Harold Fry's Unexpected Journey
When the author's bestselling book about an elderly man's road trip was converted into a recent cinematic release, it featured multiple beautiful tracks by Sam Lee. More recently, another musician Passenger delivered the musical compositions for the theatrical version, which is moving to the city's performance hub in winter. The musician's collection of song renditions, One for the Road – featuring additional tracks that weren't included in the theatrical show and a feature from actor Jack Wolfe, who portrayed the show's Balladeer – is currently available to stream.
Alice's Tea Party
The dance company is providing this holiday tale a contemporary twist during the holiday season, with Ebony Scrooge at this renowned theatre. Rewinding a decade, Kate Prince's company transformed Alice's Adventures in Wonderland with this dance adaptation. Available from the online platform.
Hedda
Tanika Gupta transfers Ibsen's play from 19th century Norway to 1948 London and changes Hedda into a former Hollywood star, in a rewrite inspired by the life of Oscar-nominated actor the film star. Hettie Macdonald leads this performer in the world premiere at the Orange Tree in the London borough. Streaming 25-28 November.
Moments of Grace with Aurélie Dupont
Director Cédric Klapisch is most famous for his often romantic comedies – but he also has a passion for dance. His cinematic work called En Corps featured dancer this talented woman, whose mentor this celebrated artist, the principal dancer became director of dance at the French institution, is profiled with stunning performance clips in Klapisch's 2010 documentary, streaming through this online platform.
The Inheritance Story
A powerful portrayal from this performer drives the director's 2025 political drama, which arrives at this streaming service on the twelfth. During that time, to celebrate Captioning Awareness Week and a quarter century of the deaf-led charity Stagetext, there's a subtitled online event with a live chat for audience members. British Sign Language, descriptive audio and noncaptioned versions of the play are accessible.
Creative Shorts
Pentabus's young talent initiative group make every minute count with these installments of short online plays, delivered via brief segments on TikTok. The playwrights hail from different parts of Britain and the premiere episode, authored by this writer, features Outlander and Billy Elliot's Gary Lewis. A joint effort with this creative company.
Within the Pages
A teenage-focused story co-written by this celebrated writer and her young co-author was the basis for this teenage production, which blurs the upheavals of adolescence with a fantastical adventure based on its heroine's favourite novel. Staged in New York in 2022, it's streaming via the theatrical platform.
Transient Times
"The Captain" was the moniker given to the artistic talent Carmen Amaya, who gained popularity in that historical period. The artistic director the artist celebrates the legendary dancer with this artistic work, captured at the French dance festival in recent months streaming on Arte.tv.
