Arcadia England

Summer 2015 Excursions!

If you are coming to join us in the summer, then you should be receiving an email regarding our summer events imminently! That email will have times, dates, and information regarding how to pay for the following subsidised events.

Registration opens in your Passport account on Tuesday, May 10. Register Now!

Check out a snippet of what we have on offer for you in the coming semester! Which event are you most excited for?

Everyman at the National Theatre

Life & Death in London, Pop Culture

Starring Chiwetel Ejiofor (12 Years A Slave)

Everyman is successful, popular and riding high when Death comes calling. He is forced to abandon the life he has built and embark on a last, frantic search to recruit a friend, anyone, to speak in his defence.

Arcadia faculty member Louise Burns, Lecturer for The London Stage in Text and Performance, writes ‘Writer & Poet Laureate (2009) Carol Ann Duffy has adapted this version and it will be interesting to see how her voice is reflected. Her collection, The World's Wife, is a retelling of history from the female perspective. Equally exciting is Chiwetel Ejiofor , following on from his recent success, I think he’ll give this role a fresh perspective. The choreographer Javier de Frutos is well known for nudity and dramatic theatricality (both on stage and behind the scenes!), an indicator that this production wants to be bold, challenging and possibly a little subversive.’

Royal Ascot

Tribes, The Underground, Tradition & Innovation,

Includes: Travel and entrance to Ascot.

The Queen attends every day of this event. Royal Ascot is Britain’s most valuable horserace meeting, with more than £5.5 million in prize money. Anticipated and revered, these five days are made for socialising. 51,549 bottles of champagne were quaffed in 2012. Long seen as a spectacle of fashion and style, each year the meeting is broadcast to audiences around the globe, yet to experience it in person is something altogether more special.

Our faculty member and Sociology lecturer, Dr Chris Mcmillan, writes “Sport provides a wonderful window into a nation's culture. The most dominant marker in British culture is often thought to be social class, which is not specifically linked to income and occupation as it might be in America. Instead we see social class in cultural expressions, such as the food people eat, the clothes they wear (watch out for red trousers and boat shoes!) and the way they speak. Sport is divided along these class lines. Royal Ascot is most definitely considered to be on the 'upper class' side of the equation which, quite apart from the rest of the festivities, makes it well worth the visit. A strict class system is enforced through the different 'enclosures'.

Cycle Tour

Total immersion, Sensory

Includes: Bicycle, helmet and guided tour from a professional guide.

Join professional cycle touring company London Bicycles for a unique perspective on some iconic London sights such as St Paul’s Cathedral, Buckingham Palace and Westminster Abbey. Includes a stop for a drink so please bring money if you want a drink.

Harry Potter Studio Tour

Pop Culture

Deadline to Sign-Up for this Event is Sunday, May 18!

Includes: Return transport and entrance.

Warner Bros. Studio Tour London provides an amazing new opportunity to explore the magic of the Harry Potter films - the most successful film series of all time. This unique walking tour takes you behind-the-scenes and showcases a huge array of costumes, props and beautiful sets including Platform 9 ¾!

Hampton Court Day Trip

Tradition & Innovation, Tribes, Life & Death in London

Includes: Return travel and entrance to Palace.

Not only is this year the 500th anniversary of Hampton Court Palace, but it is also the 800th anniversary of the Magna Carta. What better time to visit and how appropriate for 4 July, a celebration of our own bill of rights. A royal palace south west of London, it has not been inhabited by the British Royal Family since the 18th century. Hampton Court is most famous for its ties to the Tudors and King Henry VIII, but you shall see many other periods have influenced its architecture over time.

Brighton Day Trip

Pop Culture, The Underground, Tribes

Includes: Return travel and entrance to the Royal Pavilion.

According to Doctor Johnson, Brighton is ‘the perfect place to regain one’s health and then to ruin it again.’ This unique city by the sea offers fantastic shopping, sightseeing and the Brighton Pavilion – a sprawling, Arabesque palace that was a favourite of King George IV.