The London Theatre Challenge London’s best theatre for just £5 a ticket

Autumn Term 2010

...inspiring young people

Application FormPLEASE NOTE: Your completed application form is your confirmed request, not a provisional one. We are unable to offer refunds for any unused tickets. Please see back page of leaflet for booking details. Please complete clearly in block capitals. Items will an * MUST be filled in to process your application.

*School:

*Name of teacher: *Job title:

*Address:

*Postcode: *Borough:

*Email: *Fax:

*Tel: *Ext: *Mobile:

Please state the best time of day to reach you:

Are you happy for us to call you out of school hours? Yes/No

*Year group(s) you’ll be bringing:

*Please state clearly your reasons for bringing the proposed group of students

(e.g. relevant to scheme of work, etc.)

Tickets are limited to approximately 40 pupils per school at ONE of the productions.

There must be at least one teacher per 10 students.

Please number your choices as #1, #2, etc. Five Guys Named Moe Deadline for applications: Friday 3rd September__Tuesday, 14th September at 7.30pm __ pupils __ adults Total: __

__Wednesday, 15th September at 7.30pm __ pupils __ adults Total: __

Matthew Bourne’s Cinderella Deadline for applications: Friday 29th October__Tuesday, 30th November at 7.30pm __ pupils __ adults Total: __

__Wednesday, 8th December at 7.30pm __ pupils __ adults Total: __

Oliver! Deadline for applications: Friday 3rd September__Wednesday, 15th September at 2.30pm __ pupils __ adults Total: __

__Wednesday, 29th September at 2.30pm __ pupils __ adults Total: __

The Day the Waters Came Deadline for applications: Friday 10th September__Wednesday, 6th October at 1.45pm __ pupils __ adults Total: __

__Friday, 8th October at 10.45am __ pupils __ adults Total: __

Please send me more information about the INSIGHT session. Yes/NoThe Glass Menagerie Deadline for applications: Wednesday 27th October__Wednesday, 24th November at 2.30pm __ pupils __ adults Total: __

__Tuesday, 30th November at 7.30pm __ pupils __ adults Total: __

Tribes Deadline for applications: Tuesday 5th October__Thursday, 4th November at 3.30pm __ pupils __ adults Total: __

__Wednesday, 10th November at 7.30pm __ pupils __ adults Total: __

Please send me more information about the INSIGHT session. Yes/No

Mousetrap Theatre Projects enables young people with limited resources, access or support to engage with the best of London’s theatre.

We offer innovative theatre access, education and audience development projects to stimulate and inspire young people. 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 Projects23-24 Henrietta StreetCovent GardenLondon WC2E 8NDT: 020 7632 4116F: 020 7632 4111E: elaine@mousetrap.org.ukwww.mousetrap.org.uk

Registered Charity no. 1053434The London Theatre Challenge is kindly supported by

HOW TO BOOK• Please complete the application and return it by post to The London Theatre Challenge at the address below, or fax it to 020 7632 4111.

• Please complete all sections of the application form, especially contact details including an email address and mobile number.

• 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 and please check the school calendar carefully in advance.

• If you have any further queries, please contact Elaine Grant on 020 7632 4116 or email elaine@mousetrap.org.uk or andrew@mousetrap.org.uk.

...inspiring young people

The London Theatre Challenge provides unrivalled access to top London theatre for secondary school pupils for just £5 a ticket.

Each production is offered with:n Free Teacher’s Resource Packn Question and Answer session with members of the cast and/or production team

INSIGHT SESSIONS

The Day The Waters CameBy Lisa EvansUnicorn Theatre, A Theatre Centre Production

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Sucker Punch Insight session, July 2010

“The students had a memorable time after ‘connecting’ with the writer and actors.”

Teacher, Graveney SchoolSummer 2010

These 90-minute sessions take place before the matinee performances. Designed as participatory master classes, 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 Autumn Term choose from:

TribesRoyal Court TheatreThursday, 4 November12.30pm to 2.00pm

The Day the Waters CameThe Unicorn TheatreWednesday, 6 October 11.00am to 12.30pm

Cost: £75 per school group

Five Guys Named MoeBook by Clarke Peters, Music & Lyrics by Louis JordanTheatre Royal Stratford East

KEY STAGE 3+Sizzling with dance, comedy and the irresistible music of jazz legend Louis Jordan, this 20th anniversary production stars the show’s original creator Clarke Peters. The score of this award-winning show includes Choo, Choo Ch’Boogie, Saturday Night Fish

Fry and of course Five Guys Named Moe and features dazzling choreography and unforgettable comic performances.

www.stratfordeast.comn Tues, 14 Sept 7.30pmn Weds, 15 Sept 7.30pm

Oliver!Written by Lionel Bart, Directed by Rupert GooldTheatre Royal Drury Lane

KEY STAGE 3+Now in its 2nd record-breaking year, Oliver! is one of the most beloved British musicals, with its ever-popular story of the boy who asked for more. With a cast and orchestra of over 100 the show features memorable

songs, including Food Glorious Food, Consider Yourself and many more.

www.oliverthemusical.comn Weds, 15 Sept 2.30pmn Weds, 29 Sept 2.30pm

TribesBy Nina RaineRoyal Court Theatre

KEY STAGE 4+Nina Raine’s second play is a fascinating dissection of belonging, family and the limitations of communication. Billy’s fiercely intelligent and proudly unconventional family is their own tiny empire, with their own private language, jokes and rules. Billy, who is

deaf, is one of the few who actually listens. Meeting Sylvia makes him finally want to be heard; can he get a word in edgeways?

www.royalcourttheatre.comn Thurs, 4 Nov 3.30pmn Weds, 10 Nov 7.30pm

Matthew Bourne’s Cinderella Choreographed by Matthew Bourne, Design by Lez BrotherstonSadler’s Wells

KEY STAGE 3+Set in London during the Second World War, Matthew Bourne’s interpretation of Prokofiev’s haunting score has, at its heart, a true wartime romance and his storytelling has never been more passionate andtouching. A chance meeting

results in a magical night for Cinderella and her dashing young RAF pilot, together just long enough to fall in love before being parted by the Blitz.

www.sadlerswells.comn Tues, 30 Nov 7.30pmn Weds, 8 Dec 7.30pm

KEY STAGE 3+It’s summer 2005. Maya Marsalis takes you by the hand - sometimes the throat - and leads you through her landscape on the day Hurricane Katrina came, the levees broke, the world watched and the US Government did nothing.

Go with her as she shows you how her world and that of thousands of black American citizens changed forever on the day the waters came.

www.unicorntheatre.comn Weds, 6 Oct 1.45pmn Fri, 8 Oct 10.45am

The Glass Menagerie By Tennessee WilliamsYoung Vic

KEY STAGE 4+Tom, a young would-be poet, struggles to support his overbearing and sentimental mother and his delicate, obsessive sister. The subject of this deeply touching, autobiographical play is

the most fragile of all human emotions – hope. One of the finest works of one of the greatest Twentieth Century dramatists.

www.youngvic.orgn Weds, 24 Nov 2.30pmn Tues, 30 Nov 7.30pm