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THEATRE, DANCE, MUSICALS
Let’s start with Alan Bennett’s The Habit of Art, Produced by The Original Theatre Company and The Anthology Group in association with Peter Stickney and York Theatre Royal. It is just £2.50 to buy (or more if you wish to donate more). All proceeds will go to the people who helped make these fantastic productions, and are now in a difficult financial position.
Above – Sadler’s Wells has partnered with Random Acts to create original films from three distinctive artists, to coincide with their new commissions for the Reckonings stage production.
English National Ballet have a #WednesdayWatchParty where they stream a dance performance at 7pm each…. wait for it … Wednesday. Think Akram Khan’s Dust, Annabelle Lopez Ochoa’s critically acclaimed Broken Wings, featuring Tamara Rojo. They also offer ballet classes, Q+A’s all with the ‘best of the ballet best’.
The Shows Must Go On! is the ALW channel bringing you showtunes, backstage access and full performances from some of the best loved musicals in history. They release a new musical every Friday evening – available to watch for 48 hours only.
The National Theatre is streaming a different performance weekly from their collection of 30 world-class productions for home viewing. The release a new title at 7pm each Thursday.
They would love you to support their campaignes and Text NTATHOME 10 to 70085 to donate £10 or Text NTATHOME 20 to 70085 to donate £20. UK networks only. Texts cost your donation amount plus one standard rate message.
The Southwark Playhouse organised 70 actors who have appeared in Titanic the musical from their production in 2013, through to last year’s tour of China, to come together (in isolation) to record “We’ll Meet Tomorrow.”
100’s of plays available for a monthly fee – Stream world class theatre experiences (think The Crucible, Into The Woods, Funny Girl with Sheridan Smith and many more) to any device, anywhere in the world. Rent single productions or get unlimited access for £9.99 per month on the Digital Theatre platform.
Watch Fleabag on demand with the Soho Theatre for a rental fee of only £4.00… that’s cheaper than a 6 tins of chickpeas (from Waitrose Finest).
The Playground Theatre are sharing their film of performance of Great Expectations here. It was produced by Theatre Lab Company. It is on the English GCSE 2020 reading list and is suitable for children. The film of the play runs for one hour and 36 minutes.
Get your wigs and cravats out and dress up for a Secret Sofa night in. It works like this; Every Tuesday the Secret Sofa of the week will be announced via email. Sometimes they tell you the title up front, other times we’ll keep you guessing. At 7.30pm (BST) on Friday, thousands of households hit play at the same time to watch some of the greatest films together.
Donmar’s first ever online premiere MIDNIGHT YOUR TIME, written by Adam Brace and directed by their Artistic Director Michael Longhurst, will be streamed on their YouTube channel on Wed 13 May 2020, and then available for 7 days. Acclaimed stage and screen actor Diana Quick will revive the role she originated and has recorded her performance via webcam at her home directed remotely by Michael Longhurst.
You can stream the film of the West End production Wind in the Willows musical for £4.99.
How about WISE CHILDREN on the BBC iplayer, the performance of Emma Rice’s production of Angela Carter’s dark final novel, a story of twins from a dysfunctional family who pursue a career performing as showgirls? (Note: its 138 mins, and available for 2 months from April 9th 2020. Contains some strong language and some sexual content).
Watch Macbeth for free, our Playing Shakespeare with Deutsche Bank production created especially for young people, filmed from Shakespeare’s most famous stage, the Globe Theatre. In return for these free streams, we appreciate any voluntary donations at this time. Your support is critical for their future.
Above is a 1.33min speedy tour of the theatre… wow the internet just doesn’t stop giving does it ?
Les Miserables – The Staged Concert is waiting for you. With every digital download purchased, The Mackintosh Foundation will separately donate £5.00 to be shared amongst the charities Acting for Others, the Musicians’ Union Coronavirus Hardship Fund and Captain Tom Moore’s Walk for the NHS fund*. Download (from £9.99) or rent (from £4.49). Watch the 16 min show below to get you pre-theatre ready.
