Stage Door News
Toronto, London, New York: Theatre to stream for free for the weekend of August 14
Friday, August 14, 2020
FROM CANADA:
Toronto:
The Water Gun Song (children) by Idris Goodwin
with Kevin Hanchard and Myles Hanchard
directed by Natasha Mumba
streaming from August 14 onwards
in Young People’s Theatre YouTube channel
Die Fledermaus (operetta, excerpts) by Johann Strauss, Jr.
with Adam Fisher and Lara Ciekiewicz
directed by Guillermo Silva-Marin
streaming from July 31 onwards
on YouTube
Unholy (play) by Diane Flacks
with Banereh Yaraghi and Niki Landau
directed by Kelly Thornton
streaming from July 4 onwards
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Stratford:
Antony and Cleopatra (play) by William Shakespeare
with Geraint Wyn Davies and Yanna McIntosh
directed by Gary Griffin
Coriolanus (play) by William Shakespeare
with André Sills and Graham Abbey
directed by Robert Lepage
Hamlet (play) by William Shakespeare
with Jonathan Goad and Geraint Wyn Davies
directed by Antoni Cimolino
King John (play) by William Shakespeare
with Tom McCamus and Graham Abbey
directed by Tim Carroll
King Lear (play) by William Shakespeare
with Colm Feore and Scott Wentworth
directed by Antoni Cimolino
Love’s Labours Lost (play) by William Shakespeare
with Mike Shara and Ruby Joy
directed by John Caird
Macbeth (play) by William Shakespeare
with Ian Lake and Kristin Pellerin
directed by Antoni Cimolino
Pericles (play) by William Shakespeare
with Evan Buliung and Deborah Hay
directed by Scott Wentworth
Romeo and Juliet (play) by William Shakespeare
with Antoine Yared and Sara Farb
directed by Scott Wentworth
The Taming of the Shrew (play) by William Shakespeare
with Ben Carlson and Deborah Hay
directed by Chris Abraham
The Tempest (play) by William Shakespeare
with Martha Henry and André Morin
directed by Antoni Cimolino
Timon of Athens (play) by William Shakespeare
with Joseph Ziegler and Ben Carlson
directed by Stephen Ouimette
streaming indefinitely
on the Stratford Festival website
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Kitchener:
Private O’Flaherty, V.C. (play from 1917) by George Bernard Shaw
with Terry Barna and John Cormier
streaming indefinitely
FROM BRITAIN:
The Mad Hatter’s Tea Party (dance) by Kate Prince
with Lizzie Gough and Isaac “Turbo” Baptiste
streaming through August 14
on the Royal Opera House website
How I Hacked My Way into Space (children’s show) by Unlimited Theatre
with Jon Spooner
streaming through August 27
on YouTube
Le nozze di Figaro (opera) by W.A. Mozart
with Joshua Bloom and Jennifer France
directed by John Cox
streaming through September 25
at the Garsington Opera website
The Turn of the Screw (opera) by Benjamin Britten
with Sophie Bevan and Ed Lyon
directed by Louisa Muller
streaming through December 19, 2020
at the Garsington Opera website
Macbeth (play) by William Shakespeare
with Patrick Stewart and Kate Fleetwood
streaming to December 31, 2020
directed by Rupert Goold
on the PBS.org website
Curlew River (opera) by Benjamin Britten
with Ian Bostridge and Mark Stone
directed by Netia Jones
streaming from July 8 onwards
on the Barbican website
I Wish I Was A Mountain (play) by Toby Thompson
with Toby Thompson, for ages 7+
streaming from March 27 onwards
on Vimeo
Nine Lives (play from 2016) by Zodwa Nyoni
with Lladel Bryant
directed by Alex Chisholm
streaming indefinitely
on YouTube
A Midsummer Night’s Dream (play) by William Shakespeare
with Edward Harrison and David Hughes
directed by Peter Stickney
streaming indefinitely
on the Lord Chamberlain’s Men website
The Tempest (play) by William Shakespeare
with Danaan McAleer and Reece Richardson
directed by Peter Stickney
streaming indefinitely
on the Lord Chamberlain’s Men website
Richard II (play) by William Shakespeare
with Adjoa Andoh and Sarah Niles,
directed by Adjoa Andoh
streaming indefinitely
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Bound (play) by Jesse Briton
with Thomas Bennett and James Crocker
directed by Jesse Briton
Wasted (musical) by Christopher Ash & Carl Miller
with Siobhan Athwal and Nathasha J. Barnes
directed by Adam Lenson
Twelfth Night (play) by William Shakespeare
with Becky Barry and Aruhan Galieva
directed by Anna Girvan
The Beast Will Rise (play) by Philip Ridley
with Mirren Mack
directed by Wiebke Green
streaming indefinitely
on the Southwark Playhouse website
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FROM THE USA
Broadbend, Arkansas (musical from 2019) by Ted Shen, Ellen Fitzhugh and Harrison David Rivers
with Justin Cunningham and Danyel Fulton
directed by Jack Cummings III
streaming through August 16
on the Transport Group website
Ella and In/Side (dance) by Robert Battle
with the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater
streaming from August 13 through August 20
on YouTube
The Line (play from 2020) by Jessica Blank and Erik Jensen
with Santino Fontana and Arjun Gupta
directed by Jessica Blank
streaming through September 1
on The Public Theatre website
Carousel (musical) by Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II
with Kelli O’Hara and Nathan Gunn
directed by John Rando
streaming through September 8
Photos: Myles Hanchard, cast member in The Water Gun Song, © 2020 Young People’s Theatre; Scene from Wasted, © 2020 Southwark Playhouse; Danyel Fulton in Broadbend, Arkansas, © Transport Group.