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Free theatre online, watch shows, plays and musicals from home – updated 11/07

Some theatre brings theatre plays to you for free online during the current COVID19 lockdown. And you can make a donation to thank them and support the theatre industry. Enjoy!


List of free theatre show online, musical, theatre play online for free

These shows are only available for a few days, so don’t miss out on those.

• Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat. FREE online

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MJt8gsr8DdY

Please note, this show is only available from 7pm Fri 10th July until 7pm Sun 12th July


• Puccini’s La Bohème. Royal Opera House. FREE online

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cbzDNMyHOeM

Please note, this opera is available to stream on demand until 17th July 2020.


• The Deep Blue Sea. National Theatre. FREE online

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uw68DjwzexU

This show will be available to stream on demand from 7pm Thu 9 July until 7pm on Thu 16 July


• The House of Bernarda Alba. Royal Exchange Theatre

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uW2mWUY_7Ko

Please note, this show is available to stream on demand until further notice.


• Timpson The Musical. FREE online


• Eugenius! The Musical

Nominated for 8 major awards including BEST MUSICAL 2018 at the Off West End AwardsEugenius! is the most exciting new musical in years. 


• Blueprint Medea. Finborough Theatre. FREE online 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xu6QiD0g5Qk

Please note, this show is available to be streamed on demand until 2nd September 2020.


• The Hunting of the Snark. Southbank Centre


• Top Story FREE online

A meteor the size of LA is about to hit LA, ironically, and in London a couple of friends spend their last seven days watching the news, reinventing chess and rewriting the rules of some of the other games in their universe: generally putting things into perspective, at once paralysed and inspired by the ‘overallness of it all’.


• Russel Maliphant: Silent Lines FREE online

the silent lines

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DbooRh-1krM


• CirqueConnect with Cirque du Soleil

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3zuBpFgxDCI
Available until Friday May 29, 2020

Your access to Cirque du Soleil content, all in one place.
https://www.cirquedusoleil.com/cirqueconnect#hubcontent


• RENT Live! a TV Special – available on YouTube


• Holst: The Planets. Philharmonia Orchestra. FREE online

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XhBo6i-Em9c

Please note, this concert is available to stream on demand until  Friday 17th July.


• Chickenshed Theatre: Waiting for the Ship to Sail. FREE online

Unfortunately, our run of Waiting for the Ship to Sail was cut short when we closed our doors mid-March. We know there were so many people who didn’t get to see it. Well, we have some fantastic news… now EVERYONE can!


Previously available

• Hamlet (2018), Globe Player. Shakespeare’s Globe
• The Phantom of The Opera, Royal Albert Hall
• Drawing the Line, Hampstead Theatre
• Cinderella, the Mercury Theatre panto for the whole family

• Stream Andrew Lloyd Webber’s LOVE NEVER DIES this weekend


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The London libraries are closed but did you know you can borrow online magazines, newspapers, e-books and audiobooks for free? All you need is a library membership London Libraries Consortium, Books and Magazines on your device for free.


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