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Dear Evan Hansen, Come From Away & Updated Classics On Screen

This weekend the highly-anticipated (and controversial) film version of Dear Evan Hansen comes to US movie theatres, starring Ben Platt as Evan, the role he originated on Broadway and won a Tony Award for. (UK release 22 October) Or at home you can catch more top shows like Come From Away, Everybody's Talking About Jamie, or some exciting updated classics, including a high-energy livestream production from Shakespeare's Globe in London on the 25th or September. Check out this week's picks below.

A letter that was never meant to be seen, a lie that was never meant to be told, a life he never dreamed he could have. Evan Hansen is about to get the one thing he’s always wanted: a chance to finally fit in.  Both deeply personal and profoundly contemporary, Dear Evan Hansen is about life and the way we live it. 

Come From Away - Musical, Filmed Performance

Filmed live on Broadway, the Tony Award-winning musical tells the remarkable true story of 38 flights grounded in a small Canadian town on September 11, 2001. As the locals host these "come from aways," they come together and find hope.

This re-imagined fairy-tale musical version of Cinderella features Camilla Cabello in the title role and features incredible musical talent across the cast: Idina Menzel, Billy Porter, James Corden and more.

Everybody's Talking About Jamie - Musical, Filmed Performance

Inspired by a true story, Everybody’s Talking About Jamie, is the heart-warming tale of a teenager who overcomes prejudice, beats the bullies and steps out of the darkness, into the spotlight. 

A Midsummer Night's Dream - Play, Livestream

Catch a thrilling, truly live performance streamed from Shakespeare's Globe in London on Saturday the 25th of September, as their raucous production of A Midsummer Night’s Dream returns with piñatas, streamers, glitter and a cacophony of brass.

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Stream Everybody's Talking About Jamie And More

This weekend stream Everybody's Talking About Jamie, science-fiction operas, a kid-friendly play, a classical concert and more. 

Rune is a vast cosmological fantasy featuring an ensemble of three grand pianos, contemporary dance with interactive sculpture, and high fashion by Ka Wa Key. On a planet where history is forbidden, a young girl dares to tell her story. A voyage across galaxies and millennia, hers is a tale of the archipelagos of Khye-rell and their matterwork, through transdimensional canals and sealanes to the Rune of the universe’s origin. This song, her story — through the very act of being told — will have consequences beyond imagining…


We build an hour, a day, a lifetime on what we can remember. So what do we become, when we forget?  Benoit Swan Pouffer’s new piece for Rambert2 is an unexpected and poignant journey through our mind, memory and sense of self.

The Castle Of Crossed Destinies - Opera, Filmed Performance

The Castle of Crossed Destinies, namely the world being read backwards.  Spanning the Baroque era to the distant future, and combining animation with live performance, this adaptation of Calvino’s novel shows us knights in Times Square, legendary alchemists, and invisible kings. Using symbolic imagery, tarot cards, and music which travels through the centuries by tailoring old musical forms to a new compositional language, this opera immerses the audience in a unique sung history where everything is connected, perhaps even the destiny of the audience itself.

Naomi and her cat Tom are best friends. They love nothing more than sitting on the sofa together watching TV after a long day. But one afternoon, Naomi comes home to find Tom is nowhere to be seen! Realising her best friend may be in danger, she must set out to find him. In a journey that takes her to the dry desert, the icy arctic and even under the sea, will she be able to find Tom and bring him home?

Sibelius’s Sixth and Seventh Symphonies - Concert, Filmed Performance

In this film from 2015 recorded at London’s Barbican Hall, Rattle leads the orchestra in Sibelius’s Sixth and Seventh symphonies.

Stream Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream For Free

This weekend stream Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream and a hard-hitting play Bodies for free! You can also check out a queer love story, a remarkable musical, a classical concert and a murder mystery. 

A Midsummer Night's Dream - Play, Filmed Performance

While preparations are underway for the marriage of Athenian duke Theseus and Amazon queen Hippolyta, fairy king Oberon and his tricky jester, Puck, make mischief with the indiscriminate use of a powerful love potion. Lysander and Demetrius both fall for Helena, raising the jealousy of Hermia, whose father is pressuring her to marry Demetrius despite Lysander's love for her.


