30 Oct 2008
Speech, text and dance are powerfully combined in physical theatre company DV8’s hard-hitting To Be Straight With You at the National Theatre. Read more
Age: Adult
Genre: Performance
Sub Genre: Physical Theatre
Incorporating dance, text, documentary, film and animated projections, dance theatre piece To Be Straight With You explores tolerance, intolerance, religion and sexuality.
Lloyd Newson's DV8 Physical Theatre, which performs To Be Straight With You at the National's Lyttelton theatre, was founded in 1986. Since then it has produced and toured 15 pieces including Just For Show and The Cost Of Living. Over the last three years it has won 16 awards for its stage and film works including a Prix Italia and the Rose D'Or.
DV8 creates its work by taking aesthetic and physical risks to break down the barriers between dance, theatre and personal politics with the aim of communicating ideas and feelings in as clear a way as possible.
Prior to the staging of To Be Straight With You, the company previously visited the National Theatre in 2005, during its tour of Just For Show.
To Be Straight With You is suitable for theatregoers aged 16 and older.
For more information about the production, read our First Night Feature.
show times: Tue-Sat 20:00 (29 Oct 19:00), Mats 2, 9, 15 Nov 15:00
ticket prices: £10-£30
duration: 1h20
cast: Ankur Bahl, Dan Canham, Seke Chimutengwende, Ermira Goro, Hannes Langolf, Coral Messam, Paradigmz, Rafael Pardillo, Ira Mandela Siobhan
director: Lloyd Newson
set designer: Adam Hooper and John Avery
lighting designer: Beky Stoddart
designer: Uri Omi
producer: Co-produced by: spielzeit'europa, Berliner Festspiele, National Theatre, Maison des Arts de Créteil and Festival d'Automne, Paris. An Artsadmin associated project.
map: View Map
address: South Bank,London,United Kingdom,SE1 9PX
nearest tube: Waterloo (250m), Southwark
nearest bus: 76, 77, 211, 507, D1, D11, P11 (York Road)149, P11 (Stamford Street)1, 4, 26, 68, X68, 76, 168, 171, 171A, 176, 188, 501, 505, 521 (Waterloo Bridge)
nearest train: Waterloo (250m)
parking: 5 spaces reserved for orange badge holders at riverside end of Cottesloe Ave. 4 extra bays opposite Cottesloe theatre for evening performances. Car Park beneath theatre. Spaces reserved for disabled customers near lifts. Free parking voucher available from box office for orange badge holders (present ticket at information desk). Automatic doors and ramps from the Car Park to the lobby and lift.
air conditioned: Yes
Access Booking: Tel: 020 7452 3000 Information Desk 020 7452 3400
discounts: Discounts available for all disabled people.
limited mobility: Row V of the Stalls is the most accessible area. Aisle seats have the most legroom.
access description: Main entrance reached from Upper Ground via Theatre Avenue to Theatre Square and a drop off point approx. 40m from main entrance. Box Office and information desk on left. No steps to back row of Stalls (1 step between rows). Glass Lift (80cm wide) up to Circle (or 22 steps up). 3 steep steps between rows in the Circle. Staircases between levels have handrails on both sides; stairs in the auditorium have one handrail.
hearing impaired: Infra-red system with headsets or neck loops. Collect headsets/loops from box offices. Induction loops at service counters.
guide dogs policy: Guide dogs are not currently allowed in the auditorium, however staff are happy to dog sit. Dogs will be looked after in the cloakroom.
wheelchairs: No steps to the back of the Stalls through entrances on either side of the Long bar. 4 spaces for wheelchair users in row V. Transfer seating available to aisle seats. Wheelchairs stored at back of auditorium.
toilets: Women’s and men’s at ground floor level and Circle level.
disabled toilets: Adapted WC next to right-hand Stalls entrance.
Rafael Paradillo in DV8's To Be Straight With You (Photo: Matt Nettheim)
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