Stephen Sondheim’s Old Friends

Acting Around Words

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

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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 ...

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...

LIFT: The London International Festival of Theatre

Preview of the 5th London International Festival of Theatre, which presents international plays, musicals, dance, workshop...

One Night in 2012 | imagine...

Alan Yentob tells the story of London's Olympic Opening Ceremony as seen through the eyes of its artistic director Danny Boyle and his creativ...

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 ...

Alvin Ailey: A Legend of American Dance

The story of Alvin Ailey, a visionary African American choreographer who found salvation through dance, told through his own words an...

Dance Passion Liverpool: Find the Feeling

From beautiful ballet to high-energy vogueing, dancers take us on a day in the life of Liverpool through exhilarating dance.

DV8 Physical Theatre | Ex-S

Interview with Lloyd Newson, choreographer of DV8 Physical Theatre, and Nigel Charnock, performer with DV8. They discuss and demonstrate unconven...

Enter Achilles | 2 Dance

''Enter Achilles'', choreographed by Lloyd Newson. A Boys' Own adventure that turns into a nightmare, as a group of men in a pub explore the thin li...