Selected Recordings of Us - Play, Livestream

They promised they would never forget each other, no matter what. Then they broke up. As the remnants of their relationship gradually crowds the stage, two characters grasp at the fragments of their memories to come up with a shared version of their story. But can they agree on a single script?

In the Gin & Sin murder mystery the founder of the Mystery Gin Company has gone missing. He’s heading off on the adventure of a lifetime but before he goes he’s got an unwelcome surprise for his daughter and son-in-law.  Just what is Tom up to? What lies in store for his relatives and what happens next? There will be a murder but the victim might not be who you think! Everything will be revealed at the gin tasting night.

Angela's Ashes: The Musical - Musical, Filmed Performance

Angela’s Ashes: The Musical follows Frank McCourt’s escapades and experiences in a Dickensian landscape peopled by a drunken father, a helpless mother, pompous priests, and bullying schoolmasters; culminating in his escape from grinding poverty to the redemption of a new life in America.

When one in two people are likely to get cancer over their lifetime, knowing what to do and how to deal with it becomes all the more important.  Bodies is an experimental, multi-media show that combines tragedy with comedy, weaving ancient and contemporary stories about dilemmas of the body, mind and people's experiences with cancer.

Mahler’s Symphony No. 4 - Concert, Filmed Performance

In this performance from 1973 filmed in Vienna’s Musikverein, Bernstein leads the Vienna Philharmonic in Mahler’s Fourth Symphony with soprano soloist Edith Mathis.

Stream A Dark Humorous Musical & More For Free

This weekend stream a dark humorous musical, a romantic audio performance, a Greek mythology play, an operatic concert and a heart-warming play for free.

The Soldier's Tale - Musical, Filmed Performance

A darkly humorous musical storytelling filmed performance combining dance, theatre and International Festival resident artist Nicola Benedetti's superb violin playing.

Sense & Sensibility - Play, Audio Performance

When their father’s sudden death leaves them with no home and little income, Dashwood sisters Elinor and Marianne – along with their mother and younger sister – are called to live at a cottage at Barton Park near distant relatives. Thrust into the society of eccentric friends (and new rivals) the sisters attempt to navigate a world where love is held hostage by social class and happiness is ruled by money. 

A tale of impossible, death defying love told through hair raising spoken word and soaring soul music.

Shakespeare’s comedy of mistaken identity, music and the madness of love, Twelfth Night, finds new life in the Globe Theatre. Illyria is a society in limbo, held captive by loss. Until a sea-drenched stranger arrives and unexpectedly unleashes the chaotic and transformative power of love.

Berg's Wozzeck - Concert, Filmed Performance

Alban Berg's opera Wozzeck tells the story of a soldier’s descent into madness.

A group come together to form a community choir, and work towards their first ever competitive performance. With a sprinkle of magic, unlikely bonds begin to form as they sing, eat biscuits and quietly alter each other's lives forever. Tapestry is a heart-warming story about love, loss and letting go.

September Theatre Guide: 130+ New London Shows 

More than 130 new shows are coming to London this September!

There are plenty of timely-tale such as Anything is Possible if You Think About It Hard Enough, as well as high energy shows like Joker In Concert that will light up the stage.

There's also tragic opera, immersive ballet, plays about the ups and downs of growing up, ghost stories ... and much much more.

Take a look at the curated guide below and see what's coming up in London in September:

Keep your finger on the pulse with these timely tales of technology, making sense of an upside-down world, and verbatim stories about identity...

play • dark • gritty • hard-hitting • politics

play • Africa • culture & heritage • family • heartfelt • identity

Anything Is Possible If You Think About It Hard Enough (Begins 22 Sep)

play • family • grief • hard-hitting • heart-breaking • parenthood • tragic

experimental • interactive • play • science fiction • science & technology

The Last Bus To Fenchurch Street (Begins 27 Sep)

episodic • play • spoken word • heartfelt

cabaret • dark • gritty • hard-hitting • identity • mental health

If you love shows with big stories, big voices and even bigger energy...

