The National Theatre
Beyond the poster
The Graphic Design Studio at The National Theatre is responsible for creating and producing concepts that create the core of a campaign. An institution renowned for their striking posters, the challenge now, in a digitally-led world is how you think beyond that format, create integrated campaigns and attract a diverse audience.
Master Harold…and the boys
Apartheid South Africa. St George's Park Tea Room, Port Elizabeth, 1950. On a long rainy afternoon, employees Sam and Willie practice their steps for the finals of the ballroom dancing championship.
Hally arrives from school to hide out in his parents’ tea room. These two men have been unlikely best friends to Hally his whole life. But it is apartheid era South Africa: he’s Master Harold, and they are the boys.
Writer: Athol Fugard
Director: Roy Alexander Weise
Photography: Seb Nevols
Small Island
Andrea Levy’s epic novel tells a story which journeys from Jamaica to Britain, through the Second World War to 1948 – the year the HMT Empire Windrush docked at Tilbury.
Small Island follows three intricately connected stories. Hortense yearns for a new life away from rural Jamaica, Gilbert dreams of becoming a lawyer, and Queenie longs to escape her Lincolnshire roots. Hope and humanity meet stubborn reality as the play traces the tangled history of Jamaica and the UK.
Writer: Angela Levy
Director: Rufus Norris
Photography: Franklyn Rodgers
Paradise
In a cave on a desolate island lives Philoctetes: once a wartime hero, now a wounded outcast. Stranded for ten years, he sees a chance of escape when a young solider appears with tales of Philoctetes’ past glories. But with his hope comes suspicion and, as an old enemy emerges, he is faced with an even greater temptation: revenge.
Writer: Kae Tempest
Director: Ian Rickson
Photography: Alex Telfer