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The Rose Tattoo
by Tennessee Williams
I can’t swallow my heart! – Not till I hear the truck stop in front of the house and his key in the lock of the door! – When I call him, and him shouting back, ‘Sì, sono qui!’ In his hair, Assunta, he has – oil of roses. And when I wake up at night – the air, the dark room’s – full of – roses… Each time is the first time with him. Time doesn’t pass…
All through the night Serafina (Zoë Wanamaker) craves her husband’s return; at dawn, she learns he’s been shot dead. For the next three years, she channels her fiercely passionate love into mourning, living on past glories while straitjacketing her vivacious daughter, Rosa.
But an ugly rumour gathers force to contaminate her memories, just as Rosa turns rebel and an eye-catching truck driver comes knocking at the door.
Set amongst the vibrant Sicilian community of New Orleans, Tennessee Williams’ life-affirming tale is charged with desire, infatuation and blazing southern sun.
Director
Steven Pimlott and Nicholas Hytner
Designer
Mark Thompson
Lighting Designer
Peter Mumford
Choreographer
Kate Flatt
Music
Jason Carr
Sound Designer
Paul Groothuis
Cast
Sheila Ballantine
Sharon Bower
Jonathan Bryan
Nicolas Chagrin
Marilyn Cutts
Buffy Davis
Darrell D’Silva
Susannah Fielding
Rendah Heywood
Stephanie Jacob
Katerina Jugati
Rosalind Knight
Andrew Langtree
Maggie McCarthy
Mac McDonald
Jules Melvin
Gerard Monaco
Francine Morgan
Marianne Morley
Sadie Shimmin
Zoë Wanamaker
Captioned performance
Wednesday 16 May at 7.30pm
Audio-Described performances
Friday 1 June at 7.30pm and
Saturday 2 June at 2pm
Olivier Theatre
From 19 March
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Rafta, Rafta…
by Ayub Khan-Din
Based on All in Good Time by Bill Naughton
Lata: You can’t joke about these things.
It’ll bring bad luck. Terrible tragedies occur when brides tempt the wrath of the gods.
Vina: Maybe in Bollywood, mum, not in Oldham.
The wedding feast is over and his father’s dancing the bhangra, but the groom himself is busy on the net. And when it’s time for bed, he’s so woefully inhibited by the proximity of his parents, let alone his brother’s childish pranks, that his beautiful virgin bride remains just that. Six weeks later, the whole family start to panic.
A hugely warm-hearted, comic tale of close-knit Indian family life in England by the author of East is East, Ayub Khan-Din. Bollywood actor Harish Patel, making his debut on the London stage, is joined by Meera Syal.
Director
Nicholas Hytner
Designer
Tim Hatley
Lighting Designer
Hugh Vanstone
Cast includes
Rudi Dharmalingam
Kriss Dosanjh
Rokhsaneh
Ghawam-Shahidi
Ronny Jhutti
Shaheen Khan
Simon Nagra
Harish Patel
Meera Syal
Lyttelton Theatre
From 18 April
Sponsored by: Accenture
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Landscape with Weapon
by Joe Penhall
‘Qualms?’ Oh yeah, sure, I have ‘qualms’.
Everybody has qualms. But I’ll overcome them.
To his family’s horror, Ned reveals he’s the brains behind a new military technology so sophisticated, so extraordinary, it will revolutionise the nature of warfare. It’s only when the Ministry of Defence demands intellectual ownership that Ned begins to question himself, resisting the might of the weapons industry with frightening consequences.
Joe Penhall, whose last play at the National was the award-winning Blue/Orange, returns with a sly, wry account of private anguish, public responsibility and a problem with no solution.
Director
Roger Michell
Designer
William Dudley
Lighting Designer
Rick Fisher
Cast includes
Pippa Haywood
Tom Hollander
Julian Rhind-Tutt
Jason Watkins
Cottesloe Theatre
From 29 March
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In association with Kneehigh Theatre
A Matter of Life and Death
based on the film by Michael Powell
and Emeric Pressburger
adapted by Tom Morris and Emma Rice
Here in this tear, are love and truth and friendship, those qualities alone can build a new world today and must build a better one tomorrow.
It is 1945. A young airman jumps to certain death from his burning aircraft. His last words are to a girl he has never met:
I love you June. You are life and I am leaving you.
Following an angelic blunder, caused by a classic English pea-souper, Peter Carter miraculously survives and finds June in the flesh. But things are not so simple. To stay alive, Peter is forced to take himself, and the heavenly authorities, to the Universal Court of Appeal.
