STAGE STEFAN KYRIAZIS
If you’re missing your annual Nutcracker fix, the 2018 Royal Ballet production just danced onto Netflix - the first time the streaming giant has ever shown a full ballet.
The English National Ballet (ballet.org.uk) is streaming their beautiful cancelled 2020 Nutcracker Delights for free on Youtube and Facebook until January 23.
And catch more ballet from the Royal Opera
House with the dazzling Alice’s Adventures In Wonderland which is available to watch until January 21 (stream.roh.org.uk).
Sky Arts and Now TV, meanwhile, have added the same Alice plus The Sleeping Beauty
DAZZLING Alice in Wonderland
Looking A Lot Like Christmas
FUN Pirates of Penzance
(YouTube until January 5) is a Donmar Warehouse fundraiser starring Minnie Driver, Imelda Staunton singing a haunting In The Bleak Midwinter, and her hubby Jim Carter doing magic tricks. Yes, really!
We Need A Little Christmas (stream.theatre until Friday) is a star-studded variety show featuring Maureen Lipman, Simon Callow and a host of West End performers raising money for Shelter and Crisis at Christmas.
The Royal Opera
(stream.roh.org.uk) is sharing its Christmas Concert with a glorious array of fairytale and Christmas classics until January 17. If you fancy a properly posh experience from your sofa, you can also catch their ravishing
La Boheme until January 10.
The Pirates Of Penzance
(stream.theatre, tomorrow untilJanuary 3) packs in high jinks and even higher notes, plus some surprisingly tender
moments.
Mischief Movie Night
(mischiefcomedy.com until December 31) is a hilarious improvised farce from the clever folk behind The Play That Goes Wrong. You send in your plot ideas and they spontaneously create a show on the spot each night.
Finally, dance your way into 2021 with Sky Arts’ broadcast of the musical Billy
on Wednesday.