High House Production Park is the result long term collaboration between the Royal Opera House, Creative & Cultural Skills, Acme Studios ,Thurrock Council, Arts Council England, together with the departments of Business Innovation and Skills, Communities and Local Government and their agencies.
The first phase of development of the fourteen acre site, its heritage buildings and public park, was completed in 2010 with the opening of the Royal Opera House’s Bob and Tamar Manoukian Set Production workshop. This was followed in 2013 by the launch of Creative & Cultural Skills’ Backstage Centre, a world class production, rehearsal and training venue for performance, broadcast and live events.
Acme Studios opened the High House Artists Studios in October 2013, a new building that reflects the latest thinking in creative workspace.
The Bob and Tamar Manoukian Costume Centre opened on the site in 2015. The Centre is designed to hold costumes for Royal Opera House productions, as well as historic costumes, musical instruments and furniture from the archive collection. The Centre delivers a BA (Hons.) degree course in Costume Construction, in partnership with South Essex College and University of the Arts London.
In 2011, High House Production Park Ltd transferred from the public sector into the charitable sector and is now led by a Board of Trustees and a small executive team.
High House Production Park is a charity established to support an international centre of excellence for creative industries in Thurrock that will inspire a new generation. We work in partnership with the Royal Opera House, South Essex College, Acme Studios and Thurrock Council to :
