Archive for the ‘Theatre’ Category
Wednesday, July 29th, 2009
Select Travel will tailor your drama workshop taking you through various make-up techniques to special effects! Our workshops are led by professional makeup artists who demonstrate how actors are taught to make themselves up every time they play a new character.
The workshop leaders will teach students make-up techniques used in theatrical drama, from applying foundations through to highlights, shading, aging, hairpieces and wigs via a live demonstration on a willing volunteer.
Alternatively, one of our lecturers teaches students how to achieve a range of special effects for film and television. Your group will be shown how the artist uses latex and other materials to create false pieces, bruises, scratchs, scars, wounds and frothing blood effects.
Also included in the workshop is a practical session where pupils are able to create their very own latex wounds! See the transformation before your very eyes!
Tags: Custom Group Tours Britain, Dance, Technical Theatre London, Visit Britain
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Friday, July 17th, 2009
A Friday brain teazer for all you fans of literary tours of Britain…
“To be or not to be: that is the question, whether it is nobler in the mind to suffer the slings and arrows of ourageous fortune”
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“In one of the bard’s best thought-of-tragedies, our insistent hero, Hamlet, queries on two fronts about how life turns rotten”
Planning a literary tour of Britain is rather more simple than this with Select Travel Service!
Tags: Custom Group Tours Britain, european study tours, Literary Tours Britain, Theatre, Visit Britain
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Friday, May 15th, 2009
Enjoy a visit to the Palais Garnier in Paris. The unrivalled décor and richness of architecture is second to none. Built at the end of the 19th century, this world-famous palace of marble and gold has a spectacular grand staircase and foyers richly decorated with paintings and sculptures which makes it a living art theatre. The magnificent room where the productions take place is decorated in red and gold and its ceiling was painted by Marc Chagall in 1964 with scenes of world renowned performances.
Allow Select Travel to enhance your visit to Paris. A professional guide will take you around this fantastic venue and will relate its historical and social aspects as well as its architectural splendour and its artistic life. The visit includes the library museum, the Rotonda and Glacier Gallery, the Grand Foyer and the theatre itself.
Tags: Art Tours, Custom Group Tours, Dance, European group tours, Theatre
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Wednesday, May 6th, 2009
When you think of Verona, Italy the first thing that most often comes to mind is Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet. A visit to see the charming balcony is on every itinerary. Except, Verona has something else equally famous and that is an exceptional Opera Festival which is held every summer.
What makes this festival so exceptional is the remarkable opera house, the Arena di Verona. A Roman amphitheatre, 2000 years old with perfect sound creates an atmosphere that can not be forgotten. It is in this unique and historic open air setting that opera lovers can experience the finest productions and electrifying performances by many of the world’s renowned performers and musicians. One of the reasons for these outstanding productions is that, the Italian audience is extremely knowledgeable and demanding. When they like something in the preformance they will applaud and call out for a performer to repeat an aria. However, do not be concerned, not everyone in the audience is an aficionado, there are many, casual opera-goers who attend. The programme will have something that is familiar to all, making this a memorable experience for anyone who attends. The thing is, once you have attended a performance at the Arena di Verona you are spoiled, nothing else can compare. It is magical!
A group tour to Italy should include memorable experiences. A custom group tour with Select Travel Service is sure to do that. We especially want you to be absorbed into the culture and that is why we included unique opportunities such as the Verona Opera Festival into our tours. Contact Select Travel and find out more about our customize itineraries.
Tags: Art Tours, Choir Tours Italy, group tours italy
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Tuesday, April 14th, 2009
Music lovers from across the globe decend on the Austrian Alpine city of Bregenz every summer for one of the world’s finest opera festivals. Set against the backdrop of the beautiful Lake Constance, its a wonderfully informal festival suitable for both serious opera lovers and casual fans alike.
For the 2009 season, Giuseppe Verdi’s monumental opera Aida is to receive its first ever performance on the Bregenz Floating Stage. The story of the tragic love between the Ethiopian princess Aida - once brought to the Nile as a slave - and the Egyptian commander Radames was enthusiastically acclaimed at its premiere in Cairo in 1871. Since then Aida has gone on to become one of the most popular and most performed works in the opera repertoire.
An important scene in the latst James Bond movie Quantum of Solace takes place during an evening performance of the opera Tosca, in and around the stunning open air Opera building in Bregenz. The incredible stage, with its iconic enormous eye backdrop, was especially created for the Tosca performance, and according to the Bond producers, formed a perfect backdrop for an important scene in the Bond film. Whether you are a Bond follower or not, if you are planning a tour to central Europe which includes Lake Constance or Austria, be sure to ask Select Travel to include an evening performance at this unique theatre in its incomparable setting. After all…You Only Live Twice!!
Tags: Art Tours, Austria group tours, Bregenz Opera Festival, Custom Group Tours, European group tours, European Opera Tour
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Thursday, April 2nd, 2009
Wicked is now showing at the Apollo Victoria Theatre in London’s West End. This is a huge theatre, seating almost three thousand people every performance. It’s the usual story: green girl wants boy, boy wants yellow girl - with some animal rights stuff and zingy one liners thrown in!! It’s a great family musical with some very catchy songs, fantastic costumes, great use of set and dancers and some very weird cast members - including a talking goat, flying monkey’s and the lead actress is bright green.
Select Travel can now offer a brand new theatre workshop for your drama groups. It explores some of the important social themes in the show including friendship and individuality, and now also includes some musical theatre exercises to explore the shows central characters of Elphaba, Glinda and Fiyero and their relationships through some of the amazing songs from the show. Workshops take place in the Apollo Victoria Theatre, so you don’t have to travel across town to see the show afterwards – you’re there already, saving you time and money! Select Travel Service has great connections within the theatre industry and can offer countless possibilities and experiences to theatre-oriented groups.
Tags: Custom Group Tours, Custom Group Tours Britain, Dance, European group tours, Technical Theatre London, Theatre
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Monday, March 30th, 2009
A painting thought to be the only contemporary portrait of William Shakespeare has been unveiled and will be on display in Stratford-upon-Avon in the unique exhibition entitled Welcome to Shakespeare Found: A Life Portrait. Up until now, the only two images are generally accepted as authentic representation of what Shakespeare looked like - an engraving in the First Folio, of 1623, by Droeshout, and the bust in Holy Trinity Church, Stratford-upon-Avon. With the emergence of the Cobbe portrait, the world is presented with a contemporary portrait that has strong claims to represent the dramatist as he appeared to his contemporaries. The painting is on display at Shakespeare’s Birthplace Trust between 23rd April and 6th September 2009. Select Travel Service designs custom group tours for all type of theatre and performing arts groups. We highly recommend making time to visit the “real” face of Shakespeare as part of your itinerary.
Tags: Custom Group Tours Britain, Literary Tours Britain, Performing Arts, Shakespeare, Theatre Tours, Visit Britain
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Wednesday, February 4th, 2009
We are pleased to announce a new series of London theatre tour opportunities for technical theatre students. Theatre study tours to London are now available and designed for students of technical theatre. Technical visits include scenic design, scenery construction, visits to London’s first carbon neutral theatre and a series of specialist lectures. Select Travel operates a broad range of study tours to Britain and Europe both for students of theatre and many other areas of study. Further information is available by emailing info@selecttravel.com
Tags: custom study tours, european study tours, Technical Theatre London, theatre study tours, Theatre tours London
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