Well, you asked and
@NTLive
have answered. SO excited to announce that
#BridgeDream
will be streamed as part of the
#NationalTheatreAtHome
series from Thursday 25 June, 7pm, for seven days.
*Cue Love On Top*. Maybe this summer isn't looking so bad after all!
And that's it! Almost 100,000 of you have come and immersed yourselves in our
#JuliusCaesar
– including over 33,000 who stood in amongst the action in the Pit. Thank you to everyone who enjoyed the show and made it what it was. And how fitting to wrap on
#ShakespeareSunday
!
As we've mentioned (a lot) over the past few months we've been missing our audiences. Today we are delighted to announce a repertoire of twelve one-person plays at the Bridge during September and October, using the theatre's flexibility to provide 250 socially distanced seats.
Today we celebrate the end of an incredible summer. Thank you to all of our audiences who have literally been a part of
#BridgeDream
, and congratulations to our fantastic cast, crew and front of house teams. What a dream it's been.
Today we are thrilled to announce that filming has begun on new productions of Alan Bennett’s critically acclaimed and multi-award-winning
#TalkingHeads
to air in the coming months on BBC One.
Thank you to everyone who's put Love On Top and joined us in reliving
#BridgeDream
. You'd be Bonkers to miss it, so pop it on Only If For A Night. You might just find it's gonna be a bright (bright) bright, sunshiny day.
You have until about 4pm tomorrow to watch 💗🌙💕🌈✨
Let us present to you our Titania, Puck, Oberon and Bottom. This summer follow Gwendoline Christie (Game of Thrones), David Moorst (Allelujah!), Oliver Chris (Green Wing) and Hammed Animashaun (Barber Shop Chronicles) into the forest for
#AMidsummerNightsDream
.
We're 6 years old today🎉
Thank you for our 6 incredible years of Bridge Theatre. We are so grateful to everyone who's been involved in our productions, and every single audience member who has passed through our doors. We wouldn't be here without you ❤️
📸 Philip Vile
It's always a pleasure to be joined by so many friends and supporters as we celebrate the opening of a brand new piece of British playwriting.
Alan Bennett's
#Allelujah
! is open!
One year ago we celebrated the official opening of A Midsummer Night's Dream. We couldn't help but notice that many of you (including us) have been longing to relive it ever since...
(keep reading, this thread is gonna change your summer)🌺
#BridgeDream
🎞️ 15 million views
🏘️ 9 million households
🌍 173 countries
🎉 16 weeks
That's it! We can't quite believe it's over. Thank you for joining us during
#NationalTheatreAtHome
.
We're so grateful to the artists, theatres and companies who helped us share these plays for free.
As we edge closer to the opening of Caryl Churchill's A Number (*cough* 14 February) we are very excited to share a glimpse inside the rehearsal room with Roger Allam, Colin Morgan and Director Polly Findlay. Check out more on our website! 🧬
📸 Johan Persson
Our last production with a full house! Miraculously we managed to perform the full run before having to close. What a pleasure it was for full audiences to see Caryl Churchill's A Number.
📸 Johan Persson
Designer: Lizzie Clachan
Lighting Designer: Peter Mumford
Our talented
#JuliusCaesar
cast enjoyed a hard-earned moment to celebrate with friends and family after the immersive action of opening night last night.
We're so happy to triple confirm, following the government's announcement today putting London into Tier 2, we will be reopening next week with performances of A Christmas Carol from 3 December!!❄️
Today we say farewell to Daniel Mays as he has his last performance as good old reliable Nathan Detroit, until he returns to the role on 16 October 2023🎲
📸 Matt Crockett
"Hear me for my cause."
Brutus, played by Ben Whishaw, defends his actions against Caesar. Whether or not you believe him is up to you.
#JuliusCaesar
@NTLive
"The Sitzprobe is when the cast meet the band for the first time and it's an incredibly exciting moment because everyone learns how their part fits together" - Tom Brady, Music Supervisor and Arranger on Guys & Dolls 🎲💃🎶
#GuysAndDolls
#BridgeTheatre
#Sitzprobe
"As Caesar loved me, I weep for him. As he was fortunate, I rejoice at it. As he was valiant, I honour him. But, as he was ambitious, I slew him." Brutus.
#IdesOfMarch
🌺 "Are you sure that we are awake? It seems to me that yet we sleep, we dream." 🌺 PSA: You are not dreaming,
#BridgeDream
IS being streamed by
@NTlive
on 25 June, 7pm. Best to clear the calendar for the full week, just in case, and prepare for a lot of Dreamy content from us.
I CANT BELIEVE IT!!!!!!????!?!!?!!!!!!!!! THANK YOU UNIVERSE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
#EmmyAwards
#CANITTRULYBEREAL
?????????? 🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯♥️ @ London, United Kingdom
Guys & Dolls now playing until 24 February 2024! Public booking opens at 10am on Friday 21 April🎲
Priority Members: Head to our website to book now💃
Advance Members: Booking opens at 10am on Thursday 20 April🎶
#GuysAndDolls
Tomorrow marks the grand finale for our current cast of Guys & Dolls!
A huge congratulations to them for lighting up the stage night after night with phenomenal performances over the past year💃
And all the best for their last (double-show) day in Runyonland🎲
📸 Manuel Harlan
Guys & Dolls is this year’s Best Musical Revival at the
#WOSAwards
🥂
A huge thank you and congratulations to every single person that made this production possible💃
#WOSawards
#GuysAndDolls
🌛 Looking for a way to celebrate our second birthday? Silly question, of course you are. Tonight is the
@NTLive
broadcast of A Midsummer Night's Dream so get yourself down to your local cinema and step into the Dream once again. 🌺 Who's watching?
