Occidental College NONPROFIT ORG Alumni Association US POSTAGE 1600 Campus Road, M-11 PAID Los Angeles, CA 90041-3314 AKA Return Service Requested Photo by David Iliff, License: CC-BY-SA 3.0 Our exciting tour is sure to provide a transformative experience that offers fresh perspectives, THE 11TH OCCIDENTAL ALUMNI ASSOCIATION’S an insider connection to the London cultural scene, and lasting memories. The Shows the tour. Our roundtable discussions are one of Dining LONDON THEATER TOUR We’ll get the best seats available to 5 of the hot- the most successful and unique aspects of our We’ll have a festive dinner to welcome in the test shows in London. If you choose the optional tours. This exchange with working actors, play- New Year with a champagne toast and celebra- show we offer, you’ll feast on a total of 6 produc- wrights, and directors will offer you fresh per- tion at the Waldorf Hilton’s Homage restaurant tions while in London. Past hit shows on Insider spectives about the real and current challenges (Winner of Trip Advisor’s Certificate of Excel- Cultural Tours London excursions include War UK theatre professionals face in practicing their lence 2013). And welcome and farewell dinners Horse, Ralph Fiennes in Oedipus, Sir Derek craft and art. at other exceptional restaurants in London. Your Jacobi in Twelfth Night, Michael Gambon in No hotel accommodations include a hearty, Full Man’s Land, Richard Griffiths in The Habit of Post-Performance Discussions English breakfast every day. Art, Alfred Molina in Red, The Pitman Paint- As many in the theater say, the last act of a play Private Coach ers, The Master Builder, Jerusalem, One Man, takes place in the bar after the performance. A private coach will be available for all the Two Guvnors, Mark Rylance and Stephen Fry in Grab a cocktail from the Good Godfrey’s Bar and scheduled shows, exhibitions and other events Twelfth Night, among other exceptional produc- join us for a post-performance discussion in a Insider Cultural Tours organizes for this Lon- tions at venues such as the Royal Court, The private room in our hotel, where you’ll exchange don tour. National Theatre, The Old Vic, Menier Chocolate your thoughts and analysis on the show you saw DECEMBER 28, 2014–JANUARY 4, 2015 Factory, Almeida and Tricycle Theatres. that night. There are bound to be differences of Airfare opinion about any show we see together, and we In the past, many tour members preferred to NEW YEAR’S LONDON TOUR IN HONOR OF OMAR PAXSON ‘48 Since most London theatres don’t announce encourage our tour members to share their dif- use their airline rewards and other advantages their shows until 90 days before previews, we’ll ferent opinions with an open mind. Rest assured Photo by David Iliff, License: CC-BY-SA 3.0 to book their own flights to London. We will offer be making our final selections later on in the our discussions will be fun and lively, and they the same flexibility on the London 2014 tour. At year. But rest assured we’ll have our ear to the just might help you learn something new and the same time, Insider Cultural Tours will organ- - - ground, secure the best London has to offer, and unexpected. ize a group flight from Los Angeles to London. - keep you updated. The current quote for an economy roundtrip Hotel flight from Los Angeles to London is $1,257. Exploring London A superb location for walking to the West End or Please contact us for further information if you’d We’ll take 2 private tours of exceptional London the National Theatre, the Waldorf Hilton enjoys like to participate in this group flight option. exhibitions that will give you a greater insight a fabulous Covent Garden location in the heart into the city’s cultural scene. In the past, we of London’s theatre district. Two blocks from Tour Leadership have chosen must-see exhibitions at the Na- the Thames and Waterloo Bridge, the Waldorf Alan Freeman is Emeritus Pro- fessor of Theater at Occidental tional Gallery, Saatchi Gallery, Tate Modern and Hilton is over 100 years old and a symbol of College where he continues to Tate Britain, Wallace Collection, Victoria and English heritage. Its Edwardian style public direct plays and teach courses. Albert Museum, Churchill War Rooms, British spaces include the Homage Grand Salon, with Omar Paxson ’48, Professor Emeritus, Theater Arts and Rhetoric, created the first Oxy London tour in 1987 – twenty Oxy’s seven years