Theatre by the Lake

The itineraries for the 2012 holidays are listed below:

Saturday 7 July 2012 itinerary

Day 1: Arrival day.

Your room will be available from 2.30pm onwards. Please join us for tea between 4pm and 5pm to meet the leader and your fellow guests.

Before dinner there will be a brief introduction to the holiday programme.

7.30pm Dinner

Day 2:

9.30am                  Optional walk

The rest of the day is free for you to explore indepedently or relax at the Country House

7.15pm                  Dinner

Day 3:

10.30am                 Depart for Theatre by the Lake
10.45am                 Backstage tour, with coffee
12pm                      Return to the Country House
1pm                        Main meal
tba                          Depart for theatre talk at Theatre by the Lake
tba                         Return to the Country House
7.30pm                   Depart for Theatre by the Lake
8pm                        Bedroom Farce

Bedroom Farce is one of the classic works by Alan Ayckbourn, the most performed playwright in the world after Shakespeare. First produced in 1975, it tells of four couples, three bedrooms and one eventful night. The production is directed by Associate Director Stefan Escreet.

10.30pm approx         Return to the Country House

Day 4:

9.30am                  Optional walk
1pm                       Main meal
The afternoon is free for you to explore the local area or relax in the Country House
7.30pm                  Depart for Theatre by the Lake
8pm                       A Doll's House

A Doll’s House by Henrik Ibsen,in an adaptation by Bryony Lavery. Nora, one of the Norwegian master playwright’s great creations, tries to break free from the confines of her marriage. The play caused a storm in 1879 and still packs a passionate punch 130 years later. It will be directed by Mary Papadima, a former Trainee Director at Theatre by the Lake.

10.30pm approx        Return to the Country House

Day 5: Depart after breakfast

Wednesday 11 July 2012 itinerary

Day 1: Arrival day

Your room will be available from 2.30pm onwards. Please join us for tea between 4pm and 5pm to meet the leader and your fellow guests.
Before dinner there will be a brief introduction to the holiday programme.
7.30pm Dinner

Day 2:

10.30am            Depart for Theatre by the Lake
10.45am            Backstage tour, with coffee
12pm                Return to the house
1pm                  Main meal
2.30pm              Optional walk
7.30pm              Depart for Theatre by the Lake
8pm                   Dry Rot

Dry Rot by John Chapman is one of the great series of 1950s Whitehall farces; this one features kidnapping, conmen and chaos in a country hotel (with a racehorse hidden in the cellar). Expect a gang of spivs, plenty of laughs and some dropped trousers. Ian Forrest directs.

10.30pm approx   Return to the Country House

Day 3:               

9.30am               Optional walk
1pm                    Main meal
7.30pm               Depart for Theatre by the Lake
8pm                    Colder Than Here

Colder Than Here by Laura Wade, is the regional première of a life-affirming play about a mother trying to plan her own funeral in the face of resistance from her family. Full of warmth and gentle humour and first staged at London’s Soho Theatre in 2006, the Guardian described it as “a play that, far from flinching in the face of death, explores how we might make peace with it”. It will be directed by guest director Abigail Anderson.

10.30pm approx    Return to the Country House

Day 4:                 Depart after breakfast

Saturday 1 September 2012 itinerary

Day 1: Arrival day.
Your room will be ready from 2.30pm onwards. Please join us for tea between 4pm and 5pm to meet the leader and your fellow guests. Before dinner there will be a brief introduction to the holiday programme.

Day 2:

10.30am             Depart for Theatre by the Lake
10.45am             Backstage tour, with coffee
12pm                 Return to the Country House
2.30pm              Optional walk from the house or free time to explore independently
7.15pm              Dinner

Day 3:

tba                    Depart for Theatre by the Lake talk, Circle Gallery
1pm                  Main meal
The afternoon is free for you to explore the local area or to relax in the Country House
7.30pm              Depart for Theatre by the Lake
8pm                  Great Expectations 

Great Expectations has been adapted by Neil Bartlett from one of the best-loved novels by Charles Dickens, the bicentenary of whose birth will be celebrated in 2012. The meeting of young Pip and the criminal Magwitch in the graveyard is the perfect prelude to a dramatic and mysterious story rich in classic Dickens characters.

10.30pm              Return to the Country House

Day 4:               

9.30am                Optional walk from the house
1pm                     Main meal
The afternoon is free for you to explore the local area or relax in the Country House
7.30pm                Depart for Theatre by the Lake
8pm                     Doll's House

Doll’s House by Henrik Ibsen - an adaptation by Bryony Lavery. Nora, one of the Norwegian master playwright’s great creations, tries to break free from the confines of her marriage. The play caused a storm in 1879 and still packs a passionate punch 130 years later. It will be directed by Mary Papadima, a former Trainee Director at Theatre by the Lake.

10.30pm approx

Day 5:                   Depart after breakfast.

Wednesday 5 September 2012 itinerary

Day 1: Arrival day.

Your room will be available from 2.30pm onwards. Please join us for tea between 4 pm and 5pm to meet the leader and your fellow guests.
Before dinner there will be a brief introduction to the holiday programme.

7.30pm Dinner

Day 2:

10.30am                Depart for Theatre by the Lake
10.45am                Backstage tour, with coffee
12pm                     Return to the Country House
1pm                       Main meal
2.30pm                  Optional walk from the house
7.30pm                  Depart for Theatre by the Lake
8pm                      Dry Rot

Dry Rot by John Chapman is one of the great series of 1950s Whitehall farces; this one features kidnapping, conmen and chaos in a country hotel (with a racehorse hidden in the cellar). Expect a gang of spivs, plenty of laughs and some dropped trousers. Ian Forrest directs.

10.30pm approx      Return to the Country House

Day 3:

9.30am                  Optional walk from the house
1pm                       Main meal
The afternoon is free for you to explore independently or relax in the Country House
7.30pm                  Depart for Theatre by the Lake
8pm                      Colder Than Here

Colder Than Here by Laura Wade, is the regional première of a life-affirming play about a mother trying to plan her own funeral in the face of resistance from her family. Full of warmth and gentle humour and first staged at London’s Soho Theatre in 2006, the Guardian described it as “a play that, far from flinching in the face of death, explores how we might make peace with it”. It will be directed by guest director Abigail Anderson.

10.30pm approx       Return to the Country House

Day 4:                    Depart after breakfast