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Onegin

Guidance 12+ • 2h 29m

Timofey Kulyabin's Golden Mask Award-winning Onegin removes all expectations of Alexander Pushkin's novel in verse and modernises it for a 21st-century audience. This captivating adaptation is performed in Russian with English subtitles and was captured live by Stage Russia HD at the Red Torch Theatre in Novosibirsk. Using powerful moments of silence, exquisite imagery and choreography, this production explores the hopes, desires and disappointments that drift in, through and around the four central characters. *Contains references to sex.

The Blue Bird (Bliss)

12+ • 1h 28m

The third and final part of Boris Yukhananov’s The Blue Bird trilogy sees Tyltyl and Mytyl conclude their search for the Blue Bird of happiness. Captured by the Stanislavsky Electrotheatre in Moscow and presented in partnership with Stage Russia HD, this visually striking production combines fairytale elements with the reminiscences of Russian actors Vladimir Korenev and Aleftina Konstantinova as Tyltyl and Mytyl discover new meanings on their long and revealing journey through the space of memory and eternity.

The Black Monk

All Languages • 1h 50m

On the verge of a nervous breakdown, Russian scholar Kovrin begins hallucinating of the Black Monk of legend who insists he was chosen by God to save mankind. Captured by Stage Russia HD at the Moscow Young Generation Theatre, Kama Ginkas’ award-winning reimagining of Anton Chekhov’s short story combines oppressive lighting with powerful performances to explore the danger and beauty of the mind.

Hamlet

Guidance All Ages • 3h 4m

Captured in the round at Manchester’s Royal Exchange Theatre, this production of Shakespeare's classic tragedy boldly reimagines gender across the characters. Maxine Peake, a leading British talent, stars as the first UK female Hamlet on a major stage for 35 years. The production continues director Sarah Frankcom’s work at the REM, now lauded as the UK’s ‘first mainstream feminist theatre.’

Titus Andronicus

All Ages • 2h 51m

Thought to be his first tragedy, Shakespeare’s tale of family, betrayal and revenge is brought to bloody life in this modern-dress production from the Royal Shakespeare Company. Captured live in Stratford-upon-Avon, Blanche McIntyre’s striking adaptation is a study into the nature of grief and violence, as street fights and lootings mark Rome’s desperate descent into anarchy. Production photography by Helen Maybanks

The Soap Myth

12+ • 1h 19m

More than a half century after World War Two, at the desperate urging of a passionate survivor, a young investigative reporter finds herself caught between numerous versions of the same story. Played out against the backdrop of deadline reporting and journalistic integrity, the critically acclaimed The Soap Myth by Jeff Cohen questions who has the right to write history — and what is our responsibility once we know the truth?

Timon of Athens

Guidance 12+ • 2h 10m

Shakespeare’s heartbreaking tale of a man whose compulsive generosity is taken for granted is reimagined in this Stratford Festival production. Filmed live at the festival in 2018, Joseph Ziegler stars as Timon, who is forced to make difficult decisions when he is abandoned before an upcoming attack on Athens.

Rich Kids: A History of Shopping Malls in Tehran (Multi-Screen Experience)

Guidance 12+ • 1h 11m

*Stream this production on your big screen and follow @shoppingmallsoftehran on Instagram as you view. If you don't have Instagram, watch our other version of Rich Kids, where the Instagram feed is embedded on the screen.* In 2015 Robert Mugabe’s son filmed himself pouring champagne over the £45,000 watch his father bought him, tagging it on Instagram as #daddyrunsthewholecountry. Based on the extravagant lives of young people in the Middle East, this virtual production co-directed and performed by Javaad Alipoor comments on social media’s complicity in the widening gap between rich and poor.

The Comedy of Errors

7+ • 2h 19m

Shakespeare's The Comedy of Errors is a fairytale farce of a separated family, mistaken identities and everyday miracles. A father ends up in the wrong country on the wrong day; a lonely son, while searching for his brother, loses himself; and across town, a wife starts to realise her husband is not the man she thought he was. This RSC production is directed by comedy master Phillip Breen.

Red

Guidance 12+ • 1h 33m

Under the watchful eyes of his young assistant, Mark Rothko takes on the challenging task of creating a definitive work of art for an extraordinary setting. This multiple Tony Award-winning play stars Alfred Molina as the abstract expressionist painter alongside Alfred Enoch (Harry Potter series) and was captured at the Wyndham’s Theatre in 2018.