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Romeo & Juliet: Filming in a Pandemic
National Theatre Learning: How We Made It
Romeo & Juliet was filmed on a single stage at the National Theatre over seventeen days during a global pandemic. Learn from the cast and creative teams how it was possible.
Binaural Sound Design in ANNA
National Theatre Learning: How We Made It
How do you create live theatre in a glass box? With binaural audio! The cast of ANNA (2019) performed in a glass box on stage with the audience at the National Theatre all wearing headphones.
Amadeus: Singing Opera
National Theatre Learning: How We Made It
Soprano Fleur de Bray shares her preparation techniques for the Queen of the Night aria, including warm-up exercises and commentary, through performance.
'Aistriúcháin': Behind the Scenes
National Theatre Learning: Translations
Go behind the scenes of the National Theatre's shoot at the National Poetry Library.
Stagecraft
National Theatre Learning: Playwrights
Performing and rehearsing a play on a stage inspires new ideas for a playwright.
Style
National Theatre Learning: Playwrights
All playwrights have varying styles in their writing. In this short clip, learn how style can influence narratives and characters.
Top Tips
National Theatre Learning: Playwrights
Eager to hear a few top tips when it comes to writing a play? Hear from ten playwrights who discuss some of their personal favourites.
Process
National Theatre Learning: Playwrights
In this series, ten playwrights discuss different approaches to their craft, featuring writers Simon Stephens, In-Sook Chappell, Evan Placey, Alecky Blythe, Tanya Ronder, Suhayla El-Bushra, Ryan Craig, Lucy Kirkwood, Inua Ellams and Dawn King.
Scenes
National Theatre Learning: Playwrights
Discover how playwrights create scenes to manage and create more meaning in their stories.
Narrative
National Theatre Learning: Playwrights
Constructing an engaging narrative is key when writing a play. So what do our ten playwrights have to say when it comes to writing one?
Character
National Theatre Learning: Playwrights
In this short clip, playwrights discuss how they build their characters.
Dialogue
National Theatre Learning: Playwrights
What is a piece of dialogue trying to convey? In this clip, hear from playwrights as they share their experiences on writing, and rewriting, dialogue.
Angels in America: Behind the Scenes of a Two-play Day
Go behind the scenes on a two-play day of the National Theatre's production of Angels in America and see what it took to bring to life over seven hours of theatre.
Sexuality
National Theatre Learning: Twelfth Night
How does sexuality create tension and play on other themes in Twelfth Night?
Victor Frankenstein: A Character Study
National Theatre Learning: Frankenstein
Doctor. Madman. Scientist. God. Mary Shelley's Victor Frankenstein has been described as playing many roles. Benedict Cumberbatch and Jonny Lee Miller tells us about inhabiting the character in the National Theatre's stage adaptation.