Judi Dench joins Angus MacKechnie on the Lyttelton stage to discuss her career and share memorable moments from her performances at the National Theatre.

Helen McCrory talks to Genista McIntosh about her acting career and her experience preparing for the role of Medea in Ben Power's new version.

Murray Melvin reflects on his acting career in the original productions of A Taste of Honey and Oh What A Lovely War and working with people such as Joan Littlewood, Ken Russell and Stanley Kubrick. This is a recording of a live Platform event from March 2014.

Adrian Scarborough and Stanley Townsend talk to Fiona Mountford about Sam Mendes' 2014 production of King Lear. This is a recording of a live Platform event from March 2014.

Stephen Boxer (Gloucester), Sam Troughton (Edmund) and Tom Brooke (Edgar) talk to Mark Leipacher about the National Theatre's current production of King Lear directed by Sam Mendes. This is a recording of a live Platform event from February 2014.

In the first event of the Platform series Kate Fleetwood (Goneril), Anna Maxwell Martin (Regan) and Olivia Vinall (Cordelia) discuss their characters, working with Sam Mendes and their first experiences of King Lear.

Michael Blakemore talks to Michael Frayn (playwright) about his book 'Stage Blood', reflecting on his work at the Old Vic (directing The National Health, The Front Page and the 1971 production of Long Day's Journey into Night starring Laurence Olivier) and his relationships with the Artistic Directors of the time, Olivier and Peter Hall.

Derek Jacobi talks to Al Senter about 'As Luck Would Have It', a book where he reflects on his life and career including working in the Old Vic alongside Laurence Olivier in the first years of the National Theatre. This is a recording of a live Platform event from December 2013.

Anne-Marie Duff talks to Al Senter about her acting career, her roles at the National Theatre and starring in the 2013 production of Eugene O'Neill's Stranger Interlude.

John Lithgow talks to Nicholas Hytner about his love for theatre, his career as an actor, musician and writer, and his current role in The Magistrate. This is a recording of a live event from December 2012.

Philip Glenister talks to Al Senter about his role in the 2012 production of This House and his career. This is a recording of a live event from October 2012.

Simon Russell Beale talks to Al Senter about his career, including his role in Nicholas Hytner's Timon of Athens and playing Falstaff in Richard Eyre's The Hollow Crown.

Malcolm Sinclair talks to Al Senter about his acting career, his role as President of British Actor's Equity Association and performing in George Bernard Shaw's The Doctor's Dilemma. This is a live recording of a Platform event from September 2012.

Rory Kinnear and Helen McCrory talk to Al Senter about their careers and roles in The Last of the Haussmans.

The actor, author and artist Antony talks to Sue MacGregor about his career, and his latest role in Travelling Light. This video is formatted for iPad/Mac/PC.

Julie Walters is interviewed by Al Senter about her current role in The Last of the Haussmans and her acting career. This video is formatted for iPad/Mac/PC.

Steve Pemberton & Sophie Thompson talk to Al Senter about their current roles in She Stoops to Conquer and their careers.

Lenny Henry talks to Al Senter about his career, his relationship with Shakespeare and his role in Dominic Cooke's The Comedy of Errors. This is a video recording of a live platform event in the Olivier theatre from January 2012. This is formatted for iPad/Mac/PC.

Al Senter interviews Ciaran Hinds and Sinead Cusack about their current roles in Juno and the Paycock and their careers on stage in the Lyttelton theatre in front of a live audience. This is a recording of a live Platform event.

Rory Kinnear is interviewed by Matt Wolf for a Platform event at the National Theatre in January 2011. They discuss Kinnear’s approach to playing the historic part of Hamlet in Nicholas Hytner's production and the process behind creating his version of the role.