On Stage

Synopsis

Eleven part series about regional theatre in the UK=, including: Bristol, Coventry, Exeter, Frinton-on-Sea, Leicester Liverpool, Margate, Portsmouth and York.

Language

English

Country

Great Britain

Year of release

2015

Notes

Each episode is available to buy separately, at £1.89 per episode.

Subjects

Drama

Keywords

actors; theatre; theatre companies

Online availability

URI

https://store.bbc.com/on-stage

Price

£18.99

Delivery

Download

Sections

Title

Soho

Title

At the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School

Synopsis

The programme follows students at the Bristol Old Vic theatre school as they go for their first jobs and compete for the prestigious Peter O’Toole Award.

Title

At the York Theatre Royal

Synopsis

Will an important archaeological find discovered during the refurbishment of York Theatre Royal delay the opening of its famous pantomine?

Title

At the Everyman

Synopsis

Documentary that ventures behind the scenes at Liverpool’s Everyman Theatre, featuring contributions from Alison Steadman and Jonathan Pryce among others.

Title

Tale of Two Theatres, A

Synopsis

Miriam Margolyes tells the story of two Portsmouth theatres fighting for survival.

Title

At the Exeter Northcott

Synopsis

Following the attempts by the Northcott Theatre’s new artistic director to turn around the venue’s fortunes in the face of financial pressures and falling audiences.

Title

Theatre by the Lake

Synopsis

Charting life at the Theatre by the Lake in Keswick, one of the few repertory theatres left in the UK, where actors perform in a different play every night for seven months.

Title

Frinton-on-Sea

Synopsis

Richard Wilson follows the fortunes of the tiny Essex theatre that has launched some of the biggest stars of stage and screen, including Antony Sher and Lynda Bellingham.

Title

At Curve

Synopsis

The inside story of how a venue which was once condemned as an expensive disaster has turned itself around to become one of the most successful regional theatres in the country.

Title

At the Coventry Belgrade

Synopsis

Programme covering the first-night performance at the Belgrade theatre of a play based on much-copied arts project pioneered in Coventry 50 years ago.

Title

Feral in Margate

Synopsis

Charting the reaction in Margate to a play about a seaside town struggling to reinvigorate itself following decades of decline.

Production Company

Name

BBC

Notes

The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC)

Distributor

Name

BBC Store

Web

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Notes

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