With its characteristic blend of theatrical invention, movement and music, this wildly romantic tale, inspired by Powell and Pressburger’s 1946 film, will recall Kneehigh’s visit to the Cottesloe in 2005 with Tristan & Yseult.
Director
Emma Rice
Set Designer
Bill Mitchell
Costume Designer
Vicki Mortimer
Lighting Designer
Mark Henderson
Choreographer
Deborah Batton
Music
Stu Barker
Sound Designer
Gareth Fry
Projection Designer
Jon Driscoll
Cast includes
Dorothy Atkinson, Stu Barker, Jamie Bradley, Dan Canham, Fiona Chivers, Meryl Fernandes , Gisli Örn Gardarsson, Thomas Goodridge, Tamsin Griffin, Douglas Hodge, Craig Johnson, Pete Judge, Debbie Korley, Pieter Lawman, Dominic Lawton, Róbert Luckay, Lyndsey Marshal, Stuart McLoughlin, Chiké Okonkwo, Mike Shepherd, Lorraine Stewart, Tristan Sturrock, Alex Vann, Michael Vince, Andy Williams, Lizzie Winkler, Kirsty Woodward
Captioned performance
Saturday 9 June at 2pm
Audio-Described performances
Friday 15 June at 7.30pm and
Saturday 16 June at 2pm
Olivier Theatre
3 May – 21 June
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Philistines
by Maxim Gorky
in a new version by Andrew Upton
Sung at a funeral and a wedding today.
The full gamut of the human experience
from the ridiculous to the utterly pointless.
A restless bunch of young radicals hang out, have sex, dance, drink, moan and philosophise at the home of a prosperous decorator. While Pyotr, a sometime student of law, falls for the lovely, loose-living lodger, his sister carps on about the tedium of life, lusts after Nil – who’s blind to her charms but in pursuit of the servant – and botches her own suicide.
Life. People shout, fight, eat and go to bed. When they wake up? They start shouting again. In this house everything fades quickly. Tears, laughter. Everything. Dissipates. The last sounds ringing out over the lake. Then nothing. A banal hum.
A household falls to pieces as the personal and political turmoil of pre-revolutionary Russia gathers pace. Gorky’s darkly comic first play of 1902, banned from public performance under the Czarist regime, is seen here in an exuberant new version by Andrew Upton.
Director
Howard Davies
Designer
Bunny Christie
Lighting Designer
Neil Austin
Music
Dominic Muldowney
Sound Designer
Christopher Shutt
Cast includes
Mark Bonnar
Susannah Fielding
Rendah Heywood
Stephanie Jacob
Rory Kinnear
Ruth Wilson
Lyttelton Theatre from 23 May
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In association with Handspring Puppet Company
War Horse
based on a novel by Michael Morpurgo
adapted by Nick Stafford
I want you to do yourself proud, Joey. You go and drive those Germans back where they’ve come from, and then come home to me.
At the outbreak of World War One, Joey, young Albert’s beloved horse, is sold to the cavalry and shipped to France. He’s soon caught up in enemy fire, and fate takes him on an extraordinary odyssey, serving on both sides before finding himself alone in no man’s land. But Albert cannot forget Joey and, still not old enough to enlist, he embarks on a treacherous mission to find him and bring him home.
Do I look like I know the latest on every effing ‘orse in the war? Do I look like an effing equine expert or even an effing equestrian enthusiast? Your squadron no longer exists. That’s all I know, Private.
Following His Dark Materials and Coram Boy, the National’s new epic is based on the celebrated novel by the Children’s Laureate (2003-05) Michael Morpurgo. Actors working with magnificent, life-sized puppets by the internationally renowned Handspring Puppet Company lead us on a gripping journey through history.
Directors
Marianne Elliott
and Tom Morris
Designer
Rae Smith
Puppet Designer
and Fabrication
Adrian Kohler
Lighting Designer
Paule Constable
Video Designer
Leo Warner for
Fifty Nine Ltd
Sound Designer
Christopher Shutt
Cast to be announced
Captioned performance
Friday 26 October at 7.30pm
Olivier Theatre
Suitable for 12+
From 8 October
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The Man of Mode
by George Etherege
Dorimant, who can generally charm any woman in town back to his apartment, can’t persuade Belinda into his bed until he’s promised to dump Loveit, his current mistress. Mission accomplished, he turns his sights on Harriet, who is rich enough to solve his financial problems but smart enough not to play his game.
George Etherege’s glittering masterwork of Restoration comedy is set in a London obsessed with having it all, and takes a steely look at young people driven by the need to have the latest clothes, the latest gossip and each other’s bodies.
