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Itinerary for Sep 30 — Oct 8, 2013

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Day One: Monday, September 30 -  
In Transit: Overnight flight to London.

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Type: Four-Star Hotel

 Description: Flagship hotel located next to the Tate Britain and the River Thames with the London Eye, Houses of Parliament and theatres of the West End only a short walk away. Hotel of the Year, Caterer and Hotelkeeper Awards 2005. Winner of Best New Hotels Award at the International Hotel Investment Forum 2004. Architectural RIBA Award 2004. Winner of Architectural Award for Best New Hotels at the European Hotel Design Awards 2003.

Contact info:
30 John Islip Street
London, SW1P 4DD UK:England
phone: +44 20 7630 1000
web: www.doubletree3.hilton.com

Room amenities: Enhanced fresh air-conditioning. DVD & CD flat-screen television with satellite channels Complimentary broadband internet access. Direct dial telephones with voicemail services. Tea and coffee facilities. Iron, hairdryer. Laptop safe.

Facility amenities: Millbank lounge, city cafe, 24-hour guest services, 24 hour room service. Available between 5am and 12 midnight the fitness suite includes full cardio theatre and resistance training machines.

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

Elevator: Yes

Additional nights before:
For additional pre and post program accommodations, please contact Road Scholar Travel Services at (800) 241-1404 or via email to travelinfo@roadscholar.org

Check in time: 3:00 PM

Day Two: Tuesday, October 01 -  
Arrive To: London. Individual car transfers to the hotel.

Lunch: A light lunch is served in the hotel.

Afternoon: Welcome meeting with the course director at 5:00pm in the hotel.

Dinner: In the hotel.

Evening: At leisure.

Lodging: Double Tree by Hilton London Westminster

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

 Description: Flagship hotel located next to the Tate Britain and the River Thames with the London Eye, Houses of Parliament and theatres of the West End only a short walk away. Hotel of the Year, Caterer and Hotelkeeper Awards 2005. Winner of Best New Hotels Award at the International Hotel Investment Forum 2004. Architectural RIBA Award 2004. Winner of Architectural Award for Best New Hotels at the European Hotel Design Awards 2003.

Contact info:
30 John Islip Street
London, SW1P 4DD UK:England
phone: +44 20 7630 1000
web: www.doubletree3.hilton.com

Room amenities: Enhanced fresh air-conditioning. DVD & CD flat-screen television with satellite channels Complimentary broadband internet access. Direct dial telephones with voicemail services. Tea and coffee facilities. Iron, hairdryer. Laptop safe.

Facility amenities: Millbank lounge, city cafe, 24-hour guest services, 24 hour room service. Available between 5am and 12 midnight the fitness suite includes full cardio theatre and resistance training machines.

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

Elevator: Yes

Additional nights before:
For additional pre and post program accommodations, please contact Road Scholar Travel Services at (800) 241-1404 or via email to travelinfo@roadscholar.org

Check in time: 3:00 PM

Day Three: Wednesday, October 02 - Production briefing. 
Breakfast: Full English and Continental breakfast in the hotel.

Morning: Lecture "Shakespeare's World" followed by a production briefing on tonight's performance.

Lunch: In the hotel.

Afternoon: Free afternoon.

Dinner: In the hotel.

Evening: Performance.

Lodging: Double Tree by Hilton London Westminster

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

 Description: Flagship hotel located next to the Tate Britain and the River Thames with the London Eye, Houses of Parliament and theatres of the West End only a short walk away. Hotel of the Year, Caterer and Hotelkeeper Awards 2005. Winner of Best New Hotels Award at the International Hotel Investment Forum 2004. Architectural RIBA Award 2004. Winner of Architectural Award for Best New Hotels at the European Hotel Design Awards 2003.

Contact info:
30 John Islip Street
London, SW1P 4DD UK:England
phone: +44 20 7630 1000
web: www.doubletree3.hilton.com

Room amenities: Enhanced fresh air-conditioning. DVD & CD flat-screen television with satellite channels Complimentary broadband internet access. Direct dial telephones with voicemail services. Tea and coffee facilities. Iron, hairdryer. Laptop safe.

Facility amenities: Millbank lounge, city cafe, 24-hour guest services, 24 hour room service. Available between 5am and 12 midnight the fitness suite includes full cardio theatre and resistance training machines.

