The Grinning Man returns to launch Bristol Old Vic's new On Demand Season
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Bristol Old Vic has announced five of its hit productions will be available to watch on demand during the lockdown period and over Christmas from the comfort of your own homes.
The productions can be purchased with a season pass, which will grant unlimited access to the content until 28 February 2021.
The on demand season begins with the return of cult musical, The Grinning Man, which premiered at the venue in 2016 before transferring to the West End. During their ‘At Home’ season in June, the musical was watched by tens of thousands of people in 52 countries so will be returning by popular demand.
The Grinning Man is available to pre-order today, then the show will be screened from 20 November until 28 February 2021.
The following week, Bristol Old Vic’s celebrated 2019 adaptation of A Christmas Carol and Little Bulb’s early years show, The Night That Autumn Turned To Winter, will be released.
A Christmas Carol is the venue's best-selling show of all time. The 2019 revival stars the charismatic John Hopkins as Scrooge. The Night that Autumn Turned to Winter was filmed in 2015 and was Little Bulb's second Christmas show at Bristol Old Vic, transforming the Studio into a magical world full of stories, songs and silliness. Both shows will be available to watch from 27 November.
Their critically acclaimed interpretation of Handel's Messiah, recorded in 2017, received 28,000 views when it was streamed earlier this year so this too will return from 4 December.
It features internationally renowned soloists Catherine Wyn Rogers and Julia Doyle, The Erebus Ensemble (Songs of Hope) and Europe’s most celebrated Baroque orchestra, The English Concert, under the revered baton of Conductor Harry Bicket.
Lastly, their family classic Swallow and Amazons arrives on 11 December. This new musical play was originally staged in 2010 and was then recorded at Bristol Old Vic in 2014, following its triumphant West-End run and UK tour.
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