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Stevenage Group Travel This site was updated on the 3rd July 2009
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New trips just added.Legally Blonde (Matinee): Sunday 6th December. College sweetheart and homecoming queen Elle Woods doesn't take no for an answer. So when her boyfriend dumps her for someone serious, Elle puts down the credit card, hits the books, and heads for Harvard Law! LEGALLY BLONDE THE MUSICAL is the Broadway sensation based on the hit movie, with Reese Witherspoon. Tony award-winning director and Olivier nominated choreographer Jerry Mitchell (Hairspray) leads a top-of-their-class creative team. LEGALLY BLONDE THE MUSICAL will take you from the sorority house to the Halls of Justice with London's brightest new heroine (and of course, her Chihuahua, Bruiser). The verdict? This much fun shouldn't be legal! Price £49.00 per person (Savoy Dress Circle seats). Coach will depart Stevenage at 12.00 Legally Blonde: Thursday 14th January. College sweetheart and homecoming queen Elle Woods doesn't take no for an answer. So when her boyfriend dumps her for someone serious, Elle puts down the credit card, hits the books, and heads for Harvard Law! LEGALLY BLONDE THE MUSICAL is the Broadway sensation based on the hit movie, with Reese Witherspoon. Tony award-winning director and Olivier nominated choreographer Jerry Mitchell (Hairspray) leads a top-of-their-class creative team. LEGALLY BLONDE THE MUSICAL will take you from the sorority house to the Halls of Justice with London's brightest new heroine (and of course, her Chihuahua, Bruiser). The verdict? This much fun shouldn't be legal! Price £49.00 per person (Savoy Dress Circle seats). Coach will depart Stevenage at 17.15 Dirty Dancing: Monday 21st September. Experience the excitement and romance of the blockbuster film - live on stage featuring the hit songs from the best-selling movie soundtrack of all time including Time of My Life, Hungry Eyes, Hey Baby and Do You Love Me?. First dance. First love. You'll have the time of your life! Price £49.00 per person including coach (Aldwych Theatre stall seats). Coach will depart Stevenage at 17.15 (Face value of theatre tickets £60.00). Breakfast at Tiffany's: Monday 14th September. Anna Friel (TV's Pushing Daisies, Lulu Almeida Theatre, Closer Broadway) stars as Holly Golightly with Joseph Cross (Running with Scissors, Milk, Flags of our Fathers) as William 'Fred' Parsons in BREAKFAST AT TIFFANY'S, Samuel Adamson's new stage adaptation of Truman Capote's classic novella which previews from 9 September. Sean Mathias directs the second production in his Theatre Royal Haymarket season. The production is designed by Anthony Ward. BREAKFAST AT TIFFANY'S features the Oscar-winning song Moon River by Henry Mancini and Johnny Mercer.New York City, 1943. William 'Fred' Parsons, a young writer from Louisiana, meets Holly Golightly, a charming, vivacious and utterly elusive good-time girl. Everyone falls in love with Holly, including William - but he is poor and Holly needs rich. Will she marry Rusty, playboy millionaire? Or Jose, the future president of Brazil? As war rages in Europe, Holly begins to fall in love with William - and then her past catches up with her... Price £49.00 per person including coach Theatre Royal Haymarket stall seats. Coach will depart Stevenage at 17.15 Clacton (Sandcastle Competition) Day Trip: Wednesday 12th August. Clacton-on-Sea, the Sunshine Coast of Essex, has lovely sandy beaches, safe sea bathing, water sports, a Victorian pier with undercover amusements & fun fair, Pubs, cafes and Restaurants. This is Carnival week and there is a sandcastle competition on the beach and this may add extra interest to our visit. Price £16.00 adults, £13.00 children The Railway Children: Wednesday 5th August. York Theatre Royals hit production returns to The National Railway Museum this Summer for a second year, after a sell out run and magical reviews. Join Bobby, Peter and Phyllis as they tell the story of how they became The Railway Children. One of the country’s best loved novels comes to life using a unique theatre setting in the Museum that allows the audience to sit on station platforms either side of a real rail track. Featuring the Stirling Single, a beautiful 60 tonne steam locomotive in one of the most breath taking theatrical events York has ever seen. Coach will depart at 08.30. Price £35.00 adults, £29.00 Children & Seniors (1.30pm performance which will also give time to visit the museum). Wicksteed Park: Wednesday 26th August. As well as having rides and attractions, is also an English Heritage Grade II Listed Park and Garden. A huge variety of themed play areas - swings, see-saws, climbing frames, adventure modules and activities - all designed to keep the kids happily and safely entertained for hours! The Fairground is sited at the top of the Park and offers a range of attractions that are targeted specifically at families with young children up to the age of 13 / 14 years old. The Arena Area contains most of the park's larger rides - like the Paratrooper, Ladybird Coaster, the Roller Coaster and the main NEW thriller - ROCKY RIVER FALLS!!! Running around the outskirts of the Arena Area are our exhilarating Le-Mans style Twin-Seater Racing Cars - capable of top speeds of fifteen miles per hour. For the younger rider there are just as many 'pint-sized' thrills available - like our Honey Pot Bears ride and The Labybird Roller Coaster. Coach price £13.00 adults, £10.00 children (Wristbands for rides are available at the group price of £10.00 per person). Coach will depart Stevenage at 09.00 Mamma Mia: Tuesday 22nd September. A mother. A daughter. 