Excellent Streaming Theatre Selections for This Month
The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry
After Rachel Joyce's bestselling story about a retiree's travels was adapted into a recent cinematic release, it included multiple lovely songs by the folk musician. More recently, another musician Passenger delivered the music and lyrics for Chichester Festival theatre's production, which will transfer to London's theatre district in winter. Passenger's album of musical interpretations, called One for the Road – including additional tracks that weren't included in the musical and a collaboration from actor Jack Wolfe, who portrayed the show's Balladeer – is ready to watch online.
Wonderland Tea Party
ZooNation is presenting the classic story a contemporary twist during the holiday season, with this adaptation at the famous venue. Rewinding ten years, Kate Prince's company revolutionized Alice's Adventures in Wonderland with their ballet production. Accessible through the online platform.
Hedda
Tanika Gupta transfers the classic drama from late 19th-century Kristiania to post-war England and changes the protagonist into a former Hollywood star, in a reimagining based on the story of award-winning actress the film star. Hettie Macdonald leads Pearl Chanda in the debut production at the Richmond theatre in the London borough. Streaming late November.
Moments of Grace with Aurélie Dupont
Cinematographer the artist is primarily recognized for his frequently lighthearted films – but he also has a love of dance. His recent film called En Corps featured ballerina the artist, whose guide the renowned dancer, the star performer transitioned to artistic leader at Paris Opera, is featured via incredible artistic sequences in this documentary film, currently available on MarqueeTV.
The Inheritance Story
An intense performance from Adeel Akhtar powers the director's contemporary stage production, which arrives at the digital platform on mid-November. During that time, to celebrate Captioning Awareness Week and a quarter century of the inclusion-focused group the company, there's a subtitled online event with interactive discussion for viewers. BSL-interpreted, descriptive audio and regular editions of this performance are offered.
Mini Dramas
Pentabus's National Young Writers team create concise content with these installments of short online plays, delivered via short episodes on TikTok. The writers represent different parts of Britain and the first in the series, written by this writer, features the acclaimed actor from Gary Lewis. A partnership with Rural Media.
Reading Between Lines
A teenage-focused story jointly created by this celebrated writer and her family member was the inspiration for this high school musical, which merges the transformations of adolescence with a magical story inspired by its heroine's favourite novel. Staged in this US location in recent years, it's on the theatrical platform.
Transient Times
"The Captain" was the moniker given to the artistic talent this celebrated figure, who achieved fame in the pre-war era. The artistic director this creator pays tribute to the legendary dancer with this artistic work, filmed at the French dance festival earlier this year available through this online service.