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Welcome to the National Theatre
Take a look behind the scenes at the National Theatre, and find out who and what it takes to make a production for one of our three stages.
This film was made as part of the National Theatre’s Let’s Play programme, our first national programme for primary schools. Let’s Play supports schools to make extraordinary theatre with their pupils by providing newly commissioned plays for children to perform, alongside training and learning resources for teachers that enables them to involve children in all aspects of theatre making.
Find out more about Let's Play for primary schools: http://nationaltheatre.org.uk/letsplay
Music by Alexander Painter
published: 03 May 2018
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Meghan Markle visits London's National Theatre as new royal patron
Meghan, the Duchess of Sussex, visited London's National Theatre on Wednesday as the venue's new royal patron, watching a line-run of a Shakespeare play and meeting aspiring performers.
The pregnant 37-year-old former actor met apprentices and staff working with arts and community organizations before being treated to a line-run of a new musical version of "Pericles."
For more info, please go to https://globalnews.ca/tag/meghan-markle/
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published: 30 Jan 2019
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Royal National Theatre London UK
Royal National Theatre London UK - Denys Lasdun's - 1963-1976
Denys Lasdun's National Theatre – one of London's best-known and most divisive Brutalist buildings – is a layered concrete landscape that Prince Charles once described as being like "a nuclear power station". Completed in 1976, the Royal National Theatre stands on the South Bank of the Thames, just downstream of Waterloo bridge. It is formed from two fly towers rising from layered horizontal terraces that wrap around the building, cascading to the river level. The design for the building was based on Lasdun's idea of "architecture as urban landscape."
Lasdun was appointed to the project in 1963. With no previous experience in theatre design, he persuaded the board of theatre directors, designers and technical experts to give ...
published: 01 Dec 2016
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National Theatre's Macbeth - Trailer
The National Theatre, creators of War Horse and The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time, bring this epic production to The Lowry Theatre following a sold out run in London.
The ruined aftermath of a bloody civil war. Ruthlessly fighting to survive, the Macbeths are thrust towards the crown by forces of elemental darkness. This new production propels Shakespeare’s classic tragedy into a post-apocalyptic world of anarchy and uncertainty.
Tickets and more info: po.st/ObZXSk
published: 01 Jun 2018
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National Theatre London - A Guide
An Insider Guide to the Royal National Theatre located on London's Southbank: how do you find it, what are the facilities like, which are the best seats in the Olivier and Lyttelton auditoria and other tips from Paul Seven Lewis of One Minute Theatre Reviews. Do you agree or disagree? Do you have any other tips? Please add your comment.
National Theatre website www.nationaltheatre.org.uk
National Theatre booking line 020 7452 3000
Check out all the One Minute Theatre Reviews of London theatres.
published: 29 Jan 2019
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A Look Inside The National Theatre
published: 20 Nov 2018
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National Theatre Model On Show (1967)
London.
Various hots of the model of the new National Theatre building in London. Sir Laurence Olivier and the architect Denys Lasdun take a close look at the model and then the press ask them questions about the construction. CU. Another model showing the inside the two auditoriums.
(Orig. Neg.)
Date found in the old record - 28/12/1967.
FILM ID:3227.17
A VIDEO FROM BRITISH PATHÉ. EXPLORE OUR ONLINE CHANNEL, BRITISH PATHÉ TV. IT'S FULL OF GREAT DOCUMENTARIES, FASCINATING INTERVIEWS, AND CLASSIC MOVIES. http://www.britishpathe.tv/
FOR LICENSING ENQUIRIES VISIT http://www.britishpathe.com/
British Pathé also represents the Reuters historical collection, which includes more than 136,000 items from the news agencies Gaumont Graphic (1910-1932), Empire News Bulletin (1926-1930), ...
published: 13 Apr 2014
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'Antigone': An Introduction
This film offers a brief introduction to Aristotle's theory of tragedy from Edith Hall, before introducing the play Antigone by Sophocles. Polly Findlay speaks about her interpretation of Don Taylor's translation of Antigone for the National Theatre's Olivier theatre in 2012. This short film includes interviews with Christopher Eccleston, Jodie Whittaker and Michael Grady-Hall as well as excerpts of archive footage from the 2012 production.
