Application Form
HOW TO BOOK
PLEASE NOTE: Your completed application form is your confirmed request, not a provisional one. We are unable to offer refunds for any unused tickets. Please see back page of leaflet for booking details. Please complete clearly in block capitals. Items with an * MUST be filled in to process your application.
• Please complete the application
*School: *Name of teacher:
*Job title:
*Address: *Postcode: *Borough: *Email: *Fax: *Tel:
*Ext: *Mobile:
Please state the best time of day to reach you: Are you happy for us to call you out of school hours? Yes/No *Year group(s) you’ll be bringing: *Please state clearly your reasons for bringing the proposed group of students (e.g. relevant to scheme of work, etc.) This school is eligible for
% of free school meals.
Tickets are limited to 30 pupils per school at ONE of the productions. There must be a minimum teacher/pupil ratio of 1:10.
Please make up to 3 choices and mark them #1, #2, #3. Betty Blue Eyes __Thursday 23rd June at 2.30pm __Thursday 30th June at 2.30pm
Deadline for applications: Friday 6th May __ pupils __ adults Total: __ __ pupils __ adults Total: __
The Comedy of Errors Deadline for applications: Friday 6th May __Wednesday 6th July at 2.00pm __pupils __ adults Total: __ Please send me more information about the INSIGHT session. Yes/No The Lord of the Flies Deadline for applications: Friday 6th May __ Thursday 9th June at 2.15pm __ pupils __ adults Total: __ __ Thursday 16th June at 2.15pm __ pupils __ adults Total: __ Pygmalion Deadline for applications: Thursday 28th April __Thursday 19th May at 2.30pm __ pupils __ adults Total: __ Romeo & Juliet __Friday 17th June at 1.30pm
Deadline for applications: Friday 6th May __ pupils __ adults Total: __
Richard III Deadline for applications: Friday 6th May __Wednesday 29th June at 2.00pm __ pupils __ adults Total: __ Please send me more information about the INSIGHT session. Yes/No
and return it by post to The London Theatre Challenge at the address below, or fax it to 020 7632 4111.
• Please complete all sections of the application form, especially contact details including an email address and mobile number.
• Tickets are strictly limited,
so we cannot guarantee your application will be successful. Priority will be given to schools new to Mousetrap Theatre Projects and those with a higher percentage of students on free school meals.
Mousetrap Theatre Projects enables young people with limited resources, access or support to engage with the best of London’s theatre. We offer innovative theatre access, education and audience development projects to stimulate and inspire young people. At the heart of our work is the desire to open doors to young people who might otherwise consider London’s rich cultural heritage closed to them.
• Schools may only attend one
production per term, although you may make as many choices as you wish. Following the application deadline, we will confirm whether or not your school has been successful.
• Your tickets will then be booked
and an invoice issued. Please do not apply for tickets you cannot use and please check the school calendar carefully in advance.
• If you have any further queries,
Image from Richard III at Hampstead Theatre.
Mousetrap Theatre Projects 23-24 Henrietta Street Covent Garden London WC2E 8ND T: 020 7632 4116 F: 020 7632 4111 E: katherine@mousetrap.org.uk www.mousetrap.org.uk Registered Charity no. 1053434
The London Theatre Challenge
London’s best theatre for just £5 a ticket
Summer Term 2011
please contact Katherine Usher on 020 7632 4116 or email katherine@mousetrap.org.uk
...inspiring young people
...inspiring young people
The London Theatre Challenge provides unrivalled access to top London theatre for secondary school pupils for just £5 a ticket. Each production is offered with: n Free Teacher’s Resource Pack n Question and Answer session with members of the cast and/or production team
INSIGHT SESSIONS Photo: Elly Hopkins
These 90-minute sessions take place before the matinee performances. Designed as participatory master classes, Insight sessions are facilitated by key members of the company and creative team (such as the director, writer and stage manager) and offer a first-hand insight into the creative choices made in staging a theatre production. A Flea In Her Ear Insight session, at The Old Vic, Waterloo
This Summer Term choose from 2 sessions with internationally acclaimed theatre company Propeller:
“The insight session was an invaluable look into the Richard III Hampstead Theatre more technical side of the Wednesday 29th June subject… the experience 11.00am – 12.30pm was fantastic and it was clear Comedy of Errors that everything possible had Hampstead Theatre gone into making the visit as Wednesday 6th July 11.00am – 12.30pm comprehensive as possible.” Cost:
Teacher, St Pauls Academy, Greenwich Autumn 2010
£75 per school group
Lord of the Flies
Betty Blue Eyes Novello Theatre KEY STAGE 2+
It’s 1947 – austerity Britain – belts are being tightened – the coldest winter in decades and a royal wedding. Based on Alan Bennett and Malcolm Moubray’s hilarious film, A Private Function; a tale that centres around Betty, an adorable pig who is being illegally reared to ensure that the local dignitaries can celebrate the Royal Wedding with a lavish banquet while everyone else makes do with Spam. www.bettyblueeyesthemusical.com n Thursday 23rd June at 2.30pm n Thursday 30th June at 2.30pm
Pygmalion
KEY STAGE 3+
After a group of schoolboys survive a massive plane crash, what starts as a classic desert island adventure quickly becomes a struggle for survival as superstition and immorality sees the community slide into a darkly sinister world. www.openairtheatre.com n Thursday 9th June at 2.15pm n Thursday 16th June at 2.15pm
Richard III
Written by George Bernard Shaw Garrick Theatre
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Written by William Shakespeare Hampstead Theatre
KEY STAGE 3+
One of theatre’s most entertaining explorations of sexual and class restrictions, Pygmalion tells the story of ego-centric Professor Higgins who makes a bet with his friend that he can transform the manners and speech of a Cockney flower girl and pass her off as a society lady. Pygmalion remains one of Shaw’s most popular plays, full of his trademark wit and style. www.pygmaliontheplay.com n Thursday 19th May at 2.30pm
KEY STAGE 3+
All-male company Propeller presents Richard III: bringing the War of the Roses cycle of history plays to a close in bloody fashion. Arguably Shakespeare’s most villainous king, we watch in horror and delight as Richard murders his way to the throne.
Romeo & Juliet
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The Comedy of Errors I
Written by William Golding Adapted for the stage by Nigel Williams Regents Park Open Air Theatre
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Written by William Shakespeare Hampstead Theatre KEY STAGE 3+
Internationally acclaimed all-male company Propeller presents The Comedy of Errors. Two sets of estranged twins, separated at birth, find themselves in the same city 25 years later with hilarious consequences. A series of mistaken identities, assumed www.hampsteadtheatre.com personas, and wild mishaps bring a family www.propeller.org.uk crisis - into heart-warming focus. n Wednesday 6th July at 2.00pm
The Royal Ballet Live at the O2 KEY STAGE 3+
The Royal Ballet is moving into the O2 arena for special performances of Romeo & Juliet. Bringing you close to the action, the performances will feature a filmed introduction to each Act on giant live-relay screens. Enjoy virtuoso performances from one of the finest ballet companies in the world, with Steven McRae and Roberta Marquez dancing the principal roles. www.roh.org.uk n Friday 17th June at 1pm
www.hampsteadtheatre.com www.propeller.org.uk n Wednesday 29th June at 2.00pm