Business (2) - Task A - National Theatre

• Name:  National Theatre
• Established: 1963 // Pamphlets complaining about the lack of "serious theatre" first appeared in 1847 // The New Shakespeare Company (now RSC) and Herbert Beerbohm Tree founded RADA in 1904, but there still wasn't a National Theatre // A "National Theatre Act" was passed by parliament in 1949 // In 1951, the Government stated that there wasn't enough funding for a National Theatre // In 1962, a separate board was set up to run a National Theatre Company and lease the Old Vic theatre.
• Notable productions: Hamlet // Othello // As You Like It // The Tempest // Amadeus // Guys and Dolls // Cat on a Hot Tin Roof // An Inspector Calls // Sweeny Todd // The Merchant of Venice // South Pacific // Anything Goes // War Horse // Much Ado About Nothing // Frankenstein //
• How it is organised: Director = Rufus Norris // Executive director = Lisa Burger // Deputy Artistic Director = Ben Power // Nine associates // 13 board members, including Sir Damon Buffini (Chairman) & Kate Mosse (Deputy Chair) // Head of Press = Vicky Kington // Press Manager = Martin Shippen // Senior Press Officer = Mary Parker // Press Officer = Emma Hardy
• How it is funded: Registered charity (no: 224223)
• How it programmes it's productions: Partnership with Travelex means there are hundreds of seats at £15 for every performance // The New Work Department is the "engine room of the National’s creative process, developing work and artists for the NT ’s stages and beyond"
• Work outside of their performances: National Theatre Bookshop // The Primary Programme (visits to Primary Schools in London - performances & workshops) // On Demand in Schools (Teachers can stream certain performances to schools for free - https://schools.nationaltheatre.org.uk/app/os#!/home) // Workshops // Family days
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_National_Theatre
• https://www.nationaltheatre.org.uk/about-the-national/key-facts-and-figures/whos-who 
• https://www.nationaltheatre.org.uk/about-the-national-theatre/press 
• https://www.nationaltheatre.org.uk/about-the-national-theatre/new-work