Monday 17 May

8:00am
Delta Flight 36 arrives at Gatwick Airport, North Terminal. Welcome by GILLIAN McCUTCHEON, London Arts Tour Director. Transfer by private coach to the Hampshire Hotel, Leicester Square, WC2H 7LH. Tel (20) 7839 9399, Fax (20) 7950 8122. Check in.

5:30pm
Wine and Briefing on all aspects of the tour from extra performances and major exhibitions to recommended restaurants. Please bring this itinerary and your welcome pack with you. In the Burley Suite. Ends at 7.00pm.

7:15pm
Assemble in the lobby to walk to the Criterion Restaurant, Piccadilly Circus.

7:30pm
Welcome Dinner at The Criterion Brasserie in the heart of Piccadilly Circus, one of the flagships of the celebrated Marco Pierre White, the youngest chef and the first Englishman ever to be awarded 3 Michelin Stars.

Tuesday 18 May

FULL ENGLISH BREAKFAST WILL BE SERVED IN THE APEX RESTAURANT from 7am to 10.30am Monday to Saturday OR IN YOUR ROOM AT NO EXTRA CHARGE

10:00am
Britain Now . At this vital time in international relations we have a lively discussion with DAVID WALKER on major issues of the day: the all-important US/UK relations, the Middle East, our relations with Europe, dissent within the Labour Party. In the Burley Suite at the hotel. Ends at 11.30am.

AFTERNOON FREE

6:45pm
Coach departs for the *Theatre Royal Drury Lane, Catherine Street.

7:30pm
ANYTHING GOES . Music and lyrics by Cole Porter, original book by P.G. Wodehouse and Guy Bolton, and Howard Lindsay and Russell Crouse. New book by Timothy Crouse and John Weidman. Trevor Nunn directs with some of Porter's most famous numbers including I Get A Kick Out Of You and You're the Top. John Barrowman and Sally Ann Triplett lead the 45-strong cast.

10:15pm
Post-performance discussion with SALLY ANN TRIPLETT (who plays Reno Sweeney) and GARY MILNER. In the Grand Saloon at the Theatre.

11:00pm
Coach departs for the hotel.

Wednesday 19 May

MORNING FREE

2:00pm
Assemble in the lobby to walk to the *Wyndham's Theatre, Charing Cross Road.

2:30pm
DEMOCRACY by Michael Frayn. In 1969 Willy Brandt was the first left-of-centre Chancellor for nearly 40 years. Günter Guillaume was his personal assistant and a spy for the Stasi. Michael Blakemore directs, with Roger Allam and Conleth Hill.

5:00pm
Return to the hotel on foot.

6:45pm
Assemble in the lobby to walk to the Donmar Warehouse, Earlham Street.

7:30pm
PIRANDELLO'S HENRY IV - a new version by Tom Stoppard. When an Italian nobleman takes a tumble from his horse he comes round believing he is the medieval German Emperor Henry IV. But now a plan is brewing to shock him out of his madness. Starring Ian McDiarmid. Directed by Michael Grandage.

9:15pm
Return to the hotel on foot.

Thursday 20 May

MORNING FREE

2:30pm
Optional Matinee: JOURNEY'S END by R C Sherriff. This 1929 classic was the first play about WW1 to be a commercial success and is based on the author’s experience of life in the trenches. At the Playhouse Theatre, Northumberland Avenue. Ends at 5.25pm.

6:45pm
Coach departs for the *National Theatre, South Bank.

7:30pm
MEASURE FOR MEASURE by William Shakespeare. Directed by Simon McBurney in a collaboration between the NT and Complicité. With Naomi Frederick as Isabella, Paul Rhys as Angelo and Toby Jones as Lucio. In the Olivier Theatre.

10:15pm
Coach departs for the hotel.

Friday 21 May

10:00am
Critical Round-Up. A chance to compare your views with those of KATE BASSETT of The Independent on Sunday. In the Romsey Suite at the hotel. Ends at 12.00pm.

3:30pm
Coach departs for the Arts Club, 40 Dover Street.

4:00pm
Celebrity Tea. Traditional Afternoon Tea with special guest, CONLETH HILL from the cast of Democracy. Sandwiches and cakes will be served at 5pm.

6:00pm
Coach departs for the hotel.

7:00pm
Coach departs for the *National Theatre, South Bank.