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

Elevator: Yes

Additional nights before:
For additional pre and post program accommodations, please contact Road Scholar Travel Services at (800) 241-1404 or via email to travelinfo@roadscholar.org

Check in time: 3:00 PM

Day Four: Thursday, October 03 - Backstage tour. 
Breakfast: Full English and Continental breakfast in the hotel.

Morning: Backstage tour of a flagship West End theatre. Go behind-the scenes to see the auditoriums, front-of-house, scenic workshops and backstage technical areas.

Lunch: Excluded.

Afternoon: Lecture "History of London Theatre 1660-20th Century"

Dinner: Included.

Evening: Performance.

Lodging: Double Tree by Hilton London Westminster

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

 Description: Flagship hotel located next to the Tate Britain and the River Thames with the London Eye, Houses of Parliament and theatres of the West End only a short walk away. Hotel of the Year, Caterer and Hotelkeeper Awards 2005. Winner of Best New Hotels Award at the International Hotel Investment Forum 2004. Architectural RIBA Award 2004. Winner of Architectural Award for Best New Hotels at the European Hotel Design Awards 2003.

Contact info:
30 John Islip Street
London, SW1P 4DD UK:England
phone: +44 20 7630 1000
web: www.doubletree3.hilton.com

Room amenities: Enhanced fresh air-conditioning. DVD & CD flat-screen television with satellite channels Complimentary broadband internet access. Direct dial telephones with voicemail services. Tea and coffee facilities. Iron, hairdryer. Laptop safe.

Facility amenities: Millbank lounge, city cafe, 24-hour guest services, 24 hour room service. Available between 5am and 12 midnight the fitness suite includes full cardio theatre and resistance training machines.

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

Elevator: Yes

Additional nights before:
For additional pre and post program accommodations, please contact Road Scholar Travel Services at (800) 241-1404 or via email to travelinfo@roadscholar.org

Check in time: 3:00 PM

Day Five: Friday, October 04 - Performance. 
Breakfast: Full English and Continental breakfast in the hotel.

Morning: Lecture: "20th Century Theatre".

Lunch: Excluded.

Afternoon: Free afternoon.

Dinner: In the hotel.

Evening: Performance.

Lodging: Double Tree by Hilton London Westminster

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

 Description: Flagship hotel located next to the Tate Britain and the River Thames with the London Eye, Houses of Parliament and theatres of the West End only a short walk away. Hotel of the Year, Caterer and Hotelkeeper Awards 2005. Winner of Best New Hotels Award at the International Hotel Investment Forum 2004. Architectural RIBA Award 2004. Winner of Architectural Award for Best New Hotels at the European Hotel Design Awards 2003.

Contact info:
30 John Islip Street
London, SW1P 4DD UK:England
phone: +44 20 7630 1000
web: www.doubletree3.hilton.com

Room amenities: Enhanced fresh air-conditioning. DVD & CD flat-screen television with satellite channels Complimentary broadband internet access. Direct dial telephones with voicemail services. Tea and coffee facilities. Iron, hairdryer. Laptop safe.

Facility amenities: Millbank lounge, city cafe, 24-hour guest services, 24 hour room service. Available between 5am and 12 midnight the fitness suite includes full cardio theatre and resistance training machines.

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

Elevator: Yes

Additional nights before:
For additional pre and post program accommodations, please contact Road Scholar Travel Services at (800) 241-1404 or via email to travelinfo@roadscholar.org

Check in time: 3:00 PM

Day Six: Saturday, October 05 - Theatre workshop 
Breakfast: Full English and Continental breakfast in the hotel.

Morning: Take a unique hands-on theatre workshop-Producing, Directing or Playwriting.

Lunch: Excluded.

Afternoon: Free afternoon

Dinner: Excluded.

Evening: Performance.

Lodging: Double Tree by Hilton London Westminster

Meals Included: Breakfast
Close [ x ]
Type: Four-Star Hotel

 Description: Flagship hotel located next to the Tate Britain and the River Thames with the London Eye, Houses of Parliament and theatres of the West End only a short walk away. Hotel of the Year, Caterer and Hotelkeeper Awards 2005. Winner of Best New Hotels Award at the International Hotel Investment Forum 2004. Architectural RIBA Award 2004. Winner of Architectural Award for Best New Hotels at the European Hotel Design Awards 2003.

