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All the World’s a Stage: Intergenerational Theater in London

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Itinerary for Jun 24 — Jul 3, 2012

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Day One: Sunday, June 24 -  
In Transit: Overnight flights to London.

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Type: Three-Star Hotel

 Description: In the eighteenth century when the Clarendon Hotel was built, Greenwich was one of the most powerful places in the world. The Clarendon is one of the finest Georgian hotels in South-East London, situated overlooking historic Blackheath and Greenwich Park. The hotel offers easy access to one of the world's most historic square miles with the National Maritime Museum, Royal Observatory, Queen's House and Henry VIII's Royal Deer Park. The centre of London and the West End are only a 20 minute train ride away.

Contact info:
Montpelier Row
Blackheath Village
London, SE3 ORW UK:England
phone: +44 020 8318 4321
web: www.clarendonhotel.com

Room amenities: Terrestrial and satellite television, direct-dial telephone, coffee and tea making facilities, hairdryers and radios. WiFi access at an addittional cost.

Facility amenities: Meridian Restaurant and Chart Bar, Resident's Lounge. Room service.

Smoking policy: No
Smoking policies vary by facility. During all group events and activities, smoking is prohibited.

Additional nights before: TBC.
Complete form in the preparatory materials and return to JAC Travel or email roadscholar@jactravel.co.uk

Check in time: 2:00 PM

Day Two: Monday, June 25 -  
Arrive To: London.

Morning: Transfers to the hotel.

Lunch: In the hotel.

Afternoon: Free time followed by a welcome meeting with your course director, group leader and student helpers.

Dinner: In the hotel.

Evening: A fun and active drama workshop for the grandchildren. This workshop will be one of three during the course of the week that will specialize in training improvisation skills. Free time for the grandparents.

Lodging: The Clarendon Hotel

Meals Included: Lunch, Dinner
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Type: Three-Star Hotel

 Description: In the eighteenth century when the Clarendon Hotel was built, Greenwich was one of the most powerful places in the world. The Clarendon is one of the finest Georgian hotels in South-East London, situated overlooking historic Blackheath and Greenwich Park. The hotel offers easy access to one of the world's most historic square miles with the National Maritime Museum, Royal Observatory, Queen's House and Henry VIII's Royal Deer Park. The centre of London and the West End are only a 20 minute train ride away.

Contact info:
Montpelier Row
Blackheath Village
London, SE3 ORW UK:England
phone: +44 020 8318 4321
web: www.clarendonhotel.com

Room amenities: Terrestrial and satellite television, direct-dial telephone, coffee and tea making facilities, hairdryers and radios. WiFi access at an addittional cost.

Facility amenities: Meridian Restaurant and Chart Bar, Resident's Lounge. Room service.

Smoking policy: No
Smoking policies vary by facility. During all group events and activities, smoking is prohibited.

Additional nights before: TBC.
Complete form in the preparatory materials and return to JAC Travel or email roadscholar@jactravel.co.uk

Check in time: 2:00 PM

Day Three: Tuesday, June 26 - Reminiscence theatre workshops. Highlights of London. 
Breakfast: Breakfast in the hotel.

Morning: Separate workshops for grandchildren and grandparents at the specialist charity Age Exchange. Age exchange is a leading charity in the field of reminiscence theatre, and has 27 years of experience of working collaboratively and running successful projects across all age ranges. age exchange is committed to providing opportunities for learning between generations. intergenerational programmes focus on reminiscence work and are designed to promote learning, understanding and creativity between generations. reminiscence theatre is a unique way of making theatre based on the life history and personal reminiscences of the participants. the course will include background to Reminiscence theatre, participation in workshops exploring making theatre from memories, guest speakers, theatre trips and social excursions plus the opportunity to work with members of the age exchange theatre culminating in an intergenerational theatre presentation. The benefits of reminiscence: · it connects the past with the present · it brings people and communities together · it helps us to see the other person’s point of view · it passes on heritage between generations · it is a gift we can all give and receive · it gives us a strong sense of who we are · it helps to us look back and reflect on life · it helps us to recognize people as individuals · we can learn from other people’s experiences

Lunch: Taken in Age Exchange.

