Excellent Online Stage Picks for This Month
The Remarkable Journey of Harold Fry
After this writer's popular story about an elderly man's road trip was transformed into last year's movie, it featured several lovely songs by the folk musician. Earlier this year, another musician Passenger delivered the music and lyrics for the stage adaptation, which will relocate to the West End in January. Passenger's album of musical interpretations, called One for the Road – featuring extra songs that weren't included in the stage production and a collaboration from performer Jack Wolfe, who portrayed the show's Balladeer – is currently available to stream.
The Mad Hatter's Tea Party
The dance company is presenting this holiday tale a contemporary twist this winter, with their production at Sadler's Wells. Looking back a decade, the same organization reimagined this beloved story with their ballet production. Available from the online platform.
Hedda Gabler
This writer relocates this theatrical work from late 19th-century Kristiania to 1948 London and recasts Hedda into a former Hollywood star, in a rewrite based on the experiences of acclaimed performer Merle Oberon. The director leads Pearl Chanda in the debut production at this performance venue in the London borough. Accessible the end of the month.
Aurélie Dupont's Graceful Instants
Cinematographer Cédric Klapisch is most famous for his frequently lighthearted films – but he additionally maintains a devotion to performance art. His recent film called En Corps highlighted ballerina this talented woman, whose guide Aurélie Dupont, the principal dancer turned director of dance at this prestigious company, is documented via incredible artistic sequences in this documentary film, now on MarqueeTV.
The Inheritance Story
An intense performance from Adeel Akhtar drives the director's 2025 political drama, which comes to this streaming service on 12 November. On that evening, to celebrate Captioning Awareness Week and two and a half decades of the accessibility organization the company, there's a captioned digital presentation with real-time conversation for spectators. BSL-interpreted, narrated and regular editions of this performance are offered.
Art Flicks
The theatre company's National Young Writers collective make every minute count with these installments of short online plays, presented through brief segments on this digital service. The playwrights hail from various British locations and the premiere episode, authored by Eilidh Nurse, features the acclaimed actor from Gary Lewis. A collaboration with Rural Media.
Reading Between Lines
A teenage-focused story collaboratively authored by Jodi Picoult and her young co-author was the basis for this high school musical, which merges the challenges of adolescence with an imaginative journey based on its heroine's favourite novel. Performed in New York in the past, it's streaming via BroadwayHD.
Fleeting Moments
"This Leader" was the title associated with the flamenco dancer Carmen Amaya, who achieved fame in the pre-war era. The choreographer and dancer the artist celebrates the legendary dancer with this production, filmed at the international performance event in recent months streaming on this online service.