The Tango Collective: The Piazzolla Project (Only 11 Sep)

cabaret • classical music • American South • cheerful • culture & heritage • music • poetic

dance • athletic • high-energy • music • visually-striking

dance • physical theatre • acrobatic • friendship • high-energy • imaginative

dance • cheerful • feel-good • high-energy • music

concert • retelling • feel-good • high-energy • orchestral

dance • dance theatre • athletic • family • fight-the-system • high-energy • inspiring • music

If you're looking for a fun show for children...

kid-friendly • play • adventure • family • magical • witty

The Flight Of Babuscha Baboon (Begins 11 Sep)

kid-friendly • play • puppetry • adventure • animals • magical

fairy tale • interactive • kid-friendly • play • retelling • adventure • feel-good

interactive • kid-friendly • play • puppetry • adventure • imaginative • poetry

kid-friendly • play • adventure • animals • cheerful • family • feel-good • heart-warming • high-energy

If you want to be swept away by a spell-binding and dramatic opera...

opera • atmospheric • dating & sex • family • grief • heartfelt

Orfeo Ed Euridice/Zanetteo (Begins 5 Sep)

myths & legends • opera • adventure • dating & sex • heartfelt

opera • adventure • high-energy • imaginative • thrilling

opera • retelling • atmospheric • revenge • tragic

opera • adventure • music • romantic • royalty & rulers • thrilling

opera • dark • dating & sex • music

immersive • opera • athletic • feel-good • high-energy

If you're interested in stories that take you back in time to a different world...

play • 1930s • coming-of-age • war & military

play • community • culture & heritage • historical • identity • politics • satire

play • autobiographical • politics • satire

 play • LGBTQ • gritty • hard-hitting • politics

page to stage • historical • royalty & rulers • secrets • thrilling

play • 1940s • adventure • dark • fight-the-system • Tokyo

And the Girls in Their Sunday Dresses (Begins 29 Sep)

play • gritty • hard-hitting • historical • identity

If you want to hear powerful and captivating stories about women and girls' life experiences...

concert • rock • tribute • inspiring women • jazz • music • witty

play • adventure • imaginative • inspiring • inspiring women • thrilling

play • dating & sex • farce • identity • married life

Stream Frozen, A Musical Spectacular For Free

This weekend stream Frozen, A Musical Spectacular and the laugh-out-loud opera Ariadne auf Naxos for free! You can also check out a kid-friendly play, a provocative solo show and more.

Frozen, A Musical Spectacular - Musical, Filmed Performance

Get ready for another fun family night hosted by Disney Cruise Line! This time they’re bringing the world of Arendelle into your homes with a virtual watch party of our Broadway-style stage production, “Frozen, A Musical Spectacular.”

Ariadne Auf Naxos - Opera, Filmed Performance

Two entertainments have been double-booked to mark the evening’s climax – a serious opera and a slapstick comedy. The star soprano is throwing a tantrum and the staff are hiding the chaos from the boss. There’s only one solution: perform both shows at the same time. 

A Square World is a story of friends who enjoy the same routine day after day, each day is the same until an unexpected change is forced upon just one of them. This accidental happening throws everyone into disarray, the friends are suddenly divided into those who can and the one who can’t.  

I Am (Not) Kanye West - Play, Filmed Performance

When it's time for student elections, Tash ticks all the boxes to take her to the top... apart from one – she's not that great at speaking her mind. Luckily, there's a controversial rapper who knows all about that. I Am (Not) Kanye West is a hilarious, provocative solo show that asks how much of ourselves we are willing to lose in order to win.

Sophia is about Scotland’s first woman doctor, Sophia Jex Blake. She was fiercely intelligent and loyal but it was her stubbornness that allowed her to change the world for the better!

A biting and heartfelt one-woman odyssey about what it really means to be loud. Delving into social anxiety and emotional manipulation, Jodie Irvine's acclaimed debut is a darkly comic and relatable story of survival and a lesson in how to throw a really good party.

Stream a Lin-Manuel Miranda Musical for Free

This weekend stream a Lin-Manuel Miranda musical for free, an explorative dance performance, a high-energy concert, a witty faux documentary and more.

