Backstage Tours at the National offer a unique insight into what goes on behind the scenes in a building which houses three theatres and produces around 18 shows per year.
Fascinating historical details and ingenious tricks of the trade are revealed as experienced, entertaining guides brimming with anecdotes and information lead the backstage tours through the National’s three auditoriums and backstage areas.
Backstage Tours also visit the production workshops and paintframe (which are unique amongst London theatres) where sets and props are built and decorated giving visitors the chance to see how dramatic illusions are created using wood, latex and paint.
Tour Times
Tours run up to six times a day from Monday to Friday, twice on Saturday and once on Sunday (please call ahead to confirm times – as a working building they have to sometimes vary the times at which tours run through the day).
Length of tour = 75min (approx)
Price £7.50 (£6.50 concessions) (Tour not suitable for children under 7 years of age.)
Advance bookings
Tel : 020 7452 3400 or info@nationaltheatre.org.uk
Address
South Bank
(Next to Waterloo Bridge)
London, SE1 9PX
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