Cirque du Soleil are releasing weekly videos on their YouTube channel, featuring a range of acts from some of their best loved shows. You can also find plenty more content on their website, including make-up tutorials and CirqueFit exercise videos.
Open Theatre Company’s re-imagining of the classic fairy tale Hansel & Gretel had begun a national tour just before the coronavirus crisis. They released a recording on Saturday 25 April. They have also put together a pack of fun activities to go with it, alongside the resources that they would ordinarily make available for a … Read more
This digital retelling is inspired by the 2018 production Junk (which saw Little Angel Theatre transform their studio space into a recycling plant). It revisits Scoop, the junk lady, and shows you into her secret space – a place where she gathers and stores all of the interesting things that other people throw away, and uses them … Read more
Flyboy and the Robot is an original story from multi-disciplinary artist and musician Matthew Robins (performed with Tim Spooner). Matthew has been writing and performing an on-going series of stories about Flyboy for the last 10 years. Using black paper, a scalpel, and a piano they are his own home-made way of recreating all the things he … Read more
Every Saturday at 10am join the Welsh National Opera for an interactive family show featuring performances from members of WNO Orchestra and Chorus and insight from people behind the scenes. Learn about Welsh National Opera’s most treasured composers and hear some of their favourite songs brought to life through cartoons, animation, games and stories. There will even be a … Read more
Perfect is the touching story of a boy meeting his disabled sister for the first time, with stunning puppetry, original live music, animation and physical theatre from the award-winningTessa Bide. Visit the Omnibus Theatre website for full details.
Can Aidy and her Granny defeat the story eater and release the stories? They are going to need your help to do it.
This theatrical short film follows an ancient tale of Indra. Cursed and having lost all of his power, to restore balance he must lead the Heavenly Devas in working with the Demonic Asuras. Together they must churn a cosmic ocean to release the nectar of immortality, the Amrit. Will Indra succeed in creating balance or … Read more
Arthur’s Dream Boat (a puppet show based on the popular Polly Dunbar book) was due to play at Z-Arts, Manchester this weekend. Since that couldn’t happen, they’ve made it available online instead, together with plenty of related crafts and educational activities. Accessibility: There is a full transcript of this recording available.
Some might be Plink and others are BooWhy does it matter, what’s the to-do?Jumbled up people and boxes too small;Let’s make a den and discover it all… Can’t Sit Still have been busy adapting their circus adventure, Plink & Boo, for digital delivery. There are plenty of pre-show resources on the website (where you can also find the latest … Read more