2007 Group Events

SEPTEMBER

14 Opening Dinner with faculty and staff at the Strand Palace Hotel

15 Panoramic Tour of London with Bridget Wrench and a group lunch at The George Inn

15 THE EMPEROR JONES at the Royal National Theatre Company in the Olivier Theatre

17 THE 39 STEPS at the Criterion Theatre

18 Tour of the British Museum

19 A MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM at the Richmond Theatre

20 Tour of the Globe Theatre and Exhibition with Charles Duff

20 THE MERCHANT OF VENICE at Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre

21 ST. JOAN at the Royal National Theatre Company in the Olivier Theatre

24 THE BURIAL AT THEBES: SOPHOCLES’ ANTIGONE by the Nottingham Playhouse Theatre Company in the Barbican Pit Theatre

26 Tour of the Tower of London

26 THE MERCHANT OF VENICE at the Arcola Theatre

27 A DISAPPEARING NUMBER by Complicite in the Barbican Theatre and a post-show discussion with Simon McBurney, Nitin Sawhney, and Marcus du Sautoy

28, 29, 30 Tour of Chatsworth House, York, York Minster, Rievaulx Abbey, and Cambridge

30 Evensong at King's College Chapel with the King’s College Boy’s Choir

OCTOBER

1 FRAGMENTS at the Young Vic

2 RHINOCEROS at the Royal Court Theatre

3 Tour of the Banqueting House

3 MACBETH at the Gielgud Theatre

4 THE HOTHOUSE at the Royal National Theatre Company in the Lyttelton Theatre

8 Discussion with Julia Pascal, director of The Merchant of Venice at the Arcola Theatre

8 GILGAMESH by Uncle Semolina & Friends in the Barbican Pit

9 Tour of the National Gallery

9 STRICTLY DANCING by the Birmingham Royal Ballet at Sadler’s Wells

10 Tour of Westminster Abbey and the Houses of Parliament

10 THE TEMPEST at Tara Arts Theatre

11 AWAKE AND SING at the Almeida Theatre

12, 13, 14 Tour of Stonehenge, Avebury, Bath, Bradford-On-Avon, Lacock, and The Cotswolds

16 SHAOLIN MONKS: KUNG-FU MASTERS LIVE at the Peacock Theatre

17 Tour of the Churchill Museum and Cabinet War Rooms

17 RICHARD III at the Southwark Playhouse

18 Tour of St. George's Church, Bloomsbury

18 CONNECT TRANSFER by Shen Wei Dance Arts in the Barbican Theatre

19 Walking tour of the City of London

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

21-28 BritRail Tour of England, Wales, and Scotland

29 DOLLY WEST'S KITCHEN at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts and a post-show discussion

30 Tour of the Theatre Royal Drury Lane

30 THE LORD OF THE RINGS at the Theatre Royal Drury Lane

NOVEMBER

1  ROADKILL by Splintergroup in the Barbican Pit

2 Walking Tour of Spitalfields and Dennis Severs' House

3 Tour of Canterbury Cathedral and Dover Castle

4 AMÉRIQUES: BERNSTEIN/ROUSE/COPLAND by the London Symphony Orchestra in the Barbican Hall

5 RAFTA, RAFTA at the Royal National Theatre Company in the Lyttelton Theatre

6 Tour of the Tate Modern

6 STRAVINSKY PROJECT,  by the Michael Clark Company in the Barbican Theatre

7 Tour of St. Paul's Cathedral

8 Discussion with Robert Mountford, actor in The Tempest at Tara Arts Theatre

8 VIOLIN CONCERTO NO. 5 IN A (Mozart) and SYMPHONY NO. 6 (Mahler) by the Philharmonia Orchestra at the Royal Festival Hall

9 Tour of the Foundling Hospital Museum

12 Tour of the Royal Theatre Haymarket

12 PRESENT LAUGHER at the Royal National Theatre in the Lyttelton Theatre

13 Tour of the Tate Modern

14 Tour of Oxford and the Rollright Stones

14 RICHARD II by the Royal Shakespeare Company at the Courtyard Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon

14 Group Dinner at the Dirty Duck, Stratford-upon-Avon

15 Tour of Stratford-upon-Avon, Holy Trinity Church, and Shakespeare Properties: Mary Arden’s House, Anne Hathaway’s Cottage, Shakespeare's Birthplace, Hall's Croft, Nash's House/New Place

15 Group Dinner at Marlowe's Restaurant, Stratford-upon-Avon

15 HENRY IV, PART I by the Royal Shakespeare Company at the Courtyard Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon  

16 Tour of Warwick Castle and St. Mary's Church (Beauchamp Chapel)

16 HENRY IV, PART II by the Royal Shakespeare Company at the Courtyard Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon  

17 HENRY V by the Royal Shakespeare Company at the Courtyard Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon  

19 THE COUNTRY WIFE at the Theatre Royal Haymarket

20 GLENGARRY GLEN ROSS at the Apollo Theatre

21 ROMEO AND JULIET (Ballet) at the Royal Opera House Covent Garden

22 Thanksgiving Dinner with faculty, staff, and guests at Joe Allen’s Restaurant

23 Tour of Brompton Cemetery

23 CLOUD NINE at the Almeida Theatre

24 CABARET at the Lyric Theatre

 

25 Fulham F.C. vs. Blackburn Rovers at Craven Cottage (FT: 2-2)
 

26 Discussion with Alex Jennings, actor in Present Laughter at the Royal National Theatre

26 Tour of the Royal National Theatre

26 WAR HORSE at the Royal National Theatre in the Olivier Theatre

27 Tour of the Courtauld Gallery

27 WOMEN OF TROY at the Royal National Theatre in the Lyttelton Theatre

28 Tour of Hampton Court

28 LES MISÉRABLES at the Queen's Theatre

29 Discussion with Jane Edwardes, London theatre critic

29 THE SEAGULL by the Royal Shakespeare Company at the New London Theatre

30: KING LEAR by the Royal Shakespeare Company at the New London Theatre

DECEMBER

1 Tour of St. Alban's Cathedral, Verulamium Museum, and Roman Theatre ruins

2 "THE MESSIAH" FROM SCRATCH at the Royal Albert Hall

3 THE TURN OF THE SCREW by the English National Opera at the London Coliseum and a pre-performance talk

4 Ride on the London Eye

4 CINDERELLA (Pantomime) at the Old Vic

5 Tour of Windsor Castle

5 OTHELLO at the Donmar Warehouse

6 Tour of the London Docklands

6 Final group dinner with faculty and staff at the Bonnington Hotel

 

The Final Group Dinner