Day 13: Scotland- 7th day of tour- First full day of the Fringe Festival Another nice thing about being in the dorms was that we had access to a lounge area where we could all come togehter and talk. So in the morning we met and talked about the show that everyone saw the night before. We made a plan that everyone had to see at least 2 theatre performances a day and 1 performance of their choice- (music/comedy). As a group we decided to see Architecting- which was done by a group of New Yorkers. The guy from the workshop [View Full Entry]

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Day 12: Travel to Scotland: 6th day of study tour Yet again another early morning. We met for breakfast and made sure everyone was ready before taking the bus to the train station. Once there we waited for our train. We got on the train and I fell alseep for until an announcement came on that said there was complimentary WiFi! Really! I was so excited I woke up and got out my computer. That's when I uploaded the text from the Paris trip. I couldn't do photos for some reason, I'm not sure if it was the connection- but I [View Full Entry]

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Day 11: National Theatre Tour and King Lear at the Globe (5th day of study tour) After group breakfast we headed to the National Theatre for our tour. It was a great tour. We got backstage of the three spaces and got to see the scene shop and prop shop. It is amazing the elements and space that that theatre has. The Olivier theatre, the largest of them all, was beautiful with it’s purple seats… but has the largest fly space that I have ever seen. It is so big that it can hold a double decker bus above the stage [View Full Entry]

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Day 10: Stratford-Upon-Avon (4th day of study tour) So we woke up early- I think we were at breakfast at 6:30 and on the bus by 7am for the two hour ride to Stratford. Most of us slept on the bus. Once we arrived we looked at the map to figure out where we had to meet our tour guide for the day. I am quite proud to say that I was able to figure it out!!! Usually I don’t even bother looking because Adam and Stephanie are so good with maps that I just follow along but yea!!!! I figured [View Full Entry]

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Day 9: London (3rd day of study tour) Globe Tour and AfterLife at the National We had group breakfast again with the students and heard all about their lovely ventures of the evening. We headed out to the Globe Theatre for our tour. The tour guide was fantastic. We went in and sat and she gave the students the history of the Globe and talked a lot about the current shows in rep. I love that theatre. Being inside for the tour made me more excited about seeing King Lear there. After the tour was free time and Adam and I [View Full Entry]

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Day 8: London (2nd day of study tour) Royal Haymarket Theatre This day was a great day. We met with the students for group breakfast and then headed off to our first Master Class of the trip. We went to the Royal Haymarket Theatre in the West End for a physical workshop. Yea to odd physical stuff!!! Right up both Adam and my alleys! We love the weird movement stuff. The people at this theatre we extremely professional, prepared, and friendly. The movement work itself is very similar to the styles that we use- but a little different so we all [View Full Entry]

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Day 7: London (1st day of study tour) In the morning we unfortunately had to check out of our lovely upgraded room and recheckin for a new room. As we were in line we saw the first of our students- Yannis had arrived. We quickly saw another student, Allison, who actually arrived in London the same time as Adam and I and later we learned that our rooms were next to each other but somehow we never ran into each other. In small groups the rest began to arrive. There was transportation that was supposed to pick them all up at [View Full Entry]

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Day 6: London Super Sightseeing So we decided we had to do all of the touristy things because the students arrived the next day and we wouldn’t be able to do a lot of them once they were there. We had a bit of a late start because we decided to sleep in. We began our journey on foot and walked passed St. James Park which was beautiful and ended up a Buckingham Palace. It was a beautiful building, although not what I was expecting. I thought it was going to be more castle like- but instead it was a big [View Full Entry]

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Day 5: Leaving Paris for London So this morning we got up, packed and made our way to the train station to leave Paris. I could stay another day… or two… but onto London! Yea! We get to the train station and it was a bit confusing trying to figure out where to go. All the signs obviously were in French and it was hard to figure out but we found our track for the Euro Star. The Euro Star is the best transportation I have ever been on. The train is spacious and comfortable. Food and drinks are included and [View Full Entry]

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Day 4: Paris Versailles We slept late again and went for breakfast at a café. The coffee was so good! Then we took the metro to Versailles. Versailles. Versailles. Ah… Versailles. So beautiful. We ditched the big line by getting tickets from a side company that gave us a guided tour which was good since we learned a lot. The inside of the Palace is most gorgeous. I can’t really describe it but that’s what pictures are for! We learned a lot about Louie the 14, 15, and 16 and Marie Anotinnnete but what we are not so sure of because [View Full Entry]

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