21 Chump Street - Musical, Filmed Performance

21 Chump Street is a 14-minute musical based on a true story as reported in the series ‘This American Life’. Justin, a high school honors student falls for a cute transfer girl, Naomi. At her request, he tries to score her marijuana, hoping to impress her and take her to the prom. Things take a shocking turn when it turns out his crush is actually an undercover cop planted in the school to find drug dealers.

When a woman receives an unexpected letter from the British Passport Office, she is forced to confront an old mystery: why does her South African passport not carry her first name? Armed with the wisdom of favourite 90s TV shows, she sets out on a journey that will take her back to the turmoil of Mobutu’s Congo, growing up in post-Apartheid South Africa, moving to Ireland and finding love in a hostile England.  

Dancing In The Streets: Gregory Maqoma - Dance, Filmed Performance

Choreographer Gregory Maqoma's explorative and transformative film Retrace-Retract explores life in Soweto.  He captures the sense of a place battling with its own economic transformation and explores the differences and dynamics of cultures, traditions, hierarchies and dreams.

Chineke: Orchestra & William Eddins - Concert, Filmed Performance

The Chineke Orchestra joins dynamic mezzo soprano Andrea Baker in a filmed performance of the trailblazing song cycle woman.life.song, featuring influences of pop, blues and jazz.

Conversations tells four stories playing out over Zoom; from awkward Zoom dates to painful online rehearsals, disillusioned Harry Potter fanatics and angry middle-aged keyboard warriors. It takes a fresh look at the challenges the world presented to us Iast year and explores the battle lines drawn anew in the fight for civil rights and LGBTQ+ equality.

Don't Join The Circus - Faux Documentary, Filmed Performance

Don’t Join The Circus is a faux documentary comedy series. Following a rag tag group of 21st century millennial circus performers as they try and create a new show to save their company from disaster.

Stream A Romantic Musical, Tragic Operas & More

This weekend stream a romantic musical, a poetic concert, a dance performance that explore how wars begin, tragic operas and a dark play.

Set in 1943 - an American nurse stationed on a South Pacific island during World War II, who falls in love with a middle-aged expatriate French plantation owner but struggles to accept his mixed-race children.

Malcom Martineau & Friends - Concert, Filmed Performance 

Distinguished pianist Malcolm Martineau and a gathering of musical friends in a filmed concert of songs based on the poetry of Sir Walter Scott.

Choreographer Akram Khan and director Sue Buckmaster take young audiences back in time to explore how war begins and how it ends.

Don Giovanni is the ultimate seducer – but when he murders the father of one of his victims, he unleashes a power beyond his control. Kasper Holten’s inventive and visually stunning production explores the creative and sensual appeal of one of opera’s most elusive protagonists, and the powerful effect he has on all who meet him. 

Orfeo Ed Euridice - Opera, Filmed Performance

Unable to live without his dead wife Euridice, Orfeo journeys to the underworld on a quest to return her to the land of the living. There is one condition: he must not look back as she follows him home, or he will lose her for all eternity.

In a country pub in Ireland, newcomer Valerie arrives and becomes spellbound by stories told by the bachelors who drink there. With the wind whistling outside, and a whiff of sexual tension in the air, what starts out as blarney darkens as the tales drift into the realm of the supernatural. Then, Valerie reveals a startling story of her own…

Stream Thrilling Plays, A Jazz Concert & More

This weekend stream a play filled with mysteries, a jazz concert, an acrobatic dance performance, an adventurous play suitable for kids, a magical opera and more!

In a response to one of Shakespeare’s greatest tragedies, the North American premiere of Marina Carr’s play comes to life on screen with the mysterious and tense confrontation of woman and man. When Woman, haunted by her dream of Cordelia and King Lear, confronts Man, their disturbed relationship is exposed. As his protégé, she has come seeking enlightenment, but he orders silence in exchange for artistry and concession. Fast forward five years, and she returns again for one final visit. Will the two be able to see eye to eye? Or will the meeting lead to mutually assured destruction?

Jazz Re:Fest is a family-friendly, annual festival produced by pioneering movement Jazz re:freshed celebrating jazz and jazz-inspired music and culture.

