I’ve seen Showstopper The improvised Musical in a theatre a couple of times and always thoroughly enjoyed it. So, I was intrigued to see what they would do in Showstopper (The Socially Distanced) Improvised Musical – an on-line version of the show and I wasn’t disappointed. Firstly, I was delighted to see that they weren’t […]
Review of Jack and the Beanstalk
A few months ago, I’d never heard of Zoom and I suspect that neither did the theatre companies who have been putting on their productions through what was basically video conferencing software since the lockdown began back in March. In the past four months or so, I’ve now seen several productions using Zoom and frankly […]
The Maltings Theatre – Twelfth Night Live on Zoom
In just three months, theatrical productions on Zoom have become the norm as producers and actors look for a way to keep working and entertain people who can’t get to see live theatre. Zoom theatre productions now even have their own tropes such as the passing of an object be it a prop or piece […]
Big Telly’s Live Zoom show – The Machine Stops – by E. M. Forster
A few months ago all the word Zoom meant to me was the title of two songs, one by The Commodores and one by Fat Larry’s Band but I was soon to find out it was also the name of a video-conferencing application that allowed people from all over the world to communicate with each […]
Big Telly Theatre presents Operation Elsewhere
Earlier this year my life was transformed as was everyone’s on the planet when Covid-19 started its deadly sweep across the world. Everything really changed for me on Monday March 16th when the Prime Minister “advised” people to stay away from restaurants, bars, cinemas and theatres and since that speech, my life hasn’t been the […]