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Giant: Nick Hytner & Mark Rosenblatt
Jewish Book Week 2025
| Speakers | Nick Hytner, Mark Rosenblatt |
|---|---|
| Chair | Francine Stock |
In this unique conversation, theatre director Sir Nicholas Hytner, playwright Mark Rosenblatt and Francine Stock discuss the latter’s play, ‘Giant’, and its nuanced exploration of antisemitism and artistic freedom.
Having been previewed exclusively at our 2024 festival by director Sir Nicholas Hytner, Mark Rosenblatt’s play Giant became London’s theatrical sensation of the year. Based on true events and starring John Lithgow as Roald Dahl, Giant sold out its entire Royal Court run before its first preview and received five-star reviews from critics at The Times and the Evening Standard. Hytner, a Tony and Olivier winner, and debut playwright, Rosenblatt, worked closely together from the play’s inception. In this unique conversation, they discuss Giant and its nuanced exploration of antisemitism and artistic freedom, with broadcaster, critic and writer Francine Stock.
This event will last approximately 1 hour, without an interval.
Live Captions available provided by Stagetext
About the speakers:
Sir Nicholas Hytner was Director of the National Theatre from 2003 – 2015, where he directed and produced more than 200 shows. He formed the Bridge Theatre with Nick Starr in 2017. He was knighted in the 2010 New Year Honours for services to drama.
Mark Rosenblatt is a writer and director for stage and screen. His debut play Giant premiered at the Royal Court Theatre Downstairs, London in 2024 and transfers to The Harold Pinter Theatre in the West End in Spring 2025. Mark has directed theatre extensively across the UK and internationally, including at Shakespeare’s Globe, the National Theatre, Leeds Playhouse, Northampton & Sheffield Theatres, off-Broadway, in the West End, and in Japan. Mark also spent two years as the Studio Associate at the National Theatre and four as Associate Director at Leeds Playhouse. For film, he wrote and directed the award-winning short film Ganef and co-wrote the feature film Making Noise Quietly. He is currently writing a new film for Good Chaos/Film 4 & MUBI.
Francine Stock is a broadcaster, critic and writer who has fronted a range of arts and current affairs programmes for BBC Television and Radio including Newsnight, Front Row and The Film Programme. Her published work includes novels, short stories and a social history of cinema, In Glorious Technicolor.
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90 York Way, London, N1 9AG.
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Food & Drink
Rotunda Bar & Restaurant
Rotunda, situated on the ground floor of Kings Place, offers a unique dining and drinking experience alongside Regent’s Canal. The concert bar in the venue foyer will also be open for select events.
Green & Fortune Café
Recently re-furbished and now open with a new look, the Green & Fortune Café is open for selected concerts. Serving hot and cold food and drinks, including sandwiches, salads, soup, stew and a pie of the day, alongside a choice of cakes made by the on-site bakery team. See here for selected concert dates and standard opening hours.
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