National Theatre announce new Season to July 2011

The National Theatre has announced its new Season productions and platforms to July 2011.

Public booking opens 10 March 2011.

New shows in The Olivier Theatre...

New show in The Lyttelton Theatre...

New shows in The Cottesloe Theatre...

Productions closing ....
Greenland closing 2 April 2011.
Hamlet closing 23 April 2011.
Frankenstein closing 2 May 2011.
Rocket To the Moon closing 21 June 2011.
The Holy Rosenbergs closing 24 June 2011.
 

New Platforms....

Unless stated: 6pm / Length 45 mins / £3.50

Michael Jacobs: Beyond Hope & Despair - The Global Politics of Climate Change
1 April, c. 9.45pm, Lyttelton £??
Michael Jacobs, writer, academic and Special Adviser to Gordon Brown from 2004-10, talks about what really happens in international negotiations and the difficulties (and occasional successes) in trying to make policy inside 10 Downing St.

Unnatural Creations
20 April, Olivier
Science writer Philip Ball looks at the cultural history of 'anthropoeia' in his new book, Unnatural: The Heretical Idea of Making People, and explores how myths and stories from Frankenstein to Brave New World express fears about the allegedly treacherous, Faustian nature of technology.

Alecky Blythe, Adam Cork and Rufus Norris on London Road
27 April, Cottesloe
The writer, composer and director discuss their new work.

Angus Jackson on Rocket to the Moon
3 May, Lyttelton
The director discusses his production of Clifford Odets' play.

Celia Imrie
4 May, Cottesloe
The actress talks to Fidelis Morgan about her career, which includes Miss Babs in Acorn Antiques and Sybil Thorndike in Plague over England, and her adventurous life, as revealed in The Happy Hoofer.

Attention to Detail
9 May, Cottesloe
Actor and writer Robin Soans is joined by Celia Imrie and Tim McInnerny to present some of his new verbatim monologues, taken from interviews with subjects from do-gooders and racecourse stewards to torture victims.

In Conversation with... Henry Goodman
Mon 23 May
3pm (1hr), Cottesloe, £5
Talk about their careers and current role, and answer your questions. Chaired by Al Senter.

Phil Daniels
1 June, Cottesloe
Class Actor is both an autobiography and a portrait of working-class British popular culture of the past 30 years, and includes the actor's roles in films Scum and Quadrophenia, and in Dealer's Choice and Carousel at the NT.

In Conversation with... Keeley Hawes and Joseph Millson
Thu 9 June
3pm (1hr), Lyttelton, £5
Talk about their careers and current role, and answer your questions. Chaired by Al Senter.

Alan Bennett
13 June, Lyttelton Alan Bennett returns to the National as his latest book, Smut: Two Unseemly Stories, is published.

Jonathan Kent on Emperor and Galilean
16 June, 5.30pm, Olivier
Jonathan Kent talks about his new production of Ibsen's historical epic.

Naturalism: From East to West
Sat 18 Jun, 10.30am (90 mins), Lyttelton, £5
Konstantin Stanislavski directed the premiere of Chekhov's The Cherry Orchard at the Moscow Art Theatre in 1904. His pioneering style of acting had a profound influence on the work of Lee Strasberg's Group Theatre in 1930s New York, where Odets' Rocket to the Moon premiered in 1938, the year Stanislavski died. A chance to explore the dramatic style known as Naturalism, the acting methods it requires, and how they manifest themselves nowadays in modern productions.

Nicholas Hytner on One Man, Two Guvnors
27 June, Lyttelton The National's Director discusses his production.

In Conversation with... Keeley Hawes and Joseph Millson
Thu 9 June
3pm (1hr), Lyttelton, £5
Talk about their careers and current role, and answer your questions. Chaired by Al Senter.

In Conversation with... James Corden
Mon 27 June
3pm (1hr), Lyttelton, £5
Talk about their careers and current role, and answer your questions. Chaired by Al Senter.

Connections Writers' Forum
4 July, Lyttelton To celebrate this year's Connections plays, the writers gather to talk about how they created their new dramas for young people.

Chekhov: A Man for our Time?
15 July, Olivier
Despite international admiration, a campaign to save Chekhov's house in Yalta faced huge political and financial struggles. His biographer Rosamund Bartlett is joined by special guests to question his relevance in his homeland today.

In Conversation with... Zoë Wanamaker
Fri 15 July
3pm (1hr), Olivier, £5
Talk about their careers and current role, and answer your questions. Chaired by Al Senter.