Afternoon: Take a guided coach trip around the Highlights of London, noting the famous landmarks. Then enjoy some free time in cental London.

Dinner: Pre-theatre dinner in cental London.

Evening: The first of our theatre performances Henry V by William Shakespeare at the Globe.

Lodging: The Clarendon Hotel

Meals Included: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
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Type: Three-Star Hotel

 Description: In the eighteenth century when the Clarendon Hotel was built, Greenwich was one of the most powerful places in the world. The Clarendon is one of the finest Georgian hotels in South-East London, situated overlooking historic Blackheath and Greenwich Park. The hotel offers easy access to one of the world's most historic square miles with the National Maritime Museum, Royal Observatory, Queen's House and Henry VIII's Royal Deer Park. The centre of London and the West End are only a 20 minute train ride away.

Contact info:
Montpelier Row
Blackheath Village
London, SE3 ORW UK:England
phone: +44 020 8318 4321
web: www.clarendonhotel.com

Room amenities: Terrestrial and satellite television, direct-dial telephone, coffee and tea making facilities, hairdryers and radios. WiFi access at an addittional cost.

Facility amenities: Meridian Restaurant and Chart Bar, Resident's Lounge. Room service.

Smoking policy: No
Smoking policies vary by facility. During all group events and activities, smoking is prohibited.

Additional nights before: TBC.
Complete form in the preparatory materials and return to JAC Travel or email roadscholar@jactravel.co.uk

Check in time: 2:00 PM

Day Four: Wednesday, June 27 - Skills of Storytelling workshops. 
Breakfast: Breakfast in the hotel.

Morning: Separate workshops at Age Exchange for granchildren and grandparents on the Skills of Storytelling.

Lunch: At Age Exchange.

Afternoon: Coach into central London for a backstage tour at the Theatre Royal Drury Lane, followed by free time.

Dinner: In the hotel.

Evening: The grandchildren will go ten pin bowling with the youth leader at the AMF Lewisham Bowling Centre. Grandparents may spend time by themselves or go bowling!

Lodging: The Clarendon Hotel

Meals Included: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
Close [ x ]
Type: Three-Star Hotel

 Description: In the eighteenth century when the Clarendon Hotel was built, Greenwich was one of the most powerful places in the world. The Clarendon is one of the finest Georgian hotels in South-East London, situated overlooking historic Blackheath and Greenwich Park. The hotel offers easy access to one of the world's most historic square miles with the National Maritime Museum, Royal Observatory, Queen's House and Henry VIII's Royal Deer Park. The centre of London and the West End are only a 20 minute train ride away.

Contact info:
Montpelier Row
Blackheath Village
London, SE3 ORW UK:England
phone: +44 020 8318 4321
web: www.clarendonhotel.com

Room amenities: Terrestrial and satellite television, direct-dial telephone, coffee and tea making facilities, hairdryers and radios. WiFi access at an addittional cost.

Facility amenities: Meridian Restaurant and Chart Bar, Resident's Lounge. Room service.

Smoking policy: No
Smoking policies vary by facility. During all group events and activities, smoking is prohibited.

Additional nights before: TBC.
Complete form in the preparatory materials and return to JAC Travel or email roadscholar@jactravel.co.uk

Check in time: 2:00 PM

Day Five: Thursday, June 28 - Greenwich. 
Breakfast: Breakfast in the hotel.

Morning: Field trip to the UNESCO World Heritage Site of Greenwich. Explore the National Maritime Museum, the Royal Observatory and Greenwich Park.

Lunch: Excluded.

Afternoon: Field trip continues to the Old Royal Naval College, the great baroque masterpiece of English architecture, set in landscaped grounds on the River Thames in the centre of the Maritime Greenwich World Heritage Site. View the world's last tea clipper, Cutty Sark.

