NT, Royal Ballet and ACE to feature on More4 prime-time arts strand

Published Tuesday 27 October 2009 at 10:06 by Michael Quinn

The National Theatre, the Royal Ballet and Arts Council England are to collaborate with Channel 4 digital channel More4 on a primetime Saturday arts programme strand.

The seven-week More4 Arts season begins in November with Phil Grabsky’s documentary on the making of the National Theatre’s hit adaptation of Michael Murpurgo’s War Horse, made with the South African-based Handspring Theatre Company and now playing in the West End at the New London Theatre.

The Royal Ballet’s historic first tour to Cuba in July this year – the first major foreign dance company to visit the country in almost three decades – will also be profiled alongside a documentary on the Bolshoi Ballet.

Other scheduled broadcasts include programmes on literature and visual arts, the multi award-winning Autism: The Musical, which profiles five young autistic children and their families during the creation of a music theatre piece in Los Angeles, and Mark Cousins’ magic-realist film The First Movie, made with Kurdish-Iraqi children.

More4 editor Tabitha Jackson said she hoped the initiative, which launches in November, would “provide a new appointment to view for arts this winter”.

To contact the Stage news team email newsdesk@thestage.co.uk or call 020 7403 1818, selecting option 2 (editorial) followed by option 1 (newsdesk).
If you are writing a comment for publication, please mark clearly "for publication".

Follow The Stage on Twitter and Facebook to get the latest entertainment industry news to your desktop or mobile.

The Stage Events
Loading

Latest news

Exclusive: New Off-West End venue to replace Westminster Theatre after ten-year wait
A replacement for the old Westminster Theatre will finally open this autumn, following a protracted and sometimes…
Third London Great Gatsby adaptation announced
A third London stage adaptation of The Great Gatsby has been announced in two days, with a musical version due to…
Wilton’s to re-bid to HLF following £700k grant
Wilton’s Music Hall is to re-apply to the Heritage Lottery Fund for financial support for its renovation plans, after…
Cuts force Theatre Writing Partnership to close
Theatre Writing Partnership, the development agency formed more than a decade ago to support and promote new…
Madani Younis announces debut Bush season
Madani Younis has unveiled his inaugural season as artistic director of London’s Bush Theatre, saying he intends to…
Two stage adaptations of The Great Gatsby to open in London
A New York ensemble is to stage an eight-hour production of The Great Gatsby, as part of the London International…

Content is copyright © 2012 The Stage Media Company Limited unless otherwise stated.

All RSS feeds are published for personal, non-commercial use. (What’s RSS?)