Rosamund Pike delivers a breathtaking performance in Suzie Miller's blistering legal drama Inter Alia, now available to stream via NT at Home from 7 July. Pike, who won an Olivier award for her role in Miller's earlier play Prima Facie, plays a judge under pressure, shifting seamlessly between courtroom scenes, karaoke with friends, ironing before a party, and a family crisis. Director Justin Martin, a master at building tension, directs with customary flair.
Summerfolk from NT at Home
Also from NT at Home, sibling playwrights Nina and Moses Raine adapt Maxim Gorky's sprawling 1904 portrait of indulgence and infidelity at a dacha in summertime. Robert Hastie's production unfolds on Peter McKintosh's set of towering timber. Available from 7 July.
Paddington the Musical and Black Comedy Revival
Tom Fletcher's songs for Paddington: The Musical are as moreish as marmalade sandwiches, and the original cast recording is now available. Top tracks include the chaotic Don't Touch That and Victoria Hamilton-Barritt's dastardly Pretty Little Dead Things. Meanwhile, Peter Shaffer's 1965 comedy Black Comedy, revived by Caroline Steinbeis at the Orange Tree theatre in Richmond until 11 July, uses blazing lights to convey pitch black darkness. Starring Joe Bannister as a crafty sculptor, the production is available on demand 14-17 July.
Following Jimmy Valentine and Midnight Souls
A new 18-track audiobook musical Following Jimmy Valentine, based on an O. Henry short story, stars Hadley Fraser as a jewel thief and Kerry Ellis as the detective. Available from Audible. Midnight Souls, filmed at the Palais des Papes at Avignon festival, features choreography by Carolyn Carlson, music by Philip Glass and René Aubry, and stars Hugo Marchand and Caroline Osmont. On Arte.TV.
The Magic of Dance and Intimacy
Margot Fonteyn's six-hour masterclass The Magic of Dance, filmed in 1979, includes interviews with Marie Rambert and a full performance of Frederick Ashton's Marguerite and Armand by Fonteyn and Rudolf Nureyev. On BBC iPlayer. Intimacy, an eight-part audio drama written by and starring Lena Headey, follows an actor turned intimacy coordinator on a Greek island film shoot. The cast includes Hannah Waddingham, Maisie Williams, Alison Steadman, and Tom Goodman-Hill. On BBC Sounds from 22 July.
