Spring Break - London Theatre Trip!

Ibby · 09-03-2007, 12:34 AM

Come late march-early april, I'll be in London for a little over a week, on a trip with my Theatre class.
It's gonna be fuuuu-uuuun..!

Bullitt · 09-03-2007, 12:38 AM

Take a lot of pictures and tell us all about it man, I know you teh camerah skillzz.

Ibby · 09-04-2007, 07:33 AM

Okay, so, I get to pick eight locations (within the parameters of sights, museums, food, and shopping) that I wanna go to while I'm there. I dont necessarily get to go to all of them but there will be a lot of freeish time while we're in london. So far I've got Heddon Street (where the Ziggy Stardust cover was shot), Langtry's restaurant (where oscar wilde was arrested), the first Hard Rock Cafe, Rough Trade, and... thats about it.
Where else can you people think of thats nice and rock&roll, and cool, and i could get away with going on a school trip?

Griff · 09-04-2007, 08:29 AM

It's probably mandatory anyway, but you are going to the Globe?

Undertoad · 09-04-2007, 08:31 AM

It looks like they have commercialized the London Dungeon since I went. Might still be fun though.

Ibby · 09-04-2007, 09:05 AM

We're actually doing a workshop at, and performing in the globe.

My dad and sister did the dungeon a few years back when we went to london, and I'm not really interested.

DanaC · 09-04-2007, 09:18 AM

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We're actually doing a workshop at, and performing in the globe.

Totally cool!

Clodfobble · 09-04-2007, 09:56 AM

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Originally Posted by Ibram

the first Hard Rock Cafe

We went there. It sucked, IMHO. Just another crappy restaurant.

Though it was funny when someone ordered fajitas and when they arrived the waitress asked us if we knew how to eat them.

Cyclefrance · 09-04-2007, 10:35 AM

Performing at the Globe - can we come and see you??

Don't forget to put Abbey Road studios on your list. I'll try and dig out a few more intersting venues - I'm sure my sons will know some places to try to include.

Cyclefrance · 09-04-2007, 10:45 AM

It might be an idea to get in touch with one ogf the TV companies here and get tickets for one of their programmes - don't think there's too much these days - try something like Jools Holland's Later.

Might also be worth trying to arrange a visit to a recording studio like this one

Cyclefrance · 09-04-2007, 11:32 AM

One more thought

Ibby · 09-04-2007, 05:46 PM

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Originally Posted by Cyclefrance

Performing at the Globe - can we come and see you??

Don't forget to put Abbey Road studios on your list. I'll try and dig out a few more intersting venues - I'm sure my sons will know some places to try to include.

I've already been to Abbey Road, once, but I didn't go it. Is it worth going in?

Oh and I forgot one place already on my list: Lee Ho Fook's, in Soho.

Sundae · 12-05-2007, 02:04 PM

Ibram, I've just picked up a London Walks tour guide for 2007/8 which covers the period that you will be in London. Link here.

When I saw the Oscar Wilde Walk and the Beatles Walk I thought of you.

I've been on some London Walks myself, one with my parents who grew up in London. They are pitched at a high enough level of intelligence to be really interesting and the guides are professionals who really know their stuff and can answer questions around the subject as well as random topics that crop up. I've found this company to be the very best.

I intend to go on a walk this Sunday - I can't go to the gym until 13.00 so it will give a meaning to my usually lazy morning. I'll take my camera and report back.

Sundae · 12-05-2007, 02:10 PM

BTW if you want to meet up I'd be happy to do a walking tour with you - it would mean even if we loathed eachother on sight (unlikely on my part, I generally only dislike stupid people) then we'd have something else to focus on!

melidasaur · 12-10-2007, 06:42 PM

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Originally Posted by Sundae Girl

Ibram, I've just picked up a London Walks tour guide for 2007/8 which covers the period that you will be in London. Link here.

When I saw the Oscar Wilde Walk and the Beatles Walk I thought of you.

I've been on some London Walks myself, one with my parents who grew up in London. They are pitched at a high enough level of intelligence to be really interesting and the guides are professionals who really know their stuff and can answer questions around the subject as well as random topics that crop up. I've found this company to be the very best.

I intend to go on a walk this Sunday - I can't go to the gym until 13.00 so it will give a meaning to my usually lazy morning. I'll take my camera and report back.

Those walks are totally awesome. I did the Jack the Ripper walk and want to do the Harry Potter walk and the Beatles walk sometime.