ago. Sadly, much loved professor passed In honor away in December. of Omar and the tradition he started, we have planned another alumni theater tour to London. And as Omar might can count on this “You say, one to top them all.” Freeman holds an MFA in Film Museum, among others. its majestic columns, chandeliers and grand Directing from the American Film ballroom, and Good Godfrey’s Bar. While you’ll Institute (AFI), and A.B., 1966, Roundtable Discussions be tempted to lounge in the Waldorf’s dramatic M.A., 1967, Occidental College. We’ll have 5 intimate roundtable discussions public spaces, you can always keep active in Freeman has directed over seventy with established London theatre profession- the hotel’s fitness club and swimming pool. Just plays, musicals and operas; acted als and emerging artists, which will fill out and 500 feet from The Royal Opera House, there are in more than sixty plays and films; written two contextualize your theater viewing. A leading plenty of attractions around the Waldorf Hilton, full-length plays and directed four short films; London theater critic will kick off our discussion including Theatreland, Soho, Leicester Square, and pursues a career as a director, writer, actor, series with an overview of the plays we’ll see on and Trafalgar Square. producer and filmmaker. DEAR TIGERS, avail seats best the will offer tour London stress-free This able to exceptional shows and cultural events, private meetings with leading artists and theater practitioners. will not want to miss this opportunity for personal You conversations and shared theater experiences in one of cultural capitals. the world’s Alan Freeman ’66, another much-respected Oxy Theater will provide the leadership for this thought professor, provoking excursion. Omar once said that Alan is a man “who really knows his stuff.” which organized the recent alumni Insider Cultural Tours, theater tours, will plan the events New York association’s for this trip to the United Kingdom. Past guests on Insid er London tours include Sir Derek Jacobi, Richard Grif Tom Stoppard, Sir Wesker, fiths, Alfred Molina, Sir Arnold Donmar Theatre), and The Josie Rourke (Artistic Director, Guardian theatre critic, Michael Billington, among other UK arts professionals and emerging playwrights, actors, and directors. mission is to create unique, one- Insider Cultural Tours’ of-kind tours – distinctive adventures that offer fresh perspectives and lasting memories. They aim to never do the same tour twice, and plan to accomplish this goal with the Oxy alumni London tour. This trip will sell out fast, so please join us in London and reserve your spot today! over the New Year, Brandsey ’02 Dana Valk Associate Director of Alumni and Parent Engagement 2014 OCCIDENTAL COLLEGE LONDON THEATER TOUR REGISTRATION FORM TRIP ITINERARY The cost of the tour is $4,195 per person, based on double occupancy (airfare Sunday, December 28 Thursday, January 1 is not included). Please complete this form and return it with your deposit of Arrive today at the Waldorf The morning is free, and today $1,000 per person (personal check or money order). Deposit is due before Hilton, a luxury 5-star hotel in we’ll see our 3rd play on this July 15, 2014. Final payment of $3,195 is due no later than October 15, 2014. trip, perhaps at the Menier Please mail a check or money order to: Insider Cultural Tours, 40 Harrison Theatreland, and check in. Chocolate Factory, which the Street, Suite 17H, New York, NY 10013. 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We the time the passengers are not __________________________________________________________ $4,195 per person based on Today we might explore what it’s reserve the right to decline to ac- on board their conveyances. The City/State/Zip dinner, and then perhaps head double occupancy. Add $1,358 per Fares and Rates cept or retain any person as a tour tour participant agrees on behalf of like for an emerging playwright person if requesting a single room. ____________________________ __________________________ across the Waterloo Bridge to All rates quoted in this brochure member should such a person’s himself, his dependents, heirs, ex- Day Phone Evening Phone Deposit of $1,000 per person due in UK with our morning discus- are final. Insider Cultural Tours will health, mental condition, physical ecutors, administrators and assigns the National Theatre to see a BEFORE July 15, 2014.