THE LONDON THEATRE PROGRAM
ROGER WILLLIAMS UNIVERSITY
Group Events 2005
SEPTEMBER
16 Opening Dinner with faculty and staff Strand Palace Hotel
17 Panoramic Tour of London with Bridget Wrench
Group Lunch at The George, a 17th century inn
Evensong at St. Pauls Cathedral
THE WINTERS TALE .....Shakespeares Globe Theatre
20 Tour of The Globe Theatre and Shakespeare Exhibition with Charles Duff
Tour of the British Museum
21 BLOODY SUNDAY ..Tricycle Theatre
22 THE WOMEN OF LOCKERBIE .......The Orange Tree Theatre
23 THE UN INSPECTOR .Royal National Theatre Company at the Olivier Theatre
24 Tour to Royal Observatory and National Maritime Museum at Greenwich
Tour of the Thames River from Greenwich to Westminister Pier
25 MY DINNER WITH ANDRΙ .Almeida Theatre
26 BIRDSONG/WHITE MAN SLEEPS, the Sioban Davies Dance Company ..Sadlers
Wells Theatre
27 Tour of the National Gallery
27 THE TEMPEST ..Shakespeares Globe Theatre
28 Tour toThe Tower of London
29 KNIGHT OF THE BURNING PESTLE ..Barbican Theatre
30 Tour of the North Coventry: Stamford and York
OCTOBER
1 Tour of the North Country: York, Rievaulx Abbey, Whitby Abbey
2 Tour of the North Country: Cambridge University, Evensong at Kings College Chapel
3 ARISTOCRATS Royal National Theatre Company at the Lyttelton Theatre
4 Tour of The Imperial War Museum
4 Masterclass with Philip Hedley, Artistic Director, Theatre Royal, Stratford East
4 JULIUS CAESAR ..Lyric Hammersmith
5 NATHAN THE WISE .Hampstead Theatre
6 THE LION AND THE JEWEL .The Pit Theatre at the Barbican
11 Discussion with Marcello Magni, actor
11 MY NAME IS RACHEL CORRIE ..Royal Court Theatre
12, 13, 14 Tour to Stratford-Upon-Avon and Shakespeare Properties
12 Tour to Shakespeares Birthplace, Halls Croft, The New Place, and Holy Trinity Church
12 Group lunch at Halls Croft
12 AS YOU LIKE IT Royal Shakespeare Company at the Festival Theatre
12 Group Dinner at the Dirty Duck
13 SEJANUS: HIS FALL .Royal Shakespeare Company at the Swan Theatre
13 COMEDY OF ERRORS Royal Shakespeare Company at the Festival Theatre
13 Group dinner at Marlows Restaurant
14 Tour to Mary Ardens House, Ann Hathaways Cottage and Coventry Cathedral
14 Tour to Blenheim Palace
15 MEASURE FOR MEASURE Shakespeares Globe Theatre
16 LE PARC, The Paris Opera Ballet ..Sadlers Wells Theatre
17 SHOOT THE CROW .Trafalgar Studios
18 Tour to Sir John Soanes Museum
19 WOYZECK, The Icelandic Vesturport Theatre ... .. . Barbican Theatre
19 Tour to Westminster Abbey
20 Flight on the London Eye
20 MARK MORRIS DANCE GROUP IN CONCERT ...Sadlers Wells Theatre
21 LES RENDEZ-VOUS and LA SYLPHIDE ..The Royal Ballet Company at
the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden
22-30 Brit Rail Tour of England, Wales, Northern Ireland, and Scotland
31 THE PIANO TUNER OF EARTHQUAKES, a film by Alan Passes ... Odeon West,
Leicester Square
NOVEMBER
1 RICHARD II .The Old Vic
1 Tour to the Victoria and Albert Museum
2 MARY STUART ..Apollo Theatre
3 Discussion with Guy Henry, actor
3 PILLARS OF THE COMMUNITY . Royal National Theatre Company at
the Lyttelton Theatre
5 FULHAM VS. MANCHESTER CITY .....Craven Cottege
6 Tour to St. Albans Cathedral, Verulamium Museum and Roman Theatre
7 EPITAPH FOR GEORGE DILLON ..Comedy Theatre
8 Tour to Tate Britain Gallery
8 Discussion with Joseph Fiennes, actor and Helen Barrett, Stage Manager
8 CORAM BOY Royal National Theatre Company at the Olivier Theatre
9 GUYS AND DOLLS Picadilly Theatre
9 Tour to The Houses of Parliment
10 BACH AND VIVALDI CONCERT .Royal College of Music
11, 12, 13 Tour to Avebury, Salisbury, Stonehenge, Bath, Bradford, Castle Combe, Oxford
14 JUST FOR SHOW, the DV8 Company Lyttelton Theatre
15 Tour to the Wallace Collection
15 THE GOD OF HELL .Donmar Warehouse
16 Tour to St. Pauls Cathedral
16 Discussion with Susan Lanton, Opera Education Director
16 XERXES .The English National Opera Company at the London Coliseum
17 CLASSICAL SPECTACULAR, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra ..Royal Albert Hall
21 LES MISΙRABLES ..Queens Theatre
22 Tour to Kensington Palace
22 THE HYPOCHONDRIAC ......Almeida Theatre
23 Tour to Windsor Castle
23 Discussion with Gabbey Styles, Royal Court Archivist
24 Thanksgiving Dinner with faculty, staff and guests The Blue Anchor
25 BRONTE, The Shared Experience Company ..Lyric Hammersmith
26 Tour to Leeds Castle and Canterbury Cathedral
27 THE MESSIAH FROM SCRATCH, with Sir David Wilcocks ..Royal Albert Hall
28 Discussion with Polly Teale, Writer/Director
28 Workshop with Shared Experience Theatre Company
28 TRANSLATIONS ..The Royal National Theatre Company at the Cottesloe Theatre
29 Tour to Tate Modern Gallery
30 Tour to Hampton Court Palace
30 BILLY ELLIOT ..Victoria Palace
DECEMBER
1 Discussion with Michael Billington, drama critic at The Guardian
1 BRAHMS/BERNSTEIN/TCHAIKOVSKY CONCERT, The London Symphony
Orchestra . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Barbican Hall
2 Backstage Tour at the Royal National Theatre
2 HISTORY BOYS ...Royal National Theatre Company at the Lyttelton Theatre
3 PAUL ..Royal National Theatre Company at the Cottesloe Theatre
5 Discussion with Desmond Barrit, actor
5 Discussion with Hugh Vanstone, lighting designer
5 ONCE IN A LIFETIME ...Royal National Theatre Company at the Olivier Theatre
6 Tour of Courtauld Institute of Art
6 Workshop with Marcello Magni, Shakespeares Globe Actor
6 THE RUBINSTEIN KISS ...Hampstead Theatre
7 GREAT EXPECTATIONS .Royal Shakespeare Company at the Festival Theatre
8 Final dinner with faculty and staff at the Essex Serpent