The best theatre to stream this month: the Gisèle Pelicot trial becomes an all-star play that ‘just floors you’
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Key context: <p>An unmissable documentary play, Tom Stoppard’s Arcadia with luminous Isis Hainsworth and ecstatic dance in a Norwegian museum are among November’s highlights</p><p>Swiss director Milo Rau’s ripped-from-the-headlines approach to theatre has included shows about wars in Iraq and Congo and the exploitation of migrant workers. His four-hour documentary play (created with Servane Dècle) about the trial of the men who drugged and raped Gisèle Pelicot has been performed around the world and will be staged by the Young Vic at London’s County Hall on 30 November. The production swiftly sold out but <a href="https://www.youngvic.org/whats-on/the-pelicot-trial/">will be livestreamed in full</a>. The cast includes Adjoa Andoh, Rosie Jones and Olivia Williams. “It was the act of witnessing that really got me,” <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/sep/29/jaw-dropping-play-based-on-pelicot-trial-comes-to-london-for-one-night">said Young Vic boss Nadia Fall</a> of the show. “It isn’t scenes and costumes in a set like a traditional piece of theatre. It is the facts. It just floors you.”</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2026/nov/01/the-best-theatre-to-stream-this-month-the-pelicot-trial-ita-music-damien-jalet-arcadia-salt">Continue reading...</a> This development from The Guardian highlights ongoing changes in the sector.
An unmissable documentary play, Tom Stoppard’s Arcadia with luminous Isis Hainsworth and ecstatic dance in a Norwegian museum are among November’s highlightsSwiss director Milo Rau’s ripped-from-the-headlines approach to theatre has included shows about wars in Iraq and Congo and the exploitation of migrant workers. His four-hour documentary play (created with Servane Dècle) about the trial of the men who drugged and raped Gisèle Pelicot has been performed around the world and will be staged by the Young Vic at London’s County Hall on 30 November. The production swiftly sold out but will be livestreamed in full. The cast includes Adjoa Andoh, Rosie Jones and Olivia Williams. “It was the act of witnessing that really got me,” said Young Vic boss Nadia Fall of the show. “It isn’t scenes and costumes in a set like a traditional piece of theatre. It is the facts. It just floors you.” Continue reading...
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