Performing Arts trip to Stratford-Upon-Avon

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Fascinating activities

Inspire your students’ enthusiasm for theatre with a trip to the Great Bard’s birthplace. In addition to workshops led by actors and directors at the top of their field, there is a wide choice of fascinating activities and visits on offer.

Sample Itinerary

Day 1

Leave school in the morning and check into accommodation in the afternoon. In the evening go on a Stratford Ghost Walk.

Day 2

In the morning go on a RSC tour to explore the public and private areas of the theatre and take a RSC workshop in the afternoon. In the evening go to see an RSC show.

Day 3

Visit the Falstaff Experience, a museum that offers an informative, yet theatrical, glimpse into history, from the glorious to the ghastly. Leave Stratford in the afternoon to arrive back at school in the evening.

RSC Tower

The 36-metre high Tower offers an iconic landmark for the RSC theatres and a fantastic view of Shakespeare’s home town. A lift takes you to the 32-metre high viewing platform. As you descend, you will see the exhibition installed in the walls.

Shakespeare Properties

Take a guided visit of up to five of Shakespeare’s properties. Each one offers a unique insight into his life and times. A guide will help your students form a picture of Shakespeare’s life and introduce them to the influences on his work.

Stratford Walks

Take an award-winning guided walk around the historic streets and explore Stratford, its history, attractions and fascinating relationship with Shakespeare. Hear informative and interesting stories of fires, flooding, the plague and mediaeval cures!

RSC Theatre Workshops

At the YHA Stratford, we can provide popular curriculum-linked workshops such as ‘An introduction to Shakespeare’, ‘Circus and Clowning’, ‘Improvisation’, ‘Playwriting’, and ‘An Inspector Calls’. Course content can be tailored to meet the needs of your group and to the length of your stay and are ideal for KS3 and KS4 groups.

Priority booking for all RSC productions

As associate members of the RSC, we can give you advance notice of productions – weeks before the general public . You can also benefit from a priority booking period, enabling you to book tickets before they are put on general sale.

Visits

Browse a selection of our favourite activities and visits.

Shakespeare’s New Place
Shakespeare’s school room at King Edward VI School
New exhibition at the Swan Theatre

The Shakespeare Birthplace Trust is re-imagining New Place as a major contemporary landmark attraction to unlock the heritage of Shakespeare’s last home. This unique heritage site will tell the missing story of Shakespeare’s mature years as a successful writer and citizen of his home town.

Open to the public for the first time, students will have the chance to see how Shakespeare’s early life was shaped in the classroom.

Immerse yourself in the RSC’s history and how it makes its world-famous productions.

Where to stay

Popular places to stay.

A choice of two and three star hotels in Stratford.

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FAQs

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We can send you mini-brochures to hand out at school and a PowerPoint presentation for assemblies and parent’s meetings you may wish to hold. We also have an interactive promotional poster you can put up on walls and noticeboards. This will make it easier for you to get your students excited about your plans.

We agree a three-stage process so that payments can be staggered to make it easier for parents.

Yes, there are many advantages to this. One is that greater numbers sign up which means a lower tour price per student. Another is that a diverse (two-subject) itinerary can broaden the horizons of both ‘groups’ though, of course, we can create separate agendas for each if preferred.