THE LONDON THEATRE PROGRAM

ROGER WILLILAMS UNIVERSITY

Group Events

2004

SEPTEMBER

18        Opening Dinner with faculty and staff…………………………………...Strand Palace Hotel

19        Panoramic Tour of London with Bridget Wrench

            Group Lunch at The George

19        MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING…………………………….Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre

20        A PASSAGE TO INDIA…………………………………………………Lyric Hammersmith

20        Post-show Discussion with Director, Nancy Meckler

21        Tour of the British Museum

22        Tour of the Globe Theatre and Exhibition with Charles Duff

22        Walking Tour of Southwark and Southwark Cathedral with Bridget Wrench

22        MEASURE FOR MEASURE………………………………….Shakespeare’s GlobeTheatre

24        Tour of Royal Observatory, Queen’s House and Maritime Museum at Greenwich

24        River Tour on the Thames

24        THE ELEHPANT VANISHES…………...Theatre De Complicite at the Barbican Theatre

25        KLAUS OBERMEIER ……………………………………………........Queen Elizabeth Hall

26        ROMEO AND JULIET………………………………………..Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre

27        A FUNNY THING HAPPENED ON THE WAY TO THE FORUM………Royal National 

                                        Theatre Company at the Olivier Theatre

28        Tour of the National Gallery

29        SWEENEY TODD………………………….......Trafalgar Studios at the Whitehall Theatre

30        Discussion with Alex Burton, British University first-year student

30        DUMB SHOW……………………………………………………………Royal Court Theatre

OCTOBER

4          TWELFTH NIGHT……………………………………………………………Albery Theatre

5          Tour of the Imperial War Museum

6          SHADOW OF A GUNMAN…………………………………………………Tricycle Theatre

7          MERCE CUNNINGHMAM ……………………………………………….Barbican Theatre

8, 9, 10 Tour of Avebury, Stonehenge, Bath, and Oxford

12        Tour of the Wallace Collection

12        SHEN WEI DANCERS………………………………………………..Sadler’s Wells Theatre

14, 15, 16 Tour of Stratford-Upon-Avon and Shakespeare Properties

14        HEAD/CASE…………………………....Royal Shakespeare Company at the Swan Theatre

14        KING LEAR……………………………..Royal Shakespeare Company at the RSC Theatre

14        Dinner at the Dirty Duck

15        Tour of Mary Arden’s House, Anne Hathaway’s Cottage and the Holy Trinity Church

15        HAMLET………………………………...Royal Shakespeare Company at the RSC Theatre

15        Dinner at Marlowe’s Restaurant

16        Tour of Warwick Castle St. Mary’s Church of Warwick

18        STUFF HAPPENS………………Royal National Theatre Company at the Olivier Theatre

19        Tour of the Victoria and Albert Museum

19        MACBETH……………………………………………….Out Of Joint at the Arcola Theatre

20        Tour of the Houses of Parliament and Westminster Abbey

20        MACBETH……………………………………Tobacco Factory at the Barbican Pit Theatre

21        Discussion with Desmond Barrit, Actor

21        HECUBA………………………………………………………………….Donmar Warehouse

22        Tour of Hampstead, Keats’ House and Kenwood House

22        REQUIEM; A WEDDING BOUQUET; LES NOCES…...Royal National Ballet Company at

                                    the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden

23-31   Brit Rail Tour of England, Wales, Scotland, and Northern Ireland

NOVEMBER

1          Discussion with Daniel Slater, Opera Director

1          BECKET…………………………………………………………...Royal Haymarket Theatre

2          Tour of the Tate Modern

2          HISTORY BOYS……………...Royal National Theatre Company at the Lyttelton Theatre

3          Tour of the Tower of London

3          ELGAR, MENDELSOHN……….London Symphony Orchestra at the Royal Festival Hall

4          Discussion with Dominic Cooper, Actor

4          RAMBERT……………………………………  Rambert Dance Company at Sadler’s Wells

4          Pre-Show Discussion with Rambert Dance Company Archivist, Jane Ptirchard

5          Tour of Chiswick, St. Michael’s Church and William Hogarth’s House

5          DON GIOVANNI……………English National Opera Company at the Coliseum Theatre

6          Tour of St. Alban’s Cathedral ,The Verulamium  Museum, and Roman Theatre

6          DEAD HANDS………………………………The Wrestling School at the Riverside Studios

8          SIMPLY HEAVENLY…………………………Trafalgar Studios at the Whitehall Theatre

9          Tour of Courtauld Institute of Art

10        THE MANDATE……………...Royal National Theatre Company at the Cottesloe Theatre

11        HAMLET…………………………………………………………………….Barbican Theatre

12, 13, 14  Tour of Rievaulx Abbey, Chatsworth House, York, and Cambridge

14        Faure’s Requiem Mass……………………………………………King’s College Boy’s Choir

15        Backstage Tour of the Royal National Theatre

15        NIGHT SEASON……………Royal National Theatre Company at the Cotteslow Theatre

16        Tour of Leighton House

17        Tour of St. Paul’s Cathedral

17        OTHELLO…………………………………………..Cheek by Jowl at the Riverside Studios

18        Discussion with Dick Bird, Set Designer

18        TROPICANA……………………………………………………………………...Shunt Vaults

22        Discussion with Michael Billington, Reviewer

22        FESTEN…………………………………………………………………………..Lyric Theatre

23        Tour of Saatchi Gallery

23        HARD NUT……………………………………………………………….Mark Morris Dance

24        Tour of Hampton Court Palace

24        BLITHE SPIRIT………………………………………………………………...Savoy Theatre

25        Thanksgiving Dinner with faculty, staff, and guests…………………..Joe Allen’s Restaurant

26        Tour of Leeds Castle and Canterbury Cathedral

27        Tour of Richmond Place and Marble Hill House

28        THE MESSIAH FROM SCRATCH……………………………………….Royal Albert Hall

29        Tour of West End Theatres with John Earl

29        BAMBOO DREAMS……..Cloud Gate Dance Theatre of Taiwan at the Barbican Theatre

30        Tour of Tate Britain

30        MATTHEW BOURNE’S SWAN LAKE………………………………………Sadler’s Wells

DECEMBER

1          Tour of Windsor Castle

1          LES MISERABLES…………………………………………………………..Queen’s Theatre

2          ROMEO AND JULIET………………………Icelandic Company at the Playhouse Theatre

3          Tour of Banqueting House and St. Martin’s in the Field

3          PLAYBOY OF THE WEST INDIES………………………………………..Tricycle Theatre

4          HIS DARK MATERIALS 1 & 11............................Royal National Theatre Company at the                                                                                                                                            Olivier Theatre

6          Discussion with Gisli Orn Gardarsson and Nina Dogg Filippusdottir, Actors

6          BY THE BOG OF CATS…………………………………………………Wyndhams Theatre

7          Tour of Sir John Soane’s Museum

7          THE JERRY SPRINGER MUSICAL…………………………………...Cambridge Theatre

9          Closing Dinner with faculty and staff……………………………..Amalfi’s Restaurant, Soho