TheatreOpeners
Offering schools the best of London’s theatre
Summer Term 2014
TheatreOpeners provides unrivalled access to top London theatre for secondary school pupils for just £7 a ticket. Each production is offered with:
Teacher’s Education Resource Pack Question and Answer Session with members of the cast and/or creative team
INSIGHT SESSIONS
I These 90-minute sessions take place before the matinee performances.
Photo: Alex Rumford
Designed as participatory masterclasses, 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.
This Summer Term:
“A fabulous experience for the students; it was the first time most of them had been to the theatre. The theatre tour and Insight session allowed them to ‘feel’ part of the production.” Teacher, Addington High School, Oh What a Lovely War Insight session, March 2014
1001 Nights Unicorn Theatre Thursday 12th June at 10.00am Let The Right One In Mousetrap Workshop Space Thursday, 3rd July at 11.00am Cost: £75 per school group
A Frantic Assembly & Theatre Royal Plymouth production
The Believers
By Bryony Lavery
Tricycle Theatre
www.tricycle.co.uk
Two families are flung together on a night of cataclysmic weather. Bruised, tired and seduced by the flow of alcohol, they wrestle with their differences until, suddenly, the unthinkable happens. Something unbelievable. As their versions of what happened begin to fall apart and their perspectives become clouded by suspicion, they turn on each other in a desperate fight to understand the truth.
KS3+
Monday 19th May – 7.30pm (Limited tickets) Wednesday 21st May - 2.00pm
All My Sons
By Arthur Miller
Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre “I know you’re no worse than most men but I thought you were better. I never saw you as a man. I saw you as my father.” Arthur Miller’s 20th Century classic is a moving story of denial, guilt and social responsibility. As the spectre of war overshadows a summer’s day, long-forgotten secrets strike at the heart of the Keller’s family life. www.openairtheatre.com
KS3+
Thursday 5th June – 2.15pm
1001 Nights Devised and directed by Douglas Rintoul Unicorn Theatre
www.unicorntheatre.com
A modern re-telling of the traditional Arabian Nights stories. Shahrazad – a young girl torn between her old home in the East and her new life in London - retells the extraordinary stories of her childhood to her new-found friend, who understands not a single word she says… Using the things she finds around her, she fashions saucepans into crowns, old pipes into enchanted telescopes and a mop into a magic carpet to transport us to a fantastical and imagined world of kings, viziers and jinns. Thursday 12th June – 1.30pm
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Wednesday 18th June - 11.00am
KS3+
(Yr. 7-8 only)
Romeo and Juliet English National Ballet Royal Albert Hall
Derek Deane’s epic production, drenched in passion and tragedy with Prokofiev’s evocative score at its heart, has been universally acclaimed by critics and audiences alike. No other ballet so intensely portrays Shakespeare’s classic tragedy of star-cross’d lovers. Set amongst the hustle and bustle, street fighting and rivalry of Renaissance Verona, with all its decadent grandeur, this magnificent staging is brought to life by a Company of 120 dancers, actors and sword-fighters. www.raymondgubbay.co.uk www.royalalberthall.com
Wednesday 18th June – 7.30pm Thursday 19th June - 2.30pm
KS3+
Hobson’s Choice By Harold Brighouse Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre
From the cobbles of Lancashire, bombastic boot-shop owner Henry Horatio Hobson takes umbrage to his daughter’s intention to marry long-suffering bootmaker Willie Mossop. Through her determination, they wed, set up a rival establishment and orchestrate Hobson’s fall from grace. But it is Willie who triumphs in this unlikely love story, as newfound fortitude deals a resolution that is - Hobson’s choice. www.openairtheatre.com
KS3+
Thursday 26th June – 2.15pm
Let The Right One In
By John Ajvude Lindqvist
Apollo Theatre Photo: Manuel Harlin
Oskar is a bullied lonely teenage boy living with his mother on a housing estate, when a spate of sinister killings rock the neighbourhood. Eli is the young girl who has just moved in next door. She doesn’t go to school and never leaves the flat by day. Sensing in each other a kindred spirit, the two become devoted friends. What Oskar doesn’t know is that Eli has been a teenager for a very long time…A must-see production, Let the Right One In is an enchanting, brutal vampire myth and coming-of-age love story.
