10th April 2020
With four days of holidays stretching ahead, here are some suggestions of streaming and download treats from Illuminations. New titles are now available including Being Shakespeare, Art of Faith II and Harold Pinter's Nobel Prize-winning speech, Art, Truth & Politics.
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23rd August 2018
We're thrilled to announce a new version of our best-selling film, Macbeth, now with subtitles across the main film, extras and director's commentary. We are committed to ensuring that our films are accessible to all and every new Illuminations
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13th June 2016
I want to begin outlining some thoughts and some questions about the idea of 'performance capture'. And I want to do so partly in response to a 'capture' of Rambert's dance work, Tomorrow, which is choreographed by Lucy Guerin
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25th October 2013
On Thursday eveningĀ Arena premiered the first of two films looking back at the history of the National Theatre. I am going to wait for the second to air before posting about them, but I do want to look today at
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22nd August 2013
To the Gate Notting Hill tonight for an NT Live encore screening of the Manchester International Festival Macbeth. I was away when this production with Kenneth Branagh and Alex Kingston was shown live in cinemas, and
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14th July 2012
Grrrr! I know, I know that you should never respond to criticism, but today I can't resist a little rant. I am also by disposition a retiring individual not much given to trumpeting Illuminations' achievements. But take a look at
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