TheatreOpenersOffering schools the best of London’s theatre

Summer Term 2014

TheatreOpeners provides unrivalled access to top London theatre for secondary school pupils for just £7 a ticket.

Each production is offered with:

INSIGHT SESSIONS

“A fabulous experience for the students; it was the first time most of them had been to the theatre. The theatre tour and Insight session allowed them to ‘feel’ part of the production.”

Teacher, Addington High School, Oh What a Lovely War Insight session, March 2014

These 90-minute sessions take place before the matinee performances.

Designed as participatory masterclasses, 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 Summer Term:

1001 NightsUnicorn Theatre

Thursday 12th June at 10.00am

Let The Right One InMousetrap Workshop Space

Thursday, 3rd July at 11.00am

Cost: £75 per school group

Teacher’s Education Resource Pack

Question and Answer Session with members of the cast and/or creative team

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A Frantic Assembly & Theatre Royal Plymouth production

The Believers By Bryony Lavery Tricycle Theatre

1001 Nights Devised and directed by Douglas Rintoul

Unicorn Theatre

Romeo and Juliet English National Ballet

Royal Albert Hall

Two families are flung together on a night of cataclysmic weather. Bruised, tired and seduced by the flow of alcohol, they wrestle with their differences until, suddenly, the unthinkable happens. Something unbelievable. As their versions of what happened begin to fall apart and their perspectives become clouded by suspicion, they turn on each other in a desperate fight to understand the truth.

A modern re-telling of the traditional Arabian Nights stories.Shahrazad – a young girl torn between her old home in the East and her new life in London - retells the extraordinary stories of her childhood to her new-found friend, who understands not a single word she says…Using the things she finds around her, she fashions saucepans into crowns, old pipes into enchanted telescopes and a mop into a magic carpet to transport us to a fantastical and imagined world of kings, viziers and jinns.

Derek Deane’s epic production, drenched in passion and tragedy with Prokofiev’s evocative score at its heart, has been universally acclaimed by critics and audiences alike. No other ballet so intensely portrays Shakespeare’s classic tragedy of star-cross’d lovers. Set amongst the hustle and bustle, street fighting and rivalry of Renaissance Verona, with all its decadent grandeur, this magnificent staging is brought to life by a Company of 120 dancers, actors and sword-fighters.

KS3+

KS3+ (Yr. 7-8 only)

KS3+

Monday 19th May – 7.30pm (Limited tickets)

Wednesday 21st May - 2.00pm

Thursday 12th June – 1.30pm

Wednesday 18th June - 11.00am

Wednesday 18th June – 7.30pm

Thursday 19th June - 2.30pm

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All My Sons By Arthur Miller

Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre

“I know you’re no worse than most men but I thought you were better. I never saw you as a man. I saw you as my father.”

Arthur Miller’s 20th Century classic is a moving story of denial, guilt and social responsibility. As the spectre of war overshadows a summer’s day, long-forgotten secrets strike at the heart of the Keller’s family life.

KS3+

www.tricycle.co.uk

www.unicorntheatre.com

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www.openairtheatre.com Thursday 5th June – 2.15pm

Hobson’s Choice By Harold Brighouse

Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre

Once By Edna Walsh

Phoenix Theatre

Dirty Rotten Scoundrels The MusicalSavoy Theatre

From the cobbles of Lancashire, bombastic boot-shop owner Henry Horatio Hobson takes umbrage to his daughter’s intention to marry long-suffering bootmaker Willie Mossop. Through her determination, they wed, set up a rival establishment and orchestrate Hobson’s fall from grace. But it is Willie who triumphs in this unlikely love story, as newfound fortitude deals a resolution that is - Hobson’s choice.

Once is a bittersweet and funny love story that celebrates the power of music, performed live on stage by an extraordinary cast of actor-musicians, Once dazzles with invention, wit and unforgettable songs. Winner of 8 Tony® Awards and xx Olivier Awards. This is the show everyone wants to see more than once – come and find out why…

Dirty Rotten Scoundrels the Musical stars Robert Lindsay and Rufus Hound. Based on the classic comedy film starring Sir Michael Caine and Steve Martin, be transported to the French Riviera and its decadent underworld, as two seasoned swindlers attempt to hoodwink a millionaire heiress. As the pair compete in the true art of the con, they discover there is only room for one of them.

KS3+

KS3+

KS3+

Thursday 26th June – 2.15pm

Thursday 3rd July – 2.30pm

Monday 10th July - 2.30pm

Thursday 26th June – 3.00pm

Thursday 3rd July - 3.00pm

Tues 24th June - 7.30pmTues 1st July - 7.30pm

Let The Right One In By John Ajvude Lindqvist

Apollo TheatreOskar is a bullied lonely teenage boy living with his mother on a housing estate, when a spate of sinister killings rock the neighbourhood. Eli is the young girl who has just moved in next door. She doesn’t go to school and never leaves the flat by day. Sensing in each other a kindred spirit, the two become devoted friends. What Oskar doesn’t know is that Eli has been a teenager for a very long time…A must-see production, Let the Right One In is an enchanting, brutal vampire myth and coming-of-age love story.

KS4+

www.oncemusical.co.uk

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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 complete all sections below. See HOW TO BOOK overleaf. Application Deadline: Friday 2nd May 2014

Tickets are limited to 30 pupils/school at ONE production. Min teacher/pupil ratio - 1:10Number of Pupils______ Number of Staff______ Total______

Please number your choices as #1, #2, #3 in order of preference.

The Believers Monday, 19th May at 7.30pm Wednesday, 21st May at 2.00pm

All My Sons Thursday, 5th June at 2.15pm

1001 Nights Thursday, 12th June at 1.30pm Wednesday, 18th June at 11.00pm

Romeo & Juliet Wednesday, 18th June at 7.30pm Thursday, 19th June at 2.30pm

Hobson’s Choice Thursday, 26th June at 2.15pm

Let The Right One In Thursday, 26th June at 3.00pm Thursday, 3rd July at 3.00pm

Once Thursday, 3rd July at 2.30pm Thursday, 10th July at 2.30pm

Dirty Rotten Scoundrels

Tuesday, 24th June at 7.30pmTuesday, 1st July at 7.30pm

Interested in INSIGHT & Backstage Tour

Interested in INSIGHT & Backstage Tour

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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 programmes 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 culturalheritage closed to them.

Mousetrap Theatre Projects

Before 19th May: After 19th May:23-24 Henrietta St 33 Shaftesbury AvCovent Garden LondonWC2E 8ND W1D 7EH

T: 020 7632 4116F: 020 7632 4111

elaine@mousetrap.org.ukwww.mousetrap.org.ukRegistered Charity no. 1053434

Supported by The Childhood Trust, our Charity Champion for The Big Give Christmas Challenge 2013

HOW TO BOOK

• Please complete the application and return it by post to TheatreOpeners 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.

• If anyone in your group has any access requirements, please state clearly on the application form.

• 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. Please check the school calendar carefully and confirm the visit with your senior management team in advance.

• Once we have confirmed your tickets, we will communicate mainly by email – please keep checking your inbox.

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