Travel With Victory Gardens

If you love theater and your idea of a grand vacation is to join a group of like minded travelers who enjoy seeing theater almost every evening and some afternoons, then we have a marvelous series of trips for you to consider. Each trip is its own unique theater experience and includes transportation, theater tickets and accommodations at charming hotels with easy access to fine dining and shopping. But, the highlights of the trip are always the time spent discussing the plays informally over drinks or formally with celebrated theater professionals. Whether you prefer classics, new plays or foreign adventures we have a trip that's suited to fit your desires.

Victory Gardens Theater Annual New Year’s Tour 2008

December 28, 2008 - January 4, 2009

What better place to spend New Year's than London?

Join us for our annual Annual New Year's Theater Tour. Your home away from home will be London's elegant Le Méridien Piccadilly, located in the heart of the West End's Theatre District. You will enjoy a week of attending some of London's most exciting theater, engaging in fascinating post-show discussions, meeting London Theater VIPs, sightseeing in one of the most exciting cities in the world and celebrating New Year's Eve at a Gala Champagne Dinner Party with a view of the spectacular London fireworks.

This year we're securing tickets for some of the most exciting shows in London! Currently, we are booked for tickets to see Joe Orton's classic "Loot" at The Tricycle Theater, Derek Jacobi in "Twelfth Night" at Wyndham's Theater, "Zorro - the musical" with original music by the Gipsy Kings, The National Theater's exciting remount of "The War Horse" , Ralph Fiennes thrilling performance in "Oedipus Rex" , directed by Frank McGuinness at The National and Michael Gambon in Harold Pinter's "No Man's Land" at the Gate Theater. 

In addition to these remarkable performances, our travellers are enjoying other exciting activities, which include, an exclusive meeting with Michael Billington, theatre critic at The Guardian. He and Dennis Zacek, will sit down with our travellers and introduce them to the current London theater scene. Our travellers will also enjoy a fascinating visit to The Saatchi Gallery's inaugural exhibit, "Revolution Continues: New Chinese Art", which brings together the work of 30 of China's leading artists in many different media. Additionally, our travellers will enjoy an illuminating tour of the world's only remaining Benjamin Franklin house. And what New Year's Eve trip to London would be complete without a viewing of the London New Year's Parade and an exclusive, New Year's Eve dinner and champagne toast within the lovely dining room of Le Méridien Piccadilly?

Currently, the 2008 Victory Gardens London Tour is fully booked. Please contact Chris Biddle at cbiddle@victorygardens.org or (773) 328 2130 to register for the Victory Gardens Tours for up-to-date information on all of our upcoming trips as they become available, throughout the year.