Trips

One of the most important aspects of the course in assisting students develop as performers are the trips to see live performance work.

Level 2 and Extended Diploma students normally see three plays during the course of an academic year and A Level students five. On top of these visits, all performing arts students will see the in house productions during the year. Henley is ideally suited for theatre trips to London.

Extended Diploma students have a visit to Disney Land in Paris as an integral part of their first year and it is not uncommon for Extended Diploma students to tour their productions both in the UK and abroad. Previous tours have included Spain and Greece.

DISNEYLAND 2011

Level 3 Diploma students on their annual trip to DisneyLand, Paris where they gain an insight into how one of the World's largest performing arts companies work and get to meet Disney staff and attend educational seminars.

A highlight of this year’s trip was when student Diane Elliot got picked from the audience to take part in the Disney Stunt Show. These pictures show Diane in the Stunt Show arena and then meeting the Stunt Show presenter with her classmates.

PRODUCTION TOURS TO SPAIN 2010

The Year 2 Level 3 students took their production of Lorca’s “Blood Wedding” to the Tossa de Mar Festival of Theatre and Music, Spain.

The production ran for two nights to audiences of over a hundred and was very well received.

DISNEYLAND 2008

BND Performing Arts students pose on Main Street USA in the Disneyland Park, Paris. The trip to Disneyland has become a hugely popular part of the BND course

DISNEYLAND, PARIS TRIP 2007

Below are images from the ever popular BND visit to Disney Land, Paris. Highlights include “The Legend of The Lion King” and “Buffalo Bill’s Wild West Show”.

TRIP TO DISNEYLAND, PARIS 2006

The trip to Disneyland, Paris has become a popular part of the course for Year One National Diploma students. These images from the trip in January, 2006.

 

 

 

 

PRODUCTION TOURS TO SPAIN SUMMER 2005

Following the success of "Yerma" in March 2005, the production toured to Spain as part of the Tossa de Mar Festival of Culture.

The production played for two nights to large audiences and continues the department of touring student work internationally.

For more pictures of this production please visit the Productions section.

THE CROSSING PATH MAY 2003

Second year students on the BND in Drama were highly praised for their production of a new play 'The Crossing Path' by Maya Chowdhry as part NT Shell Connections when they premiered the production at the college in March.

Image: The Crossing Path' company outside the Ustinov Studio with the NT Shell Connections promotional car!

David McFeteridge from the National Theatre commented on the production as "a very good ensemble executed by a talented company". In May The Theatre Royal Bath hosted a festival of work in the region as part of the NT Shell Connections project and the company were invited to perform at The Ustinov Studio.

BTEC STUDENTS AT DISNEYLAND PARIS, 2000

BTEC National Diploma students also visit Disneyland, Paris, as part of the first year of their course. This three day trip allows students a unique and very privileged insight into this world famous entertainment company.

 

 

Despite being an enormous amount of fun, the visit includes seminars in the park that shed light on how the park operates, how the shows work, how the parade is run, how the performers live and work, etc

STUDENTS VISIT GREECE 2002

Image above: The imposing amphitheatre at Epidaurus

 

 

Image right: The Treasury of Atreus, Mycanae - the tomb of the title character from "Agamemnon"

Image left: Rachel Warren, who played Electra in "The Oresteia", stood by the remains of one of the seven gates of Thebes - this one named after her