Your digital diary: culture to stream from 20 - 26 July
Plays, concerts and world-class dance can all be enjoyed online if you know where to look. Here, we bring you day-by-day culture to stream in self-isolation
Shobana Jeyasingh Dance (credit: Chris Nash)
London life as we knew it is slowly reawakening, but most theatre, dance performances and concerts remain confined to the online sphere. Here, we bring you day-by-day culture to stream at home.
MONDAY 20 JULY
Shobana Jeyasingh company, Material Men Redux. Photo: Chris Nash
Shobana Jeyasingh Shorts: Material Men Redux
WHEN: Monday 20 July, 7pm (available for seven days) | WHERE: Shobana Jeyasingh Dance’s YouTube
Choreographer Shobana Jeyasingh presents a dance dialogue between two dancers of South Asian ancestry with two different disciplines – bharatanatyam and hip-hop – who otherwise have a lot in common.
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Strasbourg 1518
WHEN: Monday 20 July, 10pm | WHERE: BBC 2 and iPlayer
A short film from award-winning director Jonathan Glazer, Strasbourg 1518 was created in isolation during the Covid-19 lockdown with the collaboration of a number of international dancers. It was inspired by a mysterious dance mania that took hold in France just over 500 years ago.
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TUESDAY 21 JULY
NOW Gallery: Curator’s talk with photographer Nina Manandhar and stylist Theo White
When: Tuesday 21 July, 7pm | Where: Zoom
This talk from Greenwich Peninsula’s NOW Gallery sees curator Kaia Charles interview photographer Nina Manandhar and artistic director and stylist Theo White about their collection of photographic works, which navigate evolving British youth subcultures.
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Kiln Theatre: Approaching Empty
WHEN: Tuesday 21 July - Tuesday 4 August | WHERE: Kiln Theatre’s YouTube and Facebook
The most recent offering from taxi-driver-turned-playwright Ishy Din (Snookered, Taxi Tales), Approaching Empty is set in a struggling minicab office in the north of England, where two best friends must confront the difficult realities of going into business with one another. The play was first performed at the Kiln Theatre in 2019 and is directed by Pooja Ghai.
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WEDNESDAY 22 JULY
Photo: Akil Scafe-Smith
In Conversation: Professor Paul Goodwin, Resolve Collective and Yinka Ilori
WHEN: Wednesday 22 July, 7pm | WHERE: Register via Eventbrite
Part of Greenwich Peninsula’s ‘The Peninsulist Presents’ series of free cultural events, this online talk is a chance to hear interdisciplinary designer Yinka Ilori and Revolve Collective’s Akil Scafe Smith and Gameli Ladzekpo discuss how the recent coronavirus pandemic and resulting economic crisis have revealed deep socio-economic inequalities that may impact design practices in the future. The talk is being chaired by curator, urban theorist and researcher Professor Paul Goodwin.
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THURSDAY 23 JULY
Adam Gillen as Wolfgang Mozart and Lucian Msamati as Antonio Salieri in Amadeus at the National Theatre. Photo: Marc Brenner
Last chance: Amadeus
WHEN: Until Thursday 23 July, 7pm | Where: National Theatre’s YouTube
Michael Longhurt's rousing revival of Peter Shaffer’s Amadeus – starring Lucian Msamati as a stoic, calculated Antonio Salieri – is the final production to receive the National Theatre at Home treatment. Longhurst colours the epic tale with both pomp and irreverence: the world of Mozart moves effortlessly from the vulgar to the sublime. With the Southbank Sinfonia's beautiful accompaniment, Amadeus is high drama and symphonic storytelling at its best.
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FRIDAY 24 JULY
The Sleeping Beauty, Yasmine Naghdi as Aurora, Matthew Ball as Florimund. Photo: © ROH Bill Cooper 2017
The Royal Ballet: The Sleeping Beauty
WHEN: Friday 24 July, 7pm (available for 14 days) | WHERE: ROH’s Facebook and YouTube
The jewel in the Royal Ballet's crown, Tchaikovsky's The Sleeping Beauty is a sumptuous ballet, a feast of dance with plenty of roles for both ensemble and soloists, and in Fumi Kaneko this performance has a radiant, compelling Princess Aurora.
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SUNDAY 26 JULY
Falstaff at Glyndebourne Festival, 2013
Dance Theatre of Harlem: Dougla
WHEN: Sunday 26 July, from 1am (available for 48 hours) | WHERE: Dance Theatre of Harlem’s YouTube
The final offering in DTH's On Demand Virtual Ballet Series is choreographer Geoffrey Holder's Dougla. Inspired by the culture of Holder's native Trinidad, this is one of Dance Theatre of Harlem's seminal works. Holder himself designed the work's colourful, whimsical costumes; the choreography is imbued with the kind of energy that suits DTH so well.
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Glyndebourne Festival Opera: Falstaff
WHEN: Sunday 26 July, 5pm (available for 14 days) | WHERE: Glyndebourne Festival’s YouTube
Verdi's only comic opera is based on Shakespeare's The Merry Wives of Windsor, with bass Christopher Purves (and monstrous fat suit) on top form as the oversized knight John Falstaff. Director Richard Jones and designer Ultz set the piece stylishly in the period immediately after the Second World War, when a little reckless fun was on the cards again. Boozing and womanising get their comeuppance in this hearty romp. Music director Vladimir Jurowski conducts the London Philharmonic Orchestra in 2009 with his customary vigour.
