This is the first Q and A session I have been to in regards to the theatre and what a start it is. Founder of The Donmar and director of successes such as Skyfall and Charlie and the Chocolate Factory Sam Mendes was being asked questions by Mark Leipacher, who studied Mendes' partnership with Simon Russel Beale in Catching the Light, about how this production came about, what the rehearsal process was like and his views on certain aspects of the play. This was fantastically enlightening having seen this production to hear from the director himself. One particularly memorable aspect of the platform is how the opening scene, instead of being a huge political statement, almost was a family dinner where the division of his kingdom was a joke devised by the males to play on the three daughters, emphasizing the male domination in Lear's kingdom. The whole concept of these platforms is utterly thrilling and I can't wait to go to another one.
Go to www.nationaltheatre.org.uk for a full list of Platforms
King Lear is on at the Olivier Theatre at the National until 2nd July
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