NT Costume Tours

[jason71]

Has anybody been on one of the above tours?
I was told that the waiting list was a long one. I phoned up yesterday and got a place on the tour on 4th June.

[Deleted]

What are you planning to go as? Have you booked a cossie or are you running one up yourself?

[bellboard27]

Go dressed as Nick Hytner and keep grumbling and saying 'I should come back'.

[samjane92]

Doing this on Saturday have done the backstage tour twice so looking forward to it. Has anybody done this before?

[jek]

Did this earlier in the year - combined it with a matinee performance of The Threepenny Opera. In a way the wig bit was the most interesting because the actual practitioners were present to demonstrate their craft. Unsurprisingly there were no costume people on duty on a Saturday morning and so it was left to the very enthusiastic guide to explain what we were looking at. There were a couple of questions asked which he found difficult to answer because he clearly had less experience of sewing anything than some of the people on the tour (there was a costume student who had just done a placement at the Royal Opera House, for example). Plenty of opportunity to handle costumes and to look at source books and the like. You also get to go in to the fitting room. It's a long time since I did a general tour but this specialised tour certainly was different from what I remember seeing in those.

I'm sure you'll enjoy it.

[Deleted]

I did a backstage tour about this time last year and really enjoyed it. I really love the National Theatre so it was really fun to go to were they made all the props and learn interesting new things.

[Snciole]

I've booked for the Bank Holiday Saturday on the basis of this thread. I love a theatre tour!

[Phantom of London]

Is everything for the National, costume and set made on the South Bank?