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Dateline:
12th April, 2006
June to August at the National
Three new productions have been announced for the period from June
to August, 2006, at the National Theatre:
The Seagull
By Anton Chekhov, in a version by Martin Crimp
Lyttelton
Previews from 17th June, opens 27th June, running until 5th August
Directed by Katie Mitchell.
With Juliet Stevenson, Ben Whishaw, Mark Bazeley, Michael Gould, Sean
Jackson, Liz Kettle, Sandy McDade, Hattie Morahan, Justin Salinger,
Angus Wright
The Life of Galileo
By Bertolt Brecht, in a version by David Hare
Olivier
Previews from 28th June, opens 6th July, running until 8th August
Directed by Howard Davies
With Simon Russell Beale
Exiles
By James Joyce
Cottesloe
Previews 26th July, opens 2nd August, running until 12th August
The following have been extended:
Two Thousand Years (to 29th July)
The Royal Hunt of the Sun (to 12th August)
Southwark Fair (to 4th July)
Overwhelming (to 5th August)
Platforms
Platforms start at 6.00 and run for 45 minutes. Thickest are £3.50
unless otherwise stated.
Simon Callow: Orson Welles
14th June, Cottesloe
Simon Callow talks about Hello Americans, the second volume
of his biography of Orson Welles.
Followed by a booksigning
John Carey: What Good Are The Arts?
16th June, Cottesloe
Talks about his assessment of the true value of art.
Followed by a booksigning
Rwanda: Survival Against the Odds
27th June, Cottesloe
Mary Kayitesi Blewitt lost almost her entire family in the Rwandan
genocide. She talks about the work of the charity Survivors Fund,
and the continuing effect of the atrocities.
Some Kind of Bliss
By Samuel Adamson
3rd July, Cottesloe
A pop journalist’s life is changed forever after two savage incidents
by the Thames in this dark and comic monologue
Pizarro
12th July 2006, 2pm, Olivier
Telling of the Peruvian struggle for independence against the Spanish.
Shell Connections: Appropriate Actions?
14th July, Olivier
The Welsh Assembly’s recent consultation on drama teaching, made
in the wake of a serious abuse case, raises vital questions about
language, subject, physicality and choice of material.
Shell Connections: Writers’ Forum
14th July, Cottesloe
Some of this year’s writers discuss their experiences of contributing
to Connections 2006.
Bernard Shaw: Political Thinker
26th July,Olivier
In association with the Fabian Society
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