All The Web’s A Stage – schedule announced

The full programme for tomorrow’s (Thursday 23 April 2020) Theatre Together online fundraising event All The Web’s A Stage has been announced.

Featuring live performances across a variety of entertainment genres, All The Web’s A Stage will be streamed tomorrow on www.theatretogether.co.uk from midday to midnight and will include Stephen Fry reading Michael Rosen’s These are the Hands ahead of the weekly Clap for Carers at 8pm.

The Shakespeare Day event will be opened by Don Warrington reading The Bard’s monologue, All The World’s A Stage with other highlights including songs from musical theatre favourites including Joanne Clifton, Louise Dearman, Kerry Ellis, David Hunter and Marisha Wallace.

Over 100 artists and industry professionals are now involved in Theatre Together, the new collective set up as the theatres closed their doors last month to find ways to support the performing arts community during the current crisis.

Although available free of charge, viewers will be invited to donate to those in the industry in need by visiting www.justgiving.com/crowdfunding/theatre-together.

Funds raised will go to Acting For Others and Help Musicians to support those in the arts facing hardship as a result of the coronavirus crisis and to The Golsoncott Foundation, supporting individuals or organisations who have been impacted by the crisis to return with a piece of work once the industry begins to recover.

Commenting on the event, co-producer of All The Web’s A Stage, Paul-Ryan Carberry said: “The overnight closure of the performing arts industry – while necessary and important for all of our safety – has meant that thousands of our colleagues are without an income for the foreseeable future.

“We refuse to stand by whilst so many of our peers are going through hardship and so we’re delighted to be supporting three excellent charities – Acting For Others, Help Musicians and The Golsoncott Foundation – as they help those in need during this time and beyond.

“We’ve got a huge mix of entertainment planned – from musical theatre to comedy to dance and everything in between and we are really excited to share with you such an eclectic programme of work.

“At this critical time we ask you to please join our community on the day and support our industry by donating whatever you can. If this crisis has taught us anything, it is that stories and their tellers are intrinsically connected to our shared humanity, stories, no matter the distance, bring us together. The arts will come back swinging after all this is done – but we need your help to make that happen. Join us on Thursday.”

FULL PROGRAMME:

CURTAIN UP (12pm to 2pm)

• Hosted by Al & Roddy (12pm to 1pm) and Yassmin Abdel-Magied (1pm to 2pm)
• Don Warrington reads All the World’s a Stage from Shakespeare’s As You Like It
• Joanne Clifton sings ‘Nobody Does it Like Me’ from Seesaw
• Jess Fostekew performs stand up
• Oliver Lansley (Les Enfants Terribles) reads extract from The Terrible Infants
• Rebecca Gilliland performs ‘Fly Me to the Moon’ and Coldplay’s ’Viva La Vida’
• Robert Rhodes reads an original poem
• Cleve September sings ‘Words Fail’ from Dear Evan Hansen and ‘All I Ever Wanted’ from The Prince of Egypt
• Shona Babayemi reads extract from her original play Blue Zone
• Tamaryn Payne reads extract from Letters To The Earth

MATINEE (2pm to 4pm)

• Hosted by Toby Marlow (2pm to 3pm) and Jon Brittain (3pm to 4pm)
• Noah Thomas sings ‘You Don’t Even Know It’ and ‘The Wall in My Head’ from Everybody’s Talking About Jamie, and ‘Ordinary People’ by John Legend and will.i.am
• Luke McCall sings ‘Music of the Night’ from The Phantom of the Opera, ‘Bring Him Home’ from Les Misérables and ‘Anthem’ from Chess
• Evie Rose-Lane sings ‘Defying Gravity’ from Wicked, ‘Holding out for a Hero’ from Footloose and ‘Tomorrow’ from Annie
• Abandoman perform original improvised comedy with audience participation
• Gemma Barnett reprises her Offie Award-winning role from A Hundred Words for Snow a new monologue, A message from Rory, written for the event by Tatty Hennessy
• The Yes Queens perform improvised comedy based on audience suggestions
• Kerry Ellis sings ‘Your Song’ by Elton John

THE HALF (4pm to 6pm)

