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One man, two rulers

Richard Bean’s dramatic transfer of The Servant of Two Masters from 18th-century Venice to the British seaside of the 1960s caused a sensation at the National Theater in 2011 and led to James Corden getting his own talk show. Produced by Nicholas Hytner, the film reached an audience of over two million when it was broadcast during the first lockdown in 2020. Whether you watch it with soup or a ‘winerama!’, the first-rate farce is available globally on NT at Home from 13 January.

A Big Night of Musicals by the National Lottery

From the exuberant Carrie Hope Fletcher as Calamity Jane to Marisha Wallace as Sally Bowles in Cabaret, songs from some of the biggest musicals of 2025 are featured in this engaging dance party hosted by Jason Manford in Manchester. Guests include Billy Porter, Leighton Williams and Ruthie Henshall. On BCC Player.

The Unquiet Podcast: Stories for Dark Nights

“I was awake — wide and brutally awake.” Thus begins E. Nesbitt’s Requiem, in which the narrator despairs that his beloved will marry another. The gothic tale has been adapted for an audio experience in the dark with sound design and music by Max Pappenheim. A new series of audio dramas from Original Theater begins.

Les patinors

These ice skaters should not cling to the side of the rink. An elite troupe of Royal Ballet dancers evoke an afternoon on a frozen pond in this 2010 recording of Frederick Ashton’s elegant fantasy. Warm winter for half an hour. From the Royal Ballet and Opera Stream.

Bach break

How can you introduce young audiences to the joys of Bach Youth? Try breakdancing, suggests choreographer Kim Brandstrup, whose collaboration with the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment was well received at the Edinburgh International Festival in 2025. This film charts the journey of a baroque and hip-hop project. On Marche TV.

Much ado about nothing

The flawlessly performed 2023 production at Canada’s Stratford Festival, directed by Chris Abraham, is bookended with new scenes from feminist playwright Erin Shields that give the hero a greater inner life and greater power. With a few other clever touches, it gives Shakespeare’s comedy an extra glow, making the final celebrations that much sweeter. From stratvest@home.

Next to normal

Tom Kitt and Brian Yorkey’s musical about a family dealing with mental illness won the Pulitzer Prize in 2010; The film’s UK premiere at the Donmar Warehouse in London in 2023 was worth the wait. Michael Longhurst’s searing production, filmed during its transfer to the West End, is available from the National Theater at Home

Murder in the middle of the night

A New Year’s Eve party in rural Kent holds deadly surprises in this new comedy thriller from Torben Bates, which is on tour until Easter with a cast led by Jason Dore. A filmed version of Philip Franks’ production is available throughout January from Original Theater.