NATIONAL THEATRE: JUNE – NOVEMBER 2012
Howard Barker’s SCENES FROM AN EXECUTION is directed by Tom Cairns in
the Lyttelton, with Fiona Shaw leading the cast
THIS HOUSE, a new play by James Graham, is directed by Jeremy Herrin in the
Cottesloe
The Travelex £12 Tickets season culminates in DAMNED BY DESPAIR by Tirso
de Molina, in a new version by Frank McGuinness, directed by Bijan Sheibani
NATIONAL THEATRE INSIDE OUT celebrates the Jubilee and Olympic summer
with Watch This Space, The Pop-up Workshop, The Big Bell Breakfast, Theatre,
Exhibitions and Propstore
ONE MAN, TWO GUVNORS embarks on a new UK tour
NATIONAL THEATRE LIVE presents The Curious Incident of the Dog in the
Night-Time, The Last of the Haussmans and Timon of Athens
THIS HOUSE
Cottesloe Theatre
Previews from 18 September, press night 25 September, in repertoire until 1 December
THIS HOUSE, a new play by James Graham, will open at the Cottesloe Theatre on
25 September. Directed by Jeremy Herrin, the production will be designed by Rae
Smith with lighting design by Paule Constable, music by Stephen Warbeck,
choreography by Scott Ambler and sound by Ian Dickinson; the cast includes Phil
Daniels, Philip Glenister and Julian Wadham.
1974. The UK faces economic crisis and a hung parliament. In a culture hostile to
cooperation, it’s a period when votes are won or lost by one, when there are fist
fights in the bars and when sick MPs are carried through the lobby to register their
vote. It’s a time when a staggering number of politicians die, and the building creaks
under idiosyncrasies and arcane traditions.
Set in the engine rooms of Westminster, This House strips politics down to the
practical realities of those behind the scenes: the whips who roll up their sleeves and
on occasion bend the rules to shepherd and coerce a diverse chorus of MPs within
the Mother of all Parliaments.
James Graham won the Pearson Playwriting Bursary in 2006 and went on to win the
Catherine Johnson Award for Best Play of 2007 for Eden's Empire. His plays also
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include Tory Boyz for the National Youth Theatre at the Soho Theatre; The Whisky
Taster at the Bush Theatre; and Bassett for NT Connections.
Phil Daniels’ National Theatre appearances include Carousel, Dealer’s Choice and
The Winter’s Tale; screen credits include Quadrophenia, Scum, Breaking Glass,
EastEnders, and Blur’s Parklife. Philip Glenister, who makes his NT debut, is known
to a wide television audience for Mad Dogs, Ashes to Ashes, Life on Mars and
Clocking Off. Julian Wadham’s many appearances at the National include Much Ado
About Nothing, Tartuffe, The Winter’s Tale and The Madness of George III.
Jeremy Herrin is Associate Director of the Royal Court Theatre. His recent credits
include Absent Friends (West End), Uncle Vanya (Chichester), Death and the
Maiden (West End), South Downs (Chichester & West End), and Children’s Children
(Almeida).
THIS HOUSE is sponsored by Neptune Investment Management, the National’s
Cottesloe Partner.
Press night: Tuesday 25 September
Contact: Martin Shippen on 020 7452 3233; mshippen@nationaltheatre.org.uk
SCENES FROM AN EXECUTION
Lyttelton Theatre
Previews from 27 September, press night 4 October, continuing in repertoire
Howard Barker’s SCENES FROM AN EXECUTION will open at the Lyttelton Theatre
on 4 October, directed by Tom Cairns, with Fiona Shaw leading the cast. The
production will be designed by Hildegard Bechtler, with sound and music by Ben and
Max Ringham.
Commissioned to paint a vast canvas celebrating the triumphant Battle of Lepanto,
the free-spirited Galactia creates instead a breathtaking scene of war-torn carnage.
In her fierce determination to stay true to herself, she alienates the authorities and
faces incarceration. Her younger lover Carpeta is approached to take over and
seizes the assignment for himself.