Discover more about the art of making theatre with the National Theatre: http://www.nationaltheatre.org.uk/discover
Bookshop: http://www.nationaltheatre.org.uk/bookshop
Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/nationaltheatre
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/national.theatre.london
iTunes: http://www.nationaltheatre.org.uk/itunes
TES: http://www.tes.co....
published: 01 Feb 2013
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Welcome to the National Theatre
Take a look behind the scenes at the National Theatre, and find out who and what it takes to make a production for one of our three stages.
This film was made ...
Take a look behind the scenes at the National Theatre, and find out who and what it takes to make a production for one of our three stages.
This film was made as part of the National Theatre’s Let’s Play programme, our first national programme for primary schools. Let’s Play supports schools to make extraordinary theatre with their pupils by providing newly commissioned plays for children to perform, alongside training and learning resources for teachers that enables them to involve children in all aspects of theatre making.
Find out more about Let's Play for primary schools: http://nationaltheatre.org.uk/letsplay
Music by Alexander Painter
https://wn.com/Welcome_To_The_National_Theatre
Take a look behind the scenes at the National Theatre, and find out who and what it takes to make a production for one of our three stages.
This film was made as part of the National Theatre’s Let’s Play programme, our first national programme for primary schools. Let’s Play supports schools to make extraordinary theatre with their pupils by providing newly commissioned plays for children to perform, alongside training and learning resources for teachers that enables them to involve children in all aspects of theatre making.
Find out more about Let's Play for primary schools: http://nationaltheatre.org.uk/letsplay
Music by Alexander Painter
- published: 03 May 2018
- views: 86156
3:04
Meghan Markle visits London's National Theatre as new royal patron
Meghan, the Duchess of Sussex, visited London's National Theatre on Wednesday as the venue's new royal patron, watching a line-run of a Shakespeare play and mee...
Meghan, the Duchess of Sussex, visited London's National Theatre on Wednesday as the venue's new royal patron, watching a line-run of a Shakespeare play and meeting aspiring performers.
The pregnant 37-year-old former actor met apprentices and staff working with arts and community organizations before being treated to a line-run of a new musical version of "Pericles."
For more info, please go to https://globalnews.ca/tag/meghan-markle/
Subscribe to Global News Channel HERE: http://bit.ly/20fcXDc
Like Global News on Facebook HERE: http://bit.ly/255GMJQ
Follow Global News on Twitter HERE: http://bit.ly/1Toz8mt
Follow Global News on Instagram HERE: https://bit.ly/2QZaZIB
https://wn.com/Meghan_Markle_Visits_London's_National_Theatre_As_New_Royal_Patron
Meghan, the Duchess of Sussex, visited London's National Theatre on Wednesday as the venue's new royal patron, watching a line-run of a Shakespeare play and meeting aspiring performers.
The pregnant 37-year-old former actor met apprentices and staff working with arts and community organizations before being treated to a line-run of a new musical version of "Pericles."
For more info, please go to https://globalnews.ca/tag/meghan-markle/
Subscribe to Global News Channel HERE: http://bit.ly/20fcXDc
Like Global News on Facebook HERE: http://bit.ly/255GMJQ
Follow Global News on Twitter HERE: http://bit.ly/1Toz8mt
Follow Global News on Instagram HERE: https://bit.ly/2QZaZIB
- published: 30 Jan 2019
- views: 58147
6:50
Royal National Theatre London UK
Royal National Theatre London UK - Denys Lasdun's - 1963-1976
Denys Lasdun's National Theatre – one of London's best-known and most divisive Brutalist building...
Royal National Theatre London UK - Denys Lasdun's - 1963-1976
Denys Lasdun's National Theatre – one of London's best-known and most divisive Brutalist buildings – is a layered concrete landscape that Prince Charles once described as being like "a nuclear power station". Completed in 1976, the Royal National Theatre stands on the South Bank of the Thames, just downstream of Waterloo bridge. It is formed from two fly towers rising from layered horizontal terraces that wrap around the building, cascading to the river level. The design for the building was based on Lasdun's idea of "architecture as urban landscape."