We wanted to take this moment to shout out the people you may or may not have spotted – our incredible stage management team and stage crew! The show wouldn't have been possible without them. Give them a standing ovation from the sofa and check out their names in the credits.
We're into our first full week of A Number, and what better way to start it than with Roger Allam and Colin Morgan discussing what the show is about? 🧬
Drum roll please🥁 Introducing our outstanding Guys & Dolls cast 🎲💃🎶
Daniel Mays as Nathan Detroit, Cedric Neal as Nicely-Nicely Johnson, Andrew Richardson as Sky Masterson, Celinde Schoenmaker as Sarah Brown, Marisha Wallace as Miss Adelaide.
#GuysAndDolls
#BridgeTheatre
"Tony Blair is somebody that's come up in discussion." Ben Whishaw is weighing up British political leaders in rehearsals for his portrayal of Brutus in Julius Caesar.
Watch more on our YouTube channel:
Channelling the powerful energy of Gwendoline Christie as Titania in A Midsummer Night's Dream (2019) to get us through that midweek slump.
Don't forget you can still watch
#BridgeDream
on
@nationaltheatre
at home!
📸 Manuel Harlan
It's 2018, you're in the pit. A band is playing Eye of the Tiger, Roar, Seven Nation Army. You're singing along, jumping, dancing. You're part of the mob. You're in Rome. 🤩 Discover our Julius Caesar Spotify playlist - perfect pre screening soundtrack! 🎵
We've never had a Christmas tree at The Bridge before so this year we got 35... and there's no one here to see them! As we closed the trees were offered out to those on their last shift before Christmas, so now there's a bit of The Bridge all over London 🎄
We join countless theatregoers and colleagues in mourning the extraordinary Helen McCrory, who graced The Bridge in a wonderful poetry reading in 2019. She lit up every stage and every room she walked into and was loved by all that knew her.
It's a school reunion at The Bridge for The History Boys!
We've loved having Alan Bennett join the cast in rehearsals for
#Allelujah
! It's his first new play in five years.
"It's gonna be a bright, bright, bright sunshiny day" BECAUSE today
#NationalTheatreAtHome
have announced the release of
#BridgeDream
, available to stream from today! 🌺 🌸 🌷 🌼 🌹 You asked (& asked & asked) and we're so happy
@NationalTheatre
at Home could provide the goods!
We've still got 5 more days of stage diving to go, so make the most of it! A Midsummer Night's Dream will be removed from YouTube at 7pm on Thursday 2 July, so you've gotta start watching before 4pm that day to catch it.
Today is the day we celebrate
#ShakespearesBirthday
. We were thrilled with your response to
#JuliusCaesar
this year.
What is your favourite Shakespeare play?
Tonight is
#MaggieSmith
's final performance in
#AGermanLife
. Thank you to everyone who has joined us for this production and we hope those attending tonight enjoy their evening.
Next:
#AMidsummerNightsDream
.
📸 Production shot by Helen Maybanks
As part of the Missing Theatre Campaign, thank you
@_scene_change_
for wrapping our theatre. We can't wait until we can open our doors again & welcome our wonderful audiences back & we also can't wait for all theatres to be able to do the same. We miss live theatre FACT.
“It’s something I find hard to do, like everyone else, but I would like to be in charge of my own destiny” – Gwendoline Christie, Queen of the Fairies.
If you need us on June 21 we'll be trying to recreate this moment with everyone in our local pub. 🌺
A Midsummer Night's Dream (
#BridgeDream
), 2019.
📸 Manuel Harlan
Production Design: Bunny Christie
Costume Design: Christina Cunningham
It's Friday, the temperature has eased AND the government have confirmed that indoor, socially distant performances can resume from tomorrow. We are delighted to receive this news and continue our work to welcome you back from the end of the month.
We cannot believe there is just 1 week remaining of
#BridgeDream
. If you're looking to join us for the final few performances, don't forget we offer a limited allocation of Day Tickets on the day of each performance.
#GuysAndDolls
has been nominated for 9
#OlivierAwards
!
A huge congratulations and thank you to everyone involved in making this very special production possible💃
📸 Manuel Harlan
Announced today: Andrew Scott and Nikki Amuka-Bird will join Simon Russell-Beale and the Carducci Quartet for an evening of Shostakovich. Monday 5 March.
Tickets from £5:
Just some of the many faces of The Rude Mechanicals *cue Bonkers*. Thanks to everyone who shared their portraits with us.
#UnlockYourCalendar
#IBeseechYou
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#GuysAndDolls
now playing at the Bridge Theatre
10 weeks, 12 stories, nearly 30,000 audience members. The past few months have been a complete joy and we want to thank everyone who has joined us and supported us along the way.
✨
#GuysAndDolls
nominated for 5
@EveningStandard
Theatre Awards✨
Best Musical – Guys & Dolls, Bridge Theatre
Milton Shulman Award for Best Director – Nicholas Hytner
Best Design – Bunny Christie
Best Musical Performance – Marisha Wallace
Emerging Talent – Andrew Richardson
We are shattered by the loss of our dear friend and colleague Janine Shalom. She was with us when we launched The Bridge and steered us through every one of our ventures since. Her wisdom, expertise and sparkling sense of the ridiculous are absolutely irreplaceable. 1/2