Island

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In the middle of the Arctic Ocean lies an island where it is always day. The ice groans and cracks, the ground shifts under your feet, and skies flash with ice storms that freeze flesh in thirty seconds flat. Little wonder Cameron is reluctant to spend a week of his school holidays there.

Cut off from the rest of the world on this deserted island, he has no computer or phone and his iPod is fast running out of battery. Cameron can either assist with his mother’s scientific research or leave camp and explore. Armed with dustbin lids to ward off any danger, he sets out to see if the island is, indeed, uninhabited.

No one’s an island, Cameron. You, your parents, London, Qikiqtaruk, the whales, the guillemots, the living, the dead. We’re all connected. If one moves we all move. Well – that’s what I think anyway.

National Theatre Learning presents this absorbing new play from Nicky Singer, author of the acclaimed novel Feather Boy which won the Blue Peter Book Award and was subsequently filmed by the BBC, winning a BAFTA for Best Children’s Drama.

Suitable for 8yrs+

Tickets: Adults £12, under-18yrs £8;
School groups receive 1 free teacher’s place for every 10 tickets booked.

Arctic quiz
The answers to the Arctic quiz on your Island programme are both C
Coming soon to this page: a full Arctic quiz and answer sheet from the Family backstage tour (see below).

Family Backstage Tours are available during the run of Island on the following dates and times:

Monday 13 - Saturday 18 February
11.45am and 1.00pm

Saturday 25 February
10.30am

The tour lasts approximately 60 minutes and are suitable for children aged 5 - 12.

Tickets: Adults   £8.50

For each paying adult up to 2 children go free.

To book please call the Information Desk on 020 7452 3400 or email info@nationaltheatre.org.uk

Spaces still available on the Family Workshop 

Saturday 25 February
10.30am - 12.00pm

Tickets: £4 per person

Buy tickets online or call the Box Office on 0207 452 3000.

Island and Primary Theatre are supported by:
The Ingram Trust
The Behrens Foundation
The Sidney and Elizabeth Corob Charitable Trust
Goldsmiths’ Company Charity
The Golsoncott Foundation
The Harold Hyam Wingate Foundation
Jill and David Leuw
Newcomen Collett Foundation
St Olave's & St Saviours Schools Foundation
The Archie Sherman Charitable Trust
The Topinambour Trust

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