Best Online Theatre Picks for The Coming Weeks
The Remarkable Journey of Harold Fry
After the author's bestselling story about a retiree's travels was converted into last year's movie, it featured a few beautiful tracks by Sam Lee. More recently, fellow folk artist Passenger created the songs for Chichester Festival theatre's production, which is moving to the West End in the new year. This recording of song renditions, titled One for the Road – with additional tracks that didn't make the musical and a feature from Jack Wolfe, who acted as the musical narrator – is currently available to watch online.
The Mad Hatter's Tea Party
ZooNation is providing this holiday tale a hip-hop spin during the holiday season, with Ebony Scrooge at the famous venue. Returning several years, this creative team transformed Alice's Adventures in Wonderland with their ballet production. Available from this streaming service.
Hedda Gabler
Tanika Gupta transfers this theatrical work from historical Oslo to post-war England and transforms Hedda into a former Hollywood star, in a reimagining based on the experiences of Oscar-nominated actor the film star. Hettie Macdonald guides Pearl Chanda in the debut production at the Orange Tree in the London borough. Available late November.
Aurélie Dupont's Graceful Instants
Director the artist is best known for his typically charming movies – but he possesses a love of ballet. His cinematic work En Corps highlighted dancer the artist, whose mentor the renowned dancer, the star performer became director of dance at the French institution, is featured via incredible artistic sequences in this documentary film, now on this online platform.
The Estate
An intense performance from this performer powers this filmmaker's recent theatrical work, which arrives at the digital platform on mid-November. That night, to mark Captioning Awareness Week and 25 years of the inclusion-focused group the company, there's a captioned digital presentation with real-time conversation for audience members. British Sign Language, audio-described and noncaptioned versions of this performance are accessible.
Art Flicks
Pentabus's emerging playwrights program team make every minute count with this series of brief theatrical pieces, presented through 90-second bursts on the social platform. The playwrights hail from different parts of Britain and the first in the series, authored by the playwright, includes the acclaimed actor from this talented actor. A partnership with this creative company.
Reading Between Lines
A YA novel jointly created by this celebrated writer and her young co-author was the basis for this youth-focused show, which combines the upheavals of adolescence with a fantastical adventure drawing from its protagonist's beloved book. Staged in New York in recent years, it's available through BroadwayHD.
Transient Times
"This Leader" was the moniker given to the artistic talent Carmen Amaya, who gained popularity in that historical period. The artistic director the artist pays tribute to the legendary dancer with this artistic work, captured at the French dance festival earlier this year accessible via Arte.tv.