Howard Barker’s SCENES FROM AN EXECUTION makes sixteenth-century Venice
the setting for a fearless exploration of sexual politics and the timeless tension
between personal ambition and moral responsibility, between the patron’s demands
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and the artist’s autonomy. Fiona Shaw takes the role of Galactia in this darkly
humorous and provocative play.
Howard Barker’s works have been played by the Royal Court, Royal Shakespeare
Company, The Open Space Theatre, Sheffield Crucible and the Almeida (where
Scenes from an Execution received its English stage premiere in 1990), as well as
extensively in Europe, the United States and Australia. He is currently Artistic
Director of The Wrestling School, a company established to disseminate his works
and develop his theory of production. He is the author of plays for marionettes, three
librettos for opera, two works of theory, and five volumes of poetry.
Fiona Shaw has appeared in many leading roles in NT productions, including London
Assurance, Mother Courage and Her Children, Happy Days (also Paris, Madrid,
Epidaurus, Washington, New York, Amsterdam and Dublin), Richard II, The Good
Person of Sichuan (Critics’ Circle Award for Best Actress), The Powerbook and
Machinal (Olivier & Evening Standard Awards for Best Actress). Elsewhere: John
Gabriel Borkman (Abbey Theatre, Ireland & New York), Julius Caesar (Barbican),
Medea (West End & Broadway: Evening Standard Best Actress Award), Electra
(RSC), and The Waste Land (international tour). Her recent screen work includes
Dorian Gray, The Tree of Life and the Harry Potter films.
Tom Cairns' theatre work includes Aristocrats (NT), Being Shakespeare (West End,
New York and Chicago), Phaedra (Donmar Warehouse), All About My Mother and
Cloud Nine (Old Vic), A Chain Play and Aunt Dan and Lemon (Almeida); opera
includes Thomas Ades' The Tempest and La Voix Humaine (ROH) and The Second
Mrs Kong (Glyndebourne). On screen, he directed Marie and Bruce (co-written with
Wallace Shawn), the award-winning series Amongst Women and the Grammynominated Trouble in Tahiti by Leonard Bernstein.
SCENES FROM AN EXECUTION is supported by American Express.
Press night: Tuesday 4 October
Contact: Mary Parker on 020 7452 3234; mparker@nationaltheatre.org.uk
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DAMNED BY DESPAIR
Travelex £12 Tickets, Olivier Theatre
Previews from 2 October, press night 10 October, continuing in repertoire
Bijan Sheibani directs DAMNED BY DESPAIR by Tirso de Molina, in a new version
by Frank McGuinness, opening in the Olivier on 10 October as the final production in
the 2012 Travelex £12 Tickets season. The cast includes Sebastian Armesto, Bertie
Carvel, Rory Keenan and Amanda Lawrence; the production will have set designs
by Giles Cadle, costumes by Moritz Junge, lighting by Jon Clark, video by Finn Ross,
music and sound by Dan Jones, movement by Aline David and fights by Kate
Waters.
Written in 1635 by the great Spanish dramatist Tirso de Molina, Damned by Despair
is brought to vivid life in a new version by Frank McGuinness. A fast-paced adventure
story embracing bandits and beautiful women between glimpses of heaven and hell,
this subversive and at times riotous exploration of faith and the transformative power
of love races across the Italian landscape: relishing the unpredictability of fate, an
extraordinary array of characters and their very real dilemmas.
Obsessed with his own salvation, the hermit Paulo (Sebastian Armesto) dedicates
himself to ten years of prayerful penance. When his faith wavers, the ever-watchful
Devil seizes the moment to convince him that he shares the fate of one Enrico (Bertie
Carvel), a notorious Neapolitan gangster destined for damnation. Swearing
vengeance, Paulo lashes out against God and assembles a band of rival outlaws.
And yet, even as their villainous crimes escalate, the possibility of redemption hovers
over the two men, perhaps within reach.
Sebastian Armesto has previously appeared at the NT in A Woman Killed with
Kindness (Ian Charleson Award commendation) and Rocket to the Moon; theatre
also includes Wallenstein (Chichester) and Alaska (Royal Court). Television and film
includes Parade’s End, Zen, Little Dorrit, The Palace, The Tudors, Pirates of the
Caribbean: On Stranger Tides, Anonymous, Dead Cat and Bright Star.
