Costume Design
6 nights
London and Bath
DAY 1 - US DEPARTURE
Morning touchdown in London. We’ll meet our local guide at the
airport. Enroute into the centre, enjoy a panoramic London
highlights tour during which we’ll see all the major sights of both
London’s Old City and vibrant West End. Suitable for those
visiting for the first time, or those just wishing to re-acquaint
themselves with the Capital’s charms, this tour is London in a
nutshell!
We’ll drive past such famous sights as Big Ben, Buckingham
Palace, Trafalgar Square, then along the river to the Tower of
London. No interior visits are
included in this tour, but photo
stops will be made at
appropriate points. Tour ends at
the hotel for check-in. London is
one of the world’s most popular
cities. People have flocked to the
city for tourism and business
alike for over two thousand
years. Today London has the greatest concentration of major
attractions in Britain, boasts four World Heritage Sites, and is
renowned throughout the world for its shops, museums, parks
and cosmopolitan life.
DAY 2 – THEATRELAND
Enjoy a Theatreland Walking Tour on the theme of “100 Years of
London Theatre”. Trace theatreland’s history from Edwardian
Music Hall and Suffragette Drama via revues, musicals, theatre
clubs and battles with the censor to subsidy and the fringe.
Learn about personalities who have shaped theatre in the past
100 years from Charles Wyndham and Herbert Beerbohm Tree
to Andrew Lloyd Webber and Cameron Mackintosh.
This afternoon we visit the warehouse of Angels, the
Costumiers. Angels has been dressing the entertainment
industry for nearly 170 years. They own the largest collection
of costumes and accessories anywhere in the world. Eight
miles of hanging costume, all of which are available for
productions large and small, from epic to art-house. Tonight
attend a performance at one of London’s famous West End
theatres.
All itineraries custom designed to suit your
budget & curriculum.
The intensity and nature of the seminars can be adjusted as required.
DAY 3 – SOUTH BANK
Morning visit to Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre on London’s South
Bank. Tour the magnificent reconstruction of this 16th century
theatre and enjoy a theatrical workshop on a subject of your
Tonight we will attend a performance at one of London’s famous
West End theatres.
DAY 4 – BATH
Enjoy a full day excursion to Bath by train. We catch the train from
Paddington Station and the journey time is about 90 minutes. Bath is
one of England’s most beautiful, elegant and historic cities, and is
classed as a World Heritage City. The Roman’s were captivated by
the area of Bath over 2,000 years ago, when Bath was a vast
green valley with a miraculous stream of endless hot water. More
recently,
Bath became a fashionable health
resort in the eighteenth century
and today the remains of the
Roman Baths and graceful
Georgian architecture combine to
make Bath one of Britain’s most
popular attractions. For centuries
Bath has been a centre of
fashion, attracting visitors to its
spa and social diversions.
The Assembly Rooms is one of Bath’s finest Georgian buildings and
is still central to the city?s social life. Very appropriately it also
houses the Fashion Museum and its internationally renowned
collection of fashionable dress. We enjoy a guided tour by one of
the Museum Guides, and a collection of items from a pre-selected
period, with sketching materials, can be made available
for closer inspection and study.
In Bath, enjoy a visit to the Roman Baths. Perhaps the
best preserved Roman religious spa from the ancient
world, there are four main features: The Sacred Spring,
The Roman Temple, The Roman Bath House and finds
from Roman Bath. We’ll also see the Georgian Pump
Room. Late afternoon return to London by train.
DAY 5 – NATIONAL THEATRE
Today we concentrate on the National Theatre’s
costume department, and the Victoria and Albert
Museum Theatre Collection. An NT tour takes you
behind-the scenes to see three auditoriums, front-of-house, scenic
workshops and backstage areas, all in the company of wellinformed, enthusiastic guides. A visit to their costume department is
included.
The Victoria and Albert Museum’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.
Theatre and Performance galleries dedicated to the performing arts,
display works of art, costumes, ephemera, video recordings,
puppets, posters and photographs. Our tour will focus on the
costume section. Tonight we will attend a performance at one of
London’s famous West End theatres.
DAY 6 – INDEPENDENT STUDY
Full day at leisure for independent study. You may wish to visit the
Museum of London, which has a large costume collection. They
have on display costume and accessories associated with the
theatre and performing arts from the late 18th century to 1970. This
includes material related to the theatre, music hall, opera, ballet,
circus, cabaret and television. The costume collection is
complemented by holdings of related material in the social and
working history, photograph and printed ephemera collections and
the library. Other technical visits available include costumiers such
as The Costume Studio, Academy Costumes or for a change of
pace, visit Flints a theatrical chandlers and absolute heaven for
stage managers, prop makers and production managers!
DAY 7 – BATH
This morning an executive motorocoach is provided for transfer
from the hotel to Heathrow airport. We will be met at our hotel by a
local guide who will escort us to Heathrow and assist
us with check-in for our flight arriving home later the
same day.
Call today to begin planning
your own study tour.
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Costume Design Tour
Study Tour
London
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All itinerary items and logistics
Round-trip air from your gateway city
Comfortable hotel accommodations
using double and triple rooming. All
rooms with private bath. Sole occupancy
rooms also available.
All ground transportation.
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All breakfasts & meals as required
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echnically skilled and creative “makers” are an essential part of any theatre
production team. They must be sensitive to the intentions of the director nd
able to research and understand the period of the production.
This Study Tour focuses on the development of costume design and construction
and expands upon the classroom experience and offers valuable hands-on
learning opportunities. See the costume departments of the Royal Shakespeare
Company at the Globe, the wonderful historical collections at the Victoria and
Albert Museum, workshop at an English drama school and of course take in
some wonderful West End and fringe productions along the way.
We will work with you to create an international study tour that will meet your
required curriculum with additional educational enriching experiences.
Headquartered in Europe with corporate offices in the United States we offer you
value and price advantages. By owning and controlling every aspect of each
study tour, we offer you complete flexibility and total input.