Itinerary

Itinerary

Who’s Going?

Join instructors Karen Budra & Jacqueline Weal in London, Whitby, Edinburgh, York
& Manchester for 3 weeks, studying Gothic literature & film and theatre history

What’s Happening?

-Globe Theatre production

-Tour of Strawberry Hill, Twickenham, site of the first Gothic novel

-Jack the Ripper tour

-West End production 

-Dracula & Whitby Abbey tours

-Evening tour of haunted city beneath Edinburgh

-Museum of Victorian Science, Glaisdale, a functional Victorian lab

-Goth sites of Manchester, including Factory Records & Affleck's Emporium

-Street & musical performances on London's South Bank, Edinburgh & Manchester's Northern Quarter

-day trip to York, including visit to Yorkminster

-side trips to Stonehenge, Brighton (Fringe Theatre Festival), Pendle Hill (site of most famous witch trial in UK), Alnwick Castle (Harry Potter) & visits to other theatres & galleries encouraged

What are the Dates?

May 1-8      Classes at Langara

May 10-17  London

May 17-23  Whitby

May 23-25  Edinburgh 

May 25-30  Manchester

Who’s Eligible?

Anyone who has credit for first-year University/College English. Current
Langara students, alumni, students from other institutions, or anyone
curious about the Gothic.