Bertie Carvel’s recent stage work includes Miss Trunchbull in the RSC’s Matilda
(Olivier Award for Best Actor in a Musical), the title role in Doctor Dee (Manchester
International Festival), Rope (Almeida), The Pride (Royal Court), The Circle
(Chichester & tour), Parade (Donmar Warehouse), and for the National, The Man of
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Mode, Coram Boy and The Life of Galileo. Television includes Hidden, The Crimson
Petal and the White, Sherlock and John Adams.
Bijan Sheibani is an Associate Director at the NT, where his credits include The
Kitchen, Our Class, Greenland and the US touring production of War Horse. He was
formerly the Artistic Director of ATC for whom he directed co-productions of The
Brothers Size and Eurydice with the Young Vic, and the Olivier Award-winning
production of Gone Too Far! with the Royal Court.
2012 marks the tenth anniversary of Travelex Tickets at the National (see Platform,
page 9). Almost half the tickets for Damned by Despair are £12 (the rest are £22 and
£32). Media partner: The Independent.
Press night: Wednesday 10 October
Contact: Lucinda Morrison on 020 7452 3232; lmorrison@nationaltheatre.org.uk
NATIONAL THEATRE INSIDE OUT
1 June – 9 September
Between 1 June and 9 September, the National will stage NATIONAL THEATRE
INSIDE OUT, in partnership with American Express, offering a packed festival
programme as the theatre bursts out onto its riverside terraces and squares. See
www.nationaltheatre.org.uk/insideout for full details.
Watch This Space Festival
1 June – 9 September, Theatre Square, FREE
The Watch This Space Festival bursts out onto Theatre Square in front of the
National for another season of free outdoor entertainment and is bigger, bolder and
brasher than ever. From around the globe we welcome circus performers, musicians
and street theatre entertainers; tap dancers, street dancers, ballroom dancers and
contemporary dancers; jugglers, acrobats, aerialists and hulahoopers; hairdressers,
DJs, VJs and pyrotechnicians.
The Pop-up Workshop
2 June – 9 September, Riverside Terrace, most events FREE
Join NT specialists to discover the art of theatre-making. Be a theatre director for the
day or explore voice and movement. Discover how the War Horse Company bring
Joey to life, meet leading playwrights, and learn physical comedy skills from One
Man, Two Guvnors. Design a model box, or create terrifying wounds to shock your
family. The Pop-up Workshop also offers captivating performances for young
audiences , including Cesario, Bryony Lavery’s funny and touching new play about
Shakespeare’s children from 22 – 25 August, commissioned for the World
Shakespeare Festival. All workshops are free: advance booking is advised for many.
Theatre Inside Out
New site-specific commissions from two NT Studio affiliate companies, performed in
secret rooftop locations at the National.
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Made In China Get Stuff Break Free, 25 June – 4 July, 8.45pm, tickets £10
A funny and moving parable of disconnection, consumerism and the flickering hope
of overcoming them.
non zero one you’ll see [me sailing in antarctica], 6 – 15 July, tickets £10
non zero one invite audiences to gather around a large table to explore the way we
look and the way we see.
Me and My Shadow
10 – 26 June, National Theatre Ground Floor Foyer, FREE
With four portals, one in each of London, Paris, Istanbul and Brussels, Me and My
Shadow is an international telepresence experience that connects participants
through a shared virtual environment. Each portal features 3D motion capture,
interactive life-size projections and immersive soundscapes.
Big Bell Breakfast
27 July, From 7.45am FREE
On the first day of the Olympic Games the National Theatre will be ringing the giant
bell from Danny Boyle's production of Frankenstein on the Baylis Terrace at 8.00am.
Bring a hand bell, bring a bell with a bicycle attached, or download a bell app from
AllTheBells.com<http://AllTheBells.com> to be part of the performance and join us for
breakfast. This is the NT's contribution to 'Work No.1197: All the bells in a country
rung as quickly and as loudly as possible for three minutes' by Turner Prize-winning
artist Martin Creed, which invites the nation to ring thousands of bells of all kinds at
8am on 27 July.