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MONDAY 20 JULY
Shobana Jeyasingh Shorts: Material Men Redux
WHEN: Monday 20 July, 7pm (available for seven days) | WHERE: Shobana Jeyasingh Dance’s YouTube
Choreographer Shobana Jeyasingh presents a dance dialogue between two dancers of South Asian ancestry with two different disciplines – bharatanatyam and hip-hop – who otherwise have a lot in common.
Click for access
Strasbourg 1518
WHEN: Monday 20 July, 10pm | WHERE: BBC 2 and iPlayer
A short film from award-winning director Jonathan Glazer, Strasbourg 1518 was created in isolation during the Covid-19 lockdown with the collaboration of a number of international dancers. It was inspired by a mysterious dance mania that took hold in France just over 500 years ago.
Read more
TUESDAY 21 JULY
NOW Gallery: Curator’s talk with photographer Nina Manandhar and stylist Theo White
When: Tuesday 21 July, 7pm | Where: Zoom
This talk from Greenwich Peninsula’s NOW Gallery sees curator Kaia Charles interview photographer Nina Manandhar and artistic director and stylist Theo White about their collection of photographic works, which navigate evolving British youth subcultures.
Click for access
Kiln Theatre: Approaching Empty
WHEN: Tuesday 21 July - Tuesday 4 August | WHERE: Kiln Theatre’s YouTube and Facebook
The most recent offering from taxi-driver-turned-playwright Ishy Din (Snookered, Taxi Tales), Approaching Empty is set in a struggling minicab office in the north of England, where two best friends must confront the difficult realities of going into business with one another. The play was first performed at the Kiln Theatre in 2019 and is directed by Pooja Ghai.
Click for access
WEDNESDAY 22 JULY
Photo: Akil Scafe-Smith
In Conversation: Professor Paul Goodwin, Resolve Collective and Yinka Ilori
WHEN: Wednesday 22 July, 7pm | WHERE: Register via Eventbrite
Part of Greenwich Peninsula’s ‘The Peninsulist Presents’ series of free cultural events, this online talk is a chance to hear interdisciplinary designer Yinka Ilori and Revolve Collective’s Akil Scafe Smith and Gameli Ladzekpo discuss how the recent coronavirus pandemic and resulting economic crisis have revealed deep socio-economic inequalities that may impact design practices in the future. The talk is being chaired by curator, urban theorist and researcher Professor Paul Goodwin.
Click for access
THURSDAY 23 JULY
Adam Gillen as Wolfgang Mozart and Lucian Msamati as Antonio Salieri in Amadeus at the National Theatre. Photo: Marc Brenner
Last chance: Amadeus
WHEN: Until Thursday 23 July, 7pm | Where: National Theatre’s YouTube
Michael Longhurt's rousing revival of Peter Shaffer’s Amadeus – starring Lucian Msamati as a stoic, calculated Antonio Salieri – is the final production to receive the National Theatre at Home treatment. Longhurst colours the epic tale with both pomp and irreverence: the world of Mozart moves effortlessly from the vulgar to the sublime. With the Southbank Sinfonia's beautiful accompaniment, Amadeus is high drama and symphonic storytelling at its best.
Click for access
FRIDAY 24 JULY
The Royal Ballet: The Sleeping Beauty
WHEN: Friday 24 July, 7pm (available for 14 days) | WHERE: ROH’s Facebook and YouTube
The jewel in the Royal Ballet's crown, Tchaikovsky's The Sleeping Beauty is a sumptuous ballet, a feast of dance with plenty of roles for both ensemble and soloists, and in Fumi Kaneko this performance has a radiant, compelling Princess Aurora.
Click for access
SUNDAY 26 JULY
Falstaff at Glyndebourne Festival, 2013
Dance Theatre of Harlem: Dougla
WHEN: Sunday 26 July, from 1am (available for 48 hours) | WHERE: Dance Theatre of Harlem’s YouTube
The final offering in DTH's On Demand Virtual Ballet Series is choreographer Geoffrey Holder's Dougla. Inspired by the culture of Holder's native Trinidad, this is one of Dance Theatre of Harlem's seminal works. Holder himself designed the work's colourful, whimsical costumes; the choreography is imbued with the kind of energy that suits DTH so well.
Click for access
Glyndebourne Festival Opera: Falstaff
WHEN: Sunday 26 July, 5pm (available for 14 days) | WHERE: Glyndebourne Festival’s YouTube
Verdi's only comic opera is based on Shakespeare's The Merry Wives of Windsor, with bass Christopher Purves (and monstrous fat suit) on top form as the oversized knight John Falstaff. Director Richard Jones and designer Ultz set the piece stylishly in the period immediately after the Second World War, when a little reckless fun was on the cards again. Boozing and womanising get their comeuppance in this hearty romp. Music director Vladimir Jurowski conducts the London Philharmonic Orchestra in 2009 with his customary vigour.
Click for access