Dinner: Dinner out pre theatre.

Evening: Performance at the Cambridge Theatre of Matilda the Musical!

Lodging: The Clarendon Hotel

Meals Included: Breakfast, Dinner
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Type: Three-Star Hotel

 Description: In the eighteenth century when the Clarendon Hotel was built, Greenwich was one of the most powerful places in the world. The Clarendon is one of the finest Georgian hotels in South-East London, situated overlooking historic Blackheath and Greenwich Park. The hotel offers easy access to one of the world's most historic square miles with the National Maritime Museum, Royal Observatory, Queen's House and Henry VIII's Royal Deer Park. The centre of London and the West End are only a 20 minute train ride away.

Contact info:
Montpelier Row
Blackheath Village
London, SE3 ORW UK:England
phone: +44 020 8318 4321
web: www.clarendonhotel.com

Room amenities: Terrestrial and satellite television, direct-dial telephone, coffee and tea making facilities, hairdryers and radios. WiFi access at an addittional cost.

Facility amenities: Meridian Restaurant and Chart Bar, Resident's Lounge. Room service.

Smoking policy: No
Smoking policies vary by facility. During all group events and activities, smoking is prohibited.

Additional nights before: TBC.
Complete form in the preparatory materials and return to JAC Travel or email roadscholar@jactravel.co.uk

Check in time: 2:00 PM

Day Six: Friday, June 29 - Tower of London. 
Breakfast: Breakfast in the hotel.

Morning: Separate workshops at Age Exchange focusing on how to dramatise and perform memories.

Lunch: At Age Exchange.

Afternoon: Field trip to the Tower of London. In the early 1080s, William the Conqueror began to build a massive stone tower at the centre of his London fortress. Nothing like it had ever been seen before. Through the centuries that followed, successive monarchs added to the fortifications. The Tower has been the seat of British government and the living quarters of monarchs, the site of political intrigue and the repository of the Crown Jewels. The imposing building has protected, housed, imprisoned many citizens. See the Tower's highlights: The White Tower, the Medieval Palace, the Yeoman Wardens, the East Wall Walk, Tower Green and, of course, the Crown Jewels and it's most famous inhabitants -the ravens. Followed by some free time in central London.

Dinner: Excluded.

Evening: One Man, Two Guv'nors at the Haymarket Theatre.

Lodging: The Clarendon Hotel

Meals Included: Breakfast, Lunch
Close [ x ]
Type: Three-Star Hotel

 Description: In the eighteenth century when the Clarendon Hotel was built, Greenwich was one of the most powerful places in the world. The Clarendon is one of the finest Georgian hotels in South-East London, situated overlooking historic Blackheath and Greenwich Park. The hotel offers easy access to one of the world's most historic square miles with the National Maritime Museum, Royal Observatory, Queen's House and Henry VIII's Royal Deer Park. The centre of London and the West End are only a 20 minute train ride away.

Contact info:
Montpelier Row
Blackheath Village
London, SE3 ORW UK:England
phone: +44 020 8318 4321
web: www.clarendonhotel.com

Room amenities: Terrestrial and satellite television, direct-dial telephone, coffee and tea making facilities, hairdryers and radios. WiFi access at an addittional cost.

Facility amenities: Meridian Restaurant and Chart Bar, Resident's Lounge. Room service.

Smoking policy: No
Smoking policies vary by facility. During all group events and activities, smoking is prohibited.

Additional nights before: TBC.
Complete form in the preparatory materials and return to JAC Travel or email roadscholar@jactravel.co.uk

Check in time: 2:00 PM

Day Seven: Saturday, June 30 - Singing in the Rain. 
Breakfast: Breakfast in the hotel.

Morning: Workshop for both groups at Age Exchange. Grandparents and grandchildren will start to share what they have learned in the course of the week. Exchanging ideas and experiences.

Lunch: At Age Exchange

Afternoon: Travel by boat up the River Thames from Greenwich to Westminster. Look across at Big Ben and the Houses of Parliament for photo opportunities. Take a "flight" on the London Eye.