When I'm in London, I like to go to the Victoria & Albert Museum and Pizza Express (I don't know why) and of course, just walk around and find interesting things - such as counting all of the Pret A Mangers and Starbucks

.

I tend to be one of those people that scoffs at touristy things, but the Tower of London can't be missed, it's really cool.

For my next trip across the pond (whenever that happens), Kew Gardens is on my list. I haven't been there yet. I also want to go to the National Gallery (I've thrown up in front of it, but never been in it.)

09-03-2007, 12:34 AM	#1
Ibby erika Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: "the high up north" Posts: 6,127	Spring Break - London Theatre Trip! Come late march-early april, I'll be in London for a little over a week, on a trip with my Theatre class. It's gonna be fuuuu-uuuun..! __________________ not really back, you didn't see me, i was never here shhhhhh

09-03-2007, 12:38 AM	#2
Bullitt This is a fully functional babe lair Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Akron, OH Posts: 2,324	Take a lot of pictures and tell us all about it man, I know you teh camerah skillzz. __________________ Kiss my white Irish ass.

09-04-2007, 07:33 AM	#3
Ibby erika Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: "the high up north" Posts: 6,127	Okay, so, I get to pick eight locations (within the parameters of sights, museums, food, and shopping) that I wanna go to while I'm there. I dont necessarily get to go to all of them but there will be a lot of freeish time while we're in london. So far I've got Heddon Street (where the Ziggy Stardust cover was shot), Langtry's restaurant (where oscar wilde was arrested), the first Hard Rock Cafe, Rough Trade, and... thats about it. Where else can you people think of thats nice and rock&roll, and cool, and i could get away with going on a school trip? __________________ not really back, you didn't see me, i was never here shhhhhh

09-04-2007, 08:29 AM	#4
Griff still says videotape Join Date: Feb 2001 Posts: 26,813	It's probably mandatory anyway, but you are going to the Globe? __________________ If you would only recognize that life is hard, things would be so much easier for you. - Louis D. Brandeis

09-04-2007, 09:05 AM	#6
Ibby erika Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: "the high up north" Posts: 6,127	We're actually doing a workshop at, and performing in the globe. My dad and sister did the dungeon a few years back when we went to london, and I'm not really interested. __________________ not really back, you didn't see me, i was never here shhhhhh

09-04-2007, 08:31 AM	#5
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	It looks like they have commercialized the London Dungeon since I went. Might still be fun though.

09-04-2007, 10:35 AM	#9
Cyclefrance Pump my ride! Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Deep countryside of Surrey , England Posts: 1,890	Performing at the Globe - can we come and see you?? Don't forget to put Abbey Road studios on your list. I'll try and dig out a few more intersting venues - I'm sure my sons will know some places to try to include. __________________ Always sufficient hills - never sufficient gears

09-04-2007, 10:45 AM	#10
Cyclefrance Pump my ride! Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Deep countryside of Surrey , England Posts: 1,890	It might be an idea to get in touch with one ogf the TV companies here and get tickets for one of their programmes - don't think there's too much these days - try something like Jools Holland's Later. Might also be worth trying to arrange a visit to a recording studio like this one __________________ Always sufficient hills - never sufficient gears

09-04-2007, 11:32 AM	#11
Cyclefrance Pump my ride! Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Deep countryside of Surrey , England Posts: 1,890	One more thought __________________ Always sufficient hills - never sufficient gears

12-05-2007, 02:04 PM	#13
Sundae polaroid of perfection Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: West Yorkshire Posts: 24,185	Ibram, I've just picked up a London Walks tour guide for 2007/8 which covers the period that you will be in London. Link here. When I saw the Oscar Wilde Walk and the Beatles Walk I thought of you. I've been on some London Walks myself, one with my parents who grew up in London. They are pitched at a high enough level of intelligence to be really interesting and the guides are professionals who really know their stuff and can answer questions around the subject as well as random topics that crop up. I've found this company to be the very best. I intend to go on a walk this Sunday - I can't go to the gym until 13.00 so it will give a meaning to my usually lazy morning. I'll take my camera and report back. __________________ Life's hard you know, so strike a pose on a Cadillac

12-05-2007, 02:10 PM	#14
Sundae polaroid of perfection Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: West Yorkshire Posts: 24,185	BTW if you want to meet up I'd be happy to do a walking tour with you - it would mean even if we loathed eachother on sight (unlikely on my part, I generally only dislike stupid people) then we'd have something else to focus on! __________________ Life's hard you know, so strike a pose on a Cadillac

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