Family Sundays
About the Event:
Family Sundays are events that take place on Sundays at The Royal Opera House. They put on a mixture of different activities for children and young people in morning and afternoon sessions running from 10.00-12.30 and 13.30-16.00. Their aim is to offer an opportunity to discover opera, ballet with fun-packed creative activities suitable for all ages in a warm, friendly and relaxed environment.
Each session lasts 2.5 hours and activities run in different areas of the building at the same time. (No activities take place in the main auditorium or theatre)
The activities they run are different but always inspired by operas and ballets.
Activities include:
- Singing/dancing workshops
- Dance and music performances
- Craft workshops
- Dressing up
Upcoming Sessions:
- Sunday 26th October 2025 - Opening Night
- Sunday 30th November 2025 - Opening Night
- Sunday 18th January 2026 - Various
- Sunday 1st February 2026 - Various
- Sunday 1st March 2026 - Various
- Sunday 22nd March 2026 - Various
- Sunday 12th April 2026 - Various
- Sunday 26th April 2026 - Various
- Sunday 10th May 2026 - Various
- Sunday 31st May 2026 - Various
- Sunday 14th June 2026 - Various
Information on signing up:
Expression of interest forms for all events will be open for applications 6 weeks before each event date.
Each date will close 2 weeks prior to the event so that tickets can be allocated.
If you are successful, you will receive an email confirming your ticket allocation directly from The Royal Opera House. Please respond to confirm your tickets.
Once this response has been received, you will receive further information on how to collect your tickets on the event day.
Fill in the below form to register your interest for free tickets to any of the sessions listed above. Please note, you can select multiple days if you wish (however, we’ll contact you separately about each one) If more than one young person, please only provide the information for the oldest young person (referred to as 'lead young person' below)