ROGER WILLIAMS UNIVERSITY LONDON PROGRAM 2006

 

 

 

   

 

 

PRODUCTIONS AND EVENTS ATTENDED

WEST END:

THE COMEDY OF ERRORS,     THE GLOBE

IN EXTREMIS,     THE GLOBE

ANTONY AND CLEOPATRA,     THE GLOBE

THE SEAGULL,     THE NATIONAL (LYTTLETON)

THE VOYSEY INHERITANCE,     THE NATIONAL (LYTTLETON)

VOYAGE ROUND MY FATHER,     WYNDAMS

THE LIFE OF GALILEO,     THE NATIONAL (OLIVIER)

THE ALCHEMIST,     THE NATIONAL (OLIVIER)

MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING,     ROYAL SHAKESPEARE COMPANY (SWAN)

THE TEMPEST,     ROYAL SHAKESPEARE COMPANY (MAIN HOUSE)

HENRY VI PART ONE,     ROYAL SHAKESPEARE COMPANY, (COURTYARD)

KING LEAR,     THE MALY THEATRE OF RUSSIA, THE BARBICAN

ROCK-N-ROLL,     DUKE OF YORK THEATRE

THE SEAFARER,     THE NATIONAL (COTTESLOE)

CAROLINE, OR CHANGE,     THE NATIONAL (LYTTLETON)

THE 39 STEPS,     CRITERION THEATRE

MOON FOR THE MISBEGOTTEN,     THE OLD VIC

THE WAVES,     THE NATIONAL (COTTESLOE)

SPAMALOT,     THE PALACE

BILLY ELLIOT,     THE VICTORIA PALACE

SIX DANCE LESSONS IN SIX WEEKS,     THEATRE ROYAL HAYMARKET

THE MERRY WIVES OF WINDSOR,     ROYAL SHAKESPEARE COMPANY (MAIN HOUSE)

CORAM BOY,     THE NATIONAL (OLIVIER)

 

OFF WEST END:

YERMA,     THE ARCOLA

METAMORPHOSIS,     ICEBOX THEATRE (LYRIC HAMMERSMITH)

POOL (NO WATER),     FRANTIC ASSEMBLY (LYRIC HAMMERSMITH)

THE CHAIRS,     THE GATE

ORESTES,     THE TRIYCLE

DRUNK ENOUGH TO SAY I LOVE YOU?,     THE ROYAL COURT

 

FRINGE:

DISORIENTATIONS,     RIVERSIDE STUDIO

SLAV’S SNOW SHOW,     WIMBLEDON THEATRE

MOUTHFULL OF BIRDS,     ROYAL ACADEMY OF DRAMATIC ART

FAUST,     21 WAPPING LANE

 

MUSIC:

STEVE REICH’S THE CAVE,     THE BARBICAN

THE MESSIAH,     ROYAL ALBERT HALL

EVENSONG,     KING’S COLLEGE CAMBRIDGE

 

OPERA:

LA BOHEME,     ROYAL OPERA HOUSE

THE GONDOLIERS,     ENGLISH NATIONAL OPERA

 

DANCE:

WALKER DANCE PARK MUSIC,

LINBURY STUDIO, ROYAL BALLET

POOL (NO WATER),     PHYSICAL THEATRE/MODERN DANCE FUSION

 

PROGRAM TALKS:

LEV DODIN, ARTISTIC DIRECTOR, THE MALY THEATRE KING LEAR

ALEX JENNINGS, ACTOR (THE ALCHEMIST, THE QUEEN)

NANCY MECKLER, ARTISTIC DIRECTOR, THE TRICYCLE ORESTES

HELEN MANVILLE, ACTRESS (THE ALCHEMIST, TOPSY TURVEY)

LYNNE ALDGATE, EDUCATION OFFICER FOR THE GATE THE CHAIRS

ARTHUR WILSON, HISTORIAN, GILBERT AND SULLIVAN

HELEN EDMUNDSON, PLAYWRIGHT ORESTES AND DEVISED ADAPTATIONS

MARGOT, ACTING COACH STANISLAVSKI

 

I.C.E. SELECTIONS (Independent Cultural Events):

THE QUEEN (FILM)

THE HISTORY BOYS (FILM)

IRISH/AFRICAN FUSION (DANCE)

VIVALDI’S "FOUR SEASONS" BY CANDLELIGHT

LUNCHTIME CONCERT, ST JAMES

 

 

 

 

SITES VISITED

 

DAY/WEEKEND TRIPS

The City of York trip:

Chatsworth [country manor estate], York Minster Cathedral, Rievaulx Abbey

Cambridge University (The Round Church)

King’s College Evensong

 

Stratford upon Avon trip:

Shakespeare Properties (Mary Arden’s Farm, Anne Hathaway’s Cottage, the Birthplace, Hall’s Croft, Christ’s Church, The Schoolhouse)

Warwick Castle, Beauchamp Chapel

 

Dover Castle and secret wartime tunnels

Canterbury Cathedral

 

The City of Bath (Royal Crescent, Roman Baths, Georgian House, Costume Museum)

Bradford Upon Avon Saxon Church

Castle Combe (Cotswold village)

Avebury

Stonehenge

 

St Albans Cathedral

Verulamium and Roman Ruins Museum

 

 

LONDON AREA SITES

London Panoramic Tour

The Tower of London

Westminster Cathedral

Westminster Abbey

Houses of Parliament

Cabinet War Rooms

St Paul’s Cathedral

Hampton Court

Windsor Castle

Greenwich (Royal Observatory, Queen’s House, Painted Hall, Maritime Museum, Thames River)

Globe Theatre Tour

National Theatre Backstage Tour