‘Cracking new production... A coherent and persuasive modern equivalent of Restoration high society… A story of fortune hunting, rampant promiscuity, betrayal and vicious gossip. The old comedy sparkles, and shocks, anew’
Daily Telegraph
‘A zesty, fleshy show... strikingly successful’
Daily Mail
‘A seductive production of George Etherege’s 1676 comedy of grubby sexual politics and marriage marketeering... swings with modish razzle-dazzle around a plush London’
Evening Standard
Director
Nicholas Hytner
Designer
Vicki Mortimer
Lighting Designer
Neil Austin
Choreographer
David Bolger
Music
Grant Olding
Sound Designer
Paul Groothuis
Cast
Amber Agar
Sarah Annis
Hayley Atwell
Ralph Birtwell
Jamie Bradley
Nancy Carroll
Bertie Carvel
Peter Caulfield
Neil D’Souza
Meryl Fernandes
Abby Ford
Thomas Goodridge
Tom Hardy
Sheena Irving
Indira Joshi
Shelley King
Rory Kinnear
Tim Lewis
Sharon Maharaj
Penny Ryder
Amit Shah
Madhav Sharma
Lorraine Stewart
Mark Tintner
Lizzie Winkler
Audio-Described performances
Saturday 14 April at 2pm and
Monday 16 April at 7.30pm
Olivier Theatre
Until 19 April
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Attempts on her Life
by Martin Crimp
She’s an artificial tan
She’s the fat in the pan
She’s the film in the can
She’s the shit in the fan
She’s the one who ran
When the shooting began
Shocking and hilarious by turn, Martin Crimp’s Attempts on her Life is a roller-coaster of late 20th-century obsessions. From pornography and ethnic violence to terrorism and unprotected sex, the play attempts to invent the perfect story to encapsulate our time. Live music, high decibels and multi-media effects give this production 90s nostalgia with a contemporary twist.
This is its first major UK revival since its premiere 10 years ago.
Director
Katie Mitchell
Designer
Vicki Mortimer
Lighting Designer
Paule Constable
Video Designer
Leo Warner for
Fifty-Nine Ltd
Choreographer
Donna Berlin
Music
Paul Clark
Sound Designer
Gareth Fry
Cast
Claudie Blakley
Kate Duchêne
Michael Gould
Liz Kettle
Jacqueline Kington
Dina Korzun
Helena Lymbery
Paul Ready
Jonah Russell
Zubin Varla
Sandra Voe
Captioned performance
Wednesday 2 May at 7.30pm
Audio-Described performances
Wednesday 9 May at 7.30pm and
Thursday 10 May at 2.15pm
Lyttelton Theatre
Until 10 May
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The Reporter
a new play by Nicholas Wright
I can’t bear it any more, though I don’t know what ‘it’ is.
A brilliant man kills himself mid-career, leaving behind a cryptic suicide note.
Based on the remarkable life of the star BBC correspondent James Mossman during his last years, 1963 to 1971, The Reporter searches for the truth behind his bewildering suicide. What lies beneath the surface? Or is the surface ultimately all there is? An enthralling detective story by Nicholas Wright, whose recent work at the National includes Vincent in Brixton (also directed by Richard Eyre), and his adaptations of His Dark Materials and Thérèse Raquin.
The ‘it’ is cradled inside a pair of inverted commas, as though to protect it against inquiry. But a reporter must inquire. It’s what we do. What is ‘it’? How could a man in whose death ‘it’ played such an intimate part, not know?
Director
Richard Eyre
Designer
Rob Howell
Lighting Designer
Peter Mumford
Projection Designer
Jon Driscoll
Music
Richard Hartley
Sound Designer
Rich Walsh
Cast
Bruce Alexander
Leo Bill
Patrick Brennan
Ben Chaplin
John Cummins
Aleksandar Mikic
Chris New
Angelo Paragoso
Gillian Raine
Paul Ritter
Angela Thorne
Tilly Tremayne
Captioned performance
Wednesday 18 April at 7.30pm
Audio-Described performances
Friday 18 May at 7.30pm and
Saturday 19 May at 2.30pm
Cottesloe Theatre
Until 2 June
Supported by The Laura Pels Foundation
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The National Theatre presents a Baxter Theatre Centre production
Sizwe Banzi is Dead
by Athol Fugard, John Kani and Winston Ntshona
In 1972, when collaboration between black and white actors was the exception rather than the rule, playwright Athol Fugard and the actors John Kani and Winston Ntshona came together to create this gripping drama. More than 30 years on from the first performance and subsequent tour of South Africa, the UK and USA, this watershed play comes to the NT for a limited run. This follows the success of
The Island in 2000 with the same cast.