Lasdun was appointed to the project in 1963. With no previous experience in theatre design, he persuaded the board of theatre directors, designers and technical experts to give him the job without a team alongside him but with the drama of a solo-performance. The National Theatre was a live project for 13 years, with two years spent on the main theatre alone. Lasdun described the early design process as one of evolution, shaped by consultation with the committee. He stated that it began with the spaces of the theatres themselves. The structure is vast and city-like in plan. It accommodates three theatres, the largest seating 1,160 people, alongside restaurants, bars, foyers, workshops and all the mechanics necessary. The open-stage theatre, the Olivier, is shaped like a giant ancient amphitheatre and occupies a large area away from the bridge that runs along one side of the site, while the smaller Proscenium theatre, with an arch over the stage, sits on the bridge. A small studio theatre is tucked away to the east side of the building, alongside the offices and other administrative functions.
Great attention was paid to the details of the "quiet" interior of the theatre: lighting, sign posting, fittings, the auditorium seats, a change from the stucco and mirrors of theatres of the period. Lasdun even selected the crockery and cutlery for the restaurant. Internally and externally, the rough-cast concrete surface of the National Theatre shows the imprint of the sawn wooden planks used in the casting process, which were supposedly each only used twice, once on each side. Lasdun described the use of concrete: "Concrete is a very intractable material, but it can be a beautiful material if it is used in the way its own nature intends it to be used... It is a sort of sculpture that you can only do with reinforced concrete, but you need to work to a certain scale... It is not a cosy little material." On the river side, a series of interconnected foyers make up the main public area, in an L-shape around the two larger theatres. Admiration of the National Theatre tends to focus on the magic of these internal spaces, which tower in sections to their full height. It has come to be thought of as one of the city's key communal spaces, described as "the nation's sitting room". Lasdun himself described these spaces as a "fourth theatre". He said "I feel that all the public areas of the building, the foyers and terraces, are in themselves a theatre with the city as a backdrop." These public interior spaces merge with the terraces outside, or what Lasdun describes as the "geological strata" of his architecture of "urban landscape".
"The strata of the building are like new levels of ground and they will become real places. It is very important that the National Theatre becomes a part of the city. Any idea of a cultural ghetto has gone," said the architect.
Lasdun's strata make it hard to define where the National Theatre begins and ends. The interconnected walkways, split levels and circular stairwells of the South Bank merge with the city itself. Installations and temporary structures have occupied the terraces in the past, including a bright red auditorium by Haworth Tompkins. Skateboarders came to use the terraces and under crofts of Lasdun's National Theatre and the other buildings on the South Bank as their playground. Early on, this occupation was seen as evidence of failed architecture yet a recent successful campaign to save the South Bank skate park has acknowledged it as one of the great spaces of London. The National Theatre gained a Grade II heritage listing in 1994, only 18 years after it was built. Despite being thought of with affection by many, such a large public building is bound to provoke controversy. From its conception, when it was compared to a nuclear power station by Prince Charles, to today's debates surrounding a £70 million transformation and renovation of the building by Haworth Tompkins, the National Theatre has divided opinion.
https://wn.com/Royal_National_Theatre_London_UK
Royal National Theatre London UK - Denys Lasdun's - 1963-1976
Denys Lasdun's National Theatre – one of London's best-known and most divisive Brutalist buildings – is a layered concrete landscape that Prince Charles once described as being like "a nuclear power station". Completed in 1976, the Royal National Theatre stands on the South Bank of the Thames, just downstream of Waterloo bridge. It is formed from two fly towers rising from layered horizontal terraces that wrap around the building, cascading to the river level. The design for the building was based on Lasdun's idea of "architecture as urban landscape."
Lasdun was appointed to the project in 1963. With no previous experience in theatre design, he persuaded the board of theatre directors, designers and technical experts to give him the job without a team alongside him but with the drama of a solo-performance. The National Theatre was a live project for 13 years, with two years spent on the main theatre alone. Lasdun described the early design process as one of evolution, shaped by consultation with the committee. He stated that it began with the spaces of the theatres themselves. The structure is vast and city-like in plan. It accommodates three theatres, the largest seating 1,160 people, alongside restaurants, bars, foyers, workshops and all the mechanics necessary. The open-stage theatre, the Olivier, is shaped like a giant ancient amphitheatre and occupies a large area away from the bridge that runs along one side of the site, while the smaller Proscenium theatre, with an arch over the stage, sits on the bridge. A small studio theatre is tucked away to the east side of the building, alongside the offices and other administrative functions.
