NT Talks

Esther Freud’s novel, Lucky Break, follows a group of young actors from drama school into the ruthless world of auditions, agents, touring and red-carpet premieres. She discusses the book with Geoffrey Colman, Head of Acting at Central School of Speech and Drama.

The playwright and director talk to Matt Wolf about the production, Detroit in the Cottesloe at the National Theatre.

Enda Walsh discusses his play Misterman, fresh from its New York run, with Dan Rebellato.

Dominic Cooke’s imaginative, superbly acted and contemporary production of The Comedy of Errors stars Lenny Henry and is on at the National Theatre until April 2012. This is a recording of a live Platform event.

Steve Pemberton & Sophie Thompson talk to Al Senter about their current roles in She Stoops to Conquer and their careers.

Julian Clary discusses his new novel with Paul Gambaccini. Briefs Encountered is Julian Clary's latest novel, a dark and wickedly witty story of love, obsession and Noel Coward, envying both 1920s England and our own more liberated times…

The actress, whose work includes Brookside, The Royle Family and Waking the Dead, reflects on the most precious and fraught relationship of any woman's life in her poignant and funny memoir, Things I Couldn't Tell My Mother.

Director and playwright discuss Travelling Light with Sarah Hemming. This is a recording of a live Platform event.

The director discusses his production of Goldsmith’s comedy, She Stoops to Conquer, with Rachel Cooke. This is a recording of a live Platform event.

A conversation between David Edgar and Simon Callow about Charles Dickens. In Charles Dickens and the Great Theatre of the World, a new biography to mark the bicentenary of Dickens' birth, Simon Callow offers an insight into a life driven as much by performance and showmanship as by literary endeavour. This is a recording of a live Platform event.

Professor Tiffany Stern from Oxford University gives a talk to students about the original performance conditions of Shakespeare's The Comedy of Errors.

Michael Pennington has spent over 20,000 hours performing and writing about Shakespeare. Based on his one man show, his book Sweet William illuminates the plays and reflects his own understanding of the man and his work. This is a recording of a live Platform event.

Al Senter interviews Ciaran Hinds and Sinead Cusack about their current roles in Juno and the Paycock and their careers on stage in the Lyttelton theatre in front of a live audience. This is a recording of a live Platform event.

Dr. Julie Curtis is the UK's leading research specialist on Bulgakov. She is a fellow of Wolfson College, Oxford and her recent publications include "Manuscripts Don't Burn: Mikhail Bulgakov, a Life in Letters and Diaries" and "Bulgakov's Last Decade: The Writer as Hero".

To celebrate 50 years of Private Eye, Ian Hislop takes a satirical look at the events and people of 2011, with Craig Brown, Harry Enfield, Lewis Macleod, Jan Ravens and John Sessions. This is formatted for iPod/iPhone.