NT Talks
Summary: Welcome to our collection of conversations recorded live from the National Theatre stages, including interviews with actors, directors and playwrights.
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Podcasts:
The last of a series of discussions on the issues raised by the play, Another World.
A series of discussions on the issues raised by the play, Another World.
From the new series of the BBC's The Hollow Crown, director Dominic Cooke and writer Ben Power discuss their approach to filming Shakespeare's work for the screen.
The former Director of the National Theatre talks to Abigail Rokison-Woodall about his enormous contribution to the history of Shakespeare at the NT.
Lenny Henry and George Alagiah look at how migration and exile are explored in Shakespeare’s play, The Comedy or Errors, and discuss how the situations experienced by the characters might be mirrored today.
Simon Russell Beale and Simon Lovestone look at how memory and ageing are explored in Shakespeare’s play, King Lear, and discuss how the situations experienced by the characters might be mirrored today.
A series of discussions on the issues raised by the play, Another World.
Lorraine Hansberry's Literary Executor and Director of her Literary Trust, Joi Gresham, joins director Yaël Farber and dramaturg Drew Lichtenberg to discuss the playwright’s work and legacy, and this new production of her play, Les Blancs.
Graeae Associate Director Amit Sharma and playwright Jack Thorne talk to Kate Bassett about the production.
The director discusses his new production of August Wilson’s play, Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom, with Ola Animshawun. This is a recording of a live platform event.
Alongside the production of Husbands & Sons, an investigation into the labour market in the early 20th century, the opportunities open to both men and women, and how Lawrence’s own experience of work influenced his characters and writing. With Pamela Cox, Professor of Sociology at the University of Essex, and presenter of the BBC series, Servants and Shopgirls, and Andrew Harrison, Assistant Professor of English Literature and Director of the DH Lawrence Research Centre at the University of Nottingham.
Roger Michell discusses his new production of Harley Granville Barker’s play with Michael Billington. #ntWaste
The annual treat for fans of the satirical magazine, as Editor Ian Hislop looks back on the past year with regular guests Craig Brown, Harry Enfield, Lewis Macleod, Jan Ravens and John Sessions. www.private-eye.co.uk twitter.com/privateeyenews facebook.com/PrivateEyeNews This is a recording of a live platform event.
Ben Power discusses his adaptation of DH Lawrence’s trilogy with the director Marianne Elliott. This is a recording of a live platform event. #ntHusbandsandSons www.nationaltheatre.org.uk/shows/husbands-sons
Director Dominic Cooke talks to Fiona Mountford about Caryl Churchill’s new play. #ntHereWeGo http://www.nationaltheatre.org.uk/shows/here-we-go