Contact info:
30 John Islip Street
London, SW1P 4DD UK:England
phone: +44 20 7630 1000
web: www.doubletree3.hilton.com

Room amenities: Enhanced fresh air-conditioning. DVD & CD flat-screen television with satellite channels Complimentary broadband internet access. Direct dial telephones with voicemail services. Tea and coffee facilities. Iron, hairdryer. Laptop safe.

Facility amenities: Millbank lounge, city cafe, 24-hour guest services, 24 hour room service. Available between 5am and 12 midnight the fitness suite includes full cardio theatre and resistance training machines.

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

Elevator: Yes

Additional nights before:
For additional pre and post program accommodations, please contact Road Scholar Travel Services at (800) 241-1404 or via email to travelinfo@roadscholar.org

Check in time: 3:00 PM

Day Seven: Sunday, October 06 - Concert 
Breakfast: Full English and Continental breakfast in the hotel.

Morning: Concert at Wigmore Hall or similar.

Lunch: Excluded.

Afternoon: Field trip to the nation's treasure house the V&A- to view the Theatre Galleries.

Dinner: Excluded.

Evening: Free evening.

Lodging: Double Tree by Hilton London Westminster

Meals Included: Breakfast
Close [ x ]
Type: Four-Star Hotel

 Description: Flagship hotel located next to the Tate Britain and the River Thames with the London Eye, Houses of Parliament and theatres of the West End only a short walk away. Hotel of the Year, Caterer and Hotelkeeper Awards 2005. Winner of Best New Hotels Award at the International Hotel Investment Forum 2004. Architectural RIBA Award 2004. Winner of Architectural Award for Best New Hotels at the European Hotel Design Awards 2003.

Contact info:
30 John Islip Street
London, SW1P 4DD UK:England
phone: +44 20 7630 1000
web: www.doubletree3.hilton.com

Room amenities: Enhanced fresh air-conditioning. DVD & CD flat-screen television with satellite channels Complimentary broadband internet access. Direct dial telephones with voicemail services. Tea and coffee facilities. Iron, hairdryer. Laptop safe.

Facility amenities: Millbank lounge, city cafe, 24-hour guest services, 24 hour room service. Available between 5am and 12 midnight the fitness suite includes full cardio theatre and resistance training machines.

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

Elevator: Yes

Additional nights before:
For additional pre and post program accommodations, please contact Road Scholar Travel Services at (800) 241-1404 or via email to travelinfo@roadscholar.org

Check in time: 3:00 PM

Day Eight: Monday, October 07 - Round up with a major theatre critic. 
Breakfast: Full English and Continental breakfast in the hotel.

Morning: Field trip to London's vibrant Bankside and Shakespeare's Globe Theatre Exhibition. Founded by the pioneering American actor/director Sam Wanamaker, Shakespeare's Globe is a unique international resource dedicated to the exploration of Shakespeare's work, and the playhouse for which he wrote, through the connected means of education and performance. Shakespeare's Globe Exhibition explores the life of Shakespeare, the London where he lived, and the theatre for which he wrote. Find out about extravagant Elizabethan costumes, Renaissance instruments and how they were used, and the dramatic stories of the first Globe crossing the Thames, and the new Globe being reconstructed on Bankside. See the costume collection which explains the process of designing, making and fitting costumes for Shakespeare’s stage, and for the productions at the new Globe. In Special Effects Touch screens bring to life the last word in Elizabethan special effects. See and hear the kinds of instruments that Feste first sang to, or those that played the dead Hamlet off the stage. See a full-size recreation of a 17th-century printing press. The field trip continues on to the Tate Modern--the gallery of international modern art situated on Bankside. Tate Modern displays the Tate collection of international modern and contemporary art from 1900 to the modern day. Tate Modern is more than just an art gallery. The amazing space of the Turbine Hall - has housed a succession of installations which have caught the imagination of the public.

Lunch: Excluded.

Afternoon: Critical round-up. Meet with a leading theatre critic such as Benedict Nightingale of the Times or Kate Basett of the Independent on Sunday and discuss the shows you've seen. Farewell meeting.

Dinner: In the hotel with the course director.

Evening: Performance.

Lodging: Double Tree by Hilton London Westminster

Meals Included: Breakfast, Dinner
Day Nine: Tuesday, October 08 -  
Breakfast: Continental breakfast in the hotel.

Morning: Car transfers to the airports for return flights to North America.

Meals Included: Breakfast
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