Afternoon: Independent arrivals. Welcome meeting and reception in hotel at 6:00pm.

Dinner:

Evening: Free

Lodging: East Side Marriott

Breakfast:

Morning: Free morning.

Lunch:

Afternoon: Group transfer by coach to embarkation of Queen Mary II, approx. 2:00pm.

Dinner:

Lodging: Aboard The Queen Mary II

Meals Included: Breakfast, Dinner

Breakfast: On board ship.

Morning: Shipboard activities.

Lunch: On board ship.

Afternoon: Lectures: What is Theatre and Why do we need it?

Dinner: On board ship.

Evening: Cocktail party.

Lodging: Aboard The Queen Mary II

Meals Included: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

Breakfast: On board ship.

Morning: Shipboard activities.

Lunch: On board ship.

Afternoon: Medieval drama, the Reformation and Christopher Marlowe.

Dinner: On board shp.

Lodging: Aboard The Queen Mary II

Meals Included: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

Breakfast: On board.

Morning: Free day. Shipboard activities.

Lunch: On board.

Afternoon: Shipboard activities.

Dinner: On board.

Evening: Shipboard activities.

Lodging: Aboard The Queen Mary II

Meals Included: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

Breakfast: On board ship.

Morning: Shipboard activies.

Lunch: On board ship.

Afternoon: Shakespeare's Life and Verse

Dinner: On board ship.

Lodging: Aboard The Queen Mary II

Meals Included: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

Breakfast: On board ship.

Morning: Shipboard activities.

Lunch: On board ship.

Afternoon: Lectures: 300 Years of British Theatre.

Dinner: On board ship.

Lodging: Aboard The Queen Mary II

Meals Included: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

Breakfast: On board ship.

Morning: Shipboard activities.

Lunch: On board ship.

Afternoon: Lectures: The 20th Century: Wilde, Coward, Pinter, Orton, Osborne.

Dinner: On board ship.

Lodging: Aboard The Queen Mary II

Meals Included: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

Breakfast: On board ship.

Morning: Disembark Southampton and transfer by coach to London via Winchester. Field trip: Winchester Cathedral.

Lunch: Winchester cathedral.

Afternoon: Transfer continues

Dinner: In the hotel.

Evening: Theatre performance. Jumpy at the Duke of York's Theatre. 7:30pm. By April De Angelis. Directed by Nina Raine Starring Tamsin Greig. 'You're having some kind of crisis.' ' - It's called being 50. You must be having it too.' A mother, a wife, and fifty, Hilary once protested at Greenham. Now her protests tend to focus on persuading her teenage daughter to go out fully clothed. A frank and funny family drama....

Lodging: Radisson Edwardian Grafton Hotel

Meals Included: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

Breakfast: Full English and continental breakfast.

Morning: Discussion "State of the Nation" with a top national journalist.

Lunch: Excluded.

Afternoon: Free afternoon.

Dinner: In the hotel.

Evening: Theatre performance. 7:45pm. Chariots of Fire. The Gielgud Theatre gets in on the Olympic action this summer as it sports a games-themed stage show adapted from a well known 1981 British movie masterpiece. “Chariots of Fire” is set in the 1920s and is adapted for the West End by Mike Bartlett.

Lodging: Radisson Edwardian Grafton Hotel

Meals Included: Breakfast, Dinner

Breakfast: Full Englsih and Continental breakfast in the hotel.

Morning: Field trip to the world famous Victoria and Albert Museum (V&A), new home to the theatre collection. Theatre and Performance galleries dedicated to the performing arts, display works of art, costumes, ephemera, video recordings, puppets, posters and photographs. The V&A's Theatre Collections hold the UK's national collection of material about live performance in the UK since Shakespeare's day, covering drama, dance, musical theatre, circus, music hall, rock and pop, and other forms of live entertainment. The collections were founded in the 1920s when a private collector, Gabrielle Enthoven, donated her extensive collection of theatrical designs, memorabilia, books and photographs to the Museum. She continued to add to her collection, and worked on it as a museum volunteer until her death in 1950. Since that period, the collection has continued to grow, and has provided a home for many other significant objects and archives. Between 1987 and 2007, some of this material was housed at the V&A's branch museum in Covent Garden, the Theatre Museum. New galleries devoted to the performing arts opened at the V&A in South Kensington in 2009.

Lunch: Excluded. Free to explore South Kensington.

