Watch Bringing Up Baby with Lockdown Theatre Club on Tuesday 30 June. Bringing Up Baby is available on BBC iPlayer. At 8pm everyone presses play and watches together. You can tweet along (#LockdownTheatreClub) or just enjoy the film knowing we’re all part of an audience together. What is Bringing Up Baby? A classic 1938 screwball comedy directed by Howard Hawks. Cary Grant is an unworldly … [Read more...]
The Go-Between | Lockdown Theatre Club 14
Watch The Go-Between with Lockdown Theatre Club on Tuesday 16 June. The Go-Between is available on Amazon Prime, Sky and other services. At 8pm everyone presses play and watches together. You can tweet along (#LockdownTheatreClub) or just enjoy the film knowing we’re all part of an audience together. What is The Go-Between? The third of the films Harold Pinter wrote for director Joseph Losey, … [Read more...]
Girlhood | Lockdown Theatre Club 13
Watch Girlhood with Lockdown Theatre Club on Tuesday 9 June. Girlhood is available to rent on Prime, Sky and other platforms. At 8pm everyone presses play and watches together. You can tweet along (#LockdownTheatreClub) or just enjoy the film knowing we’re all part of an audience together. What is Girlhood? Before Portrait of a Lady on Fire, Céline Sciamma directed Girlhood (Bande de filles), … [Read more...]
All That Jazz | Lockdown Theatre Club 12
Watch All That Jazz with Lockdown Theatre Club on Tuesday 2 June. All That Jazz is available to rent from Sky (no Sky subscription needed, just download the Sky app). At 8pm everyone presses play and watches together. Usually people tweet along (#LockdownTheatreClub) but as many of us are marking #BlackoutTuesday on 2 June, let's just watch the film knowing we’re all part of an audience … [Read more...]
Les Enfants du Paradis | Lockdown Theatre Club 11
Watch Les Enfants du Paradis with Lockdown Theatre Club on Tuesday 26 May. Les Enfants du Paradis is available to rent on Prime. At 8pm everyone presses play and watches together. You can tweet along (#LockdownTheatreClub) or just enjoy the film knowing we’re all part of an audience together. What is Les Enfants du Paradis? Marcel Carné described his film as ‘a tribute to the theatre’. Made in … [Read more...]
Romeo + Juliet | Lockdown Theatre Club 9
Watch Romeo + Juliet with Lockdown Theatre Club on Tuesday 12 May. Romeo + Juliet is available to rent on Prime. At 8pm everyone presses play and watches together. You can tweet along (#LockdownTheatreClub) or just enjoy the film knowing we're all part of an audience together. What is Romeo + Juliet? Baz Luhrmann’s audaciously inventive 1996 film reimagines Shakespeare’s tragedy in ‘Verona … [Read more...]
All About My Mother | Lockdown Theatre Club 8
Watch All About My Mother with Lockdown Theatre Club on Tuesday 5 May. All About My Mother is available to rent on Prime and the BFI Player. At 8pm everyone presses play and watches together. You can tweet along (#LockdownTheatreClub) or just enjoy the film knowing we're all part of an audience together. What is All About My Mother (Todo sobre mi madre)? One of Pedro Almodóvar’s best films, … [Read more...]
Lockdown lessons: Singin’ in the Rain
We learned a lot about Singin’ in the Rain during the Lockdown Theatre Club group watch. There was a lot of adoration for this film, and a lot of good facts flying around. It made me think about why I love it so much – although I’ve always been more of an Astaire boy than a Kelly fan. But what I love about the film and its hero, Don Lockwood – the silent star played by Kelly who reinvents himself … [Read more...]
Singin’ in the Rain | Lockdown Theatre Club 7
Watch Singin’ in the Rain with Lockdown Theatre Club on Tuesday 28 April. Singin’ in the Rain is available to rent on the BFI Player. At 8pm everyone presses play and watches together. You can tweet along (#LockdownTheatreClub) or just enjoy the film knowing we're all part of an audience together. What is Singin’ in the Rain? One of the most joyous of MGM musicals, from 1951. Gene Kelly (who … [Read more...]
Everything Pina
I was always going to schedule Wim Wenders’ Pina for Lockdown Theatre Club. Pina Bausch’s work has been a delight and compulsion throughout my theatregoing lifetime. I’ve seen every piece I can, several of them more than once. When her Tanztheater Wuppertal brought 10 productions to London during the Olympic year, I saw them all. I’ve snatched at review, interview and programme-note opportunities. … [Read more...]