By Dave
Link: https://www.coliseum.org.uk/shows/an-acorn-recorded-6401ag
Available until: 17th May 2021
The thing about audiences is we can be very lazy. We’re usually happy to put in the psychological work to find out what it’s all about. We’re usually happy to put in the emotional work so we can engage with the story and the character. We’re usually happy to put in the physical effort involved in getting to the performance. But we do have limits.
By Dave
Link: https://www.thelbt.org/shows/the-importance-of-being-earnest-2
Available until: Tuesday 4th May. You’ll be sent a link on the day of your chosen performance and you have access for 48 hours.
Content warning: Contains some strong language. 14+
This isn’t the Oscar Wilde play. Let’s get that right of the way right now. It’s set in the modern world with vloggers and followers and cancel culture. It follows the main basic story of The Importance of Being Earnest and most of the characters correspond to an equivalent character in the original play but it’s not Oscar Wilde.
