Benedict Nightingale

Benedict Nightingale

Benedict Nightingale

The former Times theatre critic is joined by Michael Billington to discuss Great Moments in Theatre, his entertaining tour through theatrical openings from Oedipus Rex to Jerusalem, including Plenty and Arcadia at the NT.

This Platform is followed by a booksigning

Fri 8 Feb, 6pm
Tickets £4 (£3 concessions)

  • War Horse
  • One Man, Two Guvnors Theatre Royal Haymarket
  • The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time
  • Untold Stories
  • Children of the Sun laboratory scene
  • Othello title poster image
  • Bullet Catch - man with gun
  • strange interlude poster with title
  • The Amen Corner - Marianne Jean-Baptiste
  • Mission Drift - cast image
  • The Drowned Man: A Hollywood Fable. Punchdrunk
  • The Grandfathers - recruits doing press-ups
  • The Hush
  • Romeo and Juliet - sun shining through a heart shaped by hands
  • Liola poster with title
  • Home - doormat with trainers
  • Pope Joan
  • Prince of Denmark - Young Ophelia and cast outside old warehouse
  • Tory Boyz - three young men in blazers
  • Romeo and Juliet - Priest and lovers on street corner
  • Romeo and Juliet and Prince of Denmark composite image
  • Emil and the Detectives poster