In advance of its inclusion in this year’s Hollywood Fringe (which is taking place virtually), Black Women Dating White Men has been made available as a Zoom recording put together during lockdown, adapted for the screen and directed by Khadifa Wong.
‘Sharply funny & sweetly touching’: NIGEL SLATER’S TOAST (Online review)
Hot on the heels of their starry audio version of The Understudy, Lawrence Batley Theatre has now released an audio version of Toast to the digital space following a successful tour last year.
When I saw this show live at The Other Palace, I was str…
‘Beautifully done, if you don’t find that sort of thing unbearable’: LOVE LETTERS AT HOME – Fuel Theatre (Online review)
Love Letters At Home takes the well-worn Our Tune concept from the old days and uses it to develop a show where, no matter what’s going on and whether we are together and apart, it is always 14 February.
‘A quick diversion at just 11.5 minutes’: LAG – A ZOOMSICAL COMEDY (Online review)
At just eleven and a half minutes, this satirical musical by Haddon Kime is a quick diversion on YouTube from the Atlanta-based company Out of Hand.
‘An entertaining & fresh take on Shakespeare’s canon’: BARD FROM THE BARN – Barn Theatre (Online review)
The Barn Theatre in Cirencester has built on its broadcast earlier in lockdown of Henry V to develop a sequence of thirty-five monologues from Shakespeare’s plays.
Series one begins with the theatre itself and a stirring speech from Henry V, but as …
Please help, Oliver Dowden: Theatres are on their knees
I’m sharing the message that I’ve sent to Oliver Dowden, the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport (DCMS).
Large West End production compan…
‘Strips back perceptions of what theatre should be’: ENTITLED – Quarantine (Online review)
Up to Manchester for this Zoom screening of 2011’s mix of movement and words from Quarantine, followed by a discussion with the creatives.
Entitled is “a show about nothing” on the surface, as we watch stage technicians set up for a dance performanc…
In Praise of Love… & Zoom: How can a classic play be shown in a medium never designed to present it?
In Praise of Love is a complex play which relies on a claustrophobic gathering of people in one place and the tensions which come from hiding their feelings.
Over the past two weeks they have brought…
Why do theatres deserve to be saved? How do you measure worth?
The government stance appears to be that the arts is on its own and needs to prove its worth. I think, and hope, theatre has over many years of serving towns, topics and communities. I want to see theatre survive. It has to. It must do.
‘Never before available to a wide audience, Brecht’s premiere is theatrical gold’: Mother Courage & Her Children – Berliner Ensemble (Online review)
The Berliner Ensemble have located a jewel in their theatre history. Bertolt Brecht’s Mother Courage is a modern classic of the German theatre.
Bertolt Brecht’s Mother Courage is a modern classic of the German theatre. Written in 1939 it is often descr…
‘Christopher Green is a performer of charisma, with interesting body language & a vision in pink’: NO SHOW – Yard Theatre
I wanted to try out something from The Yard Online’s day of fun, and chose No Show, a Zoom performance which sounded something a bit different.
‘A strong debut with a smoky late-night vibe’: One Voice by Siobhan Dillon (Album review)
‘For the first time in my life, I feel truly vulnerable when I am singing these songs. It’s terrifying and exhilarating at the same time.’
West End performer Siobhan Dillon’s new album, One Voice, released earlier this month…
Did you tune in live to last month’s All The Web’s a Stage? ‘A brilliant day’s entertainment’
With a different host for each section, this show celebrates the world of cabaret, comedy, dance, magic and theatre.
‘Fast-paced & endlessly creative’: SUPER HAMLET 64 (Online review)
Edalia Day brings their mix of observational comedy, music, and Shakespearean interpretation to the video game space in the show Super Hamlet 64.
‘Matthew Kelly & David Yelland are more than a match for each other’: A HABIT OF ART – Original Theatre (Online review)
Original Theatre’s touring production of The Habit of Art was one I missed in 2018. It was due to return this year, but circumstances being as they are, here is a streamed version available to purchase for a small donation.
‘This is Clare Burt’s show’: FLOWERS FOR MRS HARRIS – Chichester Festival Theatre (Online review)
Making a dramatic property based on a book into a musical can sometimes be hit and miss, whatever the quality of the source material or the best intention of the adaptor.
‘The DUP’s unbending view on God & Christian life is given sharp focus’: ABOMINATION – Queen’s Theatre, Belfast (Online review)
Conor Mitchell’s provocative and high camp opera Abomination: a DUP Opera made its streaming debut on the new Queen’s Film Theatre online player, in a recording filmed at the Lyric Theatre in Belfast.
It is set against the backdrop of Nor…
‘Truly unsettling’: BUBBLE – Theatre Uncut (Online review)
Bubble looks at the issues of free speech, feminism, misogyny, the use of language, the misuse of technology, the moral minefield around reportage, and the rise of hate groups.
Bubble is a play written by Kieran Hurley fpr the digital format, and developed with students from the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland.
This live stream, which premiered on 23 March and remains availa…
‘The NHS doesn’t just treat illness. It fights fear’: CHECK-UP (Online review)
This show by political comedian Mark Thomas takes a long, hard look at our National Health Service in its seventieth year of operation. He shadowed medics and interviewed clinical experts, economists and politicians to bring together an hour of statistics, opinion and reflection.
This show by political comedian Mark Thomas takes a long, hard look at our National Health Service in its seventieth year of operation…
‘I would be fascinated to see how this piece develops’: Orangutan – Cup of Brew (Online review)
Orangutan is presented by Cup of Brew, written by Toby King, directed by Fiona Kingwill, and performed by Louise Waller. We first meet Alice sitting on her messy bed, overflowing with cushions and clothes. Her mind shoots off in all directions. She’s surrounded on all sides by the audience.
Orangutan is presented by Cup of Brew, written by Toby King, directed by Fiona Kingwill, and performed by Louis…
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