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Dateline:
24th November, 2002
Spring 2003 Platforms at the National
Short early-evening events featuring leading figures in the performing
arts. All tickets £3.50 / £2.50 unless marked otherwise.
Running time 45 minutes. Information: 020 7452 3020 or www.nationaltheatre.org.uk/platforms
14th, 15th & 17th January Michael Pennington as Anton Chekhov
2.30pm, Cottesloe
Tickets: £5/£4
Marking the publication of Are you there, Crocodile? Inventing Anton
Chekhov, Michael Pennington performs his acclaimed solo show celebrating
Chekhov's life and work. This book is a study of the great writer, a
partial autobiography and an actor's search for identification with
the elusive Chekhov himself, 'the story, humorously told, of an unlikely
but tangible companionship'. [Booksigning]
24 January Declan Donnellan 6.00pm, Cottesloe
Declan Donnellan - the first Director of the RSC Academy - talks about
The Actor and the Target, his book explaining his fresh and radical
approach to acting. [Booksigning]
31 January Oliver Ford Davies 6.00pm, Cottesloe
A highly respected actor and former academic, Oliver Ford Davies talks
about Playing Lear, providing a unique insight into Shakespeare's most
monumentally complex character which he recently played at the Almeida
Theatre. [Booksigning]
A LAUGHING MATTER: 'SPECIAL GUESTS'
18 February & 19 March Samuel Johnson: In Conversation 6.00pm,
Lyttelton
A rare opportunity to hear the poet, essayist, dramatist, pioneering
lexicographer, wit and conversationalist in an illuminating 'interview'.
Ian Redford brings this major literary figure to life.
20 February & 20 March David Garrick: Acting Masterclass
6.00pm, Lyttelton
David Garrick was a legendary actor, director, impresario, author and
all-round international megastar. Jason Watkins takes us through an
'acting masterclass' with the artist credited with reforming and developing
the modern theatre as we know it.
REHEARSING/PLAYWRITING DAYS
Tickets: £5/£4.
27 February Rehearsing: What is it? Why do it? 2.00pm-4.30pm,
Lyttelton
Directors Max Stafford-Clark, Peter Leslie Wild and Mike Alfreds address
the challenges, processes and unpredictable elements of rehearsal practice,
in this half-day symposium chaired by Bella Merlin (Birmingham University).
Lively debate encouraged!
6 March Playwriting: Writing for the theatre 2.00pm-4.30pm,
Lyttelton
Contemporary playwrights discuss the state of modern theatre writing
and outline some of the practical considerations when writing for the
stage at the beginning of the twenty-first century. With Stuart Spencer,
author of The Playwright's Guidebook.
TALKSHOWS
Background discussions on shows currently in the National's repertoire.
10 January A Laughing Matter & She Stoops to Conquer
6.00pm, Lyttelton
With writer and director, April De Angelis and Max Stafford Clark.
17 January The Talking Cure: Karl Jung 6.00pm, Cottesloe
With Jungian analyst, Andrew Samuels.
27 January The Duchess of Malfi 6.00pm, Cottesloe
With director, Phyllida Lloyd.
29 January The Talking Cure: Sabina Spielrein 6.00pm,
Cottesloe
With Coline Covington, Chair of the British Confederation of Psychotherapists,
and Janet Sayers, Professor of Psychoanalytic Psychology at the University
of Kent.
12 February The Threepenny Opera 6.00pm, Cottesloe
With director, Tim Baker.
31 March Pericles 6.00pm, Olivier
Yukio Ninagawa in conversation with Thelma Holt.
21 March …And Finally: Trevor Nunn 6.00pm, Olivier
As Trevor Nunn prepares to hand over the reins to Nicholas Hytner he
talks about his final productions, Love's Labour's Lost and Anything
Goes, and reflects on his time at the National.
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