BWW Review: THE ROYAL BALLET - THE WINTER'S TALE, Royal Opera House
The second opportunity for online audiences to enjoy some Royal Ballet repertoire over lockdown is Christopher Wheeldon's adaptation of The Winter's Tale.
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BWW Review: MATTHEW BOURNE'S THE CAR MAN, Sky Arts
In the third and final installment of Reel Adventures-A Festival of Classics, the wonderful Matthew Bourne's The Car Man celebrated its 20th anniversary last night with a screening on Sky Arts.
BWW Review: A SEPARATE PEACE, The Remote Read
The Remote Read revive Sir Tom Stoppard's 1966 television play using the technology of 2020, and provide an interesting insight into theatre's enduring power - and a rattling good play!
BWW Review: I AM FALLING IN LOVE WITH YOU AND IT'S MAKING ME DO STUPID THINGS, HOME Digital Channel
Manchester's HOME is kicking off a series of works commissioned specifically to entertain audiences during the lockdown.
BWW Review: SOME ENCHANTED EVENING Virtual Concert, Hope Mill Theatre
Last weekend saw an online celebration of Rodgers and Hammerstein's music by Hope Mill Theatre.
BWW Review: ENGLISH NATIONAL BALLET'S DUST, Milton Keynes Theatre
I've written about Dust, Akram Khan's work for English National Ballet World War One programme, Lest We Forget, several times.
BWW Review: KT Tunstall, Royal Albert Hall Home
Singer-songwriter KT Tunstall will deliver an exclusive set from her home in Los Angeles as part of the Royal Albert Home sessions.
BWW Review: MR SWALLOW: HOUDINI, Soho Theatre On Demand
We all need a bit of escapism now, more than ever.
BWW Review: MATTHEW BOURNE'S ROMEO AND JULIET, Sky Arts
You may have thought you had seen every possible version of Shakespeare's tragedy of Romeo and Juliet and yet the masterful Matthew Bourne manages to surprise you anew.
BWW Review: FRANKENSTEIN, National Theatre At Home
National Theatre Live makes its celebrated 2011 production available free for online platforms but, rather like Frankenstein's Creature itself, its reviving isn't without its issues.
BWW Review: LES MISERABLES: THE STAGED CONCERT, Digital Download
Back in 2019, the former Queen's Theatre on Shaftesbury Avenue was temporarily closed down to transform the building into the Sondheim Theatre and give its favourite tenant, Les Misérables, a major revamp.
BWW Review: FRANKENSTEIN, National Theatre At Home
Back in 2011, it was nigh-on impossible to get a ticket for the National Theatre's production of Frankenstein.
BWW Review: LOVE NEVER DIES, Regent Theatre, The Shows Must Go On
Following on from last weekend's streaming of the 25th-anniversary performance of The Phantom of the Opera, Love Never Dies has been released worldwide via YouTube as part of Andrew Lloyd Webber's The Shows Must Go On lockdown series.
BWW Review: TWELFTH NIGHT, National Theatre at Home
The hype around the National Theatre's production of Twelfth Night when it premiered in 2017 was, understandably, centred around Tamsin Greig.
BWW Review: MATTHEW BOURNE'S SWAN LAKE, Sadler's Wells
It's no understatement to say Sir Matthew Bourne's Swan Lake changed the dance landscape back in 1995 when it first premiered.
BWW Review: ENGLISH NATIONAL BALLET - BROKEN WINGS, Sadler's Wells
Admirably enhancing their “at home” offering, in addition to regular live streams of company class and chair-based dance classes for those with limited mobility, English National Ballet now bring us Wednesday Watchalongs, a weekly opportunity to experience key work from their back-catalogue for
BWW Review: TIGER COUNTRY, Hampstead Theatre At Home
The overworked and underfunded NHS is on our minds more than ever before.
BWW Review: WHAT THE BUTLER SAW, Archive Recording at Curve
In the latest archive recording released by Curve, their 2017 production of What The Butler Saw a?" co-produced with Theatre Royal Bath a?" is now available to stream online until the end of the lockdown period.
BWW Review: ROMEO & JULIET, Globe Theatre YouTube
In many ways, the choice of Shakespeare's Romeo & Juliet is a smart one from Shakespeare's Globe; it is a familiar-enough story to draw in a new audience, while satisfying those who have watched it numerous times.
BWW Review: THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA 25TH ANNIVERSARY PERFORMANCE, Royal Albert Hall
Andrew Lloyd Webber continues to indulge theatre lovers in lockdown with his generous weekly stream of one his works on the dedicated The Shows Must Go On YouTube channel to raise money for charity.
BWW Review: TREASURE ISLAND, National Theatre At Home
Polly Findlay's brilliant gender-bending production of Treasure Island for the National Theatre was a hit back in 2014 and now comes to a screen near you as part of their National Theatre At Home series.
BWW Review: WISE CHILDREN, BBC Culture in Quarantine
After a hugely successful debut in 2018 at London's Old Vic Theatre and a subsequent UK tour, Emma Rice's highly theatrical adaptation of Angela Carter's Wise Children is a welcome and absurdist addition to the BBC's Culture in Quarantine series, filmed at York Theatre Royal in 2019.
BWW Review: CURTAINS THE MUSICAL Live Stream
Perhaps one of Kander & Ebb's lesser-known works, musical comedy Curtains opened to mixed reviews on Broadway back in 2007, where it starred David Hyde Pierce as Lieutenant Cioffi.
BWW Review: DRAWING THE LINE, Hampstead Theatre Live Stream
A surfeit of exposition and shouty scenes detract from an important story that resonates to this day.
BWW Review: THE SWAN, Birmingham Royal Ballet Home From Home
Since taking the lead as Birmingham Royal Ballet's Director just three months ago, Carlos Acosta certainly hasn't had the easiest time of it.
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