2021

Texts

  1. Yen – Anna Jordan (Playgroup) (January)
  2. Shuggie Bain – Douglas Stuart (January)
  3. The Death of Francis Bacon – Max Porter (January)
  4. Don’t Call Us Dead – Danez Smith (January)
  5. Marilyn and Me – Ji-Min Lee (February)
  6. Men to Avoid in Art and Life – Nicole Tersigni (February)
  7. Luster – Raven Leilani (February)
  8. Strange Flowers – Donal Ryan (February)
  9. Dressing for the Afterlife – Maria Taylor (February)
  10. The Part-Time Job – P. D. James (March)
  11. Gender Swapped Fairy Tales – Karrie Fransman & Jonathan Plackett (April)
  12. The Lottery – Shirley Jackson (May)
  13. Sisters – Daisy Johnson (May)
  14. Essex Girls: For Profane and Opinionated Women Everywhere – Sarah Perry (May)
  15. Small in the City – Sydney Smith (June)
  16. After the Silence – Louise O’Neill (June)
  17. The Lost Art of Sinking – Naomi Booth (June)
  18. Burnt Sugar – Avni Doshi (June)
  19. Heatwave – Victor Jestin (September)
  20. Mrs Death Misses Death – Salena Godden (November)
  21. Normal People: The Scripts – Sally Rooney (November)
  22. The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo – Taylor Jenkins Reid (December)
  23. Beautiful World, Where Are You? – Sally Rooney (December)
  24. Boy Parts – Eliza Clark (December)
  25. Black is the Colour – Julia Gfrörer (December)
  26. Death in Her Hands – Ottessa Moshfegh

Theatre

  1. Peter Pan Live from the Barn Theatre (2020) (January)
  2. English National Ballet’s Nutcracker DelightsLive from the London Coliseum (December 2020) (January)
  3. LungsLive from The Old Vic (2020) (January)
  4. The Fabulist Fox SisterLive from Southwark Playhouse (December 2020) (January)
  5. Porgy and BessLive from the Met Opera (February 2020) (February)
  6. Birmingham Royal Ballet’s The NutcrackerLive from the Birmingham Rep (December 2020) (February)
  7. The Colour PurpleLive from the Curve Theatre (2021) (February)
  8. Royal Ballet’s Raymonda Act IIILive from the Royal Opera House (2019) (March)
  9. Shookvia Papatango (2020) (March)
  10. The Wardrobe Ensemble’s The Great GatsbyLive from the Wardrobe Theatre (2021) (March)
  11. Jesus Christ Superstarvia The Shows Must Go On (2012) (April)
  12. Royal Ballet’s Elite Syncopations Live from the Royal Opera House (2020) (April)
  13. The Picture of Dorian Grayvia the Barn Theatre (2021) (April)
  14. Royal Ballet’s Concerto Live from the Royal Opera House (2019) (April)
  15. Northern Ballet’s Dracula Live from Leeds Playhouse (2019) (May)
  16. Meet Me At Dawn – Live from the Hope Mill Theatre (May)
  17. The Place at the Bridge – Live from Tobacco Factory Theatres (May)
  18. Matthew Bourne’s The Red ShoesLive from Sadler’s Wells (2020) (June)
  19. Destiny – Tobacco Factory Theatres (June)
  20. CSSD’s Spring Awakening (June 2021) (July)
  21. Royal Ballet’s Balanchine and RobbinsLive from the Royal Opera House (June 2021) (July)
  22. British Ballet GalaLive from the Royal Albert Hall (June 2021) (July)
  23. Andromeda – Live from Camden People’s Theatre (July)
  24. Outlier – Live from Bristol Old Vic (July 2021) (August)
  25. Wise Children’s Bagdad Cafe – Live from the Old Vic (August)
  26. South PacificLive from Chichester Festival Theatre (August)
  27. Walrus’s Lemons Lemons Lemons Lemons Lemons – Live from Shedinburgh Fringe Festival 2021 (August)
  28. FullRogue’s Wild Swimming – Theatre on the Downs (August)
  29. Disney’s Beauty and the Beast – Bristol Hippodrome (September)
  30. IslanderLive from Dundee Rep (2021) (September)
  31. Northern Ballet’s Dangerous Liaisons – Live from Leeds Playhouse (October 2020) (September)
  32. The Tragedy of MacbethLive from the Almeida Theatre (October)
  33. Wise Children’s Wuthering Heights – Bristol Old Vic (October)
  34. Terrifying Women – Live from the Golden Goose Theatre (October 2021) (November)
  35. Heathers the Musical UK Tour – Bristol Hippodrome (November)
  36. Oliver TwistLive from Leeds Playhouse (2021) (November)
  37. Royal Ballet’s The Nutcracker – Live from the Royal Opera House (2018) via Netflix (November)
  38. Irish National Opera’s Alice’s Adventures Under Ground – Live from the National Opera House Wexford (2020) via ROH Stream (November)
  39. Scottish Ballet’s Starstruck (2021) via Marquee TV (December)
  40. ConstellationsLive from the Donmar Warehouse (2021 – O’Dowd/Maxwell Martin cast in full) (December)
  41. Kiss Me, KateLive from the Royal Albert Hall (2014) via BBC Proms (December)
  42. Insane Root’s Hansel & Gretel – Arnos Vale Woodlands (December)
  43. Kipps: The New Half a Sixpence Musical – Live from the Noël Coward Theatre (2017) via Sky Arts (December)
  • Anything Goes – Live from the Barbican (2021)
  • Gypsy – Live from the Savoy Theatre (2015) via Netflix
  • Miss Saigon: 25th Anniversary – Live from the Prince Edward Theatre (2016) via Netflix

Film

  1. Promising Young Woman (September)
  2. Spencer (November)
  • Shirley
  • In The Heights
  • The French Dispatch
  • Last Night in Soho
  • The Green Knight
  • Tick, Tick… Boom!
  • Passing

Series

  1. Downton Abbey (1-6)
  2. The Crown (1-3)

Visits & Experiences

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