3 possible dads. And a trip down the aisle you'll never forget. Over 30 million people all around the world have fallen in love with the characters, the story and the music that make MAMMA MIA! the ultimate feel-good show, now playing in London's West End. Catherine Johnson's sunny, funny tale unfolds on a Greek island paradise. On the eve of her wedding, a daughter quests to discover the identity of her father brings three men from her mother's past back to the island they last visited 20 years ago! The story-telling magic of ABBA's timeless songs propels MAMMA MIA!, an enchanting tale of love, laughter and friendship. Every night everyone's having the time of their lives! Price £51.00 per person including coach Piccadilly Theatre Dress Circle. Coach will depart Stevenage at 17.15 (Face value of theatre tickets £58.00). Grease: Tuesday 3rd September. London's favourite rock 'n' roll musical, is now in its second electrifyin' year at the Piccadilly Theatre.Voted the No.1 Greatest Musical by Channel 4, GREASE is a timeless love story that will thrill groups of all ages. The stage show features all of the classic songs from the hugely popular movie including Summer Nights, Hopelessly Devoted To You, Sandy, Greased Lightnin' and You're The One That I Want. Price £42.50 per person including coach Piccadilly Theatre Stall Seats. Coach will depart Stevenage at 17.15 (Face value of theatre tickets £53.50). Oliver (Matinee): Wednesday 4th November: Cameron Mackintosh presents his triumphant new staging of Lionel Bart's masterpiece "OLIVER!" at the Theatre Royal Drury Lane, which was last seen at the Palladium in 1994. Oliver! is one of the most beloved British musicals, vividly bringing to life Dickens' timeless characters with its ever-popular story of the boy who asked for more. Rupert Goold (Best Director, 2008 Olivier Awards), will be restaging Sam Mendes acclaimed production, and along with Tony award winning director and choreographer Matthew Bourne will be using every inch of London's greatest musical stage with even more sensational sets by Anthony Ward. Stall seats £66.00 per person. All £63.25 face value seats and coach (which departs Stevenage at 11.30 for 14.30 performance). Oliver: Thursday 1st October: Cameron Mackintosh presents his triumphant new staging of Lionel Bart's masterpiece "OLIVER!" at the Theatre Royal Drury Lane, which was last seen at the Palladium in 1994. Oliver! is one of the most beloved British musicals, vividly bringing to life Dickens' timeless characters with its ever-popular story of the boy who asked for more. Rupert Goold (Best Director, 2008 Olivier Awards), will be restaging Sam Mendes acclaimed production, and along with Tony award winning director and choreographer Matthew Bourne will be using every inch of London's greatest musical stage with even more sensational sets by Anthony Ward. Stall seats £66.00 per person. All £63.25 face value seats and coach (which departs Stevenage at 17.15 for 19.30 performance). Othello: Monday 21st September. The Northern Broadsides and West Yorkshire Playhouse production of OTHELLO, starring Lenny Henry in the title role, will transfer to the Trafalgar Studios from 11 September following a sell-out, regional tour. Love, racism, jealousy and desire are at the emotional core of Shakespeare's monumental tragedy, a tender love story shattered by one man's obsessive hatred of another. OTHELLO is noble, brave and victorious. Iago, passed over for a position in the arm, fuels his diabolical revenge with hatred and snarling racism. Poignant, intense and heartbreaking, OTHELLO mercilessly explores every inch of the human condition. Price £45.00 per person Trafalgar Studios stall seats. Coach will depart Stevenage at 17.15 Ostend day trip with optional trip to The Atlantic Wall: Sunday 26th July. Departing Stevenage at 06.45 this trip will cross the cannel via Le Shuttle and drive directly to Ostend, where you can shop and enjoy the beach or Harbour. For those interested the coach will make an excursion to The Atlantic Wall open-air war museum. On the Raversijde Domain sixty constructions (bunkers, storage facilities, personnel quarters, machinegun nests) dating from both World Wars, interconnected by two kilometres of trenches, can be found. Two different tours are possible in this open-air museum, each taking approximately 90 minutes. Off-season the tours are