A Taste of Honey Panel

I'm chairing a panel about the National Theatre's current production of Shelagh Delaney's A Taste of Honey. I'll be talking to the director and designer of the production, Bijan Sheibani and Hildegard Bechtler. I've interviewed Bijan before, about Our Class and The Kitchen. I've not met Hildegard before, though I've adored her sets for years...

This is a superb production, by the way, an extraordinary revelation, even if you think (as I did) that you know the play really well. The performances by Lesley Sharp and Kate O'Flynn are simply out of this world. Rich, funny, complex, sad, and wise. The rhythm and shifts of tone are astonishing and the set is just a whirl of movement and life. I can't wait to talk to them about it.

It's on 20 February 2014 at 6.00 in the Lyttelton.