Introducing Thespie – Your New Home For Theatre with Everything from Fleabag to Figaro

Thespie.com makes it easy for those stuck at home craving culture to discover and access the very best performing arts from around the world via a digital platform. This isn’t just for the Londoners who use apps to buy tickets for theatre, but for the wider community who have limited or lost access to live performing arts.

If like me, you’ve been scrabbling to find all the online arts shows available in one place then run, don’t walk to check Thespie out. Don’t get me wrong, it’s been great having the NT Live at Home, The Shows Must Go on, the MET etc. but if you are not in the right Whats App ‘luvvie’ group then you will have missed so much more lockdown arts candy already.

Life-long theatre-kid Tyler Stoops, who created Thespie, says “the arts sector is vital, even in normal times – hundreds of millions don’t have the access or economic means to be ‘in the room where it happens,’ but are still part of the broader theatre community and craft their own journey of discovery.”

Already featuring over 1000 curated theatre shows, filmed and live performances, livestream listings and educational resources from world-leading cultural institutions and content platforms, including National Theatre Live; Sadler’s Wells; The Royal Court Theatre; Met Opera; Audible; Disney and Amazon Prime, Thespie and Stoops look set to conquer theatre land.

By showcasing the beauty and power of live performing arts and its creative artists, Thespie provides arts creators free listings and opportunity to monetise streaming performances, long-form video, audio, artist talks, podcasts, ebooks, scripts and digital songbooks among other rich arts content.

Current highlights listed on Thespie include:

Acclaimed Solo Shows – Flea Bag, Sea Wall, starring Andrew Scott

Acclaimed Solo Shows from Phoebe Waller-Bridge, Andrew Scott and Alan Cumming.

High-Energy Musicals – Hamilton available to stream on Disney+ from 3 July. Also this gem from Eugenius! with archive footage taken from The Other Palace run and unlike shows that have recordings intended for the cinema or dvd release, It was never intended to be seen by the public, only to be used for reference so Ben Adams, Chris Wilkins & the creative team could remind themselves of where they were at.

Livestreamed Performances From Home – Take Me To The World – A Sondheim 90th Birthday Celebration

Hard-Hitting Contemporary Performance – Bronx Gothic, Solo show, stream for free at ontheboards.tv

Shakespeare – Globe to Globe Hamlet, an online exhibition on Google Arts and Culture

Kid-Friendly Shows to Stream – The Midnight Gang, from Chichester Festival Theatre, free to watch on their site

Makers & Mentors: Artist Talks – Lin-Manuel Miranda at the Chicago Festival of Humanities, watch on Thespie

Activities – family dance workshops, Sadler’s Wells

Audio Plays – the National Theatre’s production of Angels in America on Broadway.

Podcasts – three different theatre podcasts called Off Book: the Young Vic’s series of interviews and discussions with writers and creatives in London, a podcast celebrating Black theatre artists, based out of New York City, and a weekly improvised musical series based out of Los Angeles.

Digital Songbooks & Scripts – discover the music from new musicals in digital songbooks, or read the scripts from the latest productions of new plays.

Welcome to your new home for theatre, it’s clear we’re going to get along!