Music in the Bones

Othello

All Ages • 2h 59m

One of his most heartbreaking tragedies, Shakespeare’s tale of love, jealousy and deceit is brought to life in this ground-breaking production from the Royal Shakespeare Company. Captured live in Stratford-upon-Avon, Iqbal Khan’s adaptation was the first at the RSC to cast a Black actor, Lucian Msamati, in the role of Iago.

The Three Sisters

12+ • 3h 47m

Anton Chekhov's Three Sisters probes the lives and dreams of Olga, Masha, and Irina, former Muscovites now living in a provincial town from which they're desperate to escape. Captured live by Stage Russia HD at the Red Torch Theatre in Novosibirsk, this powerful production is performed in sign language, with every scene composed of sounds and noises. Timofey Kulyabin, Artistic Director of the Red Torch Theatre and one of the most prominent young Russian theatre directors, beautifully reimagines Chekhov's classic as an epic parable about finding harmony through suffering.

Anna Karenina

All Ages • 2h 14m

Russian aristocrat, Anna Karenina, embarks on a dangerous love affair with the dashing Count Vronsky, only to face devastating consequences. This multiple award-winning adaptation, directed by Lithuanian choreographer Anzelika Cholina, is told entirely through the medium of dance and combines movement with breathtaking visuals and sensational sounds to explore new meanings in Tolstoy’s masterpiece. This production was captured by Stage Russia HD at the Vakhtangov Theatre in Moscow.

A Blues for Nia

Guidance 12+ • 8m

10by10 is a project developed and produced by Eclipse Theatre - Britain's leading black-led national touring company. 10 writers. 10 cities. 10 films. Nia has a bone to pick with someone and today she is going to find them and tell them about themselves. *Contains strong language.

Mendelssohn: A Midsummer Night’s Dream

All Ages • 1h 37m

Sir John Eliot Gardiner leads the London Symphony Orchestra, his Monteverdi Choir and three talented actors from the Guildhall School in Felix Mendelssohn’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream, performed as part of the 400th anniversary of William Shakespeare’s death. To mark the celebrations, Gardiner produced a special version of the work, featuring some cuts to the original movements, in order to focus ‘on the world of the fairies and the human lovers.’

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.

Drillalians: Episodes 1 & 2

All Ages • 2h 44m

Stage Russia HD presents Episodes One and Two of Boris Yukhananov’s phenomenal five-part opera series, which follows the birth, initiation and adventures of a prince in the land of Drillalia. Captured by the Stanislavsky Electrotheatre in Moscow, this production combines compositions from major figures in new opera in Russia with award-winning costumes and contemporary choreography to bring Yukhananov’s extraordinary vision to life.

Timon of Athens

Guidance 14+ • 2h 7m

Shakespeare’s tale of wealth and greed is reimagined in this Royal Shakespeare Company production starring the Olivier Award-winning Kathryn Hunter as Timon, whose fortune runs dry after living a life of luxury. Captured live in Stratford-upon-Avon in 2018, Simon Godwin’s dark satire charts Timon’s descent from opulence to poverty, magnified by Soutra Gilmour’s lavish set and costume design. Production photography by Simon Annand

La bohème

All Ages • 1h 53m

A lost key and an accidental touch of cold hands in the dark – so begins one of the great romances of all opera. When Rodolfo, a penniless poet, meets Mimì, a seamstress, they fall passionately in love. But their happiness is threatened when Rodolfo learns that Mimì is gravely ill in John Copley's striking production.

King Lear

All Ages • 2h 36m

“How sharper than a serpent's tooth it is to have a thankless child!” Shakespeare’s epic tragedy is brought vividly to life in this Stratford Festival production, in which madness descends with brutal ferocity as kingdoms and families are irrevocably divided. Filmed live at the festival in 2015, Colm Feore stars as the ageing king while Sara Farb takes on the role of his banished daughter, Cordelia.