Royal National Theatre
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Sep 11, 2026
Eric AndersonHOST
That was, that was pretty fantastic.
Eric AndersonHOST
Um, I know I am a bigger fan of Elsinore than, than m- uh, many here, or at least some here, and I wanna speak on that just for a moment, and that is Andrew Scott who is playing actor Ian Charleson, the Scottish actor who was in Gandhi and Chariots of Fire, and throughout his life sort of did not hit the, the high highs, uh, of a UK actor, but was well-known, and finds himself at a convergence in his life where he has HIV AIDS, is literally dying as he gets the role of a lifetime to play Hamlet for the National Theatre, and it is a very short time period of that, the rehearsal performance.
Eric AndersonHOST
And for Andrew Scott, he, he is very familiar with Hamlet, having played him hundreds of times himself.
Eric AndersonHOST
And I'm already a fan of, of Scott's diversity of work.
John WilsonHOST
Over a four-decade career, he's directed Shakespeare, contemporary drama, and musicals, including Miss Saigon, which ran for over a decade in London and on Broadway.
John WilsonHOST
He served as artistic director of the National Theatre for 12 years, overseeing more massive box office hits, including The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time and War Horse.
John WilsonHOST
Productions that he directed himself include One Man, Two Guvnors and The History Boys, one of several collaborations with Alan Bennett.
John WilsonHOST
In 2017, he co-founded London's Bridge Theatre, where his productions have included Julius Caesar, A Midsummer Night's Dream, and Guys and Dolls.
John WilsonHOST
It's recently been announced that you've sold the Bridge Theatre.
Nicholas HytnerGUEST
Mm.
John WilsonHOST
The theater that you set up and have been running for the last nine years since stepping down as director of the National Theatre.
John WilsonHOST
In the 25 years or so of running these two major arts organizations, what has been the biggest change in the sector in which you work, in a nutshell?
Joseph MillsonGUEST
Do you know, I once had a review from them where I was in a play.
Joseph MillsonGUEST
I was in a play at the National Theatre and they said, well, this was fantastic.
Joseph MillsonGUEST
And, you know, it was almost, it was just me and Toby Jones.
Joseph MillsonGUEST
Most of this show is a big old number.
EleanorGUEST
I sing musical theatre and Disney.
EleanorGUEST
And yeah, I am also helping out audio describing at the National Theatre every year, but I'm not sure if I'm doing it this year.
EleanorGUEST
Oh.
Yaz Taylor HaroonHOST
I'm not sure
EleanorGUEST
if they want me back.
Yaz Taylor HaroonHOST
Gorgeous.
Yaz Taylor HaroonHOST
So how did you, obviously you're doing some really like intricate things in like the music and theatre world, but how did that all start for you? You can't have just been like, you know what, I'm going to rock up at the National Theatre, see if they'll have me in.
Yaz Taylor HaroonHOST
How did it start for you?
Indhu RubasinghamSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
John Major feels like the perfect lens to interrogate this as he was in battle himself to define his own version of the role.
Joe PikeCORRESPONDENT
Why the merits or otherwise of John Major's years as Prime Minister are coming to the stage at the National Theatre.
speaker_16ADVERTISER
Growing businesses deal with the same problem.
speaker_16ADVERTISER
Too many tools, too much back and forth, and not enough time.
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Ron BrownHOST
Mr. O'Sullivan said he was concerned about a possible fine, as they'd been on loan for in excess of six thousand weeks.
Ron BrownHOST
But the library manager thanked him for the return in excellent condition.
Ron BrownHOST
The National Theatre is to go back to basics with a new stage play reevaluating the merits of the nineteen-nineties Prime Minister, Sir John Major.
Ron BrownHOST
The play, called Major, is being written by James Graham and asks questions about what makes a good leader.
John RossHOST
you? Another big hit that was a premiere was Elsinore, which is the Andrew Scott film that's going to be released by Focus Features.
John RossHOST
He plays this actor, Ian Charlson, who has the opportunity to play Hamlet on the National Theatre stage in London.
John RossHOST
But he is also living with AIDS at the time, and it gets progressively worse.
John RossHOST
worse as the film goes on and it is a incredible performance from andrew scott i mean he essentially does all the best scenes from hamlet while also playing this character so you get like andrew scott playing hamlet and then andrew scott you know in the late 80s playing this Actor who's a little bitter.
GavinHOST
I bet that's awesome.
GavinHOST
A West Side Story revival directed by Marianne Elliott and Miranda Cromwell has been set for London's National Theatre.
GavinHOST
Whoa.
GavinHOST
More to come with that.
Cassie BradleyGUEST
You know, and I've had amazing people that have championed me from my drama teacher at my comprehensive school in Nottingham to tutors at drama school to other actors that have really taken me under their wing or given me amazing advice.
Cassie BradleyGUEST
I did... incredible play at the National Theatre in London that Sam Mendes directed.
Cassie BradleyGUEST
It was King Lear.
Cassie BradleyGUEST
It was my first job out of drama school.
David ChaddertonHOST
Right.
David ChaddertonHOST
In the press release, your credits include Guys and Dolls, Nicely Nicely, of course, of the National Theatre, Hadestown.
David ChaddertonHOST
But it doesn't mention the show that I still talk of as being the best musical theatre production I've ever seen, which was Company at the Donmar in 1996.
David ChaddertonHOST
Company.
Alistair SpaldingGUEST
And that's been an incredible rise over those 20 years.
Alistair SpaldingGUEST
We've more than doubled our audience, but over half a million a year come to see our performances, which is the same as the National Theatre, actually.
Georgina GodwinHOST
That's extraordinary.
Georgina GodwinHOST
Have you seen your audiences change much in the last decade or so, the sort of demographics?
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