guided and during the season you can do the tour on your own with an audioguide. The first tour, focussing on the First World War, shows the Aachen Battery (built in 1915). The Aachen battery is the only remaining witness of the German coastal defence during the First World War. It was constructed to defend the Germans against any possible allied landings, the whole coastal strip was supplied with 35 batteries, ranging from light 8,8cm anti-aircraft guns to the heavy 38 cm naval guns. The construction of these coastal batteries by soldiers of the German Naval corps was a real feet of strength. The second (Saltzwedel Battery) tour contains the part that was built during the Second World War. The Atlantic Wall stretches from Norway till the Spanish border, with a length of nearly 5300 kilometres. The Atlantic Wall had to withstand an invasion of occupied Europe by the Allies. The Saltzwedel Battery contains several bunkers with submarine guns, anti-aircraft guns, searchlights and several cannons. Interesting to see here is a pretty large collection of anti-invasion obstacles, accompanied by short but clear descriptions of their working. The museum also posesses a very large collection of mostly original weapons, uniforms and personal belongings. Price £35.00 per person (admission to the museum approx £5.00) La Cage Aux Folles: Monday 24th August. A timeless and deliciously funny tale of family values, unconditional love and, above all, the need to celebrate who we are. The idyllic existence of Georges and the dazzling drag artiste Albin, star of the La Cage aux Folles club, is threatened when Georges' son announces his engagement to the daughter of a right-wing politician, who wants to close down the local colourful nightlife! With a visit from the prospective in-laws imminent, they all decide to take drastic action to hide their lifestyle...but can they keep it up? - Price £45.00 per person including coach Playhouse Theatre Stall Seats. Coach will depart Stevenage at 17.15 (Face value of theatre tickets £54.00). Forbidden Broadway: Thursday 13th August. An unstoppable force in New York theatre since 1982 when Gerard Alessandrini created the first parody lampooning the Broadway shows and stars of the day. It is a favourite among theatre lovers as well as Broadway stars who have been known to stop by and laugh at themselves! It has won numerous awards in its history including the 2008 Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Musical Revue, the 2006 Tony Honor for Excellence in the Theatre, six additional Drama Desk Awards, Outer Critics Circle, Drama League, Obie, and Lucille Lortel Awards. A theatrical institution, FORBIDDEN BROADWAY has received national and international notoriety, racking up over 9,000 performances in more than 200 US cities as well as engagements in London, Tokyo, Singapore and Sydney. This updated version of the show, from Broadway's director Philip George, showcases some of the best productions from both Broadway and the West End, including The Lion King, The Phantom of the Opera, Hairspray, Avenue Q, Jersey Boys and La Cage aux Folles! Price £39.00 per person including coach. The Menier Chocolate Factory Auditorium seats. Coach will depart Stevenage at 17.15. Priscilla Queen of the Desert: Tuesday 21st July. If you’ve seen the Oscar®-winning movie The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert, you’ll know that this spectacular new musical tells the hilarious and heart-warming story of three friends who hop aboard a battered old bus (named Priscilla) and take their show to the middle of the Australian outback. These larger-than-life characters go in search of love and friendship, but end up finding more than they could ever have dreamed! Price £55.00 per person including coach Palace Theatre Stall Seats. Coach will depart Stevenage at 17.15 (Face value of theatre tickets £59.25). Lion King (Matinee): Wednesday 30th September. Set against the majesty of the Serengeti Plains and to the evocative rhythms of Africa, Disney's multi-award winning musical THE LION KING will redefine your expectations of theatre. A spectacular visual feast, this adaptation of Disney's much-loved film transports audiences to a dazzling world that explodes with glorious colours, stunning effects and enchanting music. At its heart, THE LION KING is the powerful and moving story of Simba - the epic adventure of his journey from wide-eyed cub to his destined role as King of the Pridelands. Price £39.00 per person including coach Lyceum Theatre Stall Seats. Coach will depart Stevenage at 11.00 (Face value of theatre tickets £52.00). Hair Spray (Matinee): Thursday 17th September. With standing ovations every night and unanimous critical acclaim, the show has broken box office records at the Shaftesbury Theatre! This 'feel great show' (The Guardian), starring Michael Ball, has recently been awarded Best Musical in the Olivier Awards 2008 & the Critics Circle Awards 2008. Follow Tracy Turnblad, a big girl with big hair and an even bigger heart as she sets out to dance