Afternoon: Field trip to Leighton House, one of London's best kept secrets. Located on the edge of Holland Park in Kensington, the house is one of the most remarkable buildings of the 19th century. The house was the former home and studio of the leading Victorian artist, Frederic, Lord Leighton (1830-1896). Built to designs by George Aitchison, it was extended and embellished over a period of 30 years to create a private palace of art. The Arab Hall is the centerpiece of the house. Designed to display Leighton's priceless collection of over a thousand Islamic tiles, mostly brought back from Damascus in Syria, the interior evokes a compelling vision of the Orient. The house's pseudo-Islamic court has featured as a set in various film and television programs, such as Nicholas Nickleby (2002), Brazil, and an episode of the British television drama series Spooks, as well as the music videos. Leighton House, which has reopened to the public after a £1.6m restoration, is a testimony not simply to one man and his vision but to a particular moment in British cultural history. Visitors gazed at the spectacular Arab Hall, with its golden dome and indoor fountain. Meanwhile, closer acquaintances, including members of the royal family, might attend one of Leighton's famous musical soirées in the cavernous studio which doubled as an assembly room, complete with minstrels' gallery. Intimate friends might be invited to spend the evening in the dining room, a red jewel-box hung with glittering Middle-Eastern ceramics and set off by crimson floorboards. Fellow artists, meanwhile, could lounge in the Silk Room, a cosy second studio space where Leighton, always a generous collector of other people's work, stacked his recent purchases on chairs. Today performers from around the world stage events against dramatic backdrops

Dinner: In the hotel.

Evening: Theatre performance. Three Sisters by Anton Chekhov at the Young Vic. 7:30pm. In a remote Russian town, Olga, Masha and Irina yearn for the adrenaline rush of life in Moscow – but their plans go nowhere. Disaster, deception, meaningless self-sacrifice – in Chekhov’s heartbreaking masterpiece, each new twist of fate sees the sisters’ control over their destiny slip away. Visionary director Benedict Andrews, lauded in Berlin and Sydney, returns to the Young Vic after his triumphant The Return of Ulysses in 2011. Renowned German designer Johannes Schütz makes his Young Vic debut.

Lodging: Radisson Edwardian Grafton Hotel

Meals Included: Breakfast, Dinner

Breakfast: Full English and continental breakfast in the hotel.

Morning: Guided field trip to Shakespeare-Staging the World at the British Museum. The British Museum is staging a major exhibition on the world of Shakespeare, in collaboration with the Royal Shakespeare Company. The exhibition provides a unique insight into the emerging role of London as a world city, seen through the innovative perspective of Shakespeare’s plays. It also explores the pivotal role of the playhouse as a window to the world outside London, and the playwright’s importance in shaping a new sense of national identity. London as it was around 400 years ago is brought to life through contemporary performance and amazing objects drawn from the Museum’s collection and across Europe. Maps, prints, drawings and paintings, arms and armour, coins, medals and other intriguing objects are all examined through the lens of Shakespeare’s plays. Part of the World Shakespeare Festival which is part of London 2012 Festival.

Lunch: Excluded.

Afternoon: Free until 3:00pm afternoon tea with a theatre critic in Soho's Secret Tea Room, in the Coach and Horse pub, one of London's hidden gems. Traditional cream tea and sandwiches.

Dinner: Excluded (afternoon tea replaces dinner).

Evening: Theatre performance. Our Boys by Jonathan Lewis at the Duchess Theatre.7:45pm. Based on the author's own army experience, Our Boys is both searingly honest and explosively funny. Five young soldiers are killing nothing but time as they recover from injuries incurred in the line of duty. Suddenly, their daily routine of TV, lonely hearts ads and banter is shattered by the arrival of a young officer. The camaraderie of this unlikely band of brothers is soon jeopardised by a dangerous incident and an act of betrayal. With charges of misconduct looming, accusations fly - and the fighting really starts. Fired by anger at the neglect of our wounded heroes, Our Boys remains as relevant now as was in 1993, when it won a Best New Play award. This first West End production comes from the creative team behind international hit Journey's End. The cast includes Matthew Lewis, who played Neville Longbottom in the Harry Potter film series and was recently nominated for an acting award for his role in BBC One's The Syndicate. Laurence Fox is best known for his leading role as DS Hathaway in ITV drama Lewis. He was last seen in the West End in Treats (Garrick).Arthur Darvill plays Rory Williams in Doctor Who, with other TV credits including He Kills Coppers and The Verdict. His last London stage appearance was in Doctor Faustus (Globe).

Lodging: Radisson Edwardian Grafton Hotel

Meals Included: Breakfast

Breakfast: Full English and continental breakfast in the hotel.

Morning: Transfers to airports for departure flights home.

Meals Included: Breakfast