LIFT: The London International Festival of Theatre

Acting Around Words

Frantic Assembly and Cardboard Citizens are among the theatre companies revealing how actors and directors transform performances with movement, gesture,...

La La Land (2016)

An aspiring actress and a dedicated jazz musician fall in love in modern-day Los Angeles. Starring Emma Stone and Ryan Gosling.

The National Theatre: Part One - The Dream | Arena

First of two documentaries celebrating the National Theatre's 50th anniversary, with contributions from artistic directors...

Dance - Choreography | Bitesize Secondary

Clips taken from the BBC archive, showcasing the dances of a variety of choreographers, who are interviewed about their style of da...

Singin' in the Rain (1952)

Top silent screen couple Don Lockwood and Lina Lamont face disaster when their latest movie is made into a talkie, as both the technology and Lina...

DV8 Physical Theatre's: Strange Fish

A reworking of the stage production by choreographer Lloyd Newson and filmmaker David Hinton. In a style that challenges-and perhaps sho...

10: Whigfield and Beyonce | Pop's Greatest Dance Crazes

Whigfield reveals why she does not join in the Saturday Night dance. Plus an interview with Beyonce's Single Ladies c...

Matthew Bourne: Swan Lake

Director and choreographer Matthew Bourne's radical reworking of Tchaikovsky's Swan Lake. The score remains the same, but the famous corps de balle...

Performing Arts | Bitesize Secondary

In this programme, the performing arts are explored through behind the scene looks at Phantom of the Opera, Strictly Come Dancing, and a...

The National Theatre: Part Two - War and Peace | Arena

Peter Hall, Richard Eyre, Trevor Nunn and Nicholas Hytner talk about running the new National Theatre from its opening...

01: Give My Regards to Broadway | Broadway: The American Musical

History of the Broadway musical, presented by Julie Andrews. Includes the story of the Ziegfeld Follies, Irv...

01: Life is a Cabaret | Fosse/Verdon

Exploring the partnership of Bob Fosse and Gwen Verdon, beginning in 1966 with Fosse directing the film Sweet Charity, starring Shirley ...

04: He's at It Again, God | Billy and Us

This episode takes a look at Billy Connolly's relationship with organised religion. Featuring classic routines which established him...

08: Providence | Fosse/Verdon

Bob is offered advice by his friend Paddy Chayefsky as he struggles to find an ending to his autobiographical movie All That Jazz. Gwen, who ha...

Stephen Sondheim's Old Friends

Cameron Mackintosh invites many of Stephen Sondheim’s old friends to join him in London’s West End for a thrilling, joyously staged production...

01: Stupid but Saveable | Billy and Us

Billy Connolly opens up on his ideas about childhood and discusses some of his early, groundbreaking stand-up material.

02: Shipyards and Leotards | Billy and Us

In this episode, Billy shares his ideas on masculinity, talking frankly about how his time in the shipyards shaped him both as a ma...

05: I Know You | Billy and Us

In this programme, Billy Connolly examines class, politics and Scottishness, deconstructing the untrustworthiness of politicians and the ridicu...

06: Putting It Together | Broadway: The American Musical

How Les Misérables and Miss Saigon traveled the world, the success of Disney's The Lion King, the 2003 hit Wicked, a...

Akram Khan | What Do Artists Do All Day?

As experimental dancer Akram Khan visits Seville for a collaboration with flamenco dancer Israel Galvan, this film offers a glimpse ...