National Theatre Podcasts
We launched the NT Podcast in January 2021 and knew from the beginning that we didn’t want to focus only on productions. It was also in the whole team’s interest to create a space to deal with overlapping topics in more depth and to have a monthly magazine in which the audience could find out what’s happening at the theatre.
That’s why we decided to conceive the NT Podcast as a channel that premieres one episode a week and alternates between different formats - the aforementioned series about productions, K jádru věci (To the Heart of the Matter), Special - in-depth coverage of one topic, and Magazine - news from the theatre. Of course, stories about NT artists are also attractive to the audience. The latest format of the NT Podcast is called V roli (In the Role), and, as the name suggests, it is a portrait of artistic personalities told through their most important or favourite roles. The intimate and engaging narrative is illustrated by specific excerpts from productions.
Basic Information
With the NT Podcast, we want to give you a glimpse into the minds of the creators and the feelings of the performers on stage. We offer an engaging narrative through which the creators draw us into the plot and explain the production choices, motivations and historical context of the works.
The NT Podcast was created during the first wave of the pandemic as a way to stay in touch with its audience. The podcast wasn’t meant to be a temporary solution to the then-current situation, but something that viewers could come back to at any time. They can play it before and after a performance. All this in a well thought-out composition with excerpts and music from the productions.
The individual episodes differ slightly according to the topic they are based on. Each is a unique imprint of the production and should function as a transposition, a transfer of the experience of the theatre into a listening format. Fragments from Oedipus Rex or The Bartered Bride can be enjoyed on a walk in the woods, at home in the kitchen or on the way to work. If our work is successful, the audience should almost see and feel parts of the scenes and some situations in their imagination.
The NT Podcast has two guides that we hear from in every episode - David Matásek and Lucie Juřičková. In To the Heart of the Matter and Specials they act as accompanying voices, in Magazine they get much more space as presenters: there is room for small improvisations, exaggeration and humour.
Listen the document at Prix Bohemia Radio festival!
When: Thursday 13th October 2022 | 09:35 – 09:55 | listening session
Where: Film hall, Arts Centre UP
Entrance: Free admission with accreditation
Look at the detailed program of the listening session.
All podcasts are available here.
BASIC INFORMATION
Competition category: Podcast
Title: National Theatre Podcasts
Original title: Podcasty Národního divadla
Production: Národní divadlo