‘There’s a new generation out there that simply must see this superb production with two of South Africa’s theatre legends… to call this production “spellbinding” or “riveting” wouldn’t come close’
Cape Times
‘The play succeeds not only in its sharp observation of the period but on the universal level of the common man’s struggle in his daily life’
The Citizen
Director
Aubrey Sekhabi
Lighting Designer
Mannie Manim
Cast
John Kani
Winston Ntshona
First performance of this production: National Arts Festival, Grahamstown, 2006
Audio-Described performances
Saturday 31 March at 3.30pm
and Monday 2 April at 8pm
Captioned performance
Tuesday 3 April at 8pm
Lyttelton Theatre
19 March – 4 April
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NT Education mobile production, in collaboration with Filter Theatre Company
The Caucasian Chalk Circle
by Bertolt Brecht
in a version by Frank McGuinness
A servant girl sacrifices everything to protect a child abandoned in the heat of civil war. Order restored, she is made to confront the boy’s biological mother in a legal contest over who deserves to keep him. The comical judge calls on an ancient tradition – the chalk circle – to resolve the dispute. Who wins?
A morality masterpiece, The Caucasian Chalk Circle powerfully demonstrates Brecht’s pioneering theatrical techniques. Sean Holmes directs this inventive new production for the NT, in collaboration with Filter – renowned for their unique fusion of music, movement and video imagery.
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Visit the National’s BAFTA-winning website to find out more about the production, the people and the process.
A free background pack for this production is available to download from nationaltheatre.org.uk/workpacks
Director
Sean Holmes
Designer
Anthony Lamble
Lighting Designer
Paule Constable
Video and Projection Designer
Lorna Heavey
Music/Sound Designers
Chris Branch
Leo Chadburn
and Tom Haines
Music Consultant
Tim Phillips
Cast
Leo Chadburn
Oliver Dimsdale
John Lloyd Fillingham
Thusitha Jayasundera
Ferdy Roberts
Gemma Saunders
Mo Sesay
Nicolas Tennant
Cath Whitefield
Cottesloe Theatre
Until 14 April
Supported by The Dorset Foundation
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NT in the West End
The History Boys
by Alan Bennett
The National Theatre’s smash-hit production transferred to Wyndham’s Theatre, following a sell-out tour. Set in the 1980s in the north of England, The History Boys charts the fortunes of an unruly bunch of bright sixth-form boys in pursuit of a place at Oxford or Cambridge under the guidance of a maverick English teacher and a shrewd supply teacher.
This hilarious and thought-provoking play explores the anarchy of adolescence and the purpose of education.
FIVE STARS
Financial Times, Guardian, Mail on Sunday,
Sunday Express, Sunday Telegraph
‘Passes with flying colours... Essential viewing’
The Times
‘Wonderfully astute, funny and painful play’
Independent
Director
Nicholas Hytner
Recreated by
Simon Cox
Designer
Bob Crowley
Lighting Designer
Mark Henderson
Music
Richard Sisson
Sound Designer
Colin Pink
Video Director
Ben Taylor
Cast
Ben Allen
Owain Arthur
Isla Blair
William Chubb
Philip Correia
Marc Elliott
Tina Gray
Andrew Hawley
Derek Howard
Stephen Moore
Thomas Morrison
Akemnji Ndifornyen
Duncan Patrick
David Poynor
Stephen Uppal
Steven Webb
Orlando Wells
Winner of 30 major awards
Now Playing
Tickets £10 – £45
£1.50 booking fee per ticket.
Wyndham’s Theatre (a Delfont Mackintosh Theatre)
0870 950 0925 (24hr) delfontmackintosh.co.uk
National Theatre
020 7452 3000
nationaltheatre.org.uk
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Seating Plans
Olivier
£10 £22 £33.50 £39.50
War Horse
Previews 1 & 2
£10 £17 £22
All remaining Previews
£10 £22 £27
The Man of Mode
Olivier
Travelex £10 Tickets
£10 £27.50
The Rose Tattoo
A Matter of Life and Death
Previews 1 & 2
£10 £20
Lyttelton
£10 £22 £29.50 £37.50 £39.50
Rafta, Rafta...
