Want more people to care about opera, ballet, and the performing arts? Quit complaining and start putting your proverbial money where you mouth is by checking out Ncuti Gatwa, Hugh Skinner, Eliza Scanlan, and Ronkẹ Adékoluẹjo in National Theatre Live’s The Importance of Being Earnest for free on Youtube from March 12-18.
Not only has the National Theatre made this production free to watch for just under a week, the full play is available to stream with closed captions, audio descriptions, and British Sign Language interpretation. The Youtube preview follows a run in cinemas and precedes a PVOD and streaming release on the National Theatre’s own platform for subscribers. This is how professional theatre should be! Accessible, but not at the expense of the hard-working people who make it. London’s National Theatre has put full plays up on Youtube before, notably during the 2020 lockdown. I’d love for them to keep doing it, so let’s give them some engagement and positive feedback!
