Directors in Conversation: Recent Episodes
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Directors take to the stage to share their experiences of working at the National Theatre, featuring Danny Boyle, Sam Mendes and Richard Eyre who discuss productions including Frankenstein and King Lear.
Lorraine Hansberry's Literary Executor and Director of her Literary Trust, Joi Gresham, joins director Yaël Farber and dramaturg Drew Lichtenberg to discuss the playwright’s work and legacy, and this new production of her play, Les Blancs.
http://www.nationaltheatre.org.uk/shows/les-blancs
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This is a recording of a live platform event.
The director discusses his new production of August Wilson’s play, Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom, with Ola Animshawun.
This is a recording of a live platform event.
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Roger Michell discusses his new production of Harley Granville Barker’s play with Michael Billington.
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Ben Power discusses his adaptation of DH Lawrence’s trilogy with the director Marianne Elliott.
This is a recording of a live platform event.
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www.nationaltheatre.org.uk/shows/husbands-sons
Director Dominic Cooke talks to Fiona Mountford about Caryl Churchill’s new play.
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http://www.nationaltheatre.org.uk/shows/here-we-go
Director Ian Rickson and writer/actor Wallace Shawn discuss the play, Evening at the Talk House.
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http://www.nationaltheatre.org.uk/shows/evening-at-the-talk-house
Director Nadia Fall and playwright Timberlake Wertenbaker discuss the new production of Our Country's Good.
This is a recording of a live platform event.
http://www.nationaltheatre.org.uk/shows/our-countrys-good
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Director Ned Bennett and playwright Alistair McDowall talk to Dan Rebellato about the production, Pomona.
This is a recording of a live platform event.
http://www.nationaltheatre.org.uk/shows/pomona
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The director and writer discuss their new production, People, Places and Things.
This is a recording of a live platform event.
http://www.nationaltheatre.org.uk/shows/people-places-and-things
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The director talks about his new version of Turgenev’s play, Three Days in the Country.
Chaired by Rachel Cooke.
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http://www.nationaltheatre.org.uk/shows/three-days-in-the-country
The writer and director discuss The Red Lion, Patrick Marber's haunting and humorous new play about the dying romance of the great English game.
Find out more about The Red Lion and book tickets: www.nationaltheatre.org.uk/shows/the-red-lion
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The director talks to Fiona Mountford about his new production of Farquhar’s comedy, The Beaux’ Stratagem.
Playwright Stephen Adly Guirgis and director Indhu Rubasingham discuss this new production of The Motherf**ker with the Hat with Paul Gambaccini.
The choreographer and director discuss their new production of Everyman with Bonnie Greer.
The director and writer discuss the new production, Rules for Living, with Rachel Cooke.
The director and adapter talk about their production of Dara.
Find out more about Dara: http://www.nationaltheatre.org.uk/shows/dara
The director and writer discuss the new play, The Hard Problem.
Find out more about The Hard Problem: http://www.nationaltheatre.org.uk/shows/the-hard-problem
The director talks about his new production of Man and Superman and the challenges of staging Bernard Shaw’s witty, provocative classic.
Director Polly Findlay and playwright Bryony Lavery discuss their new version of R L Stevenson's adventure story with Fiona Mountford.
Find out more and book tickets: http://www.nationaltheatre.org.uk/shows/treasure-island
Director Rufus Norris and actress Meera Syal discuss Behind the Beautiful Forevers, a new play by David Hare based on the book by Katherine Boo.
Find out more and book tickets here: http://www.nationaltheatre.org.uk/shows/behind-the-beautiful-forevers
Richard Eyre talks to Mark Lawson about his new book, What Do I Know?, where he writes about people has worked with, ideas he has struggled with and things that have moved him in his directing career.
This is a recording of a live Platform event from October 2014.
The writer and director discuss the new trilogy, the epic scale of the production and audience reactions to the play. This event was chaired by Al Senter.
This is a recording of a live Platform event from September 2014.
Enda Walsh talks to Dan Rebellato about writing and directing Ballyturk.
This is a recording of a live Platform event from September 2014.
Director Carrie Cracknell and designer Tom Scutt talk to Kate Mosse about their collaboration on Medea in the Olivier Theatre.
This is a recording of a live Platform event from August 2014.