Philistines
Previews 1 & 2
£10 £17 £22
All remaining Previews
£10 £22 £27
Lyttelton
Travelex £10 Tickets
£10 £27.50
Sizwe Banzi is Dead
Previews 1 & 2
£10 £20
Attempts on her Life
Cottesloe
£10 £19 £29
Seating plan changes for
Cottesloe productions
Landscape with Weapon
Previews 1 & 2
£10 £17 £22
All remaining Previews
£10 £17 £27
The Reporter
The Caucasian Chalk Circle
No booking fees
020 7452 3000
nationaltheatre.org.uk
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Concessions
Under 18
Monday – Friday evenings and all matinees: £16.50 (excludes Travelex
£10 productions). All performances of War Horse £16.50
Senior Citizen
Midweek matinees: £19.50
Disabled People
£12 + one companion at the same price (£10 for Travelex £10 productions)
Groups 020 7452 3010
12+ people: £5 off top three prices for The Man of Mode, Rafta, Rafta..., Philistines (excludes previews, Travelex £10 productions, War Horse and all Cottesloe shows). Subject to availability.
School group
10+ people under 19yrs
£12 (excludes Saturday evenings and Travelex £10 productions)
College group
10+ people 19 – 25yrs
£15 (excludes Saturday evenings and Travelex £10 productions)
NT Education group
10+ people
£9 (excludes Saturday evenings). Available by booking form during priority booking period only.
Tickets always available
Day Seats £10 from Box Office in person on the day of performance from 9.30am (4pm on 9 April, 7 May, 28 May 2007).
Tickets subject to availability
Standby £18.50 from 90 mins before performance.
Student Standby £10 from 45 mins before the performance. Also Stage Pass, SOLT, NCA, theatre unions and unemployed. Bring ID.
Standing £5 after all tickets have been sold.
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Box Office
Open Monday – Saturday, 9.30am – 8pm (includes sale of Day Seats).
The National Theatre will be closed on Friday 6 April 2007.
Opening hours on 9 April, 7 May, 28 May 2007:
By phone from 9.30am; In person from 4pm for sale of Day Seats.
Olivier Theatre
Open-stage with seating for 1,110 people. First three rows in the Front Stalls have no arm rests and are slightly narrower.
Lyttelton Theatre
Proscenium-stage with seating for 890 people. First four rows in the Front Stalls have no arm rests, are slightly narrower, and are on a flat floor (not raked).
Cottesloe Theatre
Studio theatre on three levels, with flexible staging and seating for up to 300. For some productions certain seats have a semi-restricted view (at £19) or restricted view (at £10).
Ticket Exchange:
There are no refunds. However, tickets may be exchanged for a later performance or for credit, on condition that we receive the tickets at least 24 hours before the performance (7 days for group bookings). There is an administration fee of £2 per ticket.
Please Note:
Strobe lighting, smoke effects and gunshots are sometimes used in productions; details are available from the Information Desk after the first preview. Concessions are limited and allocated at the management’s discretion. Latecomers may not be admitted until a suitable break in the performance. Children under four are welcome in the foyers, however they cannot be admitted to the auditoriums.
If parents or guardians would like guidance on the content and
suitability of individual NT plays, please call the Information Desk
on 020 7452 3400.
For Your Safety and Comfort:
In common with many public buildings in London, we have introduced extra measures to improve safety. You can make your visit, and that of all our other customers, more comfortable and secure by following a few simple instructions and using the free facilities provided. Small handbags only are allowed into the auditoriums. Bags, briefcases and packages must be left in the free cloakrooms in the foyers. Please avoid bringing large bags, rucksacks and luggage to the theatre.
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Platforms
6pm (45mins)
£3.50 / £2.50 (unless stated)
For the latest information and guest updates visit
nationaltheatre.org.uk/platforms
PEN:
Another Sky with Michael Palin and Ronald Harwood
2 April, Olivier
Michael Palin leads a reading from Another Sky, an incredible new collection of work by writers whose lives and careers have been jeopardised by their commitment to free speech – including many cases for which PEN has campaigned since 1970.
Booksigning
Oliver Ford Davies: Performing Shakespeare
23 April, Cottesloe
On Shakespeare’s birthday, the distinguished actor introduces his practical guide to performing Shakespeare, drawing on a lifetime’s experience.
Booksigning
Patrick Marber: Closer 10 years on
27 April, Cottesloe
In 1997 Patrick Marber’s new play, Closer, opened quietly in the Cottesloe; rave reviews and a Hollywood movie followed. He looks back on Closer’s phenomenal decade, with Daniel Rosenthal.