her way onto TV's most popular dance show. Can this ordinary girl realise her extraordinary dreams, inspire her mum and still have time to win the boy she loves. Price £46.00 per person including coach (Shaftsbury Theatre Royal Circle seats). Coach will depart Stevenage at 12.00 (Face value of theatre tickets £62.50). Calendar Girls: Friday 28th August. At first glance it should look like your classic WI calendar. Jams, cakes, sewing and all that. Except for one tiny thing...the ladies aren't naked, they're nude. A group of extraordinary women, members of a very ordinary Yorkshire WI, persuade one another to pose for a charity calendar with a difference! Overcoming their initial reserve, the friends drop their dressing gowns, modesty spared only by artfully placed cakes, knitting and flower arrangements. Puzzling their husbands, mortifying their children and riding the wrath of the outraged WI, they spark a global phenomenon. As interest snowballs, the CALENDAR GIRLS find themselves revealing more than they'd ever planned. A very British story with a very British heart, CALENDAR GIRLS is quirky, poignant and hilarious. Adapted by Tim Firth from his smash hit film of the same name, it is based on an uplifting and very inspiring true story. Price £49.00 per person including coach (Noel Coward Theatre Royal Circle seats). Coach will depart Stevenage at 17.15 Oliver: Monday 7th September: Cameron Mackintosh presents his triumphant new staging of Lionel Bart's masterpiece "OLIVER!" at the Theatre Royal Drury Lane, which was last seen at the Palladium in 1994. Oliver! is one of the most beloved British musicals, vividly bringing to life Dickens' timeless characters with its ever-popular story of the boy who asked for more. Rupert Goold (Best Director, 2008 Olivier Awards), will be restaging Sam Mendes acclaimed production, and along with Tony award winning director and choreographer Matthew Bourne will be using every inch of London's greatest musical stage with even more sensational sets by Anthony Ward. Stall seats £54.00 per person. All £60.00 face value seats and coach (which departs Stevenage at 17.15 for 19.30 performance). Walking with Dinosaurs at O2: Saturday 8th August. Internationally renowned designers have worked with scientists to create 15 life-size dinosaurs, including the terror of the ancient terrain, Tyrannosaurus-rex! Be amazed and thrilled as the greatest creatures to ever walk the earth return before your eyes. It's a dazzling £10 million arena spectacle of unprecedented size and quality to captivate young and old alike. Marvel at the story of their 200 million year domination on earth. Watch them walk. Hear the roar. Be there as they fight for survival and supremacy. From the ripple of their skin to the glint in their eye, you will know the dinosaurs really have returned. Price £52.50 per person including coach (O2 Dome First Price Seats). Coach will depart Stevenage at 12.00 Thriller - Live: Tuesday 2nd June. A stage & video spectacular celebrating the wonderful career of the World's Greatest Entertainer - Michael Jackson. This amazing show, featuring over 20 performers with a full company of singers, dancers and live band celebrates the King of Pop like never before! With original choreography from MTV award winning choreographer - LaVelle Smith Jnr. and brilliant vocal performances, Jackson's amazing songs and videos are brought to life on stage in a spectacular and sensational way. The show featuring over two hours of hit songs including I Want You Back, I'll Be There, Can You Feel It, Rock With You, Blame It On The Boogie, Billie Jean, Earth Song, and many more. Price £46.00 per person (Lyric Theatre stall seats). Coach will depart Stevenage at 17.15 Hair Spray: Monday 15th June. With standing ovations every night and unanimous critical acclaim, the show has broken box office records at the Shaftesbury Theatre! This 'feel great show' (The Guardian), starring Michael Ball, has recently been awarded Best Musical in the Olivier Awards 2008 & the Critics Circle Awards 2008. Follow Tracy Turnblad, a big girl with big hair and an even bigger heart as she sets out to dance her way onto TV's most popular dance show. Can this ordinary girl realise her extraordinary dreams, inspire her mum and still have time to win the boy she loves. Price £46.00 per person including coach (Shaftsbury Theatre Royal Circle seats). Coach will depart Stevenage at 17.15 (Face value of theatre tickets £62.50). Thursford Last Night of the Proms: Tuesday 29th September. Been to the Christmas show and would like something different? Why not come and wave the flag! Robert Wolfe at the Wurlitzer Organ, choirs and musicians. Traditional music and old favourites such as Land of Hope and Glory, Jerusalem, The White Cliffs of Dover, Rule Britannia to name just a few. Coach will depart at 14.00. Price £31.50 per person standard seating. Shakespeare's Globe Romeo & Juliet: Tuesday 18th August. A violent street brawl between their rival families is the prelude to Romeo’s first encounter with