Research Guides: Theater: Streaming Theater

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In addition to library subscription databases (such as Drama Online), these resources provide streaming theater options:

The Public Theater
"Free for All" digital programming
All Arts - Theater
A free, multi-platform portal for the arts. The theater module includes contemporary works.
LaMaMa
“A multicultural hive of avant-garde drama and performance art”
R18 Collective
Re-activating Restoration & 18th century theatre for the 21st century.
MIT's Global Shakespeares
Over 300 productions from around the world.

Kelvin Smith Library maintains subscriptions to Drama Online and Digital Theatre Plus. Both can be accessed from the library's A-Z database list.

Drama Online This link opens in a new window
KSL subscribes to these collections within Drama Online:
Core Collection
Nick Hern Books Modern Plays
RSC Live Collection
Shakespeare's Globe on Screen (2008-2015)
Shakespeare's Globe on Screen 2 (2016-2018)
Digital Theatre+ This link opens in a new window
Contains hundreds of classic and contemporary productions in live-capture and audio formats, as well as interviews with casts, creatives and academics and resources written by educators for educators.
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