Exhibitions
Staging War Horse
18 June – 9 September, free
This new exhibition tells the full story of War Horse’s journey from the first early
workshops to the stage – through designs, costume, models, puppets and video.
The Making of Timon
17 July – 9 September, free
An insight into the making of the NT’s new production of Timon of Athens and the
world of the play in Jacobean London. Exhibition produced in association with the
British Museum.
Propstore
Propstore is a unique summer café-bar on the riverfront, created out of sets and
scenery and filled with authentic props. It’s open every day from noon for delicious
street food to enjoy at tables inside and on the riverside, serving Meantime draught
beer, Sipsmith spirits and English wines with music and DJs on Fridays and
Saturdays until 2am.
Some of Inside Out’s highlights are part of the London 2012 Festival, a spectacular
12-week nationwide celebration, bringing together leading artists from across the
world with the very best from the UK.
Contact: Fiona Walsh on 020 7452 3061; fwalsh@nationaltheatre.org.uk;
Laura Horton on 020 7452 3231; lhorton@nationaltheatre.org.uk;
Philippa Crossman on 020 7452 3236; pcrossman@nationaltheatre.org.uk
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BEYOND THE SOUTH BANK
ONE MAN, TWO GUVNORS on tour to England, Scotland, Northern Ireland and
Wales
Richard Bean’s ONE MAN, TWO GUVNORS – winner of the Evening Standard and
Critics’ Circle Awards for Best New Play and now playing at the Theatre Royal
Haymarket and on Broadway – will embark on a second UK tour this autumn.
Nicholas Hytner’s production will visit: Leicester Curve (25 October – 3 November);
Newcastle Theatre Royal (6 – 10 November); Glasgow Theatre Royal (13 – 17
November); Belfast Grand Opera (20 – 24 November); Blackpool Grand (27
November – 1 December); Norwich Theatre Royal (4 – 8 December); Leeds Grand
(11 – 15 December); Venue Cymru, Llandudno (2 – 5 January 2013); The Lowry,
Salford (8 – 19 January); Wales Millennium, Cardiff (22 – 26 January); and
Nottingham Theatre Royal (29 January – 2 February), followed by an international
tour.
Contact: Laura Horton on 020 7452 3231; lhorton@nationaltheatre.org.uk
NATIONAL THEATRE LIVE: NEW SEASON OPENS WITH THE CURIOUS
INCIDENT OF THE DOG IN THE NIGHT-TIME
The fourth season of National Theatre Live broadcasts opens on 6 September with
THE CURIOUS INCIDENT OF THE DOG IN THE NIGHT-TIME, based on the novel
by Mark Haddon, adapted by Simon Stephens. It will be followed by THE LAST OF
THE HAUSSMANS, a new play by Stephen Beresford (11 October); and
Shakespeare’s TIMON OF ATHENS (1 November), with further screenings to be
announced. Since its launch in 2009, over 750,000 people worldwide have seen a
National Theatre Live broadcast, with the live broadcasts available in 160 UK
cinemas and performing arts venues.
National Theatre Live is supported by Aviva. For venue information and booking
details, please visit www.ntlive.com
Contact: Mary Parker on 020 7452 3234; mparker@nationaltheatre.org.uk
PRIVATE PEACEFUL
Michael Morpurgo’s PRIVATE PEACEFUL plays for a strictly limited 16
performances at the Theatre Royal Haymarket from 18 – 29 September. Directed
and adapted for the stage by Simon Reade, Private Peaceful has designs by Bill
Talbot and sound by Jason Barnes. It is suitable for ages 8 yrs+.
Private Tommo Peaceful is a young First World War soldier awaiting the firing squad
at dawn. During the night he looks back at his short but joyful past growing up in rural
Devon; and the battles and injustices of war that brought him to the front line.
The National Theatre presents a Scamp Theatre production in association with
Poonamallee Productions, by arrangement with the Theatre Royal Haymarket.
One Man, Two Guvnors will continue its run at the Haymarket from 1 October.