www.royalcourttheatre.com
Thursday 26th June – 3.00pm
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KS4+
Thursday 3rd July - 3.00pm
Once By Edna Walsh Photo: Brinkhoff/Mögenburg
Phoenix Theatre
Once is a bittersweet and funny love story that celebrates the power of music, performed live on stage by an extraordinary cast of actormusicians, Once dazzles with invention, wit and unforgettable songs. Winner of 8 Tony® Awards and xx Olivier Awards. This is the show everyone wants to see more than once – come and find out why… www.oncemusical.co.uk
Thursday 3rd July – 2.30pm
KS3+
Monday 10th July - 2.30pm
Dirty Rotten Scoundrels The Musical Photo: Johan Persson
Savoy Theatre
www.scoundrelswestend.com
Dirty Rotten Scoundrels the Musical stars Robert Lindsay and Rufus Hound. Based on the classic comedy film starring Sir Michael Caine and Steve Martin, be transported to the French Riviera and its decadent underworld, as two seasoned swindlers attempt to hoodwink a millionaire heiress. As the pair compete in the true art of the con, they discover there is only room for one of them. Tues 24th June - 7.30pm Tues 1st July - 7.30pm
KS3+
Application Form 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 complete all sections below. See HOW TO BOOK overleaf. Application Deadline: Friday 2nd May 2014
School: Name of Teacher: Job Title: Address: Postcode:
Borough:
Email: Tel:
Mobile:
Does your group have any access requirements? (e.g. wheelchair needs, visual impairment, etc.) Year Group(s):
Students on free school meals:
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Reason(s) for intended trip: Tickets are limited to 30 pupils/school at ONE production. Min teacher/pupil ratio - 1:10 Number of Pupils______ Number of Staff______ Total______
Please number your choices as #1, #2, #3 in order of preference. Anything to add?
The Believers
Monday, 19th May at 7.30pm Wednesday, 21st May at 2.00pm
All My Sons
Thursday, 5th June at 2.15pm
1001 Nights
Thursday, 12th June at 1.30pm Wednesday, 18th June at 11.00pm
Romeo & Juliet
Wednesday, 18th June at 7.30pm Thursday, 19th June at 2.30pm
Hobson’s Choice
Thursday, 26th June at 2.15pm
Let The Right One In
Thursday, 26th June at 3.00pm Thursday, 3rd July at 3.00pm
Once
Thursday, 3rd July at 2.30pm Thursday, 10th July at 2.30pm
Dirty Rotten Scoundrels
Tuesday, 24th June at 7.30pm Tuesday, 1st July at 7.30pm
Interested in INSIGHT & Backstage Tour
Interested in INSIGHT & Backstage Tour
• Please complete the application and return it by post to TheatreOpeners at the address below, or fax it to 020 7632 4111.
Mousetrap Theatre Projects enables young people with limited resources, access or support to engage with the best of London’s theatre.
• Please complete all sections of the application form, especially contact details including an email address and mobile number.
We offer innovative theatre access, education and audience development programmes to stimulate and inspire young people.
HOW TO BOOK
• If anyone in your group has any access requirements, please state clearly on the application form. • 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. • Schools may only attend one production, although you may rank 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. Please check the school calendar carefully and confirm the visit with your senior management team in advance. • Once we have confirmed your tickets, we will communicate mainly by email – please keep checking your inbox. • If you have any further queries, please contact Elaine Grant on 020 7632 4116 or email elaine@ mousetrap.org.uk
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.
Mousetrap Theatre Projects Before 19th May:
23-24 Henrietta St Covent Garden WC2E 8ND
After 19th May:
33 Shaftesbury Av London W1D 7EH
T: 020 7632 4116 F: 020 7632 4111
elaine@mousetrap.org.uk www.mousetrap.org.uk Registered Charity no. 1053434 Supported by The Childhood Trust, our Charity Champion for The Big Give Christmas Challenge 2013