Great attention was paid to the details of the "quiet" interior of the theatre: lighting, sign posting, fittings, the auditorium seats, a change from the stucco and mirrors of theatres of the period. Lasdun even selected the crockery and cutlery for the restaurant. Internally and externally, the rough-cast concrete surface of the National Theatre shows the imprint of the sawn wooden planks used in the casting process, which were supposedly each only used twice, once on each side. Lasdun described the use of concrete: "Concrete is a very intractable material, but it can be a beautiful material if it is used in the way its own nature intends it to be used... It is a sort of sculpture that you can only do with reinforced concrete, but you need to work to a certain scale... It is not a cosy little material." On the river side, a series of interconnected foyers make up the main public area, in an L-shape around the two larger theatres. Admiration of the National Theatre tends to focus on the magic of these internal spaces, which tower in sections to their full height. It has come to be thought of as one of the city's key communal spaces, described as "the nation's sitting room". Lasdun himself described these spaces as a "fourth theatre". He said "I feel that all the public areas of the building, the foyers and terraces, are in themselves a theatre with the city as a backdrop." These public interior spaces merge with the terraces outside, or what Lasdun describes as the "geological strata" of his architecture of "urban landscape".
"The strata of the building are like new levels of ground and they will become real places. It is very important that the National Theatre becomes a part of the city. Any idea of a cultural ghetto has gone," said the architect.
Lasdun's strata make it hard to define where the National Theatre begins and ends. The interconnected walkways, split levels and circular stairwells of the South Bank merge with the city itself. Installations and temporary structures have occupied the terraces in the past, including a bright red auditorium by Haworth Tompkins. Skateboarders came to use the terraces and under crofts of Lasdun's National Theatre and the other buildings on the South Bank as their playground. Early on, this occupation was seen as evidence of failed architecture yet a recent successful campaign to save the South Bank skate park has acknowledged it as one of the great spaces of London. The National Theatre gained a Grade II heritage listing in 1994, only 18 years after it was built. Despite being thought of with affection by many, such a large public building is bound to provoke controversy. From its conception, when it was compared to a nuclear power station by Prince Charles, to today's debates surrounding a £70 million transformation and renovation of the building by Haworth Tompkins, the National Theatre has divided opinion.
- published: 01 Dec 2016
- views: 3659
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National Theatre's Macbeth - Trailer
The National Theatre, creators of War Horse and The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time, bring this epic production to The Lowry Theatre following a s...
The National Theatre, creators of War Horse and The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time, bring this epic production to The Lowry Theatre following a sold out run in London.
The ruined aftermath of a bloody civil war. Ruthlessly fighting to survive, the Macbeths are thrust towards the crown by forces of elemental darkness. This new production propels Shakespeare’s classic tragedy into a post-apocalyptic world of anarchy and uncertainty.
Tickets and more info: po.st/ObZXSk
https://wn.com/National_Theatre's_Macbeth_Trailer
The National Theatre, creators of War Horse and The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time, bring this epic production to The Lowry Theatre following a sold out run in London.
The ruined aftermath of a bloody civil war. Ruthlessly fighting to survive, the Macbeths are thrust towards the crown by forces of elemental darkness. This new production propels Shakespeare’s classic tragedy into a post-apocalyptic world of anarchy and uncertainty.
Tickets and more info: po.st/ObZXSk
- published: 01 Jun 2018
- views: 5771
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National Theatre London - A Guide
An Insider Guide to the Royal National Theatre located on London's Southbank: how do you find it, what are the facilities like, which are the best seats in the ...
An Insider Guide to the Royal National Theatre located on London's Southbank: how do you find it, what are the facilities like, which are the best seats in the Olivier and Lyttelton auditoria and other tips from Paul Seven Lewis of One Minute Theatre Reviews. Do you agree or disagree? Do you have any other tips? Please add your comment.
National Theatre website www.nationaltheatre.org.uk
National Theatre booking line 020 7452 3000
Check out all the One Minute Theatre Reviews of London theatres.
https://wn.com/National_Theatre_London_A_Guide
An Insider Guide to the Royal National Theatre located on London's Southbank: how do you find it, what are the facilities like, which are the best seats in the Olivier and Lyttelton auditoria and other tips from Paul Seven Lewis of One Minute Theatre Reviews. Do you agree or disagree? Do you have any other tips? Please add your comment.