7:45pm
THE HISTORY BOYS by Alan Bennett. A world premiere from the master of gentle English comedy, always with a sting in its tale, about bright, funny 6th -form boys in pursuit of sex, sport and a place at university. Directed by Nicholas Hytner, with Richard Griffiths and Frances de la Tour. In the Lyttelton Theatre.

Saturday 22 May

4:30am
Latest time for labelled luggage outside the room for group departure.

4:30am
Continental breakfast will be served in the restaurant.

5:00am
Check bags on the coach and depart for Heathrow Airport, Terminal 2

7:40am
Czech Airlines flight 0653 departs for Prague.

10:30am
Arrive at Prague Airport. Welcome by local Expert Guide HANA KASTANKOVA, and transfer to the Intercontinental Hotel, Nám. Curieových 5, Prague 1. Tel: (42) 2 24 88 90 11; Fax: (42) 2 24 88 11 23. There will be a tour of Prague en route to the hotel. Check in.

1:30pm
Meet in the lobby to walk to the Estates Theatre.

2:00pm
DON GIOVANNI by W. A. Mozart in the Estates Theatre (1784), where the original production was premièred.

Return to the hotel on foot after the performance.

Sunday 23 May

9:00am
We depart by coach with Hana for our Guided Sightseeing Tour of Prague. After passing the Strahova Monastery, we visit the Loretto, before continuing to the Castle (founded in the 9th Century), St Vitus Cathedral (1344) and St George's Basilica.

11:45am
We depart for the National Theatre by historic tram from the Station Prazsky Hrad. A light Sandwich Lunch will be served during the journey. Arriving at 12.30pm.

1:00pm
THE DEVIL AND KATE by Antonín Dvorák. Conducted by Bohumil Gregor and directed by Marian Chudovský with the National Theatre Opera Orchestra, Chorus and Ballet.

3:00pm
After the matinee, we continue our tour of Prague by visiting the Old Town, the magnificent Charles Bridge (14th Century) with its great views of the Prague skyline, and Mala Strana (Little Quarter), where virtually nothing has changed since the 18th Century. Ends at approximately 6.00pm.

Monday 24 May

10:00am
The Importance of Being Czech: How the Czech national identity survived the Thirty Years War, the Counter Reformation and the Austro-Hungarian, Nazi and Soviet Empires, and has been reborn through Czech writers today, many of them translated across the world. With DR. BARBARA DAY, long time Prague resident, Czech theatre expert, worker in the "Underground University" of the eighties and author of The Velvet Philosophers (1999). In Helena 2 at the Hotel.

AFTERNOON FREE for individual sightseeing.

7:30pm
Meet in the Hotel Lobby to walk to The Rudolfinum.

8:00pm
MUSICA ANTIQUA CITOLIBENSIS. The Prague Chamber Orchestra, conducted by Jirí Stárek with Soloists and the Kühn Mixed Choir, perform J. A. Gallina: Sinfonia in Dis in D sharp, K. B. Kopriva: Moteto in Dis, Motet in D sharp "Dictamina mea", Jakub Lokaj: Bassoon Concerto in C, V. J. Kopriva: Offertorium in D "Te Trinitas beata" and K. B. Kopriva: Missa solemnis in D sharp.

Tuesday 25 May

8:00am
Depart for our visit to Southern Bohemia and the little Renaissance city of Cesky Krumlov, now a UNESCO World Heritage Site, with Expert Guide PAVLINA JIRKOVA. It has survived almost unaltered since the 18th century but has much earlier origins. Guided Tour round the dramatic fortress/palace, with its Venetian "commedia dell'arte" ballroom, and a Private Tour of the priceless Baroque CastleTheatre, with its original stage machinery, decors and costumes.

1:15pm
Lunch in the charming Hotel Ruze in Cesky Krumlov.

Coach departs for Prague after lunch.

6:45pm
Assemble in the lobby to walk to U Cerveného kola restaurant.

Wednesday 26 May

5:00am
Latest time for labelled luggage outside the room for group departure.

5:15am
Tea and Coffee and breakfast boxes will be available in the lobby.

5:45am
Check bags on to coach and depart for Prague Airport.

7:25am
Czech Airlines Flight 0758 departs for Charles de Gaulle, Paris, arriving at 9.05am.