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Hottest front-room seats: the best theatre and dance to watch online

From live-streams of new plays to classics from the archive, here are some of the top shows online now or coming soon – this page is updated daily

Lockdown laughs: where to watch online comedy

The National Theatre at Home initiative has reached a huge global audience, with productions streamed for free online on Thursdays at 7pm and then available for seven days. A Midsummer Night’s Dream, staged at the Bridge theatre by Nicholas Hytner with a cast including Gwendoline Christie, Oliver Chris and Hammed Animashaun, is online until 2 July. Then there’s Les Blancs by Lorraine Hansberry, directed by Yaël Farber and starring Sheila Atim and Gary Beadle (2-9 July); The Deep Blue Sea, Terence Rattigan’s portrait of emotional turmoil in postwar Britain, staged by Carrie Cracknell and starring Helen McCrory (9-16 July); and Peter Shaffer’s Amadeus, directed by Michael Longhurst, with Lucian Msamati as Salieri and on-stage orchestral accompaniment by Southbank Sinfonia (16-23 July).

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