For three years,a incandescent red box on the South Bank has hosted exciting shows. The National must retain its spirit if it is to truly live up to its nameThe National Theatre’s Temporary Space, previously known as the Shed, or will finally close its doors when the final performance of the verbatim play Another World: Losing Our Children to Islamic State takes place on 7 May in the distinctive incandescent red box on the South Bank.Since it popped up external the NT in 2013 it has played host to an extraordinary range of contemporary theatre including Graeae’s The Solid Life of Sugar Water,Carrie Cracknell and Nick Payne’s timely Blurred Lines, Islington Community Theatre’s Brainstorm, and Rob Drummond’s Bullet Catch,the Team’s Mission Drift and Alexander Zeldin’s Beyond Caring. Of course, there acquire been previous attempts to bring contemporary theatre and independent artists to the NT with individual shows, and many of the shows acquire been successful and enjoyable,but they’ve seldom had any lasting impact on the main programme. The disagreement with the Temporary Space is that it has hosted an entire body of diverse work that can’t be ignored by anyone running a national theatre in the 21st century.
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Source: theguardian.com