| Description | Series of articles about the theatre, with focus on the National Theatre. Topics include: campaigns to end sponsorship by Shell, the launch of NT Live broadcasts to some 50 cinemas across the UK, the day ticket queues, intereviews with Philip Pullman, a tribute to Paul Scofield at the Lyttelton theatre, NT joining newly launched Twitter, increased turnover for the 2008/9 season, new plays by David Hare and Tadeusz Slobodzianek, the increasing number of productions transfering to Broadway, the transfer of War Horse to the West End, interviews with Sanjeev Bhaskar, Simon Stevens, Adrian Edmondson and Stephen Daldry, a cultural review of the decade highlighting productions under Nicholas Hytner's tenure and the work of the National's literary department. |