National Theatre announce new Season to June 2012

The National Theatre has announced its new Season productions and platforms to June 2012.

Public booking opens 15 Feb 2012.

New show in The Olivier Theatre...

New show in The Lyttelton Theatre...

New shows in The Cottesloe Theatre...

Productions Extending/Closing ....
The Comedy Of Errors (Closes 01 April 2012)
Travelling Light (Closes 2 June 2012)
She Stoops To Conquer (Now closes 21 April 2012)
Moon On A Rainbow Shawl (Now closes 9 June 2012)
Collaborators at Olivier (Closes 23 June 2012)

New Platforms ....
Unless stated: 6pm / Length 45 mins

Serving Up a Laugh
Sat 24 Mar, 10.30am (90mins), £6/£5, Lyttelton
Harlequin, Dromio, Figaro, Jeeves, Baldrick, and now One Man, Two Guvnors' Francis and Alfie: comic servants spring up in a variety of guises and serve a variety of roles, ultimately to expose the pomposity of their master and society's mores. Discussion, readings and clips celebrate this familiar comic figure.

Michael Grandage
Fri 13 April, Olivier Michael Grandage talks to David Benedict about A Decade at the Donmar, a book of photographs capturing the most memorable productions of his ten years as the Donmar's Artistic Director.

Enda Walsh on Misterman
Thu 19 April, Lyttelton
Enda Walsh discusses his play, fresh from its New York run.

Travelling Light: The Film Pioneers
Wed 25 April, Lyttelton
Film historian Christopher Frayling looks at real-life early Hollywood film-makers, including the Eastern European influx, as depicted in the new play, Travelling Light.

The Astaires: Fred and Adele with Ava Astaire & Matthew Bourne
Fri 4 May, Lyttelton
The Astaire siblings transformed musical theatre on both sides of the Atlantic at the peak of the Jazz Age. Theatre historian Kathleen Riley celebrates their partnership and its legacy with Fred's daughter Ava Astaire McKenzie and choreographer Matthew Bourne.

Lisa D'Amour and Austin Pendleton on Detroit
Wed 16 May, Cottesloe The playwright and director talk about the production.

Esther Freud
Mon 21 May, Cottesloe
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.

Polly Findlay on Antigone
Fri 1 June, Olivier
The director Polly Findlay discusses her production of Sophocles' play.

Orlando Figes
Thu 7 June, Olivier
In Just Send Me Word, the historian recounts the true love story of two young Muscovites, whose smuggled letters to one another form a detailed and agonizing account of life in Stalin's Soviet Union.

Janet Suzman
Fri 8 June, Cottesloe
In her new book, Women in Theatre, the actress looks at some of her iconic roles - Phaedra, Cleopatra, Hedda - and questions their impact on today's audience.