Platforms

(6pm unless stated/ Length 45 mins) £3.50 unless stated.......

De Produndis (Reading)
by Oscar Wilde
edited by Merlin Holland 1 & 2 July at 6pm. (Lyttelton)
Tickets £10. Running time approx. 50mins.
During his sentence in Reading Gaol, Oscar Wilde wrote a letter to his lover, agonising over the lack of contact. It is perhaps the greatest love letter ever written, filled with a torrent of accusation, passion and eventually reconciliation. A century later De Profundis remains an astonishing tour-de-force of self analysis. Reviving his National Theatre performance from 2000, Corin Redgrave reads De Profundis. The director is Richard Nelson.

New Connections Writers Forum
8 July, Cottesloe
As the ten New Connections plays for 2008 arrive at the National, the writers gather to discuss their experiences of the programme.

Katie Mitchell on …some trace of her
12 August, Cottesloe
The director talks about her production based on The Idiot, Dostoevsky’s depiction of the “positively good man”.

IN CONVERSATION WITH... 3pm (1 hour), Cottesloe Theatre, £5/£4
A series of informal afternoon Platforms with company members talking about their careers, their current role and answering questions from the audience, chaired by Al Senter.
Vanessa Redgrave, Friday 13 June
Anna Carteret, Friday 11 July
Lesley Sharp, Thursday 7 August
Prior to ‘In Conversation’, the National Theatre Archive will present a free screening of one of the guests’ previous performances, accompanied by an illustrated talk with photos, programmes and other archive material (numbers limited to 25): The Cherry Orchard with Vanessa Redgrave as Madame Ranevskaya (Cottesloe 2000), 13 June at 11am
The Merchant of Venice with Anna Carteret as Nerissa (Old Vic 1970), 11 July at 11am
Murmuring Judges with Lesley Sharp as PC Sandra Bingham (Olivier 1991), 7 August at 11am