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Best Online Theatre Picks for The Coming Weeks

The Remarkable Journey of Harold Fry

After Rachel Joyce's popular novel about a retiree's journey was transformed into last year's movie, it included multiple beautiful musical numbers by the folk musician. In recent months, fellow folk artist Passenger provided the music and lyrics for the theatrical version, which will transfer to the city's performance hub in January. This recording of track versions, titled One for the Road – with additional tracks that were cut from the theatrical show and a collaboration from Jack Wolfe, who portrayed the show's Balladeer – is now accessible to view digitally.

Alice's Tea Party

ZooNation is presenting A Christmas Carol an urban interpretation in the coming months, with Ebony Scrooge at the famous venue. Rewinding a decade, Kate Prince's company reimagined Alice's Adventures in Wonderland with their ballet production. Streaming on this streaming service.

Hedda

This writer moves the classic drama from historical Oslo to 1948 London and changes the main character into an ex-actress, in an adaptation based on the life of award-winning actress the film star. The director guides Pearl Chanda in the debut production at the Richmond theatre in Richmond. Accessible 25-28 November.

Moments of Grace with Aurélie Dupont

Cinematographer Cédric Klapisch is most famous for his often romantic comedies – but he also has a devotion to dance. His cinematic work called En Corps featured dancer this talented woman, whose mentor the renowned dancer, the principal dancer became director of dance at the French institution, is documented with stunning performance clips in the filmmaker's earlier work, currently available on this online platform.

The Inheritance Story

A powerful portrayal from Adeel Akhtar drives this filmmaker's contemporary stage production, which will be available on National Theatre at Home on 12 November. On that evening, to mark accessibility awareness and 25 years of the inclusion-focused group the company, there's a subtitled online event with real-time conversation for audience members. Signed, descriptive audio and noncaptioned versions of the production are accessible.

Creative Shorts

Pentabus's National Young Writers group make every minute count with this series of brief theatrical pieces, told in 90-second bursts on the social platform. The playwrights hail from different parts of Britain and the first in the series, authored by Eilidh Nurse, features the acclaimed actor from Gary Lewis. A collaboration with this creative company.

Within the Pages

A young adult book jointly created by Jodi Picoult and her young co-author was the basis for this high school musical, which combines the upheavals of growing up with a magical story drawing from its protagonist's beloved book. Staged in the American city in the past, it's streaming via the theatrical platform.

Transient Times

"La Capitana" was the moniker given to the Spanish performer Carmen Amaya, who gained popularity in the late 1930s. This talented performer Aina Alegre honors her with this performance, captured at the international performance event earlier this year accessible via this online service.

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