Excellent Digital Theatre Selections for This Month
The Remarkable Journey of Harold Fry
After this writer's acclaimed story about an elderly man's travels was transformed into a 2023 film, it featured a few lovely songs by Sam Lee. In recent months, another musician Passenger created the musical compositions for Chichester Festival theatre's production, which will transfer to London's theatre district in the new year. The musician's collection of song renditions, One for the Road – with bonus material that were cut from the musical and a feature from performer Jack Wolfe, who acted as the show's Balladeer – is ready to watch online.
Alice's Tea Party
The dance company is giving this holiday tale a hip-hop spin during the holiday season, with Ebony Scrooge at the famous venue. Looking back several years, this creative team transformed the Lewis Carroll classic with this dance adaptation. Accessible through Digital Theatre.
Hedda Gabler
Tanika Gupta relocates Ibsen's play from late 19th-century Kristiania to 1948 London and recasts the protagonist into an ex-actress, in a rewrite drawing from the experiences of award-winning actress this Hollywood legend. The director leads the actress in the first staging at the Richmond theatre in the London borough. Available the end of the month.
Moments of Grace with Aurélie Dupont
French film-maker this creator is best known for his frequently lighthearted films – but he also has a love of ballet. His 2022 drama called En Corps featured ballerina this talented woman, whose mentor Aurélie Dupont, the étoile became dance director at Paris Opera, is profiled via incredible artistic sequences in the filmmaker's earlier work, now on this online platform.
The Inheritance Story
A powerful portrayal from the actor drives this filmmaker's 2025 political drama, which comes to this streaming service on mid-November. On that evening, to recognize Captioning Awareness Week and 25 years of the accessibility organization the company, there's a subtitled online event with real-time conversation for viewers. BSL-interpreted, audio-described and regular editions of the play are accessible.
Creative Shorts
This organization's National Young Writers collective create concise content with this collection of short online plays, told in brief segments on this digital service. The creators represent around the UK and the initial installment, authored by the playwright, features Outlander and Billy Elliot's Gary Lewis. A partnership with the media organization.
Within the Pages
A YA novel co-written by the bestselling author and her young co-author was the inspiration for this teenage production, which blurs the upheavals of growing up with a fantastical adventure based on its heroine's favourite novel. Performed in New York in 2022, it's available through BroadwayHD.
Transient Times
"This Leader" was the nickname earned by the flamenco dancer this celebrated figure, who became a sensation in the late 1930s. The artistic director Aina Alegre pays tribute to this icon with this artistic work, recorded during the international performance event earlier this year streaming on this online service.