Press contact: Premier PR on 020 7292 8330; janine.shalom@premierpr.com
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PRODUCTION AND CASTING UPDATES
Full casting is announced for Nadia Fall’s production of THE DOCTOR’S DILEMMA
by Bernard Shaw, opening at the Lyttelton Theatre on 24 July. The company i:s
William Belchambers, Tom Burke, David Calder, Callum Coates, Jonathan Coote,
Aden Gillett, Amy Hall, Paul Herzberg, Maggie McCarthy, Paul McCleary, Genevieve
O’Reilly, Aimee Parkes, Robert Portal, Malcolm Sinclair, Samuel Taylor, Richard
Teverson and Joseph Wilkins.
Alecky Blythe and Adam Cork’s award-winning music-theatre piece LONDON ROAD
returns to the Olivier Theatre from 28 July as part of the Travelex £12 Tickets
season. Winner of the 2011 Critics’ Circle Award for Best New Musical, Rufus
Norris’s production will play for a limited run in repertoire until 6 September. Original
cast members Clare Burt, Kate Fleetwood, Hal Fowler, Nick Holder, Claire Moore,
Michael Shaeffer, Nicola Sloane, Paul Thornley and Duncan Wisbey are joined by
James Doherty and Linzi Hateley.
PLATFORMS
www.nationaltheatre.org.uk/platforms
6pm (45 mins), £4/£3 unless stated; BS = Platform followed by booksigning
Connections Writers’ Forum
Mon 25 June, The Pop-up Workshop
The 2012 Connections Festival has an international flavour. The writers of this new
collection of plays for young people assemble from around the world to talk about
how they created their scripts.
Peter Bowles
Fri 29 June, Cottesloe BS
The actor, whose work includes To the Manor Born and The Rivals, invites us
backstage to witness the job of acting as it really is in his new book, Behind the
Curtain.
Marianne Elliott on The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time
Thu 16 Aug, Cottesloe
The director talks about this stage adaptation of Mark Haddon’s award-winning novel.
London Road: The Journey
Mon 20 Aug, Olivier
Writer Alecky Blythe, composer Adam Cork, director Rufus Norris and members of
the cast reflect on the journey made by this ground-breaking piece of work.
Stephen Beresford on The Last of the Haussmans
The playwright talks about his new play.
Tue 21 Aug, Lyttelton
Mark Haddon
Tue 4 Sept, Cottesloe BS
The dramatist, artist, and author of The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time
and The Red House presents a one-man talk, Swimming and Flying.
Roald Dahl Day with Michael Rosen
Sat 8 Sept, 10.30am (1hr), Cottesloe BS
A morning of brilliant stories about Roald Dahl, celebrating his birthday and a new
book about him, Fantastic Mr Dahl, written by the former Children’s Laureate and
poet Michael Rosen.
Nadia Fall on The Doctor’s Dilemma
The director discusses her production of Shaw’s play.
Tue 11 Sept, Lyttelton
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Nicholas Hytner on Timon of Athens
The director talks about his production.
Thu 20 Sept, Olivier
James Graham and Jeremy Herrin on This House
Mon 8 Oct, Cottesloe
The playwright and director discuss this new play with Christopher Campbell.
10 Years of Travelex Tickets
Mon 15 Oct, Olivier
The National’s Director, Nicholas Hytner, looks back on some of the highlights of a
decade of Travelex Tickets; he is joined by Lloyd Dorfman, Chairman of Travelex,
as well as key contributors to the seasons, including director Marianne Elliott.
Dominic Sandbrook
Fri 19 Oct, Cottesloe BS
Conflicted, angry, and surprisingly colourful, Britain in the mid-1970s was a political
and cultural battleground. In his book, Seasons in the Sun, Dominic Sandbrook
reveals how this period, as depicted in the new play, This House, was decisive in
the creation of modern Britain.
The Black Audience with Paterson Joseph
Mon 22 Oct, Cottesloe
The actor, currently on tour in Julius Caesar, leads a discussion on the black
community’s responsibility to support and encourage diverse expressions of black
Britain on stage and screen.
