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Online Theatre 2021
The Theatreguide.London Reviews
In March 2020 the covid-19 epidemic
forced the closure of all British theatres. Some companies adapted
by putting archive recordings of past productions online, others
by streaming new shows. Until things return to normal we review
the experience of watching live theatre onscreen.
THE BELLE'S STRATAGEM - Red Bull Theater. 1780 romantic comedy by Hannah Cowley. February 2021
A
BRIEF HISTORY OF EVERYONE WHO DIED - Finborough Theatre. Encountering
death at various stages in life. May 2021
CRIPS
WITHOUT CONSTRAINTS II - Graeae Theatre. Five
short plays about disabilities. February 2021
THE
DAUGHTER - Schaubuhne.de.
2015 film
adaptation of Ibsen's Wild Duck. February 2021.
DAYS TO COME - Mint Theater. 1936 Lillian Hellman play about effects of a workers' strike. January 2021
THE
FATAL WEAKNESS - Mint Theater. 1946 play about a
woman's unexpected reaction to her husband's infidelity. June 2021
GOOD GRIEF - PlatformPresents.com A woman's lover and best friend slowly come to terms with her death. February 2021
J'OUVERT
- BBC iPlayer. Play set in Notting Hill Carnival.
Spring 2021
KATIE ROCHE - Mint Theater. 1936 Irish play about village girl's life. February 2021
LYSISTRATA - Actors Of Dionysus. Aristophanes' bawdy comedy of a sex strike to end a war. March 2021
THE
MACBETHS - Citizens Theatre. Shakespeare
condensed into two-character psychological drama. June 2021
ONE HAND TIED BEHIND US - Old Vic. Four monologues for women. Spring 2021
OUR
TOWN - YouTube. 1955 American television musical
of Thornton Wilder play. April 2021
THE
PALE SISTER - BBC iPlayer Retelling of the
Antigone story as a solo show. Spring 2021
PETER PAN - US Television and YouTube. 1950s Broadway musical starring Mary Martin and Cyril Ritchard. January 2021
A
PICTURE OF AUTUMN - Mint Theater. R C Hunter play
about leaving the family home. Spring 2021
THE PLAYBOY OF THE WESTERN WORLD - Druid Theatre and Vimeo. 2006 production of J M Synge classic comedy. January 2021
PLAYFIGHT
- Finborough Theatre. Tracing friendship of three women
from teens to twenties. April 2021
POTTED PANTO - StreamTheatre. Comic mash-up of all Christmas Panto plots. January 2021
ROMEO AND JULIET - Shakespeare's Globe. 2019 Globe production online. March 2021
THE
ROYALE - Lincoln Center Theater. Drama of black
prizefighter challenging white champion, Spring 2021
SADIE
- Field Day Theatre and BBC iPlayer. Northern
Ireland woman's unreliable memories. April 2021
10 MINUTES TO . . . CALL HOME - Live Theatre. Nine short plays ranging from angry to comic. March 2021
VANYA AND SONIA AND MASHA AND SPIKE - Lincoln Center Theater. 2012 Christopher Durang salute to Chekhov, Howdy Doody and the American family. Spring 2021
THE
WINTER'S TALE - BBC iPlayer. Royal
Shakespeare Company in tale of jealousy and redemption. Spring 2021
YOURS
UNFAITHFULLY - Mint Theater. 1933 play about an
open marriage. Spring 2021
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