Dominic Dromgoole: Will and Me
4 April, Cottesloe
The new Artistic Director of Shakespeare's Globe explores how Shakespeare
can enter our lives with such force and teach us so much about living.
Pam Gems
7 April, Cottesloe
Pam Gems, the celebrated author of Dusa Fish Stas and Vi, Queen
Christina, Piaf, Stanley and the new play Mrs
Pat, talks to Dimple Godiwala, the author of Queer Mythologies,
a major new analysis of her work.
Richard E Grant: Wah-Wah
24 April, Olivier
Richard E Grant talks about Wah-Wah, the diaries of his debut
as writer and director of his autobiographical movie of the same name.
The Coming of Godot with Peter Hall
27 April, Olivier
In the year of Samuel Beckett's centenary, Peter Hall recalls the
original London production of Beckett's groundbreaking masterpieceWaiting
for Godot, with Jonathan Croall, author of The Coming of Godot,
celebrating the play's 50-year theatrical journey.
Peter Shaffer and Trevor Nunn on The Royal Hunt of the Sun
28 April, Olivier
The distinguished playwright Peter Shaffer discusses his seminal work
with Trevor Nunn, the director of the National's current production.
(This Platform is already sold out: returns and day seats only.)
Alain de Botton: The Architecture of Happiness
2 May, Olivier
Alain de Botton comes to Lasdun's brutalist masterpiece to talk about
his latest subject: the power of architecture and interior design
to influence how we feel. (Followed by booksigning)
Simon Armitage: Homer's Odyssey
4 May, Olivier
Simon Armitage introduces a reading from his re-telling of The
Odyssey which recasts Homer's epic as a series of dramatic dialogues.
(Followed by booksigning)
Christopher Logue Homer: Cold Calls
5 May, Olivier
A special reading to celebrate Christopher Logue's recent Whitbread
Poetry Prize for the fifth and penultimate instalment of his re-telling
of The Iliad. Cold Calls picks up the narrative nine
years after the thousand Greek ships were launched to repossess Helen,
the world's most beautiful woman, from the Trojans. (Signed copies
will be available)
The Granville Barker Inheritance
9 May, Lyttelton
Joel Kaplan and Sheila Stowell talk about the life and work of actor,
producer, director, dramatist, Shakespeare scholar and campaigner,
Harley Granville Barker.
Anna Massey: Telling Some Tales
30 May, Cottesloe
After a turbulent childhood, Anna Massey's stage debut in The Reluctant
Debutante led to the notorious film Peeping Tom, and on
to television success in The Pallisers and Hotel du Lac.
Her distinguished stage career includes encounters with Olivier, Redgrave,
Richardson, Gielgud and Coward. (Followed by booksigning)
Stage by Stage, a permanent exhibition on the National's
history, is in the Olivier Circle, plus a changing programme throughout
the year.
Most People Are Other People
Portraits of Actors from Britain and Ireland by Stuart Pearson Wright
10 April - 20 May
Co-presented with the National Portrait Gallery, this exhibition brings
together 21 new portraits by the award-winning British artist Stuart
Pearson Wright, of some of Britain and Ireland's most accomplished
stage and film performers, many of whom are veterans of the National
Theatre. The subjects include Fiona Shaw, Michael Gambon, Matthew
Macfadyen and Ian McKellen. The exhibition also includes a number
of paintings associated with theatre.
The Press Photographer's Year
27 May - 8 July
The culmination of a brand new competition showcasing the best press
photography of 2005. The Press Photographer's Year proves once
again that even in a world of instant communication, the traditional
still image burns the keenest, fastest impression on the public conscience.
This exhibition is held in association with The British Press Photographers'
Association, which returns to the NT after 2004's powerful and moving
exhibition, Five Thousand Days.
