SOUTH PACIFIC (Chichester Festival Theatre)*****

 

By Louise

Link: https://www.cft.org.uk/whats-on/event/south-pacific-stream

Available until: Streams on Saturday 21^st August at 2.30pm, and Thursday 26^th and 31^st August and Friday 3^rd September at 7.30pm. Stream available for 24 hours.

A lot of theatres are starting to focus on in-person performances only, but there are still quite a few shows available online and Chichester Festival Theatre’s South Pacific is a great opportunity to see a staged production of a really enjoyable musical.

MACBETH (Chichester Festival Theatre/The Shows Must Go On)****

 

By Alan

Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3dalKG4ZiYg

Available until: 23^rd November

Content warnings: Blood, guts, gore, violence, gunfire

Macbeth is fiction but it is based on real people. There was a Macbeth who became King of Scotland circa 1005. Unlike in the play, he was king for over 17 years. Macbeth’s grandfather was king so Macbeth was part of the Royal Family and King Duncan was his cousin- so Macbeth was technically next in line after Duncan’s sons. (The rules of succession weren’t always followed, part of the plot of King John is based on the fact John was actually 3rd in line after his deceased brother Geoffrey’s two surviving children but the previous king, his brother Richard I, wanted John to be king after him so that’s what happened. Macbeth was at least 4^th in line and probably wasn’t Duncan’s first choice but he had a lot of support from others.)

CRAVE (Chichester Festival Theatre)***

 

By Sophie

Link: https://www.cft.org.uk/whats-on/event/crave £10

Available until: The play will be livestreamed every night until Saturday 7^th November, though performances from Thursday onwards will not have a live audience. There will also be a Saturday matinee.

It’s difficult to say exactly what this play is about or even what happens in the play. There are four characters who are onstage the whole time. They talk and sometimes they respond to each other, but a lot of the time, they’re saying what they’re thinking and feeling and remembering. Sometimes they characters are speaking out loud. Sometimes they give us an internal monologue. Sometimes it’s hard to tell. Even when they are speaking out loud, the other characters don’t necessarily hear them. They all have their own pain.