MUSIC – CLASSICAL & CONTEMPORARY
Royal Albert Home are offering an incredible line up of performances from top ranking artists from the comfort of their own home. Note; the venue is asking viewers to consider making a donation of £10 per show.. Here’s a taste of what’s to come;
KT Tunstall Thu 30 Apr, 8:15pm, Classical for Kids: Harmonious Harp Sat 2 May, 2pm, This Is the Kit Tue 5 May, 7:30pm, Samuel West reads The Great Jelly of London Sat 9 May, 11am, Richard Thompson Sun 10 May, 7:30pm, Jesca Hoop Mon 11 May, 7:30pm, David Ford Thu 14 May, 8:15pm, Sea Shambles Sun 17 May, 7pm, Scouting for Girls Thu 21 May, 8:15pm, Imogen Heap Fri 29 May, 8pm
Thanks to Classicfm.com here is a list of what’s what across the classical streaming scene;
The Metropolitan Opera – ‘Nightly Met Opera Streams’ Visit: metopera.org
Berlin Philharmonic – ‘Digital Concert Hall’ Visit:digitalconcerthall.com
Royal Scottish National Orchestra – ‘Friday Night Club’ Visit: www.rsno.org.uk
Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra – ‘Past Performances’ Visit: facebook.com
London Symphony Orchestra – ‘Always Playing’ and ‘LSO Play’ Visit: lso.co.uk and play.lso.co.uk
London Philharmonic Orchestra – ‘LPOnline – Connecting Through Music’ Visit: www.lpo.org.uk
The Philharmonia – ‘Digital Experience’ Visit: philharmonia.co.uk
Royal Opera House – ‘Curated online broadcasts’ Visit: youtube.com or facebook.com
The Southbank Centre – ‘Virtual concerts and art exhibitions’ Visit: southbankcentre.co.uk
Bavarian State Opera – ‘Staatsopera TV’ Visit: staatsoper.de/en/tv
Carnegie Hall – ‘Live with Carnegie Hall’ Visit: carnegiehall.org/live
Seattle Symphony – ‘Live Broadcasts’ every Thursday and Saturday Visit: youtube.com
Vienna State Opera – ‘Continues Daily Online’ Visit: wiener-staatsoper.at
Australian Chamber Orchestra – ‘ACO HomeCasts’ Visit: aco.com.au/acohomecasts
Detroit Symphony Orchestra – ‘DSO Replay’ Visit: livefromorchestrahall.vhx.tv
Gothenberg Symphony Orchestra – ‘GSO Play’ Visit: www.gso.se/en/gsoplay/
Budapest Festival Orchestra – ‘Quarantine Soirées’ Visit: bfz.hu
Bergen Philharmonic – ‘Bergen Phil Live’ Visit: bergenphillive.no
Living Room Live – ‘Live music streamed from musicians’ living rooms to yours’ Visit: livingroom-live.com
Pianist Carlos Cipa – ‘Live from my living room’ Visit: facebook.com
Young Classical Artists Trust – ‘YCAT Archive’
Visit: youtube.com
The Choir of St. John’s College, Cambridge – ‘Daily Virtual Services’
Visit: facebook.com/stjohnschoircambridge
Sage Gateshead – ‘Alternative Concert Experience’
Visit: sagegateshead.com/
Stamford Symphony – ‘Stamford Symphony Channel’
Visit: stamfordsymphony.org
Pianist Boris Giltburg – ‘Lunchtime Concerts’
Visit: facebook.com or twitter.com
Wigmore Hall – ‘Live Stream’ Visit: wigmore-hall.org.uk
London Mozart Players – ‘At Home with LMP’ Visit: londonmozartplayers.com
Opera North – ‘Watch The Ring Cycle in full online’ Visit: operanorth.co.uk
Paris Opera – ‘Free online operas’ Visit: operadeparis.fr
New York Philharmonic – ‘NY Phil Plays On’
Visit: nyphil.org/playson
Daniel Hope – ‘Hope @ Home’ Visit: youtube.com
The Academy of Ancient Music – ‘Streaming Sundays Series’ Visit: youtube.com
Royal Conservatoire of Scotland – ‘RCS At Home’ Visit: facebook.com
Gewandhaus Leipzig Orchester – ‘The Gewandhaus Orchestra at your Home’ Visit: gewandhausorchester.de
Lincoln Center – ‘Lincoln Center At Home’ Visit: lincolncenter.org
Sydney Opera House – ‘From our House to yours’ Visit: sydneyoperahouse.com
Gstaad Menuhin Festival – ‘Digital Festival’ Visit: gstaaddigitalfestival.ch
International Georges Enescu Festival – ‘Digital Festival’ Visit: festivalenescu.ro
Bolshoi Ballet – ‘Golden Collection’ Visit: youtube.com
Manchester Collective – ‘Live from Isolation’ Visit: manchestercollective.co.uk/live-from-isolation
Monteverdi Choir & Orchestra – ‘Bringing our Music to You’ Visit: youtube.com
Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra – ‘Close-up, at a distance’ Visit: harmonien.no
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