Starring: Suranne Jones, Jake Davies, Danny-Boy Hatchard, Zaraah Abrahams, Oliver Farnsworth
Director: Nikolai Foster
Running Time: 114 mins
Certificate: NR
Release Date: Out Now

It’s always a bit odd when you first watch a filmed recording of a stage production. Initially it’s difficult to escape the feeling you’re watching it in the wrong medium. However if done well you quickly forget that what you’re watching was designed for a theatre setting and can just enjoy the show. Thankfully that’s very true of this filmed version of the 20th Anniversary Production of Jonathan Harvey’s Beautiful Thing.

It was shot over two nights in May this year at The Arts Theatre in London, and is now available for online viewing & download via Digital Theatre. [Read more…]