RIVERDANCE 25TH ANNIVERSARY SHOW
The gala performance filmed on the exact date in 2020 and in the same venue as it was first presented. Do not miss this glorious spectacle of dance and music.
KING LEAR
The seminal RSC production of Shakespeare’s great tragedy, directed by Trevor Nunn and starring Ian McKellen who was nominated for both an Olivier Award and an Emmy for his towering performance.
OKLAHOMA!
Hugh Jackman revels in the role that made him the greatest showman in this multi-award-winning National Theatre production. Shuler Hensley excels too, as does Maureen Lipman; the musical is full of famous songs, including Oh! What A Beautiful Morning, Oklahoma!, People Will Say We’re In Love, Surrey With The Fringe On Top, The Farmer and the Cowman, and many more.
THE MERCHANT OF VENICE
Trevor Nunn’s acclaimed National Theatre production updates Shakespeare’s play to the twentieth century and features a tour de force from Henry Goodman as Shylock.
KISS ME, KATE!
The West End production of the hit Tony award-winning Broadway show. Cole Porter’s great songs include Another Op’nin’, Another Show; Too Darn Hot; Wunderbar; Brush Up Your Shakespeare,
I Hate Men, among others. Brent Barrett and Rachel York star; Michael Blakemore directs.
A RICHARD RODGERS GALA
From the Theatre Royal Drury Lane. A feast of the music of Rodgers and Hammerstein with songs from Oklahoma!, The King and I, The Sound of Music, South Pacific and Carousel not to mention Rodgers and Hart standards like Manhattan, My Funny Valentine and Bewitched. The cast includes Judi Dench, Gillian Anderson, Lesley Garrett, Patti Boulaye, Maureen Lipman and the late Gerry Marsden leading the full cast in You’ll Never Walk Alone. Unmissable.
ELAINE STRITCH AT LIBERTY
The famously acerbic wit of Broadway’s great actress-singer-comedian is to the fore as Elaine Stritch tells stories from her extraordinary career, featuring Noel Coward, Marlon Brando and many others, and performs a number of songs she made hers, particularly by Stephen Sondheim.
THE MYSTERY OF CHARLES DICKENS
Simon Callow inhabits Charles Dickens along with a plethora of his great characters as he enacts stories from the life, times and work of one of Britain’s finest novelists.