TheatreOpeners Spring 2013

Photo: Catherine Ashmore

TheatreOpeners

Offering schools the best of London’s theatre

Spring Term 2013

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

Each

production is offered with: Teacher’s Education Resource Pack Question and Answer session with members of the cast and/or production team

Photo: Alex Rumford

INSIGHT SESSIONS

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IMAGE, CAPTION AND QUOTE TO BE REPLACED Loserville Insight session, October 2012

“Thoroughly enjoyed it! Meeting the director and exploring backstage was fascinating.

The performance had an excellent range of production values innovative use of stage design, lighting and props. Exciting and contemporary choreography and a genre that appealed to this young audience.”

Teacher from Kingsford Community School, Loserville Insight, October 2012

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 Spring Term:

Liar Liar

Venue and date to be arranged with the selected group(s).

Steptoe & Son Lyric Hammersmith Wednesday 27 March 10am Cost:

£75 per school group

Goodnight Mr Tom

By David Wood from the novel by Michelle Magorian

Phoenix Theatre Set during the dark and dangerous build up to the Second World War, Goodnight Mister Tom follows sad William Beech, who is evacuated to the idyllic English countryside and builds a remarkable and moving friendship with the elderly recluse Tom Oakley. All seems perfect until William is devastatingly summoned by his mother back to London.. www.goodnightmistertom.co.uk

Thursday 24th January – 2.30pm

KS3+

Cirque du Soleil’s Kooza Royal Albert Hall Kooza tells the story of The Innocent, a melancholy loner in search of his place in the world. The Innocent’s journey brings him into contact with a panoply of comic characters such as the King, the Trickster, the Pickpocket, and the Obnoxious Tourist and his Bad Dog. Between strength and fragility, laughter and smiles, turmoil and harmony, KOOZA explores themes of fear, identity, recognition and power. The show is set in an electrifying and exotic visual world full of surprises, thrills, chills, audacity and total involvement. www.cirquedusoleil.com/en/shows/kooza

Wednesday 30th January – 3.30pm Friday 1st February – 3.30pm

KS2+

Kiss Me, Kate The Old Vic

A co-production with Chichester Festival Theatre

Photo: Catherine Ashmore

This exuberant show-within-a-show throws together gun-toting gangsters, sparring actors and romantic entanglements against a backdrop of a touring musical production of The Taming of the Shrew.

With music and lyrics by Cole Porter, the terrific score is shot through with wit, charm and energy; stars include Adam Garcia (Got to Dance); Mousetrap Patron Clive Rowe and Hannah Waddingham (Spamalot). www.oldvictheatre.com Wednesday 6th February – 7.30pm Wednesday 27th February – 7.30pm

KS3+

Liar Liar

Written by E V Crowe

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Unicorn Theatre

Photo: Hugo Glendinning

Acclaimed writer E V Crowe’s (Hero, Royal Court) latest play is a contemporary tale about Grace, a young girl who knows the truth can be dangerous. In a virtual world of texting and Xbox, her relationship between fact and reality stretches, until a series of wilder and wilder lies leads her into a showdown with the police and puts her dad on the line. Where does her allegiance lie and where do the lies stop? www.unicorntheatre.com Thursday 14 February – 3.00pm Friday 15 February – 7.00pm

KS3+

(Free post-show foyer event featuring The Hip Hop Shakespeare Company)

Our Country’s Good

Written by Timberlake Wertenbaker

St James Theatre

www.stjamestheatre.co.uk Monday 4th March – 7.30pm Thursday 7th March – 2.30pm

Steptoe and Son

Written by Ray Galton & Alan Simpson Adapted and directed by Emma Rice

KS3+

Photo: Robert Workman

Based on real events: a ragbag cast of convicts put on a play under the guidance of an earnest young marine officer. As the barriers between captors and captives break down, they start to discover each other both onstage and behind the scenes…

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Lyric Hammersmith

Photo: Steve Tanner

Two Men. Two World Wars. Two lives knitted together as tight as a thrice darned sock. Adapted from the legendary scripts of Galton and Simpson, the classic television series is given Kneehigh’s renowned twist. www.lyric.co.uk Thursday 21st March –7.30pm Wednesday 27th March – 1.30pm

KS3+

Application Form PLEASE 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.

Deadline for applications: Wednesday 16 January 2013 School: Name of Teacher: Job Title: Address: Postcode:

Borough:

Email: Tel:

Mobile:

Does your group have any access requirements? (e.g. wheelchair needs, visual impairment, etc.)

Students on free school meals:

Year Group(s):

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Reason(s) for intended trip: Tickets are limited to 30 pupils per school at ONE of the following productions with a minimum teacher/pupil ratio of 1:10 Number of Pupils______ Number of Staff______ Total______

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

Goodnight Mr Tom

Thursday 24th January at 2.30pm

Kooza

Wednesday 30th January at 3.30pm Friday 1st February at 3.30pm

Kiss Me, Kate

Wednesday 6th February at 7.30pm Wednesday 27th February at 7.30pm

Liar Liar

Thursday 14th February at 3.00pm Friday 15th February at 7.00pm

Our Country’s Good

Monday 4th March at 7.30pm Thursday 7th March at 2.30pm

Steptoe & Son

Thursday 21st March at 7.30pm Wednesday 27th March at 1.30pm

Anything to add?

Interested in INSIGHT

Interested in INSIGHT

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.

• 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 attend only 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.

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 cultural heritage closed to them.

Mousetrap Theatre Projects 23-24 Henrietta Street Covent Garden London WC2E 8ND T: 020 7632 4116 F: 020 7632 4111 E: elaine@mousetrap.org.uk www.mousetrap.org.uk Registered Charity no. 1053434

• 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

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