Booksigning
Nichola McAuliffe
30 April, Cottesloe
In her new novel, McAuliffe tells the curious tale of an ex-television star who takes the lead in a disastrous new Salsa musical and charts her journey from first read-through to the West End.
Booksigning
Katie Mitchell on Attempts on her Life
1 May, Lyttelton
Director Katie Mitchell discusses the latest in her series of extraordinary National Theatre productions.
Bettina Jonic: ‘Winnie, Sam and I’
2 May, Cottesloe
Following the recent National production of Happy Days, the singer Bettina Jonic, friend and confidante of Samuel Beckett, recalls the birth of the play and her creative association with the author.
Elizabeth Shafer: Lilian Baylis
4 May, Cottesloe
Without Baylis, the National would probably still be a theatrical pipedream. Her biographer looks at a formidable career woman and champion of the arts.
Booksigning
Michael Pennington: Sweet William
11 May, 2.30pm Cottesloe
(£5.50/£4.50 2 hrs)
One of the great Shakespearean actors, who has played most of the major roles with the RSC and the ESC (he sadly missed out Romeo, and Lear is still to come!), presents his one-man show, which offers a personal perspective on the world’s greatest dramatist.
Joe Penhall on Landscape with Weapon
15 May, Cottesloe
Joe Penhall talks about Landscape with Weapon, his first play at the National since the hugely successful Blue/Orange.
Bella Merlin: The Complete Stanislavsky Toolkit
18 May, Cottesloe
Actress, author and academic Bella Merlin presents her new hands-on, step-by-step guide to Stanislavsky’s celebrated ‘System’.
Booksigning
Ackroyd and Harvey on FlyTower
21 May, Cottesloe
A chance to learn more about the work of artists Ackroyd and Harvey as
FlyTower transforms the exterior of the National into a living installation.
Emma Rice and Tom Morris on A Matter of Life and Death
25 May, Olivier
Emma Rice and Tom Morris discuss their adaptaion of one of British cinema’s best-loved films.
Hidden London Theatres: SE1 and beyond
1 June, Cottesloe
John Constable talks about the theatrical history of the ‘Outlaw Borough’ from Shakespeare’s Bankside to the present day South Bank.
Booksigning
Howard Davies on Philistines
20 June, Lyttelton
Director Howard Davies discusses his new production of Gorky’s masterpiece.
Book now for War Horse Platforms in October
Handspring Puppet Company
25 October, Olivier
Basil Jones and Adrian Kohler of Handspring Puppet Company reveal the challenges of bringing Joey – War Horse’s eponymous character – to life.
Captioned Platform.
Michael Morpurgo
26 October, Olivier
The former Children’s Laureate discusses his work and War Horse’s journey to the stage.
Captioned Platform.
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For Younger Audiences
Word Alive! Storytelling
The Luck Child and Snake Magic
A double bill of stories about magical children told by two
of the world’s finest storytellers. Especially for 7-11-year-olds.
The Luck Child is born with a mark on his forehead and a magical destiny, but an evil king will stop at nothing to have his head. This classic Brothers Grimm tale is full of strange encounters, sudden jumps and dramatic twists. Storyteller Daniel Morden and Oli Wilson-Dickson blend music, sound, song and spoken word to create a magical world of fantastic fiddling and terrific tale-telling.
Snake Magic is a story of a jealous brother and a wronged sister. International storyteller Jan Blake and master musician Kouame Sereba give an energetic and lyrical performance of this enchanting story of revenge and redemption. A tale of one girl’s courageous battle to live the happy life promised to her, despite a cruel betrayal.
Supported by Lloyd’s Community Programme
Olivier Theatre £4
14, 15, 18 and 19 June at 10.45am and 1.00pm
Running time 1 hour 15 minutes
For information on the supporting education programme for primary schools visit nationaltheatre.org.uk/edu
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For Secondary Schools and Further Education
Attempts on her Life by Martin Crimp
Page to Stage
Wednesday 2 May, 10.30am – 12.00pm
An interactive session with the Staff Director and members of the company. Suitable for AS/A level Drama/English and BTEC Performing Arts students.
Tickets £1 – for schools / colleges who have booked tickets for the matinee or evening performance. To book call 020 7452 3010.
Workshops
Date availability on request.
Workshops are available for A Matter of Life and Death, Attempts on her Life, The Man of Mode or The Rose Tattoo and Tennessee Williams.
Price £120 - £150 for up to 30 students
To book email phamilton@nationaltheatre.org.uk
War Horse
From October
NT Education is collaborating with the Imperial War Museum on a programme of activities for schools and families.
Details available from April.