Director and writer Neil Bartlett talks to Michael Coveney about his new novel, The Disappearance Boy, set in the world of 1950s theatre - what attracted him to this period, the research and how it reflects his own interest in theatre.
This is a recording of a live Platform event from August 2014.
The film and stage director talks talks to Mark Leipacher about his acclaimed production of King Lear, working with Simon Russell Beale and his career.
This is a recording of a live Platform event from May 2014.
Adam Penford talks to Mark Shenton about his revival of Alan Ayckbourn's A Small Family Business, working with Nicholas Hytner on One Man, Two Guvnors and his ambitions for the future.
This is a recording of a live Platform event from April 2014.
The director and designer of The Light Princess discuss working on this new musical by Tori Amos and Samuel Adamson, which features a main character who floats on stage, a troupe of puppeteers and ambitious staging. The chair for this event is Rachel Cooke.
This is a recording of a live Platform event from January 2014.
The writer and director talk about this new version of Erich Kästner's story, adapting it for the Olivier Theatre and working with three casts of child actors.
This is a recording of a live Platform event from December 2013.
Joe Hill-Gibbins talks about directing Edward II, Christopher Marlowe and working in the National Theatre Studio.
This is a recording of a live Platform event from September 2013.
The artistic director and producer look back on 30 years of the company's ground-breaking work, including The Master and Margarita and A Disappearing Number, and reflect on the impact that the company have had on theatre in the UK and internationally.
This is a recording of a live Platform event, which was chaired by Louise Jeffreys Director of Arts at the Barbican.
The artistic director and producer look back on 30 years of the company's ground-breaking work, including The Master and Margarita and A Disappearing Number, and reflect on the impact that the company have had on theatre in the UK and internationally.
This is a recording of a live Platform event, which was chaired by Louise Jeffreys Director of Arts at the Barbican.
Simon Godwin talks about directing Strange Interlude, Eugene O'Neill and making his National Theatre debut.
Nicholas Hytner talks about directing Othello, the play's performance history and staging Shakespeare productions at the National Theatre in this podcast.
This is a recording of a live Platform event from April 2013.
Peter Brook talks to Mark Lawson about his career and his new book, The Quality of Mercy, a collection of essays reflecting his lifelong interest in interpreting Shakespeare’s works for contemporary audiences.
This is a recording of a live Platform event from April 2013.
Peter Brook talks to Mark Lawson about his career and his new book, The Quality of Mercy, a collection of essays reflecting his lifelong interest in interpreting Shakespeare’s works for contemporary audiences.
This is a recording of a live Platform event from April 2013.
The writer and director talk to Christopher Campbell (Literary Manager, Royal Court Theatre) about the National Theatre's production of This House, its transfer from the Cottesloe Theatre to the Olivier Theatre and portraying real events on stage.
This is a recording of a live Platform event from March 2013.
Jonathan Miller reflects on his career as a theatre director, working with Laurence Olivier and his art with Kate Bassett, author of Two Minds: A Biography of Jonathan Miller.
This is a recording of a live Platform event from January 2013.
The director, Marianne Elliott, and playwright, Simon Stephens, discuss the 2013 production of Port and reflect on the original production in 2002 with interviewer Rachel Cooke.
The director of The Magistrate, Timothy Sheader, talks to Fiona Mountford about the Regent's Park Open Air Theatre, directing and making his production National Theatre debut with Pinero’s farce. This is a recording of a live Platform event from January 2013.
Director Marianne Elliott talks about this new stage adaptation of Mark Haddon's award-winning novel. This is a live recording from a Platform event from August 2012.
The writer Alecky Blythe, composer Adam Cork and director Rufus Norris discuss their award winning work, London Road, with Dan Rebellato.
The director discusses his new production with Fiona Mountford.
This is a recording of a live Platform event.
Director and playwright discuss Travelling Light with Sarah Hemming.
This is a recording of a live Platform event.
The director discusses his production of Goldsmith’s comedy, She Stoops to Conquer, with Rachel Cooke.
This is a recording of a live Platform event.
The playwright and director Mike Leigh talks to Sue MacGregor about his new play Grief in October 2011.
This is a recording of a live Platform event.
Danny Boyle and Nick Dear talk to Christopher Frayling about adapting Frankenstein for the stage.