Online venue Stream.Theatre has announced a packed season of productions for the festive period and into 2021 including feature-length musical theatre, pantomimes and concerts.
The new digital platform will offer theatre lovers access to 11 exclusive new shows filmed this month. The line-up includes the previously announced recording of last weekend’s Palace Theatre debut of Sasha Regan’s award-winning all-male version of Gilbert and Sullivan’s The Pirates of Penzance and West End stars Gina Beck and Neil McDermott’s The Elf Who Was Scared Of Christmas captured live at Charing Cross Theatre this month.
The line-up also includes: Potted Panto which was filmed at the Garrick Theatre this month, Immersion Theatre’s pop-up panto Dick Whittington and Southwark Playhouse’s recent hit production of Jason Robert Brown’s The Last Five Years.
Four featured productions will raise money for various good causes including: one-act work in progress play The Ceremony written by Catherine Tyldesley (Acting for Others, Leeds Heritage Theatre and Theatre Artists Fund); We Need a Little Christmas (Shelter, Crisis at Christmas); A Christmas Wish (Acting For Others) and Christmas With The Stars (Children with Cancer UK).
The new platform offers a digital stage for arts organisations, producers and artists to record, stream and host a wide variety of new pay-per-view streaming content.
Listings:
The Ceremony (13-20 December) – Starring Catherine Tyldesley with Sue Johnston, Paula Lane, Samantha Giles, Stephen Rahman-Hughes and Jodie Prenger.
The Elf Who Was Scared of Christmas (16 December-4 January) – Family fun filmed on stage at the Charing Cross Theatre in December 2020 and starring Neil McDermott and Gina Beck.
A Christmas Wish (17-20 December) – A virtual concert in aid of Acting for Others, featuring stars of the West End and beyond. Hosted by Ben Stock and Hilary O’Neil.
Covidella and the Masked Ball (18 December-7 January) – A traditional pantomime with original songs, performed by the graduating year of the multi-award-winning drama college The MTA.
Dick Whittington (19-23 December) – Immersion Theatre returns to Alderford Lake this Christmas with Alderford’s first ever pop-up panto.
We Need a Little Christmas (20 December-1 January) – Star-studded festive concert in support of Shelter and Crisis at Christmas filmed at the Actors’ Church in London on 6 December. Hosted by Denise Welch and Amy Hart.
Moscow Ballet’s Great Russian Nutcracker (21 December-1 January) – A celebration of Moscow Ballet’s traditional Christmas production. Includes behind-the-scenes content and interviews.
Dame Flossie’s Panto at Home (21-31 December) – Christmas isn’t cancelled… oh no it isn’t! Dame Flossie is back, joined by Silly Billy and Princess Jill, for a special hour-long panto.
Potted Panto (24th December-24th January) – Seven classic pantomimes in 70 hilarious minutes! Filmed in the West End’s Garrick Theatre this month.
Christmas with the Stars (24-26 December) – Join a host of West End stars and the students of MX Masterclass singing their festive favourites all in aid of Children With Cancer UK.
All Male G&S: Pirates of Penzance (28 December-3 January) – Filmed at the Palace Theatre, London. Sasha Regan’s all-male company of pirates and their winsome lasses in an inventive new take on Gilbert & Sullivan’s much-loved The Pirates of Penzance.
Untapped (10, 17, 24, and 31 January) – Four unique concerts celebrating musical theatre graduates from the past 10 years, telling their stories and performing with a live band.
The Last Five Years (29-31 January, 5-7 and 12-14 February) – Jason Robert Brown’s emotionally powerful Drama Desk Award-winning musical filmed at the Southwark Playhouse in November 2020.
Waiting for Obama (11-17 January) – John Moore’s critically-acclaimed play Waiting for Obama was an official selection of the New York International Fringe Festival.
The Poltergeist (25-31 January, then on demand in February) – Philip Ridley’s darkly comic new play is about art, family, memory, and being haunted by the life we never lived. The five-star production was captured at Southwark Playhouse.
Falling Stars (1-14 February) – Starring Peter Polycarpou and Sally Ann Triplett – a beautiful new song cycle homage to the composers, collaborators and publishers of the 1920s.
Angela Thomas
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