out on their professional careers; and our behind-the-scenes apprenticeship scheme.
We work with over a dozen schools each year, engaging over 500 school pupils, and we include a Young Artist programme for exceptionally talented singers at the beginning of their careers.
Everything in the world lives and grows, and our art is no different. We must feed and nurture it to survive. That means working with children, supporting young artists and creatives, and inspiring and giving opportunities to the people who will sustain the arts in the future.
A tree is only as strong as its roots.
One-planet living
We only have one planet, and one biosphere, which humanity is a part of.
At the moment we (mostly the rich Western world) are testing the limits of the biosphere's ability to mend and renew itself. In many areas, we've gone beyond what the planetary systems can cope with.
Our aim is to create world-class opera in a way that stays within planetary boundaries - i.e. within the planet's ability to deal with the pollution we create, and clean up after us. It's easy to say; much harder to do. We're developing our strategy through travel, production design, food, energy use, and the way we manage our office and team, as well as through who we choose as our partners.
What are planetary boundaries?
The Theatre Green Book has brought together theatre-makers and sustainability experts to create a common standard for making theatre sustainably.
We are a growing movement of people in arts and culture declaring a climate and ecological emergency. We pledge to tell truths, take action and seek justice. Arts and culture can lead in creating a regenerative future that protects the planet and sustains everyone, everywhere.
Support Us
We believe that music can help bring people together and make them happier, and we believe that we can do that while working with the world around us, not in conflict with it. We are bringing top-quality opera to an incredible variety of people in a way that compliments our natural world, and we are building towards our environmental dream. We’d love you to help us continue our work.
Host Us
Over the next year we are offering solo recitals, chamber performances (from Byrd to Bartok), grand passions, our trademark Opera Evening programmes, and a staged summer opera, all at a world-class standard. We would love to bring some of this music to you.
If you are interested in hosting a Wild Arts performance, please click the link below and get in touch.
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