What will Sismo watch?
As we enjoy watching theatre and are always on the lookout for great theatre shows and wonderful experiences, we are extremely busy with watching a lot of online pieces from UK producers. For all of you who are wondering which productions we are viewing ourselves, we will list an overview of them on this page, perhaps some of them might appeal to you as well.
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Recommendations
From the streams that we’ve already checked, you can see our recommendations right here!
Our watchlist
Locked Down
until 31 Dec. 2021
You wake to find yourself in a strange place. Memories distorted – jigsaw puzzle of violence and horror. But what happened? As you explore your new surroundings, the pieces begin to slot together. There was a deadly virus. Mass panic. Riots. A civil war. There is now just one hope for civilisation: you.
Uncle Vanya
until Sept. 2021
Sonya and her Uncle Vanya throw their lives into maintaining the crumbling family estate, only visited occasionally by the radical and inspiring local doctor Astrov. However, when Sonya’s father, Professor Serebryakov, suddenly returns with his restless, alluring, new wife Yelena, long-hidden truths start to emerge […]
Distance Remaining
until 9 May 2021
Three lost souls make a break for freedom and embark on a journey of discovery. But it’s April 2020 and no journey is as simple as A to B – even to the front door.
Distance Remaining follows their extraordinary quests to reconnect with the people in their lives, the places where they live, and the selves they might become. […]
Barnes People – series
until 31 July 2021
A series of four theatrical monologues starring Jon Culshaw, Matthew Kelly, Jemma Redgrave and Adrian Scarborough. From writer Peter Barnes (The Ruling Class) comes a selection of four exquisitely crafted monologues, performed by four of our leading actors and filmed on stage at the Theatre Royal Windsor.
The Visiting Hour
22, 23 and 24 April
Recalling events that may or may not have happened, people he may or may not have known, an elderly father weaves his life, funny, angry, poignant, as if in a dream. His daughter, perched outside his window, as close as the pandemic allows, responds with conflicting memories.[…]
Living Newspaper #6
19 April – 2 May
Edition 6 explores the strange and contradictory relationship between a closed theatre building and the world outside; asking questions about why we gather together and who we might have lost when we do so again.
Cruise
18 May – 13 June
The vibrant and intoxicating story of Cruise is based on Michael Spencer. In 1984, he’s diagnosed with HIV and told he has just four years at the most to live. Michael and his partner decide to carpe diem and sell their house and car so they can spend it all partying like there’s no tomorrow – because tomorrow isn’t guaranteed. […]
The Motherhood Project
19-25 April
In 2020 curator Katherine Kotz invited writers, artists and technicians to join forces to create exciting new pieces of work during the lockdown, with the aim of supporting vulnerable women and children affected by the pandemic.
Bubble
From 30 April
Two people. One perfect date. And then, the world collapses…Ashley and Morgan both think they’ve found The One after years of break-ups, ghosting, and swiping left. Now butterflies, a million things in common, and embarrassing fantasies about the future.[…]
Crave (opening night)
18 May
In a damaged world, four characters search for the light. This heart-rending, funny, kind and cruel meditation on the meaning of love resonated with audiences looking to reconnect after the loneliness and seclusion inflicted by a global pandemic.
It is Easy to be Dead
AVAILABLE SOON It is Easy to be DeadFinborough Theatre Breón Rydell with the Finborough Theatre presents Born in Aberdeen, Charles Sorley was studying in Germany when the First World War broke out and was briefly imprisoned as an enemy alien. He was one of the first to join the army in 1914. Killed in action […]
It’s True, It’s True, It’s True
AVAILABLE SOON It’s True, It’s True, It’s TrueBreach Theatre Based on the original court transcripts, this dramatisation blends history, myth and contemporary commentary to ask: how much has really changed in the last four centuries? The story centres on an unwelcome visit from artist Tassi to Artemisia’s home while her father is away. What happens […]
Community transmission
Community TransmissionChris Thorpe Community Transmission is just a story I wanted to tell you. It’s not really about Covid, as much as a new version of an old and dangerous virus that existed before Covid and will outlast it. Also, while the incident and location of the story I’m telling has been adapted, the conversation I’m […]
