National Theatre Backstage Tours

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Until Thu Feb 28

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Fri Jul 24 2009

Subservience of form to function is bracingly absolute in Sir Denys Lasdun's building, which was completed in 1976. The Lyttleton sits at the apex of an L-shape, with massive storage areas behind and to one side. This facilitates the repertory system the National operates, with a number of different productions using each auditorium concurrently. In the prop and set-building workshops sculptors, carpenters, smiths and painters create everything used on stage, from silicone broccoli florets to giant chunks of polystyrene rubble. In contrast to the Lyttleton's familiar set-up, the Cottesloe is an infinitely configurable modern studio space, based loosely on an Elizabethan courtyard theatre. It's the Olivier, though, with its razzle-dazzle drum revolve – a huge circular section in the middle of the stage which goes up and down as well as round and round – that is the National's pride and joy.

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Name:
National Theatre
Address:
National Theatre South Bank
London
SE1 9PX

Phone:
020 7452 3400
Website:
www.nationaltheatre.org.uk
Opening hours:
9.30am-11pm Mon-Sat (12noon-6pm Sun when there is a performance in the building)
Transport:
Tube: Waterloo
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1. National Theatre
  - South Bank
    London
    SE1 9PX
  - 020 7452 3400
  - www.nationaltheatre.org.uk
  - 51.507200,-0.113599

Event phone:
020 7452 3400
Event website:
www.nationaltheatre.org.uk

Categories:
Walks and tours. Guided tours. Theatre. Attractions and museums. Theatre. Things to do

Date Time Price information
Sun Feb 17

£7.50, £6.50 concs (unsuitable for under-sevens)

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