By Emma
Link: https://www.theatrclwyd.com/event/do-you-love-me-ye
Available until: Livestream on Friday 30th April at 7.30pm, available for at least three hours after the broadcast.
Do You Love Me Yet? is a really lovely idea and it’s a shame there are only two livestreams. I hope they’ll do more in the future, but the theatres involved in this will probably be too busy doing live shows for audiences. Which is definitely a good thing.
By Aashiq
Link: https://www.pictureofdoriangray.com
Available until: Performances every day until Wednesday 31st 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.
By Emma
Link: https://www.theatrclwyd.com/event/secret-stream-5 (hopefully you can still go through the booking process to watch this. If not the youtube video is probably still active. It’s unlisted so I’m not allowed to post it here but maybe Theatr Clwyd can give you the link.)
Available until: Unknown
For Once is the latest play in the series of ‘Secret Shows’ presented by Theatr Clwyd. This is the fourth Secret Show play we’ve watched so I think maybe we missed the first two? Anyway, these plays are announced as Secret Shows and they give you the date and it’s only nearer the time that they tell you what the show is going to be. It is possible to book the sixth one now but it doesn’t say what it is.
By Aashiq
Link: The
Panto That Nearly Never Was! Online | Theatr Clwyd
Available until: There are
performances on 30th and 31st December and 2nd
and 3rd January. Access is for 24 hours and begins at 12.01am. BSL
signed, audio-described and captioned versions are available.
Seriously if you’re at primary school
and you want to watch something a bit rude with good music but which your
parents will totally give you permission to watch, you should definitely
consider watching this pantomime. You don’t even need to get any money out of
them (though if you want to look really virtuous, you can always ask them to
donate) as it’s free for under-18s. There’s a lot to snigger at here and I
should know.
By Cal
Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X_XDgLRg1kA
Available until: Theatr Clwyd
productions are usually available for about 48 hours so probably until the
evening of 5th December. But don’t quote me on it.
It took me a little while to get into
this. I did start to get into it eventually, but the play is so short (fifty
minutes), I was more than halfway through by then.
It’s the story of four elderly ladies
who meet in the garden for a chat and that’s a bit outside my experience. At
first, I had a bit of trouble working out who was who and relating to what they
were talking about, and there were some confusing moments where the subject was
abruptly changed. I think that was because the play is supposed to be several
afternoon meetings which are merged into one long scene, but I wasn’t sure.
By Cal
Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CpxXLpIpLYs&t=3s (This was a Secret Stream, but it's publicly listed on Theatr Clwyd's youtube channel so I'm guessing it's okay to post the link. I can take it down if not.)
Available until: Unknown
In our lives, we might not spend a lot of time with people
who are very different from us. If two people have very different lives, they often
never meet, at least not for long enough to form any kind of connection. But
sometimes, people who are very different do meet and they find they have more
in common than they ever expected. The three characters in Giant Steps
are very different, but two of the characters’ paths keep on crossing – and it
is through one of the things they do have in common that they meet the third
character in this play.
