Articles in the National Theatre Category

Her Naked Skin
By Stephe Harrop | 07-08-08

Her Naked Skin follows the progress of Lesley Manville’s sprightly suffragette Lady Celia Cain, who tackles a perfunctory prison spell like a bracing adventure holiday, before launching herself purposefully at a…

The Revenger’s Tragedy
By Matt Boothman | 23-06-08

The National Theatre’s Olivier stage is set to fulfil our dullest expectations of Jacobean tragedy. Faded squares on the drab brown walls suggest paintings sold to stave off poverty. The…

Fram
By Stephe Harrop | 18-04-08

Tony Harrison is a great stage-poet, who knows that the theatre is a place for straight talk, open eyes and hard truths. Fram is a show that very palpably does things…