In order to increase access to the National Theatre for those who are blind or visually impaired, the Access Department employs freelance Audio Describers for each production to describe what is happening onstage during live performances.

The Cottesloe Theatre is the smallest and most flexible of the National's three theatres. The theatre can accommodate a number of different seating configurations and is most often used to present newer and more experimental theatre.

Nicholas Hytner gives a tour from the southbank of the river Thames into the National Theatre and through each of the different theatre spaces in the building.