For Teachers
Teacher Preview Evenings
Thursday 26 April
Rafta, Rafta...
Pre-show event 6.30pm – 7.15pm
Wednesday 9 May
A Matter of Life and Death
Pre-show event 6.30pm – 7.15pm
Tickets £5 – includes a pre-show event
To book call 020 7452 3000
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bookshop@nationaltheatre.org.uk
Playtexts
For much of the West End and National’s repertoire including The Rose Tattoo, The Man of Mode, Attempts on her Life, The Caucasian Chalk Circle, Landscape with Weapon, The Reporter, The History Boys, and Philistines. A special edition of Michael Morpurgo’s War Horse, the latest novel for young people to be adapted for the National’s stage, is also available.
Theatre Books
Biography, theatre-in-education, criticism, reference, technical, BA and MA course reading.
Theatre-related recordings
Audio, CD and DVD.
The History Boys: The Film on DVD. Record-breaking. Award-winning. History-making. Released on 5 March.
Merchandise
Postcards, mugs, t-shirts and other gifts.
Performing Arts Book and Ephemera Fair
Saturday 31 March, 11am – 7.15pm
Olivier Stalls Foyer
Programmes
For current and past shows
Posters
Almost the entire collection of National Theatre posters is now available to view and buy on a dedicated website: ntposters.org.uk
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Backstage Tours
A fascinating insight into the work behind bringing our productions
to the stage. Tours run up to five times daily.
Book on 020 7452 3400 or at info@nationaltheatre.org.uk.
Tickets £5/£4 or £13 (2 adults and 2 under 18s).
Free Live Music
Catch the best in jazz, folk and world music in the Djanogly Concert Pitch in the main foyer, before evening performances and Saturday matinees. For details see nationaltheatre.org.uk/music
The Big Wall
The Big Wall is a large, touch-sensitive, interactive screen that uses advanced technology to add to your experience of NT productions. The first of its kind in the UK, it is a result of a partnership with Accenture, sponsor of innovation at the National Theatre.
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Watch This Space
Free riverside entertainment
The National’s summer festival with over 100 free outdoor events.
Street theatre, bands, circus, cabaret, installations, club nights and a big
Bank Holiday weekend of dance. nationaltheatre.org.uk/wts
Exhibitions
London Blues –
Photographs by Nobby Clark
6 February – 24 March
Nobby Clark is well known to NT audiences for his theatre photographs. This is a more personal project, the result of carrying a small camera around the streets of London for over 40 years.
Stages Calling
6 March – 5 April
Photographer Ruphin Coudyzer captured images of local protest theatre and Shakespearean classics at Johannesburg’s Market Theatre, revealing part of South Africa’s journey to democracy. In association with Vanessa Cooke, the Market Theatre and Wimbledon College of Art.
Reality & Dreams
30 March – 21 April
The Unilever International Schools Art Project encourages children from around the world to create contemporary art, this year on the theme of Reality & Dreams. Linked to The Unilever Series of commissions at Tate Modern.
RFK Funeral Train – Photographs by Paul Fusco
16 April – 12 May
In 1968, following his assassination in Los Angeles, the body of Robert Kennedy was transported by train to Washington. Its progress was photographed by Paul Fusco, who, in documenting the track-side mourners who had come to pay their respects, also captured the symbolic passing of the political and social hopes for equality of millions of everyday Americans.
AS SEEN ON…
Recent works on paper, canvas and screen by Huntley Muir
30 April – 9 June
Creative partnership Huntley Muir continue their exploration of the mystery and beauty of the everyday. Using drawing, digital media and photography to distil snatched images of highways, parking lots, night streets, night windows, TV screens, hotel bedrooms. Tacky, creepy, seething, fleeting, glimpsed, electronic brightness, voyeuristic stillness.
FlyTower
An artwork by Ackroyd & Harvey
Working directly onto the exterior of the Lyttelton flytower, the artists and a team of twenty assistants will plant the north and west face with seedling grass, transforming this landmark on the London skyline into a living installation. Ackroyd & Harvey have created exhibitions across the world. This will be their largest exterior work to date. FlyTower has been commissioned by the National Theatre and is presented in association with Artsadmin. Platform: Ackroyd and Harvey discuss their work, 21 May. Details page 20.
Sponsored by Bloomburg. Funded by Arts Council
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NT Membership
Be among the first to hear what’s coming up at the National and book ahead of the crowd...