Tom Cairns on Scenes from an Execution
The director talks about his new production.
Mon 5 Nov, Lyttelton
Life Saving: Josephine Hart’s Introductions to Great Poets
Wed 14 Nov, Lyttelton
Josephine Hart said that “for a girl with no sense of direction, poetry was a route map
through life.” As the book of her illuminating introductions to the great poets is
published posthumously, actors read her selection of American and British verse.
Edna O’Brien
Tue 20 Nov, Cottesloe BS
In Country Girl, the author reflects with great honesty on a literary life of high drama
and contemplation, which began in 1960 after the publication of her controversial first
novel, The Country Girls.
This House Platforms
This House – Then with Shirley Williams
Tue 23 Oct, Cottesloe
Two key political figures, who were serving MPs in 1974, talk about the changes they
have witnessed to the House of Commons and the structure of government since
that time.
This House – Now with David Lammy
Tue 30 Oct, Cottesloe
Two current MPs discuss the House of Commons in 2012, the impact it made on
them when they were first elected, and how it affects their idea of government.
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In Conversation with…
3pm (1hr), £5/£4
Afternoon interviews with members of the company, talking to Al Senter
about their current role and career, and answering your questions.
The first four ‘In Conversations’ will have live speech-to-text transcription provided by
STAGETEXT, for deaf and hard of hearing people.
Julie Walters Fri 29 June, Lyttelton (with STAGETEXT)
Rory Kinnear & Helen McCrory Thu 5 July, Lyttelton (with STAGETEXT)
Christopher Eccleston Thu 19 July, Olivier (with STAGETEXT)
Simon Russell Beale Thu 23 Aug, Olivier (with STAGETEXT)
Malcolm Sinclair Tue 11 Sept, Lyttelton
Una Stubbs Mon 15 Oct, Cottesloe
Philip Glenister Tue 23 Oct, Cottesloe
Fiona Shaw Wed 14 Nov, Lyttelton
Contact: Laura Horton on 020 7452 3231; lhorton@nationaltheatre.org.uk
FREE EXHIBITIONS
www.nationaltheatre.org.uk/exhibitions
Five Truths
Olivier Foyer, 24 September – 6 October
An immersive video installation, directed by National Theatre Associate Director
Katie Mitchell, which takes as its inspiration five of Europe’s most influential 20thcentury theatre directors. It offers a unique and challenging insight into directing
styles and an opportunity to experience and compare five contrasting interpretations
of a scene from Shakespeare’s Hamlet. Screens of varying size simultaneously play
films of Ophelia’s mad scene, interpreted dramatically through the lens of the five
directors: Constantin Stanislavski, Antonin Artaud, Bertolt Brecht, Jerzy Grotowski
and Peter Brook. Each version is performed by Olivier award-winning actress
Michelle Terry. The films are also available at youtube.com/NTdiscovertheatre
Five Truths was created for the V&A in association with the National Theatre by
director Katie Mitchell, video designer Leo Warner of 59 Productions, set designer
Vicki Mortimer, sound designer Gareth Fry, lighting designer Paule Constable and
composer Paul Clark.
Echoes of a Vanished World; A Lifetime in Pictures, by Robin Hanbury-Tenison
18 September – 27 October
Robin Hanbury-Tenison, the “greatest explorer of the last twenty years” (Sunday
Times) is also one of the founders of Survival International. As such, he has been
a tireless champion of the rights of indigenous peoples and, in the early years of his
travels, an obsessive photographer of their homelands as they were eroded by the
modern world.
The Royal Institute of Painters in Water Colours at the National Theatre
20 September – 3 November
Watercolour is at once the most democratic of the paint media, encouraging the
amateur with its low tech accessibility before punishing them for their presumption.
This exhibition shows the astonishing range and technical facility of the work of one
of the oldest societies of professional watercolour paintings.
See also The Making of Timon and Staging War Horse on page 6 above.
Contact: Laura Horton on 020 7452 3231; lhorton@nationaltheatre.org.uk
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Discover more at the National Theatre
www.nationaltheatre.org.uk/learning
For Secondary Schools & Colleges
Explore theatre-making skills, crafts and careers, with events that help students
bridge the gap between school and professional practice.