• Hosted by Danny Mac – with Live Q&A (4pm to 5pm) and Ivo Graham (5pm to 6pm)
• Vocal Xtr3m3 performs ‘You’re the Voice’ by John Farnham, a TOTO medley and a Journey medley
• Daisy Wood-Davis sings ‘Natural Woman’, ‘Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow’ and ‘Beautiful’ from Beautiful: The Carole King Musical
• Oliver Savile sings ‘What Say You Meg’ from The Last Ship and ‘Larger than Life’ from My Favourite Year
• Ella Dacres performs ‘This Sunday’ written by Jade Anouka
• Jade Anouka performs her original poem Herstory
• How Could I? a multi-location dance choreographed by Chris Whittaker and performed by Michael Afemare, Ben Anderson, Lila Anderson, Simon Anthony, Sian Brown, Nathan Coyne, Marcus Foreman, Mia Graves, Joshua Lay, Claire Lander, Georgie Leckey, Ellis Linford-Pill, Naoimh Morgan, Renee Ocran, Jordan Oliver, Suzy Owen, Amy Oxley, Charise Renouf, Clancy Ryan, Jacqui Sanchez, Adam Scott, Catriona Scott, Hannah Taylor, Christopher Tendai, Christie Whiteley and Magnetic Movement
• Kwami Odoom performs an extract from Anton Chekhov’s The Bear
• Louise Dearman sings ‘Songbird’ by Eva Cassidy
• George Readshaw performs Shakespeare’s sonnets 29 and 30
• Cast of Fat Rascal Theatre’s Unfortunate: The Untold Story of Ursula The Sea Witch perform a medley from the show
• Tom Brace performs isolation-themed magic show

TWO SHOW DAY (6pm to 8pm)

• Hosted by Oscar Conlon-Morrey (6pm to 7pm) and Crystal (7pm to 8pm)
• David Hunter sings ‘She Used to be Mine’ from Waitress and original songs ‘The Farm Song’ and ‘Hurt’
• Marisha Wallace sings ‘And I am Telling You’ from Dreamgirls, ‘I Know Where I’ve Been’ from Hairspray and a Whitney Houston Medley
• Sadie Clark performs an extract from her play Algorithms
• Alice Merivale sings ‘Hard to Be the Bard’ from Something Rotten! and an original monologue To Wee or Not to Wee
• Tom Milner sings ‘Waving Through a Window’ from Dear Evan Hansen and ‘Wake Me Up When September Ends’ from American Idiot
• Laura Pick sings a musical theatre medley including songs from Wicked, Hairspray, Billy Elliot, The Lion King and Les Misérables
• Daniel York-Loh performs an extract from Shakespeare’s Richard II and an original poem, Wuhan
• Amy Vicary Smith performs an extract from Belonging by Morgan Lloyd Malcolm
• Stephen Fry reads Michael Rosen’s These are the Hands, as the nation turns to #ClapForCarers

THIRD ACT (8pm to 10pm)

Hosted by Michael Auger and Sooz Kempner (9pm to 10pm)
Caroline Kay performs original music ‘Can’t Get My Love’ and ‘Always You’ and ‘Smile’ by Charlie Chaplin
Dylan Wynford performs original music ‘Hopeless’, ‘Sweat Patches’ and ‘Cigars’
Vikki Stone performs original music ‘Zoological Society’ and ‘Southbound’
Luke Wright performs a new original poem, Boxing Baroness
Bryony Reynolds performs an abridged version of Reclaim the Night by Charlene James
Maimuna Memon performs original music ‘Angry Song’, ‘Sitting in my Bed’ and ‘Wild Lion’, and ‘Samson’ by Regina Spektor
Ray Strasser-King reads Mercutio’s Queen Mab speech from Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet
Luke Rollason performs a clowning routine
Ben Scheck performs monologue Go Back Home by Steven Kavuma

CURTAIN CALL (10pm to 12am)

• Hosted by Martin Joseph (10pm to 11pm) and Sinead Wall (11pm to 12am)
• Cordelia O’Driscoll performs original music ‘Invisible’ and ‘Robot Called Robert and Me’
• Alin Balascan reads Shakespeare’s sonnets 27 and 28
• James McDermott performs poetry from his book, Manatomy
• Finn Anderson performs original songs ‘The Wee Hours’, ‘A Dancer Stole My Heart’ and ‘The Garden’
• Carmel Clavin performs an extract from her show The Marvellous Mechanical Musical Maiden
• Daisy Chute and Rebecca Brewer perform extract from Coven – The Musical
• Lucie Pohl performs Stand Up Quarantine: How to be Funny When No One’s Laughing
• Evangeline Dickson reads All the Web’s a Stage, a new monologue to close the event

In addition to the live event, Theatre Together’s social media platforms include special performances on Instagram Live and an auction offering the opportunity to bid on a series of exclusive prizes.

The Theatre Together collective includes freelance artists and representatives from ANRPR, Bryony Taylor Productions, Chloe Nelkin Consulting, Debbie Hicks Productions, Hannah Elsy Productions, Harry Blumenau Casting, Hartshorn-Hook Enterprises, IMMERSIVE I LDN, Infinity Technical Management, IAMarketing, Iris Theatre, JHI Marketing, LIVR, Metal Rabbit Productions, Relish Theatre, RJG Productions, Selladoor Worldwide, Sharp Image Company, SINE Digital, Target-Live and Underbelly.

Angela Thomas

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