After a break in 2019, I decided to revive #MindTheAdvent for 2020 – and of course focused on the array of online theatre that proliferated from March onwards…
#MindTheAdvent Day 1: I have to begin with the show that started it all… @TSMGOnlineLive's The Two Gentlemen of Verona! Little did we all know how TSMGO would take over our lives.
— Mind the Blog (@Mind_the_Blog) December 1, 2020
Review: https://t.co/LpK6fmb9R3#ShowMustGoOnline #ConnectedandCreative #Shakespeare pic.twitter.com/5sPOL4Sm3Q
#MindTheAdvent Day 2: Many of us had unfinished business with #Emilia, so the announcement that an archive recording would be made available to stream was utterly thrilling.
— Mind the Blog (@Mind_the_Blog) December 2, 2020
Final few hours to watch! https://t.co/P6QWKvlRek#EmiliaFamilia #WeAreEmilia #IAmEmilia 🔥 pic.twitter.com/MR7BsarmQy
#MindTheAdvent Day 3: Returning to @TSMGOnlineLive (this will be a recurring theme) to celebrate their barnstorming Henry V, with the magnificent @ruthfpage in the title role.
— Mind the Blog (@Mind_the_Blog) December 3, 2020
Review: https://t.co/XcfSOe6Po8#ShowMustGoOnline #ConnectedandCreative #Shakespeare pic.twitter.com/sDIW6knF1U
#MindTheAdvent Day 4: As @Wise_Children made a triumphant digital return last night with #FlyingLovers, I'm thinking back to their broadcast of #RomanticsAnonymous back in September. We were all 🎵 dancing on air 🎵 with that on our screens! 🍫💝 pic.twitter.com/iTj014iwOA
— Mind the Blog (@Mind_the_Blog) December 4, 2020
#MindTheAdvent Day 5: @TSMGOnlineLive inspired me to start #TarantinoTuesday (watching every Quentin Tarantino film in order) with their Tarantino Titus back in April.
— Mind the Blog (@Mind_the_Blog) December 5, 2020
Review: https://t.co/vGSFvzcY51#ShowMustGoOnline #Quarantino pic.twitter.com/dPuzBURoI6
#MindTheAdvent Day 6: Throwing back to my #NationalTheatreAtHome tweetalongs!
— Mind the Blog (@Mind_the_Blog) December 6, 2020
Twelfth Night: https://t.co/qpn9lP65at
This House: https://t.co/fCiJk7QnEn
A Midsummer Night's Dream: https://t.co/2lReFZVmli#TwelfthNight #ThisHouse #BridgeDream pic.twitter.com/L6iGhTibpf
#MindTheAdvent Day 7: Focusing on the performances of @TSMGOnlineLive alumna @KristinAtherton (Henry VI, part one; Richard III; Hamlet).
— Mind the Blog (@Mind_the_Blog) December 7, 2020
Interview: https://t.co/DNVarG3QRX
Hamlet: https://t.co/pexEWiiPlb#ShowMustGoOnline #ConnectedandCreative #Shakespeare pic.twitter.com/q0GydvvtMT
#MindTheAdvent Day 8: @CtrlAlt_Repeat push the boundaries of Zoom theatre with their interactive adventures. Sherlock Holmes and the Case of the Symmetric Mailshot was a brilliant addition to the Consulting Detective's collection.
— Mind the Blog (@Mind_the_Blog) December 8, 2020
Review: https://t.co/eDcD5mNJRw#SherlockHolmes pic.twitter.com/WcRMNTN6Ao
#MindTheAdvent Day 9: The @iandoescher series was a great addition to @TSMGOnlineLive, with scenes from William Shakespeare's Star Wars, The Taming of the Clueless, Much Ado About Mean Girls & Get Thee… Back to the Future! being performed.#ShowMustGoOnline #PopShakespeareLive pic.twitter.com/PvaHUtsV4O
— Mind the Blog (@Mind_the_Blog) December 9, 2020
#MindTheAdvent Day 10: @NottmPlayhouse put on a great online (& in-person) festival a few weeks ago, and I had the joy of watching Bubble and an evening of ghost stories. #NPUnlocked pic.twitter.com/yWtcpIy1h0
— Mind the Blog (@Mind_the_Blog) December 10, 2020
#MindTheAdvent Day 11: @TSMGOnlineLive have an intelligent & sensitive approach to casting, and The Merchant of Venice was one that particularly typified this.
— Mind the Blog (@Mind_the_Blog) December 11, 2020
Review: https://t.co/AgdVeOMdO4#ShowMustGoOnline #ConnectedandCreative #Shakespeare
#MindTheAdvent Day 12: As #OVChristmasCarol returns tonight as an online production, I'm looking back at the rest of the brilliant & creative #OVInCamera series.#OVLungs #OVThreeKings #OVFaithHealer pic.twitter.com/1EQmyC4E0V
— Mind the Blog (@Mind_the_Blog) December 12, 2020
#MindTheAdvent Day 13: As it's #ShakespeareSunday, let's look back at my favourite history play and one of my favourite @TSMGOnlineLive productions – Richard III!
