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Toronto, London, New York: Theatre to stream for free for the week of June 8

Monday, June 8, 2020

directed by RHere 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

on The Sketchersons website


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

on The Shows Must Go On!


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.