Planning a Trip to The Lowry Theatre (Salford Quays) ..

We would have our event in the middle of October as this would give us enough time to plan the trip successfully, would allow people to save up the money for the trip, would be at a sensible time in the academic year as its out the way of exam periods and would be off peak season and would therefore allow the trip to run at a cheaper cost.

Whats on @ The Lowry Theatre during the period we intend to go for our event trip...

^^Above Shows an image screen shot of The Lowry Theatre Webpage showing whats on the week 14th-20th October 2013. (The intended time of visit-Mid October)

Including productions/events that may be relevent for students such as:

-The Tin Ring (Drama)

-People (Drama- A National Theatre Production)

-John and Mark (Drama)

-After the Rainfall (Drama)

-2 Faced Dance Company: Out of his skin (Dance)

-Music and Special events with Daniel O'Donnel

-Comedy Performances from; Ells James and Chris Corcoran, Josh Widdicombe, Pat Shortt

(Events such as Under 5's family activities and perhaps Daniel O'donnel would not be relevent or of interest to Students as the family activities are for young children under 5 which is the wrong age group content  for our Student target audience and Daniel O'donnel is much older singer and performer who's fans are predominantly more mature people, he is unkown to many of the student age group)

^^Above Shows an image screen shot of The Lowry Theatre Webpage showing whats on the week 21st-27th October 2013. (Near the intended time of visit-Mid October)

Including Productions/events that may be relevent to students such as:

-The house that stank of death (Drama)

-Master and Margarita (Drama)

-A Clockwork Orange (Drama)

-The Michael Clark Company: All three at once (Drama)

(Music acts such as Alison Moyer and Jamie Cullum won't be of interest to many Students as there fans are predominantly older than students as they have been around for a long time and aren't modern acts however they could be relevant to music students if the content is appropriate, Family Activities/comedy kids club are targeted at under 5's/young children and therefore not appropriate for students, comedy acts like Andrew O'Neil are unlikly to be relevant or appropriate to student study)

Overall, as a team, me and Domanic have discussed that one of the best and most effective ways to find out which particular event/trip would be most appropriate to Student Study is to write up and send a questionnaire around to appropriate subject teachers in order to discover which will be the most feasible, relevant and benefitial trip for Student Study. Subject's that may benefit from a theatre trip, dependent on its content, are:

-Drama and Theatre Studies

-English Language

-English Literature

-Performing Arts

-Music

-History

-Dance

^^This information also suggests that a Theatre Trip would be a feasible event as it could be relevant and beneficial to many different types of Students.

^^As part of the Theatre Trip Event to The Lowry Theatre, it would be a good and feasible idea to combine watching a theatre show with other events/activities in order to make the trip/event as beneficial  relevant and worth while as possible. A way to do this would be to visit one of the Exhibitions at the Lowry Theatre that is running at the time of the visit (Mid October/October). The Exhibitions Running at The Lowry at the time of the visit, as shown above are:

-Lowry Favourites Exhibition

-Defining Me: Musical Adventures in Manchester Exhibition

Depending on the Specific Students going, impacts upon how relevant the events/activities undertaken on the day. This is why a Questionnaire will be important in enabling us to gain this specific information in order to directly tailor to the needs of the specific students on the trip in order to make the trip as Feasible, Relevant and Benificial as possible.

Other Tourist Distinatiions near The Lowry Theatre that we could combine into our trip for Students to the The Lowry Theatre are:

-The Lowry Shopping Outlet

-Imperial War Museum North 

-Media City UK & BBC Studios

-Lancashire County Cricket Club and Lodge

-Ordsall Hall

-Mersey Ferries 

-Copthorne Hotel

Information on Group Visits too the Lowery Theatre

Various Benefits of a group visit include:

-Dedicated Group Booking Line

-Coach Driver £10 gift card

-Group Organiser £10 Gift Card

-A 10% discount voucher booklet for members of the group to use in a range of outlets

-Movie Magic and Tea Dance Group Package Days Available

-FREE coach parking and convenient drop-off point

The Lowry Theatre website also offers suggested itineraries (plan's for a group day trip) which help you make the most of a planned trip/event to the Lowry Theatre, allowing the trip/event to become as beneficial, feasible and relevant as possible:

There Lowry Web Page also offers a large range of other options to help make a group day trip as beneficial, relevant and feasible as possible such as offering Guided Tours and offers with clear information of contact details which can be used to make a booking and find out more information:

         ^^Options of a day pass, guided tours, building tours and galleries to suit different                                 customer types.

      ^^More Details about Group Visits to the Lowry Theatre from their website showing more benefits for group visitors, contact/booking information, images and real positive customer quotes.

Fee's..
When booking as a group there are no booking Fees. Group Booking's for more that 10 people work out cheaper, often 20% of the original ticket price per person. Students (who the visit is intended for) also class as concessions and get get around £5 of the original ticket price each. The price of an actual ticket depends on the particular show/event you go and watch. Prices of events/shows that may be relevant and beneficial to some students/subjects at Wyke 6th Form College (who the visit is intended for) and are running at The Lowry Theatre at the Time of the Intended visit (Mid-October/October 2013 time) predominantly cost around £15-£25 which is cheap for a Theatre Ticket and could be cheaper with conseesion and group discounts, but not as cheap as it would be standing at the Shakespeare's Globe Theatre which only costs £5. Its important for the trip/event to be of cheap cost to make it feasible for students to afford as students typically have a low income and less money than other groups of people/customers.

The Lowry Seating plan: