National Theatre – Olivier Stage

Stage Machinery at the Olivier Stage

Selected Past Productions

  • His Dark Materials
  • Frankenstein
  • War Horse
  • Oklahoma! (15th July 1998 – 3 October 1998)
  • The Romans in Britain (16 October 1980 – 24 March 1981)
  • Othello (20 June 1980 – 9 April 1981)
  • Sisterly Feelings (3 June 1980 – 5 February 1981) by Alan Ayckbourn
  • Man and Superman (22 January 1981 – 5 September 1981)
  • The Life of Galileo (13 August 1980 – 3 October 1981)
  • Amadeus (2 November 1979 – 4 June 1981)
  • Playboy of the Western World (5 October 1976 – ) [in rep]
  • Tamburlaine the Great (4 October 1976 – ) [in rep] Directed by Peter Hall in the newly opened (but still unfinished) Olivier theatre. Starring Albert Finney. Set by John Bury. 

Backstage:


The Stage - Backstage: How the National reinvented theatre (October 2016)
[External Website]

Exhibits from this venue in the Backstage Heritage Collection

  • Lightboard Palette
  • Links to information about equipment at National Theatre - The Olivier Theatre over the years

  • Lightboard (Strand)
  • Documents

    Lightboard Stalls Remote
    Lightboard Stalls Remote 
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    Lightboard Stalls Remote
    Lightboard Stalls Remote 
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    Lightboard Stalls Remote - Rear Detail
    Lightboard Stalls Remote - Rear Detail 
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    Mentions of National Theatre - The Olivier Theatre in indexed journals

     

     

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