Juliet. Despite this, and the fact that Juliet has been promised to another man in marriage, they fall in love. But any plans for their future happiness are cruelly destroyed by renewed violence between the two families – and while the adults remain almost comically preoccupied with their own affairs, among their children a hidden tragedy begins to unfold. With its wonderful combination of lyricism, suspense and dramatic changes of mood, Shakespeare’s heartbreaking tale is one of the greatest of all love stories. Lower Gallery front & second rows seats. Price £48.00 per person (including coach) Yard standing £20.00 (including coach). Royal Philharmonic Orchestra Christmas Celebration Concert: Saturday 12th December. The RPO joins the inimitable John Rutter in his much-loved 'Christmas Celebration' concert. This year marks a welcome return to the magnificent and truly atmospheric Royal Albert Hall. Price £25.00 per person Choir rows 4, 5 & 6 (including coach) £29.50 per person Circle rows 3 , 4 & 5 (including coach). Coach will depart at 12.30. Thursford Spectacular: Sunday 20th December. The ultimate Christmas musical experience is simply one of the most exciting Christmas Spectacular shows ever. It is the most popular Christmas show of all time in England and is a blend of exciting Christmas entertainment, with Christmas songs, carols, dazzling dancers, beautiful costumes, outstanding music and singing from our cast of over one hundred. Each show is a pageant of spectacle and colour – the music a seamless transition from an up-beat dance routine to a choral rendition of a Christmas carol, a show which would not be out of place in any London’s west end theatres. Coach will depart at 14.00. Price £46.00 per person raised seating. Royal Ascot (Ladies Day): Thursday 18th June. A unique event on the social calendar, steeped in pageantry and dating back almost three hundred years. One of the great race meetings in the world and still uniquely British. Silver Ring Admission provides and excellent position to watch the Royal Procession and racing action with 2000 free seats, Big Screen TV, Live Music, Bars and Food Outlets (does not provide access to Grandstand and parade ring). Price £42.00 per person (Coach and Silver Ring admission) Coach and Grandstand admission is available at £82.00 per person. Coach will depart Stevenage at 08.00. Disney on ice Princess Wishes: Sunday 1st November. Enter a world of wishes with your favorite Disney Princesses in “Disney On Ice” presents “Princess Wishes'. Tinker Bell represents the magic of Disney, as she whisks you through a collection of enchanting and beloved Disney stories. Join Ariel as she yearns to explore the world above the waves. See Snow White find her one true love. Discover a whole new world with Jasmine. And, watch in wonder as the dreams of Cinderella, Belle, Aurora and Mulan all come true. Be sure to see this magical show where believing is just the beginning! Price £41.50 per person including coach (O2 Dome First Price Seats). Coach will depart Stevenage at 12.00 Peter Pan: Friday 24th July. This summer, Kensington Gardens plays host to a unique and remarkable theatre event - a spectacular new stage production of J.M. Barrie's classic story, performed in a specially commissioned, state-of-the-art Theatre Pavilion. For the first time in 100 years, Peter Pan is coming home... Conceived and staged by an award-winning creative team, PETER PAN KENSINGTON GARDENS will include a 360-degree projected scenic design. Designed by William Dudley, the groundbreaking set design uses CGI technology, so you'll be soaring high over Kensington Gardens in the heart of Edwardian London. With over 1,000 seats in the round, the auditorium offers unimpeded views for everyone. The Pavilion is also 100% rainproof so despite those unpredictable British summers, you can be confident that the show will go on whatever the weather! Price £53.00 per person (Rows F & G). Coach will depart at 17.15. Sister Act. Wednesday 8th July. When disco diva Deloris Van Cartier witnesses a murder, she is put into protective custody in the one place cops are sure she won't be found - a convent! Disguised as a nun, she finds herself at odds with both the rigid lifestyle and an uptight Mother Superior. Using her unique disco moves and singing talent to inspire the choir, Deloris breathes new life into the church and community, but in doing so blows her cover. Soon the gang are giving chase, only to find themselves up against Deloris and the power of her new found Sister Hood. Based on the smash hit movie, SISTER ACT features a brand new score by eight time Oscar winner Alan Menken whose credits include Little Shop of Horrors, Beauty and the Beast, The Little Mermaid and most recently the hit movie Enchanted. Price £46.00 per person (London Palladium stall seats). Coach will depart Stevenage at 17.15 (Face value of theatre tickets £60.00).
To book contact Philip on 01438 222410 (evenings) or Email philip@stevenagegrouptravel.org
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