A performing arts school trip to London offers your students the opportunity to really experience the city’s famous West End!
If you’re looking to motivate and enthuse your performing arts students, then a tour of one of the world’s most famous theatres and seeing a West End show should do the trick!
With over 40 theatres and a variety of museum and tours available incorporating aspects of acting, lighting, sound, costume design, make up and front of house (to name but a few!), London really is an ideal destination for showing your students where performing arts can take them! And you could even team up with your school's English department, to make the trip cross-curricular.
Suggested Itinerary (2 days, 1 night)
| Day | Morning Summary | Afternoon Summary | Evening Summary |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Depart school for travel to London |
Arrive in London and check-in to hotel |
Evening meal at Planet Hollywood followed by a West End show |
| 2 |
National Theatre backstage tour |
Visit to the London Eye Boat cruise on the River Thames Depart London late afternoon |
Arrive back at school |
- 1 night's bed and breakfast accommodation
- 2 days' coach hire
- Comprehensive travel and medical insurance
- Detailed information pack
- Evening meals at local restaurant
- Free staff place ratio 1:8
- Itinerary planning service
- Tickets for the National Theatre backstage tour
- Tickets to West End show
- VAT
Curriculum Links
A-Level
- Working as a deviser, performer or director in the theatre
- Reviewing performances
- Role of theatre and film in education
- Lighting, sound, set and costume design
- Jobs and organisations of the performance industry
- Understanding various businesses within the performing arts sector
- Exploring acting techniques in practical workshops and classes
- Theatrical productions: stage and people management
- Developing choreography skills through professional workshops
GCSE
- Developing theatrical skills
- Lighting, sound, set and costume design
- Working as a deviser, performer or director in the theatre
- Reviewing performances
- Role of theatre and film in education
- Roles and responsibilities within the performance industry
- Performing arts within society
