THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING EARNEST (Roundabout Theatre Company/LA Theatre Works/Theater Mania)*****

 

By Louise

Link: https://www.theatermania.stream/products/the-importance-of-being-earnest

Available until: Unknown

The Importance of Being Earnest is one of my very favourite plays and this production is perfect. If you enjoyed the recent modern production at the Lawrence Batley Theatre and you would like to see the play it was based on, or if you already love the play and would like to see it again, you might really enjoy this performance. (You could also watch SupportBritish’s production on YouTube. We haven’t watched it yet as we were a bit scared Roundabout Theatre Company’s production might be taken down before we could see it, but SupportBritish’s plays are always of a really high standard and the actors are so lovely and I am really looking forward to watching their Importance of Being Earnest in the future.)

THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING EARNEST (Lawrence Batley Theatre)***

  

By Dave

Link: https://www.thelbt.org/shows/the-importance-of-being-earnest-2

Available until: Tuesday 4^th 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.

THE PICTURE OF DORIAN GRAY (Lawrence Batley Theatre/Barn Theatre/New Wolsey Theatre/Oxford Playhouse/Theatr Clwyd)****

 

By Aashiq 

Link: https://www.pictureofdoriangray.com 

Available until: Performances every day until Wednesday 31^st March. Access is for 48 hours.

Yes, I know I’ve already written one review today, but I needed cheering up. It didn’t work or anything, but I want to review it and if anyone tries to stop me, they’ll soon wish they hadn’t. I’m just not worth the stress.

Earlier in lockdown, Barn Theatre, the Lawrence Batley Theatre and New Wolsey Theatre did a play/film together called What a Carve Up!. Luckily, the public saw its brilliance, and its success meant that the theatres decided to team up again for a new project, only this time they let the Oxford Playhouse and Theatr Clwyd in on it. Which makes it a proper international production, but it did confuse me, going to the theatre websites and seeing that every theatre in existence had decided to do Dorian Gray all at the same time. It was like A Christmas Carol all over again, only without the turkey. It was only once they all started showing identical images for their productions that I realised the whole world hadn’t gone Wilde.