Wikipedia:Meetups/UK/Royal Opera House September 2015

CANCELLED


 * Point of contact: WereSpielChequers and Rachel Beaumont for ROH



About the Event
Please note that the Sunday session has been cancelled.

The Royal Opera House is hosting an editathon on stagecraft as part of the annual Deloitte Ignite Festival. Each year Deloitte Ignite see the Royal Opera House offer a series of free events around the building, with a particular focus on involving people who have never been to the Royal Opera House before.

This year Deloitte Ignite is curated by the Royal Opera House's Learning and Participation Department, and focuses on backstage craft. The editathon will run on the festival's opening weekend on 5/6 September 2015. Previous Deloitte Ignite opening weekends have seen up to two thousand people visit the Royal Opera House.

The timings of the editathon are 11am–5pm on Saturday 5 September and 11am–4pm on Sunday 6 September. It will take place in the Paul Hamlyn Hall Balcony, which is accessible for wheelchair users.

Entrance to the Royal Opera House over the opening weekend is free but ticketed. Day passes will be available on the door or alternatively can be booked online here.

The Royal Opera House can provide lunch for up to ten trainers. There will also be a food market as part of the festival.

Find out more on the Royal Opera House website here.

Trainers
We are hoping for five people experienced Wikipedians each day. To volunteer, please sign below with * ~ and mark if you can be one of the two volunteers to arrive at 10:30 to help set up - you also need to register for a free day pass here.

Trainers Saturday 5th Sept

 * 1) Shall beat on the door at 10.30.   Tim riley  talk    22:13, 26 August 2015 (UTC)
 * 2)  Ϣere  Spiel  Chequers  22:42, 26 August 2015 (UTC) (10:30)

Trainers Sunday 6th Sept

 * 1)   Ϣere  Spiel  Chequers  (will come at 10:30 for set up)
 * 2) YellowFratello (talk) 18:33, 25 August 2015 (UTC)
 * 3) Happy to turn up at 10.30   Tim riley  talk    22:14, 26 August 2015 (UTC) Sorry but Sunday has been cancelled, the experience of Saturday was that the crowd were more interested in using our gallery to watch the sword fighting etc.

Designated Pub
We intend to go on to the Cross Keys, Covent Garden on both evenings. Sign below if you just plan to join us in the pub.
 * On the wagon, alas.  Tim riley  talk    22:30, 26 August 2015 (UTC)

Target List
The theme of the editathon is backstage craft, particularly as used in ballet and opera.

There will be numerous textbooks available and potentially some members of the ROH's current backstage team present. There will also be the possibility for a small group to go backstage. Please note that any photographs taken backstage may not include ROH staff or sets, scenery or props, unless expressly permitted.

Wikipedia articles that the ROH suggests working on:


 * Audio engineer
 * Benesh Movement Notation
 * Costume
 * Fly crew
 * Fly system
 * Gilding
 * Lighting
 * Rudolf Benesh
 * Running crew
 * Scenic design
 * Sound design
 * Stage clothes
 * Stagecraft
 * Stage lighting
 * Stage lighting accessories
 * Stage lighting instrument
 * Stage management
 * Surtitles
 * Theatrical property
 * Wig

Missing Wikipedia articles:
 * To avoid having multiple articles on the same topic, or having edit conflicts with each other, please start articles in sandboxes and move them to mainspace when ready. If an article is red it doesn't exist yet, if it's blue it has been started.


 * Sandbox for Jonathan Cope article for Jonathan Cope
 * Sandbox for Stephen Jefferies article for Stephen Jefferies

Online Resources Available
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Bespoke welcome
We have a tailored welcome for this event – just post:

~ to the talkpage of any new accounts created for the event.