National Theatre website www.nationaltheatre.org.uk
National Theatre booking line 020 7452 3000
Check out all the One Minute Theatre Reviews of London theatres.
- published: 29 Jan 2019
- views: 1415
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National Theatre Model On Show (1967)
London.
Various hots of the model of the new National Theatre building in London. Sir Laurence Olivier and the architect Denys Lasdun take a close look at th...
London.
Various hots of the model of the new National Theatre building in London. Sir Laurence Olivier and the architect Denys Lasdun take a close look at the model and then the press ask them questions about the construction. CU. Another model showing the inside the two auditoriums.
(Orig. Neg.)
Date found in the old record - 28/12/1967.
FILM ID:3227.17
A VIDEO FROM BRITISH PATHÉ. EXPLORE OUR ONLINE CHANNEL, BRITISH PATHÉ TV. IT'S FULL OF GREAT DOCUMENTARIES, FASCINATING INTERVIEWS, AND CLASSIC MOVIES. http://www.britishpathe.tv/
FOR LICENSING ENQUIRIES VISIT http://www.britishpathe.com/
British Pathé also represents the Reuters historical collection, which includes more than 136,000 items from the news agencies Gaumont Graphic (1910-1932), Empire News Bulletin (1926-1930), British Paramount (1931-1957), and Gaumont British (1934-1959), as well as Visnews content from 1957 to the end of 1984. All footage can be viewed on the British Pathé website. https://www.britishpathe.com/
https://wn.com/National_Theatre_Model_On_Show_(1967)
London.
Various hots of the model of the new National Theatre building in London. Sir Laurence Olivier and the architect Denys Lasdun take a close look at the model and then the press ask them questions about the construction. CU. Another model showing the inside the two auditoriums.
(Orig. Neg.)
Date found in the old record - 28/12/1967.
FILM ID:3227.17
A VIDEO FROM BRITISH PATHÉ. EXPLORE OUR ONLINE CHANNEL, BRITISH PATHÉ TV. IT'S FULL OF GREAT DOCUMENTARIES, FASCINATING INTERVIEWS, AND CLASSIC MOVIES. http://www.britishpathe.tv/
FOR LICENSING ENQUIRIES VISIT http://www.britishpathe.com/
British Pathé also represents the Reuters historical collection, which includes more than 136,000 items from the news agencies Gaumont Graphic (1910-1932), Empire News Bulletin (1926-1930), British Paramount (1931-1957), and Gaumont British (1934-1959), as well as Visnews content from 1957 to the end of 1984. All footage can be viewed on the British Pathé website. https://www.britishpathe.com/
- published: 13 Apr 2014
- views: 540
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'Antigone': An Introduction
This film offers a brief introduction to
Aristotle's theory of tragedy from Edith Hall, before introducing the play Antigone by Sophocles. Polly Findlay speaks ...
This film offers a brief introduction to
Aristotle's theory of tragedy from Edith Hall, before introducing the play Antigone by Sophocles. Polly Findlay speaks about her interpretation of Don Taylor's translation of Antigone for the National Theatre's Olivier theatre in 2012. This short film includes interviews with Christopher Eccleston, Jodie Whittaker and Michael Grady-Hall as well as excerpts of archive footage from the 2012 production.
Discover more about the art of making theatre with the National Theatre: http://www.nationaltheatre.org.uk/discover
Bookshop: http://www.nationaltheatre.org.uk/bookshop
Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/nationaltheatre
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/national.theatre.london
iTunes: http://www.nationaltheatre.org.uk/itunes
TES: http://www.tes.co.uk/nationaltheatre
This film offers a brief introduction to
Aristotle's theory of tragedy from Edith Hall, before introducing the play Antigone by Sophocles. Polly Findlay speaks about her interpretation of Don Taylor's translation of Antigone for the National Theatre's Olivier theatre in 2012. This short film includes interviews with Christopher Eccleston, Jodie Whittaker and Michael Grady-Hall as well as excerpts of archive footage from the 2012 production.
Discover more about the art of making theatre with the National Theatre: http://www.nationaltheatre.org.uk/discover
Bookshop: http://www.nationaltheatre.org.uk/bookshop
Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/nationaltheatre
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/national.theatre.london
iTunes: http://www.nationaltheatre.org.uk/itunes
TES: http://www.tes.co.uk/nationaltheatre
- published: 01 Feb 2013
- views: 262710