La Galerie - Acrobat Dance, Filmed Performance

Seven zany acrobats and an electrifying musician take over a monochrome exhibit. With a creative spark, they set off an explosion of colour. In mocking defiance of convention these characters, as wacky as they are endearing, eagerly explore the set inside out. Dizzying feats, astonishing discoveries, colourful poetry and self-deprecation all come together to fuel this ode to creativity.

The Adventures Of Sleepyhead - Play, Filmed Performance

This adventure to the heart of dreamland as Sleepyhead fends off the Zzz..They explores the source of imagination and the tick-tock of our internal clock. The Adventures of Sleepyhead promises better dreams and a good night sleep or your money back.

The Ring Cycle - Opera, Filmed Performance

The Ring begins with music that evokes the very dawn of time. From this moment we are plunged into the watery twilight beneath the river Rhine, transported to misty mountain-tops and to the depths of gloomy Nibelheim, before crossing the rainbow bridge that leads to Valhalla, fortress home of the gods. Set in a world populated by dwarfs and giants, gods and river-maidens, Wagner’s ‘preliminary evening’ to the Ring sets the whole epic cycle in motion in thrilling fashion.

Side-Walks is a digital short story about finding yourself after a year of isolation. Alternating perspectives and capitals between Dublin and DC, two characters search for their place on the ever-changing map. Using Google Maps, this digital short story brings to life familiar streets in a whole new way. Through the eyes and memories of these t.wo lost souls, you’ll see Dublin and DC like you’ve never seen before.

Stream Classical Concert, Immersive Plays & More 

This weekend stream a classical concert, a feel-good cabaret featuring pieces from various musicals, immersive plays, kid-friendly musical based on Alice in Wonderland and more!

Featuring pieces from a variety of musicals, including new original pieces by the youth of Coastal Youth Theatre.

Chopin's Piano Concerto No. 2 - Concert, Filmed Performance

Chopin’s Second Piano Concerto was one of only a handful of works he wrote that included orchestral forces alongside the keyboard. Arthur Rubinstein—whose Carnegie Hall career spanned more than 130 performances from 1906 to 1976—highlights the concerto’s exquisite lyricism with the London Symphony Orchestra conducted by André Previn in this 1975 film recorded in London’s Fairfield Halls.

Letters Live - Poetry, Filmed Performance

Letters Live is a celebration of the enduring power of literary correspondence. Each show always features a completely different array of great performers, reading remarkable letters written over the centuries and from around the world.   

This play is a drama about the state of the world and our relationship to nature and environment.

Let the host and Master of Percussion Owen (aka The Mad Hatter) welcome you to a musical party that’ll make you think all your unbirthdays have come at once. Join Tweedle Dum and Tweedle Dee for a topsy turvy tea party and discover the fantastical beast that is The Jabberwocky in a special new piece for narrator and orchestra.

The Third Day: Autumn - Play, Filmed Performance

Across 12 hours and in one continuous take, observe the secretive rituals of a remote British island as Sam faces a series of trials to become its new ‘Father’.

August Theatre Guide: 60+ New London Shows 

More than 60 new shows are coming to London this August!

Huge new and returning musicals such as Frozen, Hamilton and Mamma Mia! will light up the stage along with plenty of kid-friendly shows, ready to entertain children throughout the school holidays including page-to-stage favourites Zog and The Gruffalo.

There's also outdoor opera, witty cabaret, plays about the ups and downs of family life, ghost stories ... and much much more.

Take a look at the curated guide below and see what's coming up in London in August:

If you're in the mood for a feel-good and uplifting summer musical ...

West End: In The Park (Only 5 August)
musical • adventure • heart-warming • music • outdoor

Mary Poppins (Begins 7 August)
kid-friendly • musical • page to stage • screen to stage • London • magical • visually-striking

Hamilton (Begins 19 August)
musical • true story • historical • politics • war & military

Back to the Future: the Musical (Begins 20 August)
musical • screen to stage • 1980s • fantasy • nostalgic • science fiction • unlikely friends • visually-striking

Mamma Mia! (Begins 25 August)
musical • family • feel-good • friendship • heart-warming • laugh-out-loud

Black Snow (Begins 25 August)
musical • page to stage • classic • dark • gritty • Russia • satire

Frozen (Begins 27 August)
kid-friendly • musical • screen to stage • family • visually-striking

If you're looking for a fun summer holiday show for children ...

