National Theatre New Season Jul 2014 - Jan 2015

The National Theatre has now announced its schedule up to Jan 2015, including 4 previously unannounced new productions, and the first production in the new Dorfman Theatre (formerly The Cottesloe)

Public Booking opens on Fri 18 July 2014 for these newly announced productions.

In the OLIVIER THEATRE

Previously announced productions in the Olivier include...
A Small Family Business now closes on 27 Aug 2014.
Medea from 14 July - closes on 4 Sep 2014.
James I from 10 Sep - closes on 28 Oct 2014.
James II from 15 Sep - closes on 29 Oct 2014.
James III from 19 Sep - closes on 29 Oct 2014.
Treasure Island from 3 Dec - extends to 19 Feb 2015.

In the LYTTELTON THEATRE

Previously announced productions in the Lyttelton include...
Great Britain closes 23 Aug 2014.
Ballyturk from 11 Sep, closes 11 Oct 2014.

In the DORFMAN THEATRE

From 30 Sep 2014 to 08 Jan 2015

In the TEMPORARY SPACE

Previously announced productions in the Temporary include...
Hotel closes 2 Aug 2014.
 

New Platforms
Unless stated: 6pm / Length 45 mins/ £4

Francesca Martinez
Fri 25 July, Temporary Space
The comedian talks to Clive Anderson aboutnWhat the **** is Normal?!, a powerful and political call-to-arms which encourages us to be happy with who we are.

Medea: Ancient and Modern:Helen McCrory
Fri 22 Aug, 3pm (1hr), Olivier, £5/£4
The actress talks about the challenges and rewards of playing the title role in Medea.

Kika Markham
Wed 24 Sep, Lyttelton
In Our Time of Day, Kika Markham reflects on her passionate and turbulent marriage to Corin Redgrave, and their shared love of acting, family and leftwing activist politics.

Remembering Joan Littlewood
Tue 30 Sep, Lyttelton
To mark her centenary and a weekend of 'Fun Palaces', Stella Duffy, Murray Melvin and Peter Rankin celebrate the theatre maverick's life and work.

Alan Bennett
Thu 2 Oct, Lyttelton
On National Poetry Day, Alan Bennett presents his anthology of verse, Six Poets: Hardy to Larkin, accompanied by his own enlivening commentary.

Bill Bryden and Nobby Clark
Thu 09 Oct, Lyttelton
In their new book, Bryden the director offers a funny and illuminating portrait of great lives in the theatre, accompanied by Clark's photographs.

Richard Eyre
Tue 21 Oct, Olivier
The director talks about his new book, What Do I Know?, writings on people he has worked with, ideas he has struggled with, and things that have moved him.

A Warring Absence: Dylan and Caitlin Thomas
Fri 24 Oct, Olivier
Daniel Evans and Sian Thomas read a selection of writing by the late poet and his wife to mark his centenary, compiled by Tim Schneider; accompanied by new music from The Kane Players.

In Context: DV8 Physical Theatre
Wed 12 Nov, 2-4.30pm
The Clore Learning Centre: Cottesloe Room, £20
Professor Sita Popat of the University of Leeds talks to DV8's artistic director Lloyd Newson and members of the company. This session gives a rare insight into DV8's work past and present and Lloyd Newson's working methods.

The Female Voice
Thu 20 Nov, Olivier
Jeannette Nelson, the National's Head of Voice, is joined by actors and directors to examine how women's voices are represented and received in theatre.

Rufus Norris and Meera Syal
on Behind the Beautiful Forevers
Fri 21 Nov, Olivier
The director and actress discuss this new production.

In Context: Documentary & Verbatim Theatre
Tue 25 Nov, 2.30-5.30pm
Clore Learning Centre: Cottesloe Room, £20
This afternoon explores documentary and verbatim theatre from the 1960s to the present day through the work of Alecky Blyth, David Hare, Max Stafford-Clark and others. Speakers including Alecky Blythe (London Road), Bella Merlin (Professor of Acting, University of California, Davis) and Chris Megson (Royal Holloway, University of London) consider the development and popularity of the form as well as methods used by playwrights, directors and actors.

In Context: David Hare
Thu 27 Nov, 10.30am-5.30pm
Clore Learning Centre: Cottesloe Room, £45
David Hare has been writing plays for the National Theatre since 1974. As Behind the Beautiful Forevers opens in the Olivier, we celebrate 40 years of his extraordinary work on the NT stages and also his work beyond the NT and on screen. Readings, talks, panel discussion and the opportunity to put questions to David Hare himself. With Peter Ansorge and Richard Eyre.

Judi Dench
Thu 04 Dec, Lyttelton
The internationally celebrated actress returns to the National to talk to Angus MacKechnie about her life and career.

In Context: Women Pirates
Wed 10 Dec, 2.30-3.30pm
Clore Learning Centre: Cottesloe Room, £5
Women pirates feature prominently in Bryony Lavery's adaptation of the classic story, Treasure Island. This talk looks at the real women pirates of history and considers what their lives were like at sea as well as on land. With David Cordingly, maritime historian and a leading authority on pirates. He was formerly at the National Maritime Museum and is the author of Life among the Pirates: the Romance and the Reality and also Heroines and Harlots: Women at sea in the great age of sail.

An Evening with Private Eye
Fri 12 Dec, 5.45pm (1hr), Lyttelton
Ian Hislop is joined by Craig Brown, Harry Enfield, Lewis Macleod, Jan Ravens and John Sessions for a satirical round-up of the year's people and events.

Theatre Quiz
Fri 19 Dec, 5.30pm, Olivier
Emma Freud hosts the annual battle for theatrical knowledge between two competing NT teams.

Lloyd Newson
Thu 8 Jan, Lyttelton
The Director of DV8 talks to Nicholas Hytner about the company's working methods, as his latest production, John, visits the National.

Polly Findlay and Bryony Lavery on Treasure Island
Fri 16 Jan, 5.30pm, Olivier
The director and playwright discuss their new version of the adventure story.

Andrew Motion
Fri 23 Jan, 5.30pm, Olivier
The former Poet Laureate looks at the work of RL Stevenson, whose Treasure Island inspired his own sequels, Silver and The New World.