Advance Member
£12.50:
• Advance booking ahead of the general public
• Regular brochure mailings and email updates
Priority Member
£65:
• Extended priority booking ahead of the general public
• Discounts on all Platforms
• Subscription to the NT members’ magazine, The Update
• Member events throughout the year
• Your donation as a Priority Member supports our work on the stage
and beyond
For information on Membership please call 020 7452 3500
Further support
Our imagination is limitless, our resources are not.
There are a number of ways in which you can support us further, including our annual giving schemes for donors wishing to make gifts from £400 to £10,000 or more. You will receive unrivalled access to our programme of world-class theatre and enjoy additional events and activities specifically designed to bring you closer to the National.
To find out more please email support@nationaltheatre.org.uk
The National Theatre is a Registered Charity number 224223 and donations of any amount are most welcome. Gifts are used to support a variety of projects each Season and can be sent to the Development Department, National Theatre, Upper Ground, South Bank, London SE1 9PX.
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Food & Drink
Book online
nationaltheatre.org.uk/restaurants
Functions and private hire
020 7452 3264
Mezzanine Restaurant
New seasonal, modern European menu, including two courses for £19.95. With an emphasis on fresh fish, the seasonal menu also includes shared dishes for two, such as cassoulet or Cornish fish stew. Our lunch and post-theatre menu also includes the offer of a main course with side order and glass of wine for £15.95.
Level 1 (Olivier side of the building)
Reservations 020 7452 3600
restaurantreservations@nationaltheatre.org.uk
Terrace Café
Informal table service café with a help-yourself salad bar and mouth watering home-made puddings.
Level 2 (Lyttelton side of the building)
Reservations 020 7452 3555
restaurantreservations@nationaltheatre.org.uk
Lyttelton Café
Our new and improved self service café has reopened and serves a delicious menu of hot and cold dishes for pre-theatre eating. Complete your meal with a choice of salads, sandwiches, puddings and cakes cooked here in our kitchens at the National Theatre.
Ground floor, opposite the Long Bar
National Theatre Espresso Bar
Our stylish Espresso Bar sells a new range including great coffee, organic teas, freshly-made fruit smoothies and wines and beer. Food available includes home made soup, deli sandwiches and scrummy cakes.
Circle Café
Self service menu includes pizza, or pasta and salad from £6. Orders for interval drinks and sandwiches can be placed at the Circle Café, or any bars. Open before performances in the Olivier.
Level 2/3 (Olivier side of the building)
Bars
Order freshly-made sandwiches for the interval at any bars. Visit our website for 15% off interval drinks in the Olivier bars.
Free glass of wine with NT Car Parking
From 19 Feb 2007, congestion charging ends at 6pm, so why not make use of our car park. Reserve a table in the evening at the Terrace Café quoting ‘car park catering offer’ 2007 and all members of your party will receive a free glass of wine. Offer available before evening performances with the purchase of a main course and advance reservations only. Ends 30 April 2007
National Theatre
South Bank London SE1 9PX
Open
Mon – Sat, 9.30am – 11pm
Closed on 6 April 2007. Opening hours on 9 April, 7 May, 28 May 2007: by phone from 9.30am, in person from 4pm for sale of Day Seats.
Information
nationaltheatre.org.uk
020 7452 3400 Mon – Sat, 9.30am – 11pm
Getting Here
Rail Waterloo, Waterloo East or walk over the river from Charing Cross.
Underground Waterloo, Southwark or walk over the river from Embankment.
Bus 1, 4, 26, 59, 68, 76, 77, 139, 168, 171, 172, 176, 188, 211, 243, 341, 381, 507, 521, X68, Riverside Bus (RV1).
Coach Setting-down point in Upper Ground at the back of the National.
Bicycle Racks outside the Espresso Bar on the corner of Theatre Square, and opposite the Cottesloe entrance.
Car Spaces in the NT car park are £7 after 5pm, or if you attend a daytime ticketed event and leave before 7pm. Combined matinee/evening show rate £12. Sundays/public holidays: £7 all day. Free parking for blue badge holders – voucher from Information Desk. Congestion charge payment machines in the car park (credit cards only).
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Access
Audio-Described performances and touch tours for blind and visually impaired people. We also offer access guides and programme information in large print, braille, CD and tape formats, and cast lists in large print and braille.
Captioned and Sign Language Interpreted performances for people
who are Deaf or hard of hearing. An infra red audio system is available
in all theatres for every performance. Free headsets, available from the
information desk, are essential.
Booking Access Tickets
By Phone 020 7452 3000
Email boxoffice@nationaltheatre.org.uk
Access Information
By Phone 020 7452 3400
Email access@nationaltheatre.org.uk
www.nationaltheatre.org.uk/access
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