Video

WOS TV: Top Theatre Video Picks – 9 Sep 2009

The Whatsonstage.com Television
channel is a rapidly expanding archive of theatre-related video
content. As well as our exclusive first night reports, we regularly add
show trailers, event promos, interviews, video diaries and
behind-the-scenes footage.


You can view these – & many more – clips on tvision.whatsonstage.com.
If you’ve seen something you think is worth a watch for theatregoers,
then please email us the clip or a link to it.
Thanks for watching!


  • Back in the picture Lee Hall‘s award-winning play The Pitmen Painters
    is returning to the National Theatre this month before embarking on a
    UK tour. The play focuses on a group of Ashington miners who hired a
    professor to teach an art evening class and subsequently went on to
    create renowned art collections and befriended some of the most
    avant-garde artists of their time – whilst continuing to work
    down the mine, as before. A real ‘story tellers’
    piece of theatre, which is well worth a look.


  • Look after the pennies…. – One of the most infamous scandals in financial history becomes a theatrical epic in Lucy Prebble’s new play, ENRON.
    A heady mix of classical tragedy and savage comedy, it follows a group
    of deeply flawed men and women in a story of greed and loss, which
    reviews the tumultuous 1990s and casts a new light on the financial
    turmoil in which the world finds itself in 2009. Based on real life and
    using music, movement and video, ENRON is directed by Rupert Goold whose recent credits include King Lear, No Mans Land, Six Characters in Search of an Author and of course the current long-runner at the London Palladium, Oliver! An astute theatrical response to the way in which we view monetary affairs – break open the piggy bank for a ticket!


  • Bouncing Back
    Bounce are known for creating high energy, imaginative street-dance
    theatre, enjoying hit runs at both the Peacock Theatre and the
    Roundhouse. Their latest show at the Peacock Theatre, Insane in the Brain takes the classic story of One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest
    and injects a healthy dose of modern-day hip hop energy, with
    spectacular results. This is an absolute visual treat, which brings the
    original film rocketing into the present day.


  • Secrets of the Garden
    Following on from their previous sell out Christmas shows, West
    Yorkshire Playhouse will this year be mounting a brand new musical
    adaptation of Frances Hodgson Burnett’s classic
    children’s novel, The Secret Garden.
    Here, director Ian Brown talks about his decision to reinvent the
    much-loved story and how he thinks children today will respond to the
    timeless tale.


    Selections by David Grewcock. You can view
    these – & many more – clips on tvision.whatsonstage.com.
    If you’ve seen something you think is worth a watch for theatregoers,
    then please email us the clip or a link to it.