Zog (Begins 4 August)
kid-friendly • page to stage • adventure • animals • cheerful • fantasy •  heart-warming • magical • music • school & university

The Sooty Show (Only 5 August)
kid-friendly • play • animals • heart-warming • laugh-out-loud • outdoor

The Wolves of Willoughby Chase (Begins 5 August)
kid-friendly • page to stage • play • adventure • thrilling

Comedy Club 4 Kids (Only 7 August)
kid-friendly • heart-warming • laugh-out-loud • outdoor • witty

The Gruffalo & Peter and the Wolf (Only 7 August)
classical music • kid-friendly • page to stage • adventure • magical • orchestral

Pinocchio (Begins 8 August)
kid-friendly • play • adventure • classic • heart-warming

The Very Hungry Caterpillar Show (Begins 17 August)
kid-friendly • page to stage • play • adventure • animals • cheerful • feel-good

The Adventures of Bo Peep (Begins 19 August)
interactive • kid-friendly • play • adventure • animals

If you want to be swept away by a spell-binding and dramatic opera ...

The Pirates of Penzance (Begins 3 August)
opera • adventure • coming-of-age • fantasy • outdoor • witty

Die Walküre (Begins 4 August)
myths & legends • opera • retelling • fantasy • orchestral • romantic • war & military

Hansel and Gretel (Begins 10 August)
fairy tale • interactive • kid-friendly • opera • adventure • Germany • magical • orchestral • outdoor

L'occasione Fa Il Adro (Begins 12 August)
opera • farce • mistaken identity • outdoor • romantic

Alcina (Begins 25 August)
opera • adventure • heart-breaking • tragic

Tosca (Begins 27 August)
classical music • opera • heart-breaking • Italy • outdoor • politics • romantic

If you want to hear powerful and captivating stories about women and girls' life experiences ...

Klippies (Begins 4 August)
play • Africa • coming-of-age • friendship

Queens of Sheba (Begins 16 August)
play • true story • Black history & experience • inspiring women • London

Girls ( Begins 17 August)
dance • play • heart-warming • inspiring women • unapologetic

Educating Rita (Begins 17 August)
play • heart-warming • Olivier Award Winner • opposites attract • school & university • witty

Buzzing (Begins 19 August)
solo show • dating & sex • heartfelt • heart-warming • witty

If you're in the mood for an immersive game, a vibrant circus or a witty drag show ...

Tubular Bells (Begins 7 August)
circus • classical music • concert • dance • rock • acrobatic • jazz

Dragons & Mythical Beasts (Begins 13 August)
immersive • kid-friendly • myths & legends • play • puppetry • adventure • imaginative • outdoor • visually-striking

Monopoly Lifesized (Begins 14 August)
interactive • kid-friendly • imaginative • London

Cirque Berserk! (Begins 25 August)
circus • dance • acrobatic • visually-striking

Pecs: The Boys Are Back in Town (Begins 30 August)
cabaret • dance • LGBTQ • identity • music

Leopoldstadt (Begins 7 August)
play • community • family • grief • heart-breaking • survival • war & military

This Beautiful Future (Begins 18 August)
1940s • atmospheric • coming-of-age • heart-breaking • historical • romantic • war & military

Once Upon A Time in Nazi Occupied Tunisia (Begins 21 August)
play • 1940s • Africa • dark • war & military • witty

Rockets and Blue Lights (Begins 25 August)
play • art & artists • atmospheric • Black history & experience • hard-hitting • historical • London

Quentin Crisp: A New Hope (Begins 25 August)
LGBTQ • solo show • heart-warming • London • New York City • witty

A Modest Little Man (Begins 31 August)
1940s • Britain • politics • witty

If you're interested in timely tales about technology, modern dating, or awkward bathroom encounters ...

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