UP NEXT – PERICLES

Wednesday February 10th 2021
Directed by Maryam Grace
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SHAKESPEARE’S FIRST FOLIO – 2020
Weekly performed readings of the Complete Plays of Shakespeare by a global cast of all levels of experience, in the order they were believed to have been written.
Created in less than a week in response to the global Covid 19 pandemic. Follow @TSMGOnlineLive for updates.
OUR STORY
“I love Shakespeare. I act it, direct it, I run workshops for actors, offer one-to-one coaching, and created The Shakespeare Deck. Being from working class origins, I believe Shakespeare is for everyone. Being a time of crisis and isolation, I believe it is more important than ever. Look no further than Nelson Mandela, and the Robben Island Bible.” Robert Myles
The Show Must Go Online is the first, best and most prolific creator of made-for-digital Shakespeare in response to the pandemic. First featured on BBC Newsnight, in The Guardian, Playbill and more, the show has become a global movement and a cultural export, committed to making Shakespeare for everyone, for free, forever.
TSMGO drives the innovation of Zoom as a medium, rising to new creative challenges every week with ingenuity and resourcefulness. Every show is produced, cast, rehearsed and performed in a single week, with just two and a half days of rehearsal. The shows have so far amassed over 200,000 views from more than 60 countries, thanks to over 350 contributors, and has won two OnComm Awards to date.
‘Digital Groundlings’ react viscerally in the YouTube live-chat, replicating the Elizabethan theatre experience in the 21st century. Audiences have inspired the creation of a Patreon opt-in hardship fund for contributors, and the creation of merchandise to help support those who give their time and talent freely to provide an essential service during lockdown, while theatres are closed and their own futures are uncertain.
The show endeavours to provide a progressive vision for the future of theatre, with gender balanced casting and proactive inclusion of underrepresented groups. TSMGO has featured actors from 6 of the 7 continents, and of all levels of experience, from seasoned pros to new grads and enthusiastic amateurs.
AWARDS & REVIEWS
Richard III
Shakespeare’s
Star Wars
“astoundingly successful”
Everything Theatre
“an excellent and enjoyable way of engaging with the power and beauty of live performance.”
London Theatre 1
“Bloody brilliant… genuinely incredible”
Playhouse Pickings
“Shakespeare would no doubt applaud Myles. With The Show Must Go Online, all the world’s a stage.”
Reviews Hub
“Simply magical… pulled off effortlessly and with aplomb”
ScreenRant
“quirky and delightful… highly enjoyable”
Wee Review
“live digital theatre in its truest form… from the opening second, I knew something special was happening.”
TheatreJam
SHOWS
19 March 2020 | The Two Gentlemen of Verona (1589–1591) |
26 March 2020 | The Taming of the Shrew (1590–1591) |
01 April 2020 | Henry VI, Part 1 (1591–1592) |
08 April 2020 | Henry VI, Part 2 (1591) |
15 April 2020 | Henry VI, Part 3 (1591) |
22 April 2020 | Titus Andronicus (1591–1592) |
29 April 2020 | Richard III (1592–1593) |
06 May 2020 | The Comedy of Errors (1594) |
13 May 2020 | Love’s Labour’s Lost (1594–1595) |
20 May 2020 | Richard II (1595) |
27 May 2020 | Romeo and Juliet (1595) |
03 June 2020 | A Midsummer Night’s Dream (1595) |
10 June 2020 | King John (1596) |
17 June 2020 | The Merchant of Venice (1596–1597) |
24 June 2020 | Henry IV, Part 1 (1596–1597) |
01 July 2020 | The Merry Wives of Windsor (1597) |
08 July 2020 | Henry IV, Part 2 (1597–1598) |
15 July 2020 | Much Ado About Nothing (1598–1599) |
22 July 2020 | Henry V (1599) |
29 July 2020 | Julius Caesar (1599) |
05 August 2020 | As You Like It (1599–1600) |
12 August 2020 | Hamlet (1599–1601) |
19 August 2020 | Twelfth Night (1601) |
26 August 2020 | Troilus and Cressida (1600–1602) |
02 September 2020 | Measure for Measure (1603–1604) |
09 September 2020 | Othello (1603–1604) |
16 September 2020 | All’s Well That Ends Well (1604–1605) |
23 September 2020 | King Lear (1605–1606) |
30 September 2020 | Timon of Athens (1605–1606) |
07 October 2020 | Macbeth (1606) |
14 October 2020 | Antony and Cleopatra (1606) |
21 October 2020 | Coriolanus (1608) |
28 October 2020 | The Winter’s Tale (1609–1611) |
04 November 2020 | Cymbeline (1610) |
11 November 2020 | Henry VIII (1612–1613) |
18 November 2020 | The Tempest (1610–1611) |
HENRY VIII
CYMBELINE
CORIOLANUS
MACBETH
KING LEAR
OTHELLO
TROILUS & CRESSIDA
HAMLET
AS YOU LIKE IT
MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING
MERRY WIVES OF WINDSOR
THE MERCHANT OF VENICE
LIFE AND DEATH OF KING JOHN
GET THEE BACK TO THE FUTURE
MUCH ADO ABOUT MEAN GIRLS
SHAKESPEARE’S CLUELESS
SHAKESPEARE’S STAR WARS
TITUS ANDRONICUS
HENRY VI PART II
THE TAMING OF THE SHREW
THE TEMPEST
THE WINTER’S TALE
ANTONY & CLEOPATRA
TIMON OF ATHENS
ALL’S WELL THAT ENDS WELL
MEASURE FOR MEASURE
TWELFTH NIGHT
JULIUS CAESAR
HENRY V
HENRY IV PART II
HENRY IV PART I
A MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM
ROMEO & JULIET
RICHARD II
LOVE’S LABOUR’S LOST
THE COMEDY OF ERRORS
RICHARD III
HENRY VI PART III
HENRY VI PART I
THE TWO GENTLEMEN OF VERONA
AUDIENCE COMMENTS
“I’m full of happy feelings here. Haven’t felt this good all week”
“Haven’t smiled this much in ages”
“Falling over my keyboard, I tell you!”
“This is just incredible!”
“This is the best thing currently happening on the internet”
“Super innovative”
“This is actually better than on stage performances!”
“I’m NEVER going to a theatre again – take my money”
PRESS
BBC Newsnight | The Guardian | Playbill | Broadway World | TimeOut | CNN
ENQUIRIES
NOTICE: the team are working 24/7 to produce the weekly shows, so please expect a longer-than-normal response time.