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Toronto, London, New York: Theatre to stream for free for the week of June 8
Monday, June 8, 2020
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Here is a list of shows to stream for free this week from Canada, the UK and the US:
FROM CANADA:
Toronto:
June 8 onwards:
Ministry Of Mundane Mysteries (phone-play) by Outside the March
directed by Mitchell Cushman and Griffin McInnes
streaming until June 29
on the SummerWorks website
June 11:
Apocalypsis, Part 1 (oratorio) by R. Murray Schafer
with Brent Carver and Kawiti Waetford
directed by Lemi Ponifasio
on the Luminato Festival website
June 12:
Apocalypsis, Part 2 (oratorio) by R. Murray Schafer
with Brent Carver and Kawiti Waetford
directed by Lemi Ponifasio
on the Luminato Festival website
June 13:
Henry G20 (play) adapted from William Shakespeare
with Christine Brubaker and Constantine X. Anastakis
on the Luminato Festival website
The Cave (cabaret) by John Millard and Tomson Highway
with John Millard and Tomson Highway
on the Luminato Festival website
The Revelation (burlesque) by Les Femmes Fatales
with Les Femmes Fatales and DJ Nik Red
on the Luminato Festival website
June 14:
Sunday Night Live (improv) by The Sketchersons
with The Sketchersons
Stratford:
June 8 onwards:
The Tempest (play) by William Shakespeare
with Martha Henry and Michael Blake
directed by Antoni Cimolino
streaming until June 11
on the Stratford Festival on Film
Timon of Athens (play) by William Shakespeare
with Joseph Ziegler and Ben Carlson
directed by Stephen Ouimette
streaming until June 18
on the Stratford Festival on Film
Love’s Labours Lost (play) by William Shakespeare
with Mike Shara and Ruby Joy
directed by John Caird
streaming until June 25
on the Stratford Festival on Film
Hamlet (play) by William Shakespeare
with Jonathan Goad and Geraint Wyn Davies
directed by Antoni Cimolino
streaming from June 11 to July 2
on the Stratford Festival on Film
Ottawa:
La marionette déconfinée (workshop) by Les Blettes
streaming June 9, 16, 23 and 30
on the NAC website
FROM BRITAIN:
June 8 onwards:
Coriolanus by William Shakespeare
with Tom Hiddleston and Deborah Findlay
directed by Josie Rourke
streaming until June 11
on the National Theatre’s YouTube
Living with the Lights On (play) by Mark Lockyer
with Mark Lockyer
streaming until June 15
on the Scottish Mental Health Arts festival website
A Monster Calls (play) by Patrick Ness
directed by Sally Cookson
streaming until June 11
on the Old Vic Theatre website
Suzy Storck (play) by Magali Mougel
directed by Jean-Pierre Baro
streaming until June 30
on the Gate Theatre website
The Unknown Island by Ellen McDougall and Clare Slater
with Thalissa Teixera
directed by Ellen McDougall
streaming until June 30
on the Gate Theatre website
Agrippina (opera) by GF Handel
with Anna Bonitatibus and Raffaele Pé
directed by Walter Sutcliffe
streaming until October 2
on the Grange Festival website
Candide (operetta) by Leonard Bernstein
with Rob Huchen and Katie Hall
concert staging by Christopher Luscombe
streaming until July 3
on the Grange Festival website
June 10:
The Mountaintop by Katori Hall
with Gbolahan Obisesan and Ronke Adékoluejo
directed by Roy Alexander Weise
streaming until June 15
on the Royal Exchange website
June 11:
The Madness of King George (play) by Alan Bennett
with Mark Gatiss and Debra Gillett
directed by Adam Penford
streaming until June 18
on the National Theatre’s YouTube
June 12:
Twelfth Night - Live! (musical) based on William Shakespeare
with St. Albans’ Maltings Theatre company
streaming until June 14
on the Maltings Theatre website
June 12:
La Fille mal gardée (ballet) by Sir Frederick Ashton
with Marianela Nuñez and Carols Acosta
streaming until June 26
on the Royal Opera House website
Il trittico (opera) by Giacomo Puccini
with Ermonela Jaho and Lucio Gallo
directed by Richard Jones
streaming until June 19
on the Royal Opera House website
I Wish I Was A Mountain (play) by Toby Thompson
with Toby Thompson, for ages 7+
streaming from Mach 27 onwards
on Vimeo
FROM THE USA:
New York:
June 10:
King John (play) by William Shakespeare
with Hannah Young and Charlie Clee
directed by Robert Myles
streaming from June 10
on the The Show Must Go Online website
Three Points of Contact (musical) by Ryan Scott Oliver
with Britney Coleman and Ben Fankhauser
directed by Marshall Pailet
streaming on June 10
on the 54Below At Home website
June 11:
topside (play) by Scott R. Sheppard
with Joshua William Gelb and Scott R. Sheppard
streaming on June 11
on the Theatre in Quarantine website
June 12
one in two (play) by Donja R. Love
with Jamyl Dobson and Leland Fowler
directed by Malika Oyetimein
streaming June 12
on the playbill.com website
The Wiz (musical) by Charlie Small and William F. Brown
with Queen Latifah and Mary J. Blige
directed by Kenny Leon and Matthew Diamond
streaming from June 12
June 15
The Governement Inspector (play) by Nikolai Gogoli
with Michael Urie and Arnie Burton
directed by Jesse Berger
streaming on June 15
on the Red Bull Theatre website
Photo: Scene from Apocalypsis, © 2015 Bruce Zinger; Tom Hiddleston as Coriolanus, © 2014 Donmar Warehouse; Michael Urie in The Governement Inspector, © 2017 Carol Rosegg.