National Theatre New Season to May 2015

The National Theatre has now announced its schedule up to April/May 2015. Includes Man + Superman by Bernard Shaw with Ralph Fiennes, The Hard Problem a new play by Tom Stoppard, Rules for Living by Sam Holcroft, Dara by Shahid Nadeem.

Public Booking opens 23 Oct 2014 for the new shows and the extensions

In the OLIVIER THEATRE

No new productions announced. Previously announced productions extending & closing include...

TREASURE ISLAND from 3 Dec 2014, now extended and closes 8 April 2015, starring Arthur Darvill (Long John Silver)

BEHIND THE BEAUTIFUL FOREVERS by David Hare based on the book by Katherine Boo, from 10 Nov 2014, now extended to 13 April 2015

In the LYTTELTON THEATRE

Previously announced productions extending & closing include...

JOHN, a new verbatim dance-theatre work by Lloyd Newson, from 30 Oct 2014, now extended and closes 13 Jan 2015

3 WINTERS, by Tena Stivicic, from 26 Nov 2014, now extended and closes 3 Feb 2015

In the DORFMAN THEATRE

Previously announced productions extending & closing include...

HERE LIES LOVE, music by David Byrne and Fatboy Slim, closes 8 Jan 2015

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

In Context: 3 Winters
Wed 3 Dec, 2.30pm-5pm
Clore Learning Centre: Cottesloe Room, £45
Playwright Tena Stivicic, author and academic Vesna Goldsworthy and translator Celia Hawkesworth discuss the historical and social background to the play.

In Context: Here Lies Love: David Byrne's Reference Library
Fri 12 Dec, 2.30pm
John Lyon Education Studio, £45
Explore David Byrne's research collection and discover the history that inspired Here Lies Love, plus a screening of th doculmentry, Imelda and Me.

10 Years of Bruntwood Prize for Playwriting
Thu 29 Jan, Temporary Space
A discussion to mark the 10th anniversary of the UK's biggest playwriting competition; guests include Miranda Sawyer, Simon Stephens and previous winner Duncan Macmillan

Tena Stivicic on 3 Winters
Fri 30 Jan, Lyttelton

Joan Plowright
Mon 2 Feb, 2.30pm in Dorfman (90mins)
Dame Joan Ploywright is joined by director Richard Digby Day to talk about her long and distinguished career.

Nicholas Hytner & Tom Stoppard on The Hard Problem
Fri 6 Feb, 5.30pm in Olivier

Michael Pennington
Mon 9 Feb, Dorfman
Michael introduces Let Me Play the Lion Too, an idiosyncratic but practical guide on how to be an actor.

The Hard Problem: Evolutiionary Biology
Mon 16 Feb, Dorfman
Armand Leroi, Professor of Evolutionary Biology, talks about some of the themes surrounding Stoppard's new play.

Simon Godwin on Man and Superman
Thu 26 Feb, 5.30pm Lyttelton

In Context: Bernard Shaw
Thu 5 March, 2pm-5pm
Clore Learning Centre: Cottesloe Room, £45
Mark Lawson, Nadia Fall and Ben Power investigate how Shaw wrote dramas which responded urgently to the problems of the time.

In Context: Representing India
Wed 11 March, 2pm-5pm
Clore Learning Centre: Cottesloe Room, £45
Within Indian historian Sunil Khilnani, the journalist and writer Ian Jack and Indian film specialist, Rachel Dwyer..

Antonia Fraser
Thu 12 March, 5.30pm Lyttelton
In her memoir My History, the writer reflects on the start of her lifelong love of history. Chaired by Mark Lawson.

Shaw and Superman
Fri 13 March, 5.30pm Lyttelton
Philosopher Keith Ansell-Pearson and biographer MIchael Holroyd discuss the Nietzeschean concept of the 'ubermensche' and its influence on Shaw's writing.

Nadia Fall and Tanya Ronder on Dora
Wed 18 March, Lyttelton

Marianne Elliot and Sam Holcroft on Rules for Living
Thu 26 March, 6.30pm Dorfman

In Context: Adapting Novels for Young People for the Stage
Thu 19 March, 2.30pm-5pm
Clore Learning Centre: Cottesloe Room, £45
Playwrights Bryony Lavert and Dennis Kely talk about their adaptations of classic novels

Ralph Fiennes
Fri 15 May, 3pm Lyttelton (1hr) £5
The actor talks about the challenges and rewards of playing Jack Tanner in Man and Superman.