National Theatre Collection releases 10 new filmed productions for schools and colleges

The National Theatre has announced that ten more filmed productions will now be available for educational establishments around the world on its virtual NT Collection platform, in partnership with Bloomsbury Publishing and ProQuest.

The new titles include the multi-award-winning new staging of Tony Kushner’s two-part play Angels in America starring Andrew Garfield, Nathan Lane, Denise Gough, Russell Tovey and James McArdle.

The additions also include Michela Coel’s Chewing Gum Dreams, the NT’s original film Romeo & Juliet, Headlong’s collaborative production of Jack Thorne’s After Life with the NT, and Nadia Fall’s verbatim play Home.

Kae Tempest's all-female new take on Greek legend Paradise, Manchester Royal Exchange Theatre’s co-production of Rockets and Blue Lights, Simon Stephen’s adaptation of The Threepenny Opera, and Caryl Churchill’s Top Girls will also be available on the platform. 

75% of UK state secondary schools have signed up to the NT Collection. The new additions will complete the second ‘collection’, making 50 titles available to the education sector globally. 

Alice King-Farlow, director of NT Learning said, ‘So many teachers and students in the UK and across the globe are using the National Theatre Collection to enrich their learning and bring these plays to life in the classroom and so we’re delighted to expand this rich collection of resources in partnership with Bloomsbury Publishing and ProQuest. 

‘By sharing these world-class productions and vast array of learning materials, we hope to open up access to the arts and inspire students to explore the world of theatre in new ways’.

A teacher at Hollingworth Academy in Rochdale said, ‘For many of our students, the National Theatre can feel a long way away. But, by being able to watch these productions here, now, in their classroom, they feel it is their National Theatre.’

To sign up and for more information visit www.nationaltheatre.org.uk/ntcollection