Essay
What an archive chooses to lose
Film & Stage Magazine · 14 min read
Three-part series
Channel Exclusive
The National Theatre Archive
Inside the vault where fifty years of British theatre is catalogued, cooled and kept for a public that rarely sees it.
- Release year
- 2025
- Running time
- 3 × 47 min
- Genre
- Archive & Restoration · Theatre · Documentary
- Certificate
- Certificate PG
- Languages
- English · Subtitles and audio description available
Synopsis
The series follows the archivists as they accession a single season: prompt books, models, tapes and the decisions about what will survive.
It asks a practical question throughout — who is a national archive actually for?
Cast
- Erin Lee
- Contributor
- Archive and conservation staff
- Contributors
Creative Team
- Helena Marsh
- Director
- Oliver Grant
- Producer
- Tomás Ferrer
- Director of photography
- Film & Stage Media Group
- Production
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