— Mind the Blog (@Mind_the_Blog) December 13, 2020
Review: https://t.co/gKmTaTVQZO#ShowMustGoOnline #ConnectedandCreative #Shakespeare pic.twitter.com/YaDgjHGu6t
#MindTheAdvent Day 14: As it's #BetterInPerson3 tonight, let's look back at the previous two @We_BurnBright new writing showcases.#newwriting #BetterInPerson pic.twitter.com/6xXuD0GUFa
— Mind the Blog (@Mind_the_Blog) December 14, 2020
#MindTheAdvent Day 15: Focusing on the performances of @TSMGOnlineLive alumnus @RobbieCapaldi (The Comedy of Errors; The Merchant of Venice; Julius Caesar; Hamlet; Cymbeline).
— Mind the Blog (@Mind_the_Blog) December 15, 2020
TCoE review: https://t.co/oxerCwdzHl#ShowMustGoOnline #ConnectedandCreative #Shakespeare pic.twitter.com/ShtBk4WTE7
#MindTheAdvent Day 16: Back in the summer @Blackeyedtheatr streamed a recording of their adaptation of The Sign of Four, which was great to revisit after seeing it at @GreenwichTheatr last year.
— Mind the Blog (@Mind_the_Blog) December 16, 2020
Review: https://t.co/7o0tHJQWIW#SherlockHolmes #SignOfFour pic.twitter.com/8M3mHcGI5x
#MindTheAdvent Day 17: To celebrate finishing my #Bondathon last night (every film in order of release), I'm looking back at @TSMGOnlineLive's thrilling spy-themed Much Ado About Nothing!
— Mind the Blog (@Mind_the_Blog) December 17, 2020
Review: https://t.co/XcZTgPT8cn#ShowMustGoOnline #ConnectedandCreative #Shakespeare pic.twitter.com/VdJkh2KqkN
#MindTheAdvent Day 18: @InvertigoCo streaming @steff_donnelly's My Body Welsh a few months ago was definitely a highlight of this year's online offerings. #MyBodyWelsh pic.twitter.com/4wGFsRGlD6
— Mind the Blog (@Mind_the_Blog) December 18, 2020
#MindTheAdvent Day 19: Today I'm thinking back to @TSMGOnlineLive's version of Love's Labour's Lost – a play I didn't get upon first viewing, but came to love after seeing it in the SWP.
— Mind the Blog (@Mind_the_Blog) December 19, 2020
Review: https://t.co/bCFuP6bVMy#ShowMustGoOnline #ConnectedandCreative #Shakespeare pic.twitter.com/V868vfibO6
#MindTheAdvent Day 20: @JSTheatre's 15 Heroines was a phenomenal addition to the online theatre collection, especially for the mythology fans among us.#JST15Heroines pic.twitter.com/21hoxCnJ7n
— Mind the Blog (@Mind_the_Blog) December 20, 2020
#MindTheAdvent Day 21: I couldn't leave out my favourite Shakespeare play – especially as the @TSMGOnlineLive version was absolutely hysterical!
— Mind the Blog (@Mind_the_Blog) December 21, 2020
Review: https://t.co/zG3MeCDjXF#ShowMustGoOnline #ConnectedandCreative #Shakespeare pic.twitter.com/sdjxhqk3wp
#MindTheAdvent Day 22: @CtrlAlt_Repeat delighted audiences again recently with their brand new interactive Zoom show, #ViperSquad. Inspired by classic 80s action films, it was quite the assignment for a Sunday night!
— Mind the Blog (@Mind_the_Blog) December 22, 2020
Review: https://t.co/5I4r9KvY7w#tinylittleumbrellas 🐍🍹💥 pic.twitter.com/KDMQLlmr2V
#MindTheAdvent Day 23: My final @TSMGOnlineLive 'door' opens on @robmyles & @PeacheyLDN. None of this would've happened without them – and seeing them perform capped it off!
— Mind the Blog (@Mind_the_Blog) December 23, 2020
Dream: https://t.co/zBEa4zVEfT#ShowMustGoOnline #ConnectedandCreative #Shakespeare #PopShakespeareLive pic.twitter.com/qFDePexPD6
#MindTheAdvent Day 24: @Martin_Prest performed his brilliant one-man version of Three Men in a Boat as part of @ScenaMundi's 'Plays To Listen To' series back in July.
— Mind the Blog (@Mind_the_Blog) December 24, 2020
One-man A Christmas Carol: https://t.co/ufdoXS7EXI#BoaterMcBoatface pic.twitter.com/4SiJGjzLFT
Hopefully that goes some way towards explaining why I haven’t really missed theatre as much as you’d expect…
