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London & Florence: Arts in Context

London, England & Florence, Italy

Field trips in London

In London, students travel throughout the city and the vicinity. Classes are held on-site several times a week and the group frequently attends plays and hears from guest speakers.

Field trips & museums visited:

  • Greenwich
  • Tate Britain
  • St. Paul’s Cathedral
  • Stratford-upon-Avon
  • Hampton Court
  • National Gallery

Plays attended in recent years:

  • Accidental Death of an Anarchist
  • Tartuffe
  • Homebody/Kabul
  • The Mysteries
  • Three Sisters
  • Vincent in Brixton
  • King Lear
  • Jerry Springer - The Opera

Guest speakers in recent years:

  • Desmond Barrit, actor, Royal Shakespeare Company
  • Max Stafford-Clark, director
  • Michael Billington, critic
  • Anne Gosney, production manager
  • Ron Parkinson, art curator
  • Mark Thompson, designer
  • Polly Teale, writer, director
  • Joseph Fiennes, actor

In their free time, students have also pursued individual interests, such as participating in fringe theatre performances, volunteering for Oxfam or other organizations, and attending free music recitals.

London & Florence: Arts in Context

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Holly Doyle Studying abroad with the ACM London & Florence Program has completely given me a new perspective on my life. Whether I was eating gelato while strolling under the Duomo, pushing my way on a crowded regional train to Naples, enjoying birthday pizza on the Grand Canal of Venice, crossing Abbey Road, or making a phone call from a London telephone booth, I was experiencing life like I had never done in the past. The memories and experiences I had with my ACM friends are irreplaceable and I began to realize the scope and scale, not only of the world, but also of the opportunities available for me. My time abroad was completely bittersweet and will be five months that will always impact my future, and which I will never forget.

—Holly Doyle, London & Florence, Spring 2010

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