All Vidcasts
All Vidcasts
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Frantic Assembly: Scott Graham & Steven Hoggett
In their practical book on devising, the artistic directors of Frantic Assembly reflect on the history and practice of their innovative company. Here they discuss the book and their work with Aleks Sierz.
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Mark Thomas: A comic tries to understand the economic crisis
‘A human time bomb who mixes comedy with old fashioned investigative journalism...very funny, irrepressible and devilishly clever.’ Irish Times
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Alaa Al Aswany - Free the Word!
Egyptian author and practising dentist Alaa Al Aswany talks with Maya Jaggi about his work. He caused an unprecedented stir when The Yacoubian Building was published in 2002: this explosive portrayal of characters and lifestyles in modern day Egypt remains one of the world's bestselling novels in Arabic.
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The Rose Tattoo: Christopher Bigsby and Michael Coveney discuss
A discussion on the National's production of this rarely-seen play and the life and work of its writer Tennessee Williams and its director Steven Pimlott.
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Howard Brenton on Never So Good
The playwright discusses his play about Prime Minster Harold MacMillian
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Melly Still on The Revenger's Tragedy
Melly Still discusses her new production of Middleton’s vivid and violent portrayal of lust and ambition.
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The Year of Magical Thinking: Joan Didion
The distinguished American writer reflects on her acclaimed work as the adaptation of her memoir, The Year of Magical Thinking , arrives in the Lyttelton.
Chaired by Sue MacGregor
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John Barrowman: Anything Goes
John Barrowman, who appeared at the National in Anything Goes and Love’s Labour’s Lost returns to the Olivier to reflect on Doctor Who, musicals and reality TV. He is joined by Carole Barrowman, his sister and collaborator on his bookAnything Goes.
Chaired by Kaye Adams
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Jeanette Winterson: The Stone Gods
The award-winning novelist reads from her new novel The Stone Gods, an interplanetary love story
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Germaine Greer: Shakespeare's Wife
Professor Greer talks about her study of marriage in 16th century England that claims a greater role for Anne Hathaway in Shakespeare's life and treats harshly of previous accounts of her as a 'homely wench.'
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War Horse: Handspring Puppet Company
Basil Jones and Adrian Kohler of Handspring Puppet Company discuss the development of their work in South Africa and reveal the challenges of bringing Joey - War Horse's eponymous character - to life.
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The Emperor Jones: Paterson Joseph in conversation
Paterson Joseph talks to Al Senter about his role as Brutus Jones in The Emperor Jones, the politics of O'Neill's play and challenges of transferring the Gate theatre's intimate production to the Olivier Theatre.
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The Life of Galileo: Howard Davies in discussion
Howard Davies talks to Jack Bradley (NT Literary Manager) about directing Brecht's epic play about social responsibility, faith and science.
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Nicholas Hytner on The Alchemist
The National's Director talks about his production of Ben Jonson's comedy of greed and gullibility to Robert Butler, author of The Alchemist Exposed in the ‘National Theatre at Work' series.
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John Carey on 'What Good are the Arts?'
One of the country’s most eminent reviewers and academics talks about his delightfully sceptical and devastatingly intelligent assessment of the true value of art. -
Simon Callow on Orson Welles
Simon Callow talks about Hello Americans, the second volume of his biography of Orson Welles.
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Peter Hall on The Coming of Godot
In 2006, the year of Samuel Beckett's centenary, Peter Hall recalls the original London production of Beckett's groundbreaking masterpiece, Waiting for Godot, with Jonathan Croall, author of The Coming of Godot, which celebrates the play's 50-year theatrical journey
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