Tickets for Sondheim talking Follies at National later this month

Stephen Sondheim is to talk about Follies at a National Theatre platform in conversation with Jeremy Sams on 22nd  August at 6:00 pm in the Dorfman Theatre. To get tickets for the event, you have to enter the ballot, which  opened at noon today and closes on 12 noon Wednesday 16th  August. Winners will be notified by email

Follies runs at the National Theatre from 6 September until January 2018, with previews from 22 August and is directed by Dominic Cooke. The show stars Imelda Staunton, Janie Dee, Tracie Bennett, Alex Young and Zizi Strallen. Sondheim's other works include Sunday in the Park With George, A Little Night Music, Sweeney Todd and Company.

Other talks at the National Theatre about Follies include Janie Dee and Philip Quast on 14th September, Dominic Cooke on 18th  October and Josephine Barstow and Tracie Bennett on 18th  December.