Dinner: Pre theatre dinner out.

Evening: Singing in the Rain at the Palace Theatre.

Lodging: The Clarendon Hotel

Meals Included: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
Close [ x ]
Type: Three-Star Hotel

 Description: In the eighteenth century when the Clarendon Hotel was built, Greenwich was one of the most powerful places in the world. The Clarendon is one of the finest Georgian hotels in South-East London, situated overlooking historic Blackheath and Greenwich Park. The hotel offers easy access to one of the world's most historic square miles with the National Maritime Museum, Royal Observatory, Queen's House and Henry VIII's Royal Deer Park. The centre of London and the West End are only a 20 minute train ride away.

Contact info:
Montpelier Row
Blackheath Village
London, SE3 ORW UK:England
phone: +44 020 8318 4321
web: www.clarendonhotel.com

Room amenities: Terrestrial and satellite television, direct-dial telephone, coffee and tea making facilities, hairdryers and radios. WiFi access at an addittional cost.

Facility amenities: Meridian Restaurant and Chart Bar, Resident's Lounge. Room service.

Smoking policy: No
Smoking policies vary by facility. During all group events and activities, smoking is prohibited.

Additional nights before: TBC.
Complete form in the preparatory materials and return to JAC Travel or email roadscholar@jactravel.co.uk

Check in time: 2:00 PM

Day Eight: Sunday, July 01 - Wigmore Hall recital for grandparents. 
Breakfast: Breakfast in the hotel.

Morning: Improvisation workshop for grandchildren. Wigmore Hall concert for grandparents.

Lunch: Lunch at the hotel for grandchildren. Late lunch out for grandparents.

Afternoon: Grandchildren continue the workshop after lunch and perhaps play on the heath with the youth leader. Grandparents return to the hotel. Followed by free time to explore the village atmosphere of Blackheath.

Dinner: Excluded.

Evening: Drama workshop for grandchildren. Talk for grandparents.

Lodging: The Clarendon Hotel

Meals Included: Breakfast, Lunch
Close [ x ]
Type: Three-Star Hotel

 Description: In the eighteenth century when the Clarendon Hotel was built, Greenwich was one of the most powerful places in the world. The Clarendon is one of the finest Georgian hotels in South-East London, situated overlooking historic Blackheath and Greenwich Park. The hotel offers easy access to one of the world's most historic square miles with the National Maritime Museum, Royal Observatory, Queen's House and Henry VIII's Royal Deer Park. The centre of London and the West End are only a 20 minute train ride away.

Contact info:
Montpelier Row
Blackheath Village
London, SE3 ORW UK:England
phone: +44 020 8318 4321
web: www.clarendonhotel.com

Room amenities: Terrestrial and satellite television, direct-dial telephone, coffee and tea making facilities, hairdryers and radios. WiFi access at an addittional cost.

Facility amenities: Meridian Restaurant and Chart Bar, Resident's Lounge. Room service.

Smoking policy: No
Smoking policies vary by facility. During all group events and activities, smoking is prohibited.

Additional nights before: TBC.
Complete form in the preparatory materials and return to JAC Travel or email roadscholar@jactravel.co.uk

Check in time: 2:00 PM

Day Nine: Monday, July 02 - Final performance and DVD recording. 
Breakfast: Breakfast in the hotel.

Morning: All day workshops at Age Exchange prepare everyone for the late afternoon performance of their show!

Lunch: At Age Exchange.

Afternoon: Workshops continue. The Grande Finale: The Performance of the Show by grandchildren and grandparents. DVD recorded for everyone.

Dinner: In the hotel.

Evening: Grandchildren improvisation presentation. Followed by farewells.

Lodging: The Clarendon Hotel

Meals Included: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
Day Ten: Tuesday, July 03 -  
Depart From: London.

Breakfast: Breakfast in the hotel.

Meals Included: Breakfast
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