NT Revealed Shakespeare 6th Form Conference: Contemporary and original
performance conditions. 18 September.
Creative Choices A hands-on backstage and offstage careers session for KS3/4.
2 October
Five Truths 6th Form Conference: Katie Mitchell’s video installation provides the
inspiration for masterclasses on Artaud, Brecht, Brook, Grotowski and Stanislavski.
4 October
Devised Theatre Find out what stimulates devised theatre and how professional
companies find express for their ideas. 12 November
Voice Technique NT voice coaches lead this session exploring vocal health and
technique. 19 November
Student workshops Active sessions, giving students an insight into acting, directing,
design and producing at the NT. Dates on request, KS3+
Pre-show Q&A Meet a member of the creative team and find out how director,
designer and actors have realised the play. 30 minutes, pre-show, daes on request,
KS3+
nationaltheatre.org.uk/secondary
New Views
Take part in the NT’s national playwriting programme for 15 – 19 year-olds.
www.new-views.tv
For Teachers
Five Truths – examining key practitioners Twilight seminars and workshops
introducing exercises to explore the work of five key theatre practitioners.
26 Sept, 3, 10, 17, 24 October.
Directing Work with professional directors and other colleagues to try out new skills
and ideas. 29 – 30 October.
Stage design Examine archive productions and contemporary practice plus design
activities for students. 31 October
Creating a Character A toolkit of exercises to help students develop characters for
scripted performance. 1 – 2 November
www.nationaltheatre.org.uk/teachers
Theatreworks
Theatreworks inspires confident and creative communications, drawing on the
techniques used by actors and directors in the rehearsal room.
Open Courses
Personal Impact 13 June, 4 September
Influence and Rapport 14 June
Advanced Personal Impact 26 September
020 7452 3770/3693 www.nationaltheatre.org.uk/theatreworks
Digital Classroom
Learn more about the art of making theatre online. Free, beautifully designed, easyto-use resources to enhance any learning experience.
nationaltheatre.org.uk/digital classroom
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Worlds Together: an international conference exploring the value of
Shakespeare and the arts in young people’s lives
Thursday 6 – Saturday 8 September
The National Theatre is collaborating with Tate Modern, the British Museum and the
Royal Shakespeare Company on the Worlds Together conference, exploring what is
at stake for children’s cultural lives today.
http://www.worldshakespearefestival.org.uk/education/workshops-conferencestraining/worlds-together.aspx
Hosted by Tate Modern, Worlds Together is part of the Unilever Series:
turbinegeneration, an international online educational partnership produced by Tate
and the World Shakespeare Festival.
ENDS
31 May 2012
NOTES TO EDITORS
Public Information:
Public phone/online booking for new productions in the June – November season
opens on 22 June.
Book tickets online at www.nationaltheatre.org.uk
Box Office: 020 7452 3000, open 9.30am – 8pm Fax: 020 7452 3030
Information: 020 7452 3400
World Shakespeare Festival
The World Shakespeare Festival is a celebration of Shakespeare as the world's playwright, produced by
the Royal Shakespeare Company in an unprecedented collaboration with leading UK and international
arts organisations, and with Globe to Globe, a major international programme produced by
Shakespeare's Globe.
About the Cultural Olympiad and London 2012 Festival
The London 2012 Cultural Olympiad is the largest cultural celebration in the history of the modern
Olympic and Paralympic Movements. Spread over four years, it is designed to give everyone in the UK
a chance to be part of London 2012 and inspire creativity across all forms of culture, especially among
young people.
The culmination of the Cultural Olympiad will be the London 2012 Festival, a spectacular 12-week
nationwide celebration bringing together leading artists from across the world with the very best from the
UK, from 21 June until the final day of the Paralympic Games on 9 September 2012. The London 2012
Festival will celebrate the huge range, quality and accessibility of the UK’s world-class culture including
dance, music, theatre, the visual arts, fashion, film and digital innovation, giving the opportunity for
people across the UK to celebrate the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games.
Principal funders of the Cultural Olympiad and London 2012 Festival are Arts Council England, Legacy
Trust UK and the Olympic Lottery Distributor. BP and BT are Premier Partners of the Cultural Olympiad
and the London 2012 Festival.
For more details on the programme and to sign up for information visit
www.london2012.com/festival
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THE NATIONAL’S SPONSORS
Travelex £12 Tickets
The National Theatre would appreciate an acknowledgement in the body of the text
and/or as a separate footnote following editorial copy, for example:
‘DAMNED BY DESPAIR, a Travelex £12 Ticket show’
The National Theatre is working in partnership with American Express
NATIONAL THEATRE LIVE is sponsored by Aviva
The National Theatre is a J.P.Morgan Signature Series partner
National Theatre Connections is supported by Bank of America
Merrill Lynch
Innovation at the National Theatre is sponsored by Accenture
The National Theatre’s Cottesloe Partner is Neptune Investment Management
Philips and the National Theatre are working in partnership to reduce energy
consumption.
The National Theatre’s airline partner is American Airlines
National Theatre Education is supported by Goldman Sachs
The National Theatre’s photographic images partner is Corbis
Media partner of Travelex £12 Tickets: The Independent
The National Theatre wishes to acknowledge its partners Robert Boyett Theatricals
and National Angels Limited
The National Theatre is supported by Arts Council England.
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THE NATIONAL’S REPERTOIRE as of 31 May 2012
NATIONAL THEATRE PRESS OFFICE
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PLAY
MOON ON A
RAINBOW SHAWL
COLLABORATORS
DETROIT
ANTIGONE
THE LAST OF THE
HAUSSMANS
TIMON OF ATHENS
THE DOCTOR’S
DILEMMA
LONDON ROAD
THE CURIOUS
INCIDENT…
THIS HOUSE
SCENES FROM AN
EXECUTION
DAMNED BY
DESPAIR
NATIONAL THEATRE
INSIDE OUT
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Cottesloe Theatre
PRESS NIGHT
14 March
CONTACT
Martin Shippen
Olivier Theatre
Cottesloe Theatre
Olivier Theatre
Lyttelton Theatre
From 30 April
15 May
30 May
19 June
Mary Parker
Martin Shippen
Lucinda Morrison
Mary Parker
Olivier Theatre
Lyttelton Theatre
17 July
24 July
Mary Parker
Martin Shippen
Olivier Theatre
Cottesloe Theatre
From 28 July
2 August
Lucinda Morrison
Lucinda Morrison
Cottesloe Theatre
Lyttelton Theatre
25 September
4 October
Martin Shippen
Mary Parker
Olivier Theatre
10 October
Lucinda Morrison
From 2 June
ONE MAN, TWO
GUVNORS
On tour
From October
Fiona Walsh
Laura Horton
Philippa Crossman
Laura Horton, NT
Theatre Royal
Haymarket
From 2 March
Janine Shalom,
Premier PR
Music Box, New
York
New London Theatre
From 18 April
Boneau/BryanBrown
Janine Shalom,
WAR HORSE
Lincoln Center
Theatre, New York
PLATFORMS &
EXHIBITIONS
Philip Rinaldi
Laura Horton
Lucinda Morrison, Head of Press: lmorrison@nationaltheatre.org.uk 020 7452 3232
Fiona Walsh, Communications Manager: fwalsh@nationaltheatre.org.uk 020 7452 3235
Mary Parker, Senior Press Officer: mparker@nationaltheatre.org.uk 020 7452 3234
Martin Shippen, Press Officer (maternity cover): mshippen@nationaltheatre.org.uk 020 7452
3233
Laura Horton, Events Press Officer: lhorton@nationaltheatre.org.uk 020 7452 3231
Philippa Crossman (press tickets): pcrossman@nationaltheatre.org.uk 020 7452 3236
Janine Shalom, Premier PR: janine.shalom@premierpr.com 020 7292 8330
Jessica Johnson, Boneau/Bryan-Brown: jjohnson@bbbway.com 001 212 575 3030
Philip Rinaldi, Lincoln Center Theatre